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21st April

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22nd April

23rd April
 
England On This Day
1870 Jack Robinson born in Derby


1895
Fred Dewhurst dies in Preston aged 31




1909
Jackie Bray born in Oswaldtwistle
1910 John Barton dies in Blackburn aged 43


















1969
Dion Dublin born in Leicester

1975
Joe Payne dies in Luton aged 61
1977 Billy Felton dies in Manchester aged 76

1890
Frank Heron's daughter, Violet, is born
1894
Ernest Bambridge's son, Leslie, is born

1901
Johnny Holt marries Thomasine Bodle in Reading
1902 SFA agree to set up Ibrox Disaster Fund
1904
Irvine Thornley joins Manchester City FC
 
Charlie Roberts joins Manchester United FC for £600
1909
England teams named to play Hungary and Austria

1915
Dicky Bond joins the army (Bradford Batallion)
1921
England team named to play Belgium
 
Ben Olney joins Derby County FC for £900
1924
Norman Creek marries Lilian Booth in Cambridge
1929
England name party to tour Europe
1931
Home Championship Wales 3 Ireland 2
1938 Jimmy Ruffell released by West Ham United FC
1944 wartime Scotland 2 England 3 at Hampden Park
1945 wartime Diables Rouges 0 FA Services 0 in Brussels
1949 Tim Ward's son, Timothy, is born
 
Jack Butler resigns as Crystal Palace FC manager
1954
England submit forty names for their Finals squad
1955
Tom Parker reappointed Norwich City FC manager
 
Jack Barker resigns as Derby County FC manager
1958
England team chosen to play Portugal
 
England submit forty names for their Finals squad
1959 Allenby Chilton resigns as Grimsby Town manager
1962 youth Netherlands 3 England 0 in Poliesti
1969
England B tour party named
1973
women France 0 England 3 in Brion


1984
under 17 England 3 Algeria 0 in Cannes
1985
England squad named for Romania
1998 England beat Portugal for first time in 29 years
 England remain fifth in rankings
 
Friendly match
743 Wednesday, 22 April 1998 - England 3 Portugal 0 [1-0]
Wembley Stadium, Wembley (63,463)
Shearer (2), Sheringham HW
Capucho

  2000 under 16 France 0 England 1 at Montaigu
        women Portugal 2 England 2 in Sacavém
2001
under 17 England 1 Italy 3 at Bramall Lane
2002
Peter Taylor resigns Brighton & Hove Albion manager
2004 women England 0 Nigeria 3 at Madejski Stadium
2019 under 16 Brazil 0 England 4 at Montaigu
2020 Phil Neville to leave as England women's manager

Opposition On This Day
1887 Harold Mercer (Ireland) born
1895 Robert Coppée (Belgium) born
1924 Thorbjörn Svensson (Norway) born

1962 official Patrick Reinbold (France) born
1968 Ivaylo Iordanov (Bulgaria) born
1971 Serhiy Popov (Ukraine) born
1974 Jeff Chetcuti (Malta) & Adrian Ilie (Romania) born
1975 Raymond Kalla (Cameroon) born
1976 Michał Żewłakow (Poland) born
1977 Mark van Bommel (Netherlands) born
1979 Zoltán Gera (Hungary) born
1980 Hany Saïd (Egypt)
& Jón KozŠk (Slovakia) born
1981 Goran Maznov (FYR Macedonia) born
1982 Kaká (Brazil) born
1987 John Michael Obinna (Nigeria)
& David Luiz (Brazil) born
1989 Aron Gunnarsson (Iceland),
James McClean (Republic of Ireland) born in Derry
& goalkeeper Jens Cillessen (Netherlands) born
1994 Deni Hočko (Montenegro) born
1998 Kamil Jóźwiak (Poland) & David Raum (Germany) born



1942
Egil Olsen (Norway manager) born


England's Record on 22nd April
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts % W/L
Home 1 1 0 0 3 0 +3 0 1 3.00 0.00 100.0 +1
Total 1 1 0 0 3 0 +3 0 1 3.00 0.00 100.0 +1

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