The final FIFA rankings for the year have been published and both England's men and women's senior teams end 2024 as the fourth best in the world.
For the men it was another year of 'so near and yet so far' as they reached a second successive European Championship final only to miss out to an excellent Spanish side, bringing the curtain down on the Gareth Southgate era in the process.
One reminder that England supporters haven't always had it so good comes with the all-time rankings graph on the FIFA website which shows a lowest ever position of 27th in February 1996, following the failure to reach USA 1994.
Serbia, in 32nd, are the highest ranked of England's upcoming World Cup qualifying opponents.
England's women are leapfrogged by both Germany, who were 4-3 winners at Wembley in October and world champions Spain, who come to London for a Nations League fixture in February.