England boss Gareth Southgate breaks run that lasted for nearly 30 years with team selection in friendly victory over Bosnia-Herzegovina

Gareth Southgate chose to experiment with his team selection in Monday's friendly against Bosnia-Herzegovina and in doing so he broke a long-standing record.

The Three Lions began their preparations for Euro 2024 with a fairly comfortable 3-0 win at St James' Park.

Cole Palmer, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Harry Kane got the goals in a game where Southgate chose to start with a second string side.

The likes of Marc Guehi, Kieran Trippier, Eberechi Eze, Conor Gallagher and Ollie Watkins all featured in a much-changed starting XI.

In fact, the team was such a break from the norm that a surprising stat emerged in the aftermath.

For the first time since November 1994 – when England came up against Nigeria at Wembley – England named a starting XI without a single player from Arsenal, Manchester City, Manchester United or Spurs.

Southgate explained the reasoning behind his team selection ahead of kick-off.

'Some players need minutes, the whole group that have been with us for five, six days have had a couple of weeks without a game, so everybody's going to benefit from that,' he said.

'There's a big physical aspect to what we're looking at periodisation-wise. And then an opportunity to see some combinations, and see people in different positions, perhaps some players with fewer caps than others.'

Southgate added: 'That international experience playing at what will be a brilliant atmosphere is always important. So lots of different objectives. I think the boys will play well.'