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23rd February

England on
24th February
25th February
England On This Day
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1879		 Fred Spiksley is baptised in Gainsborough
 unofficial England 1 Scotland 0 at The Oval
the England team is chosen to play Scotland
 half-time interval to be introduced for the new season
Sam Widdowson marries Harriet Laslett

Friendly match
18 England 7 Ireland 0 [4-0]
 Liverpool Cricket Ground, Liverpool (2,000 to 3,000)		 1883 Whateley (2), Cobbold (2), Dunn (2), Pawson HW
England play in Aigburth for the only time

Kenneth Hunt born in Oxford




 Alec Morten dies in Earl's Court aged 68 years		 1884
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1965
the Scotland team is chosen to play England
 Jimmy Moore is baptised in Hockley
 Billy Bett's son, Harold, is born
 Home Championship Wales 4 Ireland 1
Home Championship Wales 2 Ireland 0
trial The South 0 The North 2 at Crystal Palace
 both teams chosen for the England~Wales match
Albert Shepherd's daughter Millicent is born
Mick Whitham marries Florence Leech in Rotherham
amateur Belgium 1 England 8 in Brussels
Ipswich Town FC cancel Ellis Rimmer's contract
Sammy Day interred in Chobham
 Everton FC manager Cliff Britton resigns
Ron Flowers marries Yvonne Hart in Wolverhampton
 Scotland U23 team chosen to play England U23
youth England 4 Scotland 2 at London Road
 under 23 Scotland 0 England 0 at Pittodrie

British Championship & European Championship preliminary match
419 Scotland 1 England 1 [1-1]
 Hampden Park, Glasgow (130,711 to 134,461)		 1968 Hughes
 Peters		 AD
England play Scotland in February for the first time



 Bobby Moore dies in Wandsworth aged 51 years

 Anthony Gordon born in Liverpool













Stan Bowles dies in Collyhurst aged 74 years		 1971
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2024		 under 23 Scotland 2 England 2 at Hampden Park
youth Wales 1 England 4 in Portmadoc

 England remain eleventh in the FIFA rankings
under 17 Spain 2 England 1 in the Algarve
under 16 England 1 Germany 2 at Roots Hall
women England 3 Portugal 0 at Fratton Park
 England to play Serbia & Montenegro
under 17 Finland 0 England 3 at the Algarve
Uruguay finalise their squad for the England match
under 17 Israel 0 England 4 at the Algarve
 women England 1 South Africa 0 in Larnarca
under 17 Romania 1 England 1 in Algarve
Bradford City AFC sack manager Peter Taylor
Netherlands finalise their squad for England match
Andros Townsend joins Birmingham City FC on loan
the funeral of Tom Finney at Preston Cathedral
under 16 England 3 Spain 1 at St. George's Park

Opposition On This Day
BIRTHS DEATHS & APPOINTMENTS
 Ferenc Simon (Hungary)
 official Guiseppe Carpani (Italy) in Milan
  Joseph Fischer (Luxembourg)
 François Bourbotte (France)
 Guglielmo Gabetto (Italy)
Flemming Nielsen (Denmark)
Bobby Braithwaite (Northern Ireland)
Denis Law (Scotland)
Mihai Mocanu (Romania)
Rafael Gordillo (Spain)
Hans Flick (Germany manager)
goalkeeper Neil Sullivan (Scotland)
official Grzegorz Gilewski (Poland) in Radom
 Yksel Osmanovski (Sweden)
Felipe Baloy (Panama)
Tom Høgli (Norway)
William Kvist (Denmark)
Christopher Trimmel (Austria)
Stefan Askovski (North Macedonia)
Ryan Fraser (Scotland)
Amir Rrahmani (Kosovo)
Rey Manaj (Albania)
 Joan Cervós (Andorra)		 1886
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2006		 Yuri Puntus (Belarus coach) appointed

England's Record on 24th February
Venue P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
Home 1 1 0 0 7 0 +7 0 1 7.00 0.00 100.0 +1
Away 1 0 1 0 1 1 =0 0 0 1.00 1.00 50.0 =0
2 1 1 0 8 1 +7 0 1 4 0.5 75 +1
 

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