World Cup Finals match
258	Sunday, 2 July 1950 - Spain 1 England 0 [0-0] Estádio Municipal, Rio de Janeiro (74,462)	Zarra	NL

1952 Edgar Bluff (uncapped) dies in Nottingham aged 70 1959 Jack Alderson dies in Dewsbury aged 68 1990 Danny Rose born in Doncaster 1991 Basil Patchitt dies in Johannesburg aged 91

1982 Second Phase Group B West Germany 2 Spain1 1998 Peter Crouch signs pro with Tottenham Hotspur FC  Chris Kirkland signs pro forms with Coventry City FC 1999 Steve Bould joins Sunderland AFC 2001 Darren Bent signs pro forms with Ipswich Town FC 2008 Alex McCarthy signs for Reading FC 2015 Ainsley Maitland-Niles joins Ipswich Town on loan 2017 Jay Rodríguez signs for West Bromwich Albion FC 2018 round of sixteen  Brazil 2 Mexico 0 & Belgium 3 Japan 2  Wayne Rooney joins DC United 2019 women England 1 USA 2 in Décines-Charpieu 2021 quarter-finals  Switzerland 1 Spain 1 & Belgium 1 Italy 2  Tom Heaton rejoins Manchester United FC 2022 Lee Bowyer sacked as Birmingham City FC manager  Dean Henderson joins Nottingham Forest FC on loan  James Tarkowski joins Everton FC 2023 under 21 England 1 Portugal 0 in Kutaisi

Opposition On This Day

1919 Albert Batteux (France) born 1922 goalkeeper Eugenio Corrodi (Switzerland) born 1938 Marcel Artelesa (France) born 1944 Billy Campbell (Northern Ireland) born 1968 Ilien Iliev (Bulgaria) born 1972 official José Trigo (Portugal) born 1975 Colin Murdock (Northern Ireland) born 1976 Georgie Ivanov (Bulgaria) born 1977 official Daniel Stefański (Poland) born 1993 Yassine Meriah (Tunisia) born 1995 Enis Bardhi (North Macedonia) born 2021 Toni Kroos (Germany) announces his retirement

2001 Rudi Völler (Germany coach) appointed caretaker 2010 Laurent Blanc (France manager) appointed 2013 Ján Kozák (Slovakia manager) appointed

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