Friendly match
18	Saturday, 24 February 1883 - England 7 Ireland 0 [4-0] Liverpool Cricket Ground, Liverpool (2,000 to 3,000)	Whateley (2), Cobbold (2), Dunn (2), Pawson	HW

1884 Kenneth Hunt born in Oxford 1900 Alec Morten dies in Earl's Court aged 68 years

1888 Scotland team chosen for England 1894 Home Championship Wales 4 Ireland 1 1900 Home Championship Wales 2 Ireland 0 1902 Trial The South 0 The North 2 at The Crystal Palace  Both teams chosen for the England vs. Wales match 1914 amateur Belgium 1 England 8 in Brussels 1939 Ellis Rimmer's contract cancelled by Ipswich Town FC 1950 Sammy Day interred in Chobham 1956 Cliff Britton resigns as Everton FC manager 1957 Ron Flowers marries Yvonne Hart in Wolverhampton 1962 youth England 4 Scotland 2 at London Road 1965 under 23 Scotland 0 England 0 at Pittodrie

1968 England play Scotland in February for the first time

Home Championship & European Championships preliminary match
419	Saturday, 24 February 1968 - Scotland 1 England 1 [1-1] Hampden Park, Glasgow (130,711 to 134,461)	Hughes Peters	AD

1993 Bobby Moore dies in Wandsworth aged 51 years

1971 under 23 Scotland 2 England 2 at Hampden Park 1973 youth Wales 1 England 4 in Portmadog 1979 Ray Kennedy scores goal of the season 1999 England remain eleventh in rankings 2001 under 16 Spain 2 England 1 in the Algarve 2002 women England 3 Portugal 0 at Fratton Park 2003 England to play Serbia & Montenegro 2004 under 17 Finland 0 England 3 at the Algarve 2006 Uruguay squad finalised for match against England 2009 under 17 Israel 0 England 4 at the Algarve 2010 women England 1 South Africa 0 in Larnarca 2011 under 17 Romania 1 England 1 in Algarve  Peter Taylor sacked by Bradford City FC 2012 Netherlands squad finalised for match against England  Sean Davis joins Bristol City FC on loan  Andros Townsend joins Birmingham City FC on loan

Opposition On This Day

1886 Ferenc Simon (Hungary) born 1909 Joseph Fischer (Luxembourg) born 1913 François Bourbotte (France) born 1916 Guglielmo Gabetto (Italy) born 1937 Bobby Braithwaite (Northern Ireland) born 1940 Denis Law (Scotland) born 1957 Rafael Gordillo (Spain) born 1970 goalkeeper Neil Sullivan (Scotland) born 1973 official Grzegorz Gilewski (Poland) born in Radom 1977 Yksel Osmanovski (Sweden) born 1981 Felipe Baloy (Panama) born 1984 Tom Høgli (Norway) born 1985 William Kvist (Denmark) born 1987 Christopher Trimmel (Austria) born 1994 Ryan Fraser (Scotland) & Amir Rrahmani (Kosovo) born 1997 Rey Manaj (Albania) born 1998 Joan Cervós (Andorra) born

1965 Hans Flick (Germany manager) born 2006 Yuri Puntus (Belarus coach) appointed

  

England's Record on 24th February
Type	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
Total	2	1	1	0	8	1	+7	0	1	4.00	0.50	75.0	+1

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