Match Months
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25th February

England on
26th February

 27th February
 
Friendly match
12 Saturday, 26 February 1881 - England 0 Wales 1 [0-0]
East Lancashire Cricket Club, Blackburn
(3,000 to 4,000)
Vaughan HL

  1885 Ireland team chosen to play England
1887 England record a third win in a row for the first time

British Championship  
30 Saturday, 26 February 1887 - England 4 Wales 0 [1-0]
Surrey Cricket Ground, Kennington
(4,000 to 6,000)
Powell OG, Lindley (2), Cobbold HW



1900
George Beel (uncapped) born in Bracebridge Heath
1906
Joe Beresford born in Shuttlewood
1907
Charlie Alcock dies in Brighton aged 64 years
1908
Peter O'Dowd born in Halifax
1910
Vic Woodley born in Burnham









1943
Alf Harvey dies in Rugby aged 87 years
1945
Arthur Capes dies in Burton-upon-Trent aged 70 years
1946
Colin Bell born in Hesleden









1978
Joe Beresford dies on 72nd birthday in Birmingham
1890 England team chosen to play Wales & Ireland
1891
England team chosen to play Wales
& Ireland
1900
Fred Priest marries Ann Richards in Bakewell


1908 Percy Humphreys signs for Chelsea FC for £350

1912 England team chosen to play Wales

1920 Home Championship Wales 1 Scotland 1
1921 Home Championship Ireland 0 Scotland 2
1923 England team chosen to play Wales
 England to play Sweden in May

1926 Tommy Mort's son Thomas, born
1927 Home Championship Ireland 0 Scotland 2
1932 Syd Puddefoot returns to West Ham United FC
1939 Johnny Arnold marries Gladys Collins in So'ton



1947 Jackie Bray appointed as Watford FC manager
1949 youth Wales 0 England 0 at Vetch Field

1950 youth England 1 Wales 0 in Worcester
1957 under 23 Scotland 1 England 1 at Ibrox
1958 funeral of Duncan Edwards at Dudley
1959 Scotland U23 England U23 fixture postponed again
1966 youth Northern Ireland 0 England 4 in Belfast
1968 amateur Charlton Athletic 3 GB 2

1977 women France 0 England 0 in Longjumeau

1985 youth Republic of Ireland 1 England 0 in Dublin
1986 England's first meeting against Israel

Friendly match
609 Wednesday, 26 February 1986 - Israel 1 England 2 [1-0]
The National Stadium, Ramat Gan (30,000)
Ohana
Robson (2 (1 pen))
AW


1998
Jimmy Hagan dies in Sheffield aged 80 years

2003 Levi Colwill born in Southampton
1995 under 16 Greece 0 England 4 in Athens

1999 under 17 Cyprus 0 England 2 in Paphos

2010 women England 0 Canada 1 in Larnarca
2014
under 17 Netherlands 0 England 2 in Algarve

2023
under 16 Denmark 0 England 1 in Geroskipou
2024
under 16 Korea Republic 0 England 3 in l'Albir

Opposition On This Day
1860 Geordie Kerr (Scotland) born
1869 Olphie Stanfield (Ireland) born
1882 Ferenc Mangltiz (Hungary) born
1899 Marcel Dangles (France) born
1922 Karl Aage Præst (Denmark) born
& Geordie Kerr (Scotland) dies in United States
1930 Vladimir Kaserev (USSR) born
1942 Jozef Adamec (Czechoslovakia) born

1962 Louis-Paul Mfédé (Cameroon) born
1964 Peter Hubchev (Bulgaria)
& Fabián Basualdo (Argentina) born
1967 Kazuyoshi Miura (Japan) born
1976 Stanislav Vlček (Czech Republic) born
1977 Leider Preciado (Colombia) born
1979 official Gareth Eakin (Rep. Ireland) born in Portadown
& Bjarni Guðjónsson (Iceland) also born
1980 Martin Jakubko (Slovakia) born
1984 Espen Ruud (Norway) born
1985 Fernando Llorente (Spain) born
1986 Vaidas Slavićkis (Lithuania) born
1987 Juraj Kucka (Slovakia) born
1997 Albian Ajeti (Switzerland) born
2003 Jamal Musiala (Germany) born








1956
Giampaolo Mazza (San Marino) born in Genova

England's Record on 26th February
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts % W/L
Home 2 1 0 1 4 1 +3 1 1 2.00 0.50 50.0 =0
Away 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 0 0 2.00 1.00 100.0 +1
Total 3 2 0 1 6 2 +4 1 1 2.00 0.667 66.7 +1

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