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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) born 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
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) born 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) born 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
Arthur 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) born 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 (uncapped) born 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

Opposition On This Day
1865 Jack Owen (Wales) born
1895 Valdus Lund (Sweden) born
1905 George Stephenson (Scotland) born

1910 László Cseh (Hungary) born
1915 Amedeo Biavati (Italy) born
1920 Paddy Coad (Ireland) born
1921 Billy Houliston (Scotland) born
& official Hugh Phillips (Scotland) born in Wishaw
1930 Pavão (Brazil) born
1954 René Girard (France) born
1971 Dietmar Kühbauer (Austria) born
1973 Peter Hoekstra (Netherlands) born
1976 Emerson (Brazil) born
1979 Jay de Merit (United States) born
1986 Aiden McGeady (Republic of Ireland) born in Falkirk
& Alex Tetty (Norway) born
1987 Sami Khedira (Germany) born
1990 Marc Vales (Andorra) born
2012 Dubravko Pavlicic (Croatia) dies



1906 Luis Tirado (Chile manager) born
















2020 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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