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15th April

England on
16th April
17th April
 
England On This Day
1851 Sam Widdowson born in Hucknall Torkard

1878 Tip Foster born in Malvern

1896 Tom Wilson born in Seaham
1904 Gordon Hodgson born in Gauteng




1938 Steve Bloomer dies in Derby aged 64









1972 Jack Hill dies in Helensburgh aged 75 years
1861 John Rawlinson baptised in Chelsea

1887 Ray Westwood's son, Samuel, born


1910 amateur England 10 France 1 at Goldstone Ground
 Albert Shepherd fined for leaving the pitch
1916 Dick Pym marries Elsie Murphy in Topsham
1935 Jackie Carr Hartlepools United FC manager sacked

1947 Home Championship Ireland 2 Wales 1
1948 youth England 3 Belgium 1 at Boleyn Ground
1949 amateur Scotland 3 England 2 at Hampden Park
1955 Don Revie named FWA Footballer of the Year
1957 youth Austria 3 England 0 in Barcelona
1960 youth Bulgaria 1 England 0 in Graz
1964 amateur England 4 New Zealand 1 in Dulwich
1969 under 23 England 4 Portugal 0 at Highfield Road
1971 Dick Hill's funeral in Canley
1975 Macdonald scores five goals in a match for first time since 1938
 
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 Leeds
2000 Harry Clarke dies in Havering aged 77





2006 Tom Garrett dies in New South Wales aged 79		 1980 under 21 England 1 GDR 2 at Bramall Lane


2001 under 16 France 1 England 0 in Montaigu
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 Montaigu
2004 Paul Bracewell sacked as Walsall FC coach

2008 youth England 2 Austria 0 in Hartlepool
2014 youth England 2 Germany 1 in Rotherham
2019 under 16 Argentina 2 England 1 in Jard-sur-Mer
2022 under 16 Brazil 3 England 0 in Les Sables d'Olonne

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
1922 official Alan Wragg born in Sheffield
1928 Gilbert Fesselet (Switzerland) born
1929 Archie Glen (Scotland) born
1933 Marquitos (Spain) born
1939 Laurent Verbiest (Belgium) born

1961 official Michael Kennedy (United States) 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
& official Bram Van Driessche (Belgium) born in Knesselare
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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