Friendly match
14	Saturday, 18 February 1882 - Ireland 0 England 13 [0-5] Knock Ground, Belfast (2,500)	Vaughton (5), J.Brown (2), A.Brown (4), Bambridge, H.Cursham	AW

	1893 England team chosen against Ireland 1895 Ireland team chosen against England
1899 England record their record home victory, playing at Roker Park for the first time

Home International Championship
65	Saturday, 18 February 1899 - England 13 Ireland 2 [5-0] Roker Park Ground, Sunderland (13,000)	Fk.Forman, Fd.Forman (2), Athersmith, Smith (4), Bloomer (2), Settle (3) McAllen, Campbell	HW

1933 Bobby Robson born in Langley Park 1975 Gary Neville born in Bury 1983 Jermaine Jenas born in Nottingham

1911 amateur Wales 1 England 5 at Newtown 1920 Jimmy Seed joins Tottenham Hotspur FC for £1000 1927 Alf Strange joins Sheffield Wednesday FC 1933 amateur Ireland 4 England 3 at Belfast 1938 Albert Dawes joins Crystal Palace FC 1939 amateur Ireland 0 England 1 at Belfast  Jimmy Mullen debuts aged 16 years and 43 days  Bobby Gurney breaks his ankle 1948 Eddie Hapgood released by Shrewsbury Town FC 1954 Bill Slater turns professional aged 27 years old 1956 youth England 5 Wales 1 at Gay Meadow 1984 Peter Davenport turns down Everton FC

1987 England score their only hat-trick against Spain under 21 Spain 1 England 2 in Burgos

Friendly match
622	Wednesday, 18 February 1987 - Spain 2 England 4 [1-2] Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid (35,000)	Butragueño, Ramón Lineker (4)	AW

	1992 B England 3 France 0 in Shepherds Bush 1997 youth England 4 Scotland 1 at Gigg Lane 1998 England remain fifth in rankings
2004 England go to Portugal for the first time since 1975 England up one to seventh in rankings Paul Bracewell appointed as a coach at Walsall FC

Friendly match
810	Wednesday, 18 February 2004 - Portugal 1 England 1 [0-0] Estádio Algarve, Caliços (27,000)	Pauleta Miguel OG	AD

2007 under 17 France 1 England 1 in Silves 2014 youth England 4 Belgium 0 at St. George's Park 2021 England remain in fourth place in the FIFA rankings

Opposition On This Day

1882 Rudolf Krummer (Bohemia) born 1886 Billy Halligan (Ireland) born 1911 Joseph van Beeck (Belgium) born 1932 Reijo Jalava (Finland) born 1946 Wietse Veenstra (Netherlands) born 1960 Abu Haniffa Azizol (Malaysia) born 1963 official Anders Frisk (Sweden) born in Göteborg 1973 Claude Makélélé (France) born 1975 Keith Gillespie (Northern Ireland) born & Serhiy Federov (Ukraine) born 1978 Josip Šimunić (Croatia) born in Australia 1981 Ivan Sproule (Northern Ireland) born 1982 Aleksandr Dmitrijev (Estonia) born 1983 David Vaughan (Wales) born 1988 Roman Neustädter (Russia) born in Ukraine 1990 David Guzman & Bryan Oviedo (Costa Rica) both born

1926 Jan Zwartkruis (Netherlands manager) born 2002 Festus Onigbinde (Nigeria coach) appointed

 

England's Record on 18th February
Type	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	FTS	CS	FAv	AAv	Pts %	W/L
Home	1	1	0	0	13	2	+11	0	0	13.00	2.00	100.0	+1
Away	3	2	1	0	18	3	+15	0	1	6.00	1.00	66.7	+2
Total	4	3	1	0	31	5	+26	0	1	7.75	1.25	87.5	+3

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