England on 2nd April
Home International Championship 46 Saturday, 2 April 1892 - Scotland 1 England 4 [0-4] Ibrox Park, Glasgow (20,000 to 30,000) Bell Chadwick, Goodall (2), Southworth AW 1898 Steve Bloomer becomes the record goalscorer Home International Championship 64 Saturday, 2 April 1898 - Scotland 1 England 3 [0-2] Celtic Park, Glasgow (40,000) Millar Wheldon, Bloomer (2) AW 1900 Alf Strange born in Ripley 1899 George Blackburn baptised in Willesden1900 charity match for Harry Bradshaw 1906 Home Championship Wales 4 Ireland 4 Scotland team chosen to face England 1910 The loss ends a run of eighteen matches unbeaten Home International Championship 107 Saturday, 2 April 1910 - Scotland 2 England 0 [2-0]Hampden Park, Glasgow (106,205) McMenemy, Quinn AL 1919 Harry Makepeace made an RAF reserve1921 England team chosen to face Scotland1924 Scotland team chosen to face England 1927 England win in Scotland for first time since 1904 Home International Championship 153 Saturday, 2 April 1927 - Scotland 1 England 2 [0-0] Hampden Park, Glasgow (111,214) MortonDean (2) AW 1947 Scotland team chosen to face England1951 Scotland team chosen to face England Harry Johnston chosen as FWA Footballer of the Year 1955 Duncan Edwards becomes the youngest player to start a competitive match so far Home International Championship 294 Saturday, 2 April 1955 - England 7 Scotland 2 [4-1] Empire Stadium, Wembley (96,847) Wilshaw (4), Lofthouse (2), Revie Reilly, Docherty HW 1953 youth Yugoslavia 1 England 1 in Liége 1959 youth Greece 0 England 4 in Dimitrovo 1960 amateur Netherlands 1 Great Britain 5 in Zwolle youth England 1 East Germany 1 at Fratton Park 1961 youth Portugal 4 England 0 in Lisboa 1966 England beat Scotland for first time since 1961 Teddy Sheringham born in Waltham Forest Home International Championship 398 Saturday, 2 April 1966 - Scotland 3 England 4 [1-2] Hampden Park, Glasgow (123,052) Law, Johnstone (2) Hurst, Hunt (2), R.Charlton AW 1979 Sam Austin dies in Kidderminster aged 781998 Ronnie Dix dies in Bristol aged 85 1971 amateur Scotland 0 England 2 in Falkirk 1983 youth France 2 England 0 in Cannes 1984 Keith Weller is manager at Fort Lauderdale Sun Martin Keown signs professional with Arsenal FC 1997 UEFA Group 2 Poland 0 Italy 0 2003 Wayne Rooney becomes the youngest player to start a match UEFA Group 7 Slovakia 4 Liechtenstein 0 European Championship Preliminary match 801 Wednesday, 2 April 2003 - England 2 Turkey 0 [0-0] Stadium of Light, Sunderland (47,667) Vassell, Beckham (pen) HW 2009 Sven-Göran Eriksson sacked as Mexico coach Opposition On This Day 1873 Jimmy Simpson (Scotland) born 1886 Alex Craig (Ireland) born 1970 Antonio Mohammed (Argentina) born 1971 Francisco Arce (Paraguay) & Edmundo (Brazil) born 1973 official Igor Krmar (Croatia) born 1980 Carlos Salcido (Mexico) born 1986 Ibrahim Afellay (Netherlands) born England's Record on 2nd April Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts % W/L Home 2 2 0 0 9 2 +7 0 1 4.50 1.00 100.0 +2 Away 5 4 0 1 13 8 +5 1 0 2.60 1.60 80.0 +3 Total 7 6 0 1 22 10 +12 1 1 3.143 1.429 85.7 +5
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