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1st April

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2nd April

3rd April
England On This Day
1878 Cuthbert Ottaway dies in Pimlico aged 28
1889 Jimmy Forrest's daughter, Elizabeth, is born
1892 Chadwick scores the quickest goal for England to date
British 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

British Championship
64 Saturday, 2 April 1898 - Scotland 1 England 3 [0-2]
Celtic Park, Glasgow (39,850)
Millar
Wheldon, Bloomer (2)
AW


1900
Alf Strange born in Ripley
1899 George Blackburn baptised in Willesden
1900
charity match for Harry Bradshaw
1906
Home Championship Wales 4 Ireland 4
 Scotland team chosen for England
1910 The loss ends a run of eighteen matches unbeaten

British 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 reserve
1921
England announce their team to play Scotland
1924
Scotland team chosen for face England
1927 England win in Scotland for first time since 1904

British Championship
153 Saturday, 2 April 1927 - Scotland 1 England 2 [0-0]
Hampden Park, Glasgow
(111,214)
Morton
Dean (2)
AW

  1947 Scotland team chosen to play England
1951
Scotland team chosen to face England
 Harry Johnston chosen as FWA Footballer of the Year
1953 youth Yugoslavia 1 England 1 in Liége
1955 Duncan Edwards becomes the youngest player to start a competitive match so far

British 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

  1957 practice match Tottenham Hotspur 0 England 2
1959
youth Greece 0 England 4 in Dimitrovo
1960
amateur Netherlands 1 Great Britain 5 in Zwolle
       
youth England 1 GDR 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

British 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 78




1997
Reg Lewis (unused) dies in Chadwell Heath aged 77
1998
Ronnie Dix dies in Bristol aged 85
1971 amateur Scotland 0 England 2 in Falkirk

1983 under 17 France 2 England 0 in Cannes
1984
Keith Weller is manager at Fort Lauderdale Sun
 
Martin Keown signs professional with Arsenal FC
1996 Semi-Pro
England 3 Netherlands 1 at Nene Park
1997
UEFA Group 2 Poland 0 Italy 0

1999 under 16 England 2 China 1 in Montaigu
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
2011 women England 2 USA 1 at Matchroom Stadium

2015 under 16 Turkey 0 England 1 in Saint-Jean-de-Monts
2018 under 16 France 0 England 1 in Saint-Jean-de-Monts
2023 under 16 England 2 New Caledonia 0 in La Roche

Opposition On This Day
1873 Jimmy Simpson (Scotland) born
1886 Alex Craig (Ireland) born
1915 official Friedrich Seipelt (Austria) born in Wien
1937 Yuri Falin (USSR) born
1938 Graham Williams (Wales) 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
1997 Ryan Strain (Australia) 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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