Dan Burn has now arrived back in the UK.
The 2026 World Cup adventure finally at an end.
The England squad having flown back from the USA and landed at Birmingham Airport on Sunday.
Dan Burn and his England teammates in possession of their bronze medals after Saturday’s result.
A crazy match eventually ending England 6 France 4 in Atlanta as the two losing semi-finalists battled it out for third place.
Both teams making seven changes from their midweek defeats to Spain and Argentina respectively.
England leading 4-0 at the break in a match played like a very open friendly, with then another six goals added between them in the second half.
Dan Burn sat out this final game but can be well pleased with his first and almost certainly last World Cup finals.
The Newcastle United star making three appearances in all, from the heights of coming off the bench against Mexico and Norway to see out huge wins, to the misery of Argentina when he and England couldn’t prevent a 2-1 comeback victory for the opposition.
Dan Burn arrives back home ahead of tonight’s World Cup final and five weeks to the day before proper football returns, Newcastle United taking on Liverpool on Sunday 23 August in their opening Premier League match.
The 2026 World Cup schedule for Newcastle United players:
Saturday 13 June
Morocco 1 Brazil 1 (Bruno Guimaraes assist for Vinicius Jnr equaliser)
Sunday 14 June
Curacao 1 Germany 7 (Malick Thiaw and Nick Woltemade unused subs)
Monday 15 June
Tunisia 1 Sweden 5 (Anthony Elanga introduced in the 91st minute when Sweden led 4-1)
Tuesday 16 June
Tino Livramento leaves the England squad and returns to the UK due to an injury picked up in training.
Wednesday 17 June
Portugal 1 DR Congo 1 (Yoane Wissa with a brilliant headed goal to equalise just before the break)
Croatia 2 England 4 (Dan Burn an unused sub as England entertain!)
Saturday 20 June
Haiti 0 Brazil 3 (Bruno Guimaraes stars in comfortable win)
Ivory Coast 1 Germany 2 (Malick Thiaw and Nick Woltemade were unused subs)
Netherlands 5 Sweden 1 (Anthony Elanga brought on at 4-0 down and scored a cracking goal)
Tuesday 23 June
Ghana 0 England 0 (Dan Burn an unused sub in this bore draw for England)
Wednesday 24 June
Colombia 1 DR Congo 0 (Yoane Wissa played the full match as Colombia won with a 76th minute goal)
Scotland 0 Brazil 3 (Bruno Guimaraes with two classy assists to top off an excellent display)
Thursday 25 June
Ecuador 2 Germany 1 (A poor Germany performance despite taking a 2nd minute lead. Ecuador fully deserving the comeback win as Nick Woltemade stayed on the bench but Malick Thiaw did okay when coming on to play the final half hour at right-back)
Friday 26 June
Japan 1 Sweden 1 (Anthony Elanga starting the game and a brilliant long range curling finish that levelled the match and guaranteed Sweden progress to the last 32)
Saturday 27 June
Panama 0 England 2 (Dan Burn an unused sub as England eventually score twice in the final half hour to top the group)
Sunday 28 June
Uzbekistan 1 DR Congo 3 (Yoane Wissa the two goal man of the match as DR Congo turn a 1-0 half-time deficit into a 3-1 win after the break)
Round of 32 knockout matches:
Monday 29 June
Paraguay 1 Germany 1 (Nick Woltemade and Malick Thiaw come off the bench but Germany lose on penalties after extra time, Big Nick one of three Germany players who fail to score in the shoot out)
Brazil 2 Japan 1 (Bruno Guimaraes putting in another excellent performance and a superb pass releases Martinelli to score the winner five minutes into added time)
Tuesday 30 June
France 3 Sweden 0 (Anthony Elanga was Sweden’s best outfield player but Sweden blown away by France)
Ivory Coast 1 Norway 2 (Bazoumana Toure coming off the bench but can’t prevent Ivory Coast’s exit)
Wednesday 1 July
England 2 DR Congo 1 (Dan Burn an unused sub, Yoane Wissa puts in a very decent performance as do his teammates but a huge moment when the United striker hits the post instead of scoring scoring just before half-time, at 2-0 down it would have been difficult to see England coming back from that)
Round of 16 knockout matches:
Sunday 5 July
Brazil 1 Norway 2 (Bruno once again one of Brazil’s best players but he saw a penalty saved when the match was goalless)
Monday 6 July
Mexico 2 England 3 (Dan Burn heroics as he came off the bench and helped a ten man England side see out a famous victory)
Quarter-finals:
Saturday 11 July
Norway 1 England 2 (Dan Burn once again comes off the bench and helps get England over the line)
Semi-finals:
Wednesday 15 July
Argentina 2 England 1 (Third time unlucky as Dan Burn comes off the bench but can’t prevent England
Third place play-offs:
Saturday 18 July 10pm
England 6 France 4 (Dan Burn an unused sub as a crazy game sees England 4-0 up at half-time and eventually pick up the bronze medal with six more goals scored between the two teams in the second half)