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3rd April

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1862 Robert King born in Leigh-on-Sea
1868
George Cotterill born in Brighton

1882
Harold Hardman born in Manchester


1880
Ben Warren baptised in Newhall

1888
Charles Wilson marries Lily Smith in Horbling
1891 Goal nets are used for the first time

British Championship
43 Saturday, 4 April 1891 - England 2 Scotland 1 [2-0]
Ewood Park, Blackburn (6,000 to 10,000)
Goodall, Chadwick
Watt
HW

1893 Eddie Edmonds (uncapped) in Finsbury  
1896 England end a 20-match unbeaten run in front of a world record attendance

British Championship  
58 Easter Saturday, 4 April 1896 -
Scotland 2 England 1 [2-0]
Celtic Park, Glasgow (57,315)
Lambie, Bell
Bassett
AL

1897 Home Championship is first mentioned
 Albert Fletcher's son, Wilfred, is born
1901
Harry Thickitt's wife, Anna, dies
1903 Scotland return to Bramall Lane for first time in 20 years

British Championship  
79 Saturday, 4 April 1903 - England 1 Scotland 2 [1-0]
Bramall Lane, Sheffield (31,789)
Woodward
Speedie, Walker
HL

1904 Archie Clark (uncapped) in Shoreham 1904 teams chosen for the England-Scotland match
1906
Harry Thickitt rejoins Bristol City FC as manager
1908 England play in front of another world record attendance

British Championship  
94 Saturday, 4 April 1908 - Scotland 1 England 1 [1-0]
Hampden Park, Glasgow
(121,452)
Wilson
Windridge
AD


1911
Joe Johnson born in Grimsby
Bill Ridding (B manager) in Heswall
1908 William Garraty marries Annie Shufflebotham


1913
adjourned IFAB meeting held at the FA, FIFA join.
1914 Bob Crompton makes his record final appearance
Home Championship fixtures confirmed for the new season

British Championship  
119 Saturday, 4 April 1914 - Scotland 3 England 1 [1-1]
Hampden Park, Glasgow
(105,000)
Thomson, McMenemy, Reid
Fleming
AL

  1921 Ernie Hine's son, Ernest, is born
1922
Robert King's son, Anthony, born
1923
Scotland team chosen for England
1925 England lose in Scotland for eight match in a row
Archie Turner dies in Farnborough aged 47

British Championship  
145 Saturday, 4 April 1925 - Scotland 2 England 0 [1-0]
Hampden Park, Glasgow
(92,000)
Gallacher (2) AL

1929 Jimmy Adamson (reserve) in Ashington
1932
teams chosen for the England-Scotland match
1936 England's 500th goal scored for the Committee

British Championship  
202 Saturday, 4 April 1936 - England 1 Scotland 1 [1-0]
Empire Stadium, Wembley (93,267)
Camsell
Walker (pen)
HD









1959
Jeff Hall dies of Polio in Little Bromwich aged 29
1938 teams chosen for the England-Scotland match
 Eric Houghton's oldest son, Robert, dies
1940 Bill Dean appears in court for non-payment of taxes
1942
army England 4 Scotland 1 at Hillsborough
1953
youth West Germany 1 England 3 in Antwerp
 
Duncan Edwards makes his league debut aged 16
1955 amateur trial
West Ham United 1 England 0
1957
Tom Finney is FWA Footballer of the Year
1959
Billy Wright's daughter, Victoria, born
 Brian Clough marries Barbara Glasgow in Middlesbrough
1961
youth Italy 3 England 2 in Braga
1962 England beat Austria at Wembley for the first time

Friendly match
355 Wednesday, 4 April 1962 - England 3 Austria 1 [2-0]
Empire Stadium, Wembley (50,000)
Crawford, Flowers (pen), Hunt
Buzek
HW

1964 Paul Parker born in Forest Gate
1966 amateur trial
Northern & Wearside 3 England 2
 
Terry Venables marries Christine McCann in West Ham
1973 amateur England 3 Finland 0 at Home Park
1979 youth England 2 Italy 0 at Villa Park
1983 under 17 Qatar 1 England 1 in Cannes
1984 The last Home Championship match against Northern Ireland

British Championship
586 Wednesday, 4 April 1984 -
England 1 Northern Ireland 0 [1-0]
Wembley Stadium, Wembley (24,000)
Woodcock HW

1988 Frankie Fielding (unused) in Blackburn





2015
Bill Ellerington dies in Southampton aged 91
2018 Ray Wilkins dies in Tooting aged 61
1988 under 16 Israel 1 England 2 at Tel Aviv
1999
under 20 England 0 United States 1 in Kano
       
under 16 England 0 Italy 1 in Montaigu
2001
Sven-Göran Eriksson receives the Princes' Plaque
2003 England to play Turkey in İstanbul
2007 under 16 United States 0 England 0 at Les Esserts
2015 under 16 Côte d'Ivoire 1 England 1 in La Mothe

2019
England up to fourth in rankings
 Gareth Southgate receives his OBE
2023 under 16 England 3 C.A.R. 2 in Chantonnay
2024
England drop to fourth in the FIFA rankings

Opposition On This Day
BIRTHS DEATHS & APPOINTMENTS
Jack Owen (Wales)
Valdus Lund (Sweden)
 George Stephenson (Scotland)
 Luis Tirado (Chile manager)
 László Cseh (Hungary)
 Amedeo Biavati (Italy)
 Paddy Coad (Ireland)
 Billy Houliston (Scotland)
 official Hugh Phillips (Scotland) in Wishaw
 Pavão (Brazil)
René Girard (France)
 Dietmar Kühbauer (Austria)
 Peter Hoekstra (Netherlands)
 Emerson (Brazil)
 Jay de Merit (United States)
Aiden McGeady (Republic of Ireland) in Falkirk
 Alex Tetty (Norway)
 Sami Khedira (Germany)
 Marc Vales (Andorra)
David Strelec (Slovakia)
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Dubravko Pavličić (Croatia) dies
Stephen Kenny (Rep. Ireland manager) appointed

England's Record on 4th April
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts % W/L
Home 4 2 1 1 7 5 +2 0 0 1.75 1.25 62.5 +1
Away 4 0 1 3 3 8 -5 1 0 0.75 2.00 12.5 -3
Total 8 2 2 4 10 13 -3 1 0 2.50 3.25 37.5 -2

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