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1872-90

1891-1900

England's Matches
Unofficial

This list contains the results of matches not accorded status as official internationals.  It includes wartime and victory internationals as well as other matches regarded as less than full internationals for a variety of reasons, among them the status of the team representing England and of the opposing team.  We will add more matches to this list when we finish our research.

* Although the half-time break was introduced on 23 February 1870, the teams only changed ends if no goal had been scored in the first 45 minutes. This rule existed up until 1876, when the half-time interval was introduced.

Before The First Official International

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Charlie Alcock

Friendlies
1 5 March 1870 - England 1 Scotland 1 [0-0]
The Surrey Cricket Ground, The Oval, Kennington (500-600)
Baker
Crawford
HD
2 19 November 1870 - England 1 Scotland 0*
The Surrey Cricket Ground, The Oval, Kennington (650)
Walker HW
3 25 February 1871 - England 1 Scotland 1*
The Surrey Cricket Ground, The Oval, Kennington (500-600+)
Walker
Nepean
HD
4 18 November 1871 - England 2 Scotland 1*
The Surrey Cricket Ground, The Oval, Kennington (650+)
Walker (2)
Renny-Tailyour
HW
5 24 February 1872 - England 1 Scotland 0*
The Surrey Cricket Ground, The Oval, Kennington (650+)
C.Clegg HW
Season 1891-92

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International Selection Committee (The F.A.)

6 19 December 1891- England 6 Canada 1 [3-0]
The Surrey Cricket Ground, The Oval, Kennington (n/k)
  HW
Season 1901-02

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British Championship - downgraded to unofficial
7 5 April 1902 - Scotland 1 England 1 [1-1]
Ibrox Park, Glasgow (100,000)
  AD
Wartime Internationals (WWI)

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Victory Internationals
- 26 April 1919 - England 2 Scotland 2 [1-2]
Goodison Park, Liverpool (45,000)
  HD
- 3 May 1919 - Scotland 3 England 4 [0-3]
Hampden Park, Mount Florida, Glasgow (80,000)
  AW
- 11 October 1919 - Wales 2 England 1 [1-0]
Ninian Park, Sloper Road, Cardiff (20,000)
  AL
- 18 October 1919 - England 2 Wales 0 [n/k]
Victoria Ground, Stoke-on-Trent (16,000)
  HW
Season 1933-34

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Trials
- 21 March 1934 - England 1 Rest of England 7 [n/k]
Roker Park, Sunderland (n/k)
  HL
Season 1934-35
- 27 March 1935 - England 2 Rest of England 2 [2-1]
Hawthorns, West Bromwich (12,846)
  HD
Season 1935-36

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King George V Jubilee Fund
- 21 August 1935 - Scotland 4 England 2 [3-0]
Hampden Park, Mount Florida, Glasgow (56,316)
  AL
  This match was organized to raise funds for Glasgow’s contribution to the King George V Jubilee Fund. James, England v. Scotland, pp. 154-55; Rollin, Rothmans Book of Football Records, p. 313; Hockings & Radnedge, Nations of Europe, vol. 1, p. 181.
Wartime Internationals (WWII)

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War-time Internationals
- 11 November 1939 - Wales 1 England 1 [1-0]
Ninian Park, Sloper Road, Cardiff (28,000)
  AD
- 18 November 1939 - Wales 2 England 3 [0-0]
Racecourse Ground, Mold Road, Wrexham (17,000)
  AW
- 2 December 1939 - England 2 Scotland 1 [1-1]
St. James' Park, Newcastle-upon-Tyne (15,000)
  HW
- 13 April 1940 - England 0 Wales 1 [0-1]
Empire Stadium, Wembley, London (40,000)
  HL
- 11 May 1940 - Scotland 1 England 1 [0-0]
Hampden Park, Mount Florida, Glasgow (75,000)
  AD
- 8 February 1941 - England 2 Scotland 3 [2-2]
St. James' Park, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
(25,000)
  HL
- 26 April 1941 - England 4 Wales 1 [2-0]
City Ground, Nottingham (13,016)
  HW
  Bryan Horsnell & Douglas Lamming, Forgotten Caps: England Football Internationals of Two World Wars, pp. 32, 48 (1995), has this match played 26 April 1941, a Saturday, and reproduces a programme cover for the match bearing that date. Unless the programme's date was a typographical error, this must be regarded as authoritative. However, other sources, perhaps themselves reproducing a typographical error, put the date as 16 April 1941, a Wednesday. Hockings & Radnedge, Nations of Europe, vol. 1, p. 183; Rollin, Rothmans Book of Football Records, p. 282; Michael Robinson & Gareth Davies, Soccer: The International Line-ups & Statistics Series—Wales 1876-1960, p. 36 (1995).
- 3 May 1941 - Scotland 1 England 3 [1-1]
Hampden Park, Mount Florida, Glasgow (78,000)
  AW
- 7 June 1941 - Wales 2 England 3 [1-2]
Ninian Park, Sloper Road, Cardiff (20,000)
  AW
- 4 October 1941 - England 2 Scotland 0 [2-0]
Empire Stadium, Wembley, London (65,000)
  HW
- 25 October 1941 - England 2 Wales 1 [2-0]
St. Andrew's Ground, Birmingham (25,000)
  HW
- 17 January 1942 - England 3 Scotland 0 [1-0]
Empire Stadium, Wembley, London (64,000)
  HW
- 18 April 1942 - Scotland 5 England 4 [2-1]
Hampden Park, Mount Florida, Glasgow (91,000)
  AL
  Horsnell & Lamming, Forgotten Caps: England Football Internationals of Two World Wars, p. 48, has the attendance as 75,000, but Hockings & Radnedge, Nations of Europe, vol. 1, p. 183, puts it at 91,000.
- 9 May 1942 - Wales 1 England 0 [1-0]
Ninian Park, Sloper Road, Cardiff (30,000)
  AL
- 10 October 1942 - England 0 Scotland 0 [0-0]
Empire Stadium, Wembley, London (75,000)
  HD
- 24 October 1942 - England 1 Wales 2 [1-1]
Molineux Ground, Wolverhampton (25,097)
  HL
- 27 February 1943 - England 5 Wales 3 [3-2]
Empire Stadium, Wembley, London (75,000)
  HW
- 17 April 1943 - Scotland 0 England 4 [0-2]
Hampden Park, Mount Florida, Glasgow (105,000)
  AW
- 8 May 1943 - Wales 1 England 1 [1-0]
Ninian Park, Sloper Road, Cardiff (25,000)
  AD
- 25 September 1943 - England 8 Wales 3 [4-1]
Empire Stadium, Wembley, London (80,000)
  HW
- 16 October 1943 - England 8 Scotland 0 [5-0]
Maine Road, Manchester (60,000)
  HW
- 19 February 1944 - England 6 Scotland 2 [1-1]
Empire Stadium, Wembley, London (80,000)
  HW
- 22 April 1944 - Scotland 2 England 3 [1-3]
Hampden Park, Mount Florida, Glasgow (133,000)
  AW
- 6 May 1944 - Wales 0 England 2 [0-1]
Ninian Park, Sloper Road, Cardiff (50,000)
  AW
- 16 September 1944 - England 2 Wales 2 [2-2]
Anfield Road, Liverpool (38,483)
  HD
- 14 October 1944 - England 6 Scotland 2 [0-1]
Empire Stadium, Wembley, London (90,000)
  HW
- 3 February 1945 - England 3 Scotland 2 [1-1]
Villa Park, Birmingham (65,780)
  HW
  Horsnell & Lamming, Forgotten Caps: England Football Internationals of Two World Wars, p. 49, puts the attendance at 64,000, but Hockings & Radnedge, Nations of Europe, vol. 1, p. 183, states it was 65,780.
- 14 April 1945 - Scotland 1 England 6 [1-1]
Hampden Park, Mount Florida, Glasgow (133,000)
  AW
- 5 May 1945 - Wales 2 England 3 [1-1]
Ninian Park, Sloper Road, Cardiff (25,000)
  AW

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Victory Internationals
- 26 May 1945 - England 2 France 2 [1-1]
Empire Stadium, Wembley, London (65,000)
  HD
  Horsnell & Lamming, Forgotten Caps: England Football Internationals of Two World Wars, p. 49, states the attendance as 60,000, while Hockings & Radnedge, Nations of Europe, vol. 1, p. 183, has it as 65,000.
- 15 September 1945 - Ireland 0 England 1 [0-0]
Windsor Park, Belfast (45,061)
  HD
- 20 October 1945 - England 0 Wales 1 [0-1]
Hawthorns, West Bromwich (54,611)
  HL
  Horsnell & Lamming, Forgotten Caps: England Football Internationals of Two World Wars, p. 49, puts the attendance at 56,000, but Hockings & Radnedge, Nations of Europe, vol. 1, p. 183, states it as 54,611.
- 19 January 1946 - England 2 Belgium 0 [2-0]
Empire Stadium, Wembley, London (85,000)
  HW
- 13 April 1946 - Scotland 1 England 0 [0-0]
Hampden Park, Mount Florida, Glasgow (139,468)
  AL

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Burnden Park Disaster Fund
- 24 April 1946 - England 2 Scotland 2 [2-1]
Maine Road, Manchester (70,000)
  HD
  This match was organized to raise relief funds for the victims of the Burnden Park disaster of March 9, 1946, in which 33 died and more than 500 were injured when crush barriers collapsed at a second round F.A. Cup match between Bolton Wanderers and Stoke City. Rollin, Rothmans Book of Football Records, p. 313; Hockings & Radnedge, Nations of Europe, vol. 1, p. 184; see Nawrat & Hutchings, The Sunday Times Illustrated History of Football, p. 70.

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Victory Internationals
- 11 May 1946 - England 4 Switzerland 1 [0-0]
Stamford Bridge, Chelsea, London (75,000)
  HW
- 19 May 1946 - France 2 England 1 [0-0]
Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes, Paris (58,481)
  AL
Season 1950-51

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Walter Winterbottom

F.A. Charity Shield
- 20 September 1950 - England 4 Canada 2 [n/k]
Stamford Bridge, Chelsea, London (75,000)
  HW
Season 1961-62
- 12 August 1961 - Tottenham Hotspur FC 3 England 2 [n/k]
White Hart Lane, London (n/k)
  AL
Season 1975-76

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Don Revie

USA Bicentennial Cup
- 31 May 1976 - Team America 1 England 3 [0-2]
John F. Kennedy Stadium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
(16,239)
  AW
  This was a U.S.A. Bicentennial Tournament match, commemorating the 200th anniversary of the U.S.A.’s Declaration of Independence. Team America’s players were drawn from North American Soccer League clubs and included players, like Pele, Mike England and Bobby Moore, who had performed for other national teams. Consequently, Team America’s tournament matches were not regarded as official internationals.
Friendlies
- 10 June 1976 - England 8 Uxbridge FC 0 [n/k]
Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London (probaly behind closed doors)
  HW
Season 1985-86

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Bobby Robson

 
- 14 May 1986 - Korea Republic 1 England 4 [0-2]
Fountain Valley School Field, Denver, USA
(n/k)
  NW
- 28 May 1986 - Monterrey FC 1 England 4 [n/k]
n/k
(n/k)
  AW
Season 1986-87

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The Valley Parade Disaster Fund
- 14 December 1986 - Bradford City FC 2 England 1 [n/k]
Valley Parade, Bradford
(n/k)
  AL
Season 1987-88

x

 
Friendlies
- 4 June 1988 - Aylesbury United FC 0 England 7 [n/k]
The Stadium, Buckingham Road, Aylesbury
(6,031)
Beardsley (4), plus three others AW
Season 1993-94

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Terry Venables

 
- 26 May 1996 - Hong Kong Golden Select XI 0 England 1 [0-1]
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
(26,000)
  AW
Season 1997-98

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Glenn Hoddle
 
- 9 June 1998 - Caen XI 0 England 1 [0-0]
Stade Michel d'Ornano, Caen
(200)
  AW
  This World Cup 1998 warm-up match was held behind closed doors. The Football Association and the small French second division club which summoned a local selection to serve as England’s opposition invited 200 local dignitaries to attend.
Season 2009-10

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Fabio Capello
 
- 7 June 2010 - Platinum Stars 0 England 3 [0-1]
Moruleng Stadium, Lesetlheng, NW Province, South Africa
(10,000)
Defoe, J.Cole, Rooney AW

Source Notes

Edworthy, Niall, England: The Official F.A. History, pp. 16, 18, 176-82 (Virgin Books, London, 1997)

Farror, Morley & Douglas Lamming, A Century of English International Football 1872-1972, pp. 9-11, 13-14, 24, 238-40 (Robert Hale & Company, London, 1972)

The Football Association, The Official FA and England Yearbook 1998-99, pp. 91-92 (Pan Books, Macmillan Publishers Limited, London, 1998)

Hockings, Ron & Keir Radnedge, Nations of Europe, vol. 1, pp. 174-201 (Articulate, Ernsworth, Hampshire, U.K., 1993)

Horsnell, Bryan & Douglas Lamming, Forgotten Caps: England Football Internationals of Two World Wars, pp. 11, 48-49 (Yore Publications, Harefield, Middlesex, 1995)

James, Brian, England v Scotland, pp. 74-76, 87-89, 113-15, 154-55, 160-87 (Sportsmans Book Club edition, Readers Union Limited, London, 1970, originally published by Pelham Books, 1969)

Mitchell, Andy, First Elevens: The Birth of International Football, pp. 16-59 (Andy Mitchell Media, Scotland, 2012)

Nawrat, Chris & Steve Hutchings, The Sunday Times Illustrated History of Football, pp. 13, 70 (1998 ed., Hamlyn, Octopus Publishing Group Ltd., London, 1998)

Oliver, Guy, The Guinness Book of World Soccer: The History of the Game in Over 150 Countries, pp. 275-86 (2nd ed., Guinness Publishing Limited, Enfield, Middlesex, England, 1995)

Payne, Mike, England: The Complete Post-War Record, p. 240 (Breedon Books Publishing Company, Derby, U.K., 1993)

Robinson, Michael & Gareth Davies, Soccer: The International Line-ups & Statistics Series—Wales 1876-1960, pp. 36-39 (Soccer Book Publishing Ltd., Cleethorpes, South Humberside, England, 1995)

Rollin, Jack, Rothmans Book of Football Records, pp. 275-76, 281-83, 313 (Headline Book Publishing, London, 1998)

Reports from the London Daily Telegraph and London Times of May 27, 1996

Reports from Agence France Presse and Reuters datelined June 9, 1998

Reports from The Independent, London Daily Telegraph and London Times of June 10, 1998

Warsop, Keith, ed., British and Irish Special and Intermediate Internationals (SoccerData, Nottingham, U.K., 2002)

 
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