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England On This Day
1852 William Clegg born in Ecclesall Bierlow
1863 Tot Rostron born in Over Darwen

1885
Harry Hampton born in Wellington
1895
Harry Chester Goodhart dies in Edinburgh aged 36




1911
John Sands dies on a Nottingham tram aged 56





1927
Harry Maskrey dies in Derby aged 46







1963
Jock Rutherford dies in Neasden aged 78


1881 Hawley Edwards marries Helen Spencer in Shifnal


1897
Thelwell Pike marries Jeannie Homewood
1899
Albert Sturgess joins The Prince of Wales Regiment
1902
Scotland team chosen to play England
 
Jack Sharp marries Mary Scott in Manchester

1919
George Armitage discharged from the army
1921
Jock Simpson is landlord of Horseshoe Bar in Falkirk
1923
fourteen man party named to tour Europe
 
Jackie Crawford's daughter, Joan, born
1926
Ronnie Starling signs amateur with Hull City AFC

1933
Syd Puddefoot transfer-listed
1936 Charlie Wreford-Brown has divorced his wife
1945 wartime Diables Rouges 1 FA Services 1 in Liége
1949 youth Scotland 1 England 0 in Utrecht
1952 Billy Wright awarded FWA Footballer of the Year
1956 amateur England 3 France 1 in Dulwich
1959 Syd Owen awarded FWA Footballer of the Year

1965 youth England 5 Hungary 0 in Wuppertal
1970 Bobby Charlton wins his one hundredth England appearance
the funeral of Len Barry in Nottingham

British Championship
441 Tuesday, 21 April 1970 -
England 3
Northern Ireland 1 [1-0]
Empire Stadium, Wembley (100,000)
Peters, Hurst, R.Charlton
Best
HW

   
1971 Gordon Banks became the first goalkeeper to wear the umbro logo
UEFA Group 3 Switzerland 5 Malta 0

European Championship Preliminary match
451 Wednesday, 21 April 1971 - England 3 Greece 0 [1-0]
Empire Stadium, Wembley (53,859 to 56,000)
Chivers, Hurst, Lee HW













2017
Ugo Ehiogu dies in Uxbridge aged 44
1976 Francis Lee announces his retirement
1986 Gary Bailey injures his knee at Bisham Abbey
1998 B England 4 Russia 1 at Loftus Road
        women England 1 Italy 2 at The Hawthorns
1999
England up to =sixth in rankings
2000 under 16 England 1 Argentina 0 at Les Sables
2002 under 19 England 2 Lithuania 1 at City Ground
2003 under 16 Portugal 2 England 1 in Montaigu

2005 women England 2 Scotland 1 at Prenton Park
2011 under 16 UAE 2 England 3 at Mouilleron-le-Captif
2014 under 16 France 2 England 2 at Montaigu
2015 under 16s team pull out of the Victory Shield

Opposition On This Day
1894 Willie McStay (Scotland) born
1937 Ben Cynowicz (United States) born in Palestine
1956 official Pierre Ufrasis (France) born
1957 official Vítor Pereira (Portugal) born in Lisboa
1961 official Craig Hall (United States) born
1964 official Rob Styles born in Waterlooville
1965 Thomas Helmer (Germany) born
1967 Christian Holtgen (Luxembourg) born
1968 official Walter Vromans (Belgium)
& Peter van Vossen (Netherlands) born
1972 official Redouane Achik (Morocco) born
1979 Tobias Linderoth (Sweden)
& Markus Kiesenebner (Austria) born
1986 Mirko Valdifiori (Italy) born
1987 official Peter Bednár (Slovakia) born
1989 Carlos Muñoz (Chile) born
1991 Ludwig Chvedukas (Lithuania) born
1992 Isco (Spain) born
1994 Ludwig Augustinsson (Sweden) born

1997 Matteo Pessina (Italy) born




















2011
Oleg Blokhin (Ukraine) appointed as manager again

England's Record on 21st April
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts % W/L
Home 2 2 0 0 6 1 +5 0 1 3.00 0.50 100.0 +2
Total 2 2 0 0 6 1 +5 0 1 3.00 0.50 100.0 +2

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