England on 16th April
European Championship Preliminary match 489 Wednesday, 16 April 1975 - England 5 Cyprus 0 [2-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley (68,000/245) Macdonald (5) HW 1987 Aaron Lennon born in Leeds2000 Harry Clarke dies in Havering aged 77 2006 Tom Garrett dies in New South Wales aged 79 1980 under 21 England 1 East Germany 2 at Bramall Lane 2002 under 21 England 0 Portugal 1 at Britannia Stadium Michael Owen appointed as an England captain 2003 under 16 Russia 0 England 3 in Montaigu2004 Paul Bracewell sacked as Walsall FC coach 2008 youth England 2 Austria 0 in Hartlepool Opposition On This Day 1833 Wingfield Malcolm MP (Scotland unofficial) born 1881 goalkeeper John Lyall (Scotland) born 1884 Bill Renneville (Ireland) born 1897 Bill Matthews (Wales) born 1903 Joséf Pöttinger (Germany) born 1909 Elisa Hendrik Bakhuys (Netherlands) born 1920 Rudolf Gyger (Switzerland) born 1928 Gilbert Fesselet (Switzerland) born 1929 Archie Glen (Scotland) born 1933 Marquitos (Spain) born 1961 official Michael Kennedy (USA) born 1965 official Manuel Mejuto González (Spain) born 1968 Martin Dahlin (Sweden) born 1970 Sirajeddine Chihi (Tunisia) born 1974 Robert Kovač (Croatia) born 1975 official Haruhiro Otsuka (Japan) born 1977 Freddie Ljungberg (Sweden) born 1980 Michael Zandberg (Israel) born 1982 Robert Popov (FYR Macedonia) born 1984 official Rodney Aquino (Paraguay) born 1985 Andreas Granqvist (Sweden) born 1986 Shinji Okazaki (Japan) born 1990 Dmytro Khomchenovskyi (Ukraine) born 1991 Luis Muriel (Colombia) born 1995 Seppe Hügi (Switzerland) dies 1957 Reinaldo Rueda (Ecuador man.) born in Colombia 2009 Javier Aguirre (Mexico) appointed manager England's Record on 16th April Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts % W/L Home 1 1 0 0 5 0 +5 0 1 5.00 0.00 100.0 +1 Total 1 1 0 0 5 0 +5 0 1 5.00 0.00 100.0 +1
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