Our society remembers their valuable contributions in recognition of which, the government has come up with various schemes and facilities so that the
lives of our golden generation are enriched.
Seen as stand - out players for their clubs as well as part
of a Golden Generation for England, few can separate the trio, but Loftus - Cheek has named his surprise favourite.
Although I did not write about them for Harper's, because they were already MPs, Yvette Cooper and Douglas Alexander were
part of the Golden Generation as well.
This, arguably, was the main reason for the
farrago of the golden generation: England were blessed with a remarkably talented generation of players; the problem was that Michael Owen and David Beckham needed a 4 -4-2, while Frank Lampard and Steven Gerrard needed an additional holding player.
Although Bulgaria's team of Stoichkov's era was regarded as
something of a golden generation for the country, the former Barcelona man was still head and shoulders above his teammates.
Lionel Messi's sensational header which sealed Barca's victory in Rome and in a sense started the
Era of Golden generation.
Since the appointment of Julen Lopetegui the former World and European champions have managed to combine the
experience of their golden generation with the energy and exuberance of a crop of young players the manager knows all about from his time in charge of the Under 21s.
I'm no Wenger apologist, but he has a point, because we didn't win a trophy for nine years and were told that pretty football means nothing, so to see this Tottenham team being held up as some
kind of golden generation does feel hollow to me, having seen my team be lambasted for being all frills and no end product.
England fans are feeling less positive about their team, following a very poor 2014 World Cup and the recent retirements of three
of the golden generation — Ashley Cole, Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard.
There have been players who were not really flashy, or skilled like others but manage to win trophies throughout their careers for example
some of the golden generation of Spanish national team who not only won 2010 world cup but two back to back European titles as well as success with their respective club teams like Barcelona and Real Madrid.