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17th April

England on
18th April

19th April
 
England On This Day



1921
Albert Smith dies in Nottingham aged 51




1940
Ken Shellito born in West Ham
1891 Jack Barton's son, William, born
1908
amateur Belgium 2 England 8 in Brussels
 
Tom Holford signs for Manchester City FC

1924
Harry Hibbs signs for Birmingham FC
1925
Home Championship Wales 0 Ireland 0
1931
Jimmy Seed appointed manager at Clapton Orient FC
1937 Warney Cresswell manager of Northampton Town FC

1942
wartime Scotland 5 England 4 at Hampden Park
1949 youth England 3 Ireland 3 in Haarlem
1953 Walter Winterbottom's fiftieth match in charge
British Championship
276 Saturday, 18 April 1953 - England 2 Scotland 2 [1-0]
Empire Stadium, Wembley
(97,000)
Broadis (2)
Reilly (2)
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  1954 youth Portugal 2 England 0 in Bonn
1955
Party for the European tour named
1957 youth Greece 3 England 2 in Barcelona
1960 youth England 4 Poland 2 in Graz
1970 Sir Alf Ramsey's 75th match in charge
England World Cup Squad's Back Home enters the chart

British Championship  
440 Saturday, 18 April 1970 - Wales 1 England 1 [1-0]
Ninian Park, Cardiff (50,000)
Krzywicki
Lee
AD

1979 Matthew Upson born in Eye





1997 Eddie Quigley (party) dies in Blackpool aged 75

1984
under 21 England 3 Italy 1 at Maine Road
        under 17 England 4 Mexico 0 in Cannes
1992 women England 1 Scotland 0 at Bescot Stadium
1993
shirt names first appear in the League Cup Final
1996 women Croatia 0 England 2 in Osijek

1999
Robbie Fowler has his nose broken by an Everton fan
2007 England drop to eighth in rankings

 Poland & Ukraine awarded Finals of Euro 2012
2018 England to play United States & Switzerland
 Joey Barton appointed Fleetwood Town FC manager
2019 under 16 Côte d'Ivoire 0 England 5 in Montaigu
2022 under 16 Portugal 1 England 1 in Montaigu

Opposition On This Day
1876 James Pyper (Ireland) born
1913 Rudolf Geiter (Austria) born
1918 Doug WItcomb (Wales) born
1920 Roy Paul (Wales) born

1958 Urquiga (Spain) born
1961 Kevin Wilson (Northern Ireland) born in Banbury
1967 goalkeeper Paul Jones (Wales) born
1968 official Michael Jones born in Chester
1969 Stefan Schwarz (Sweden) born
1970 Paco (Spain) born
1975 Sergei Terehhov (Estonia) born
1977 Gueorgui Batchev (Bulgaria) born
1981 Aldo Leão (Colombia) born
1983 Szabolcs Huszti (Hungary)
& François Clerc (France) born
1986 Daniel Rinaldi (San Marino) born in Argentina
& Maurice Edu (United States) born
1990 goalkeeper Wojciech Szczęsny (Poland) born
1992 Georgi Terziev (Bulgaria) born
1994 Michael Gregoritsch (Austria) born
1996 Denzel Dumfries (Netherlands) born
1997 Donny van de Beek (Netherlands) born




1949
Republic of Ireland now a country by law


England's Record on 18th April
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts % W/L
Home 1 0 1 0 2 2 =0 0 0 2.00 2.00 50.0 =0
Away 1 0 1 0 1 1 =0 0 0 1.00 1.00 50.0 =0
Total 2 0 2 0 3 3 =0 0 0 1.50 1.50 50.0 =0

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