England in 20th June
World Cup Finals match 289 Sunday, 20 June 1954 - England 2 Switzerland 0 [1-0] Wankdorfstadion, Bern (43,119) Mullen, Wilshaw NW 1956 Peter Reid born in Huyton1978 Frank Lampard's son, also Frank, born in Romford 1955 Harry Storer appointed manager at Derby County FC Arthur Rowe leaves as Tottenham Hotspur FC manager 1956 FA Tour of South Africa Orange Prov. 2 England 71964 Mick McNeil joins Ipswich Town FC for £15,000 1969 FA Tour of Far East Thailand 0 England 4 1971 FA Tour of Australia Australia 0 England 1 1973 amateur Yugoslavia 0 England 0 at Rijeka 1982 England book their place in the next round World Cup Finals match 566 Sunday, 20 June 1982 - England 2 Czechoslovakia 0 [0-0] Estadio San Mamés, Bilbao (44,182) T.Francis, Barmoš OG NW 1991 under 19 England 0 Uruguay 0 in Faro 1997 under 20 UAE 0 England 5 at Johor Bahru 1998 Baddiel & Skinner's Three Lions 98, Fat Les' Vindaloo, Grandad Roberts' Meat Pie Sausage Roll all enter the chart 2000 Nigel Martyn concedes England's first penalty in two years Group A Portugal 3 Germany 0 European Championship Finals match 771 Tuesday, 20 June 2000 - England 2 Romania 3 [2-1] Stade Communal, Charleroi (27,000/30,000) Shearer (pen), Owen Chivu, Munteanu, Ganea (pen) NL 2001 Stuart Pearce joins Manchester City FC 2006 Sol Campbell becomes tenth player to play in three World Cup Finals Group B Paraguay 2 Trinidad & Tobago 0 World Cup Finals match 840 Tuesday, 20 June 2006 - Sweden 2 England 2 [0-1] Rhein-Energie-Stadion, Köln (45,000) Allbäck, Larsson J.Cole, Gerrard ND 2007 under 21 Netherlands 1 England 1 at Heerenveen 2008 Steve McClaren appointed as FC Twente manager2012 Anthony Gardner signs for Sheffield Wednesday FC FA fined £5000 for behaviour of England fans 2014 Group G Italy 0 Costa Rica 1 England fail to progress at World Cup first time since 1958 Joleon Lescott joins West Bromwich Albion FC2015 Joe Gomez joins Liverpool FC for £3.5m Stan Bowles diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease 2016 England fail to score against Slovakia for only time Group B Russia 0 Wales 3 European Championship Finals match 958 Monday, 20 June 2016 - England 0 Slovakia 0 [0-0] Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne (39,051) ND 2022 Colin Grainger dies in Havercroft aged 89 years Opposition On This Day 1908 Sid Reid (Ireland) born 1916 Eugéne Walaschek (Switzerland) born 1927 Joséf Posipal (West Germany) born in Romania 1934 Graham Leggat (Scotland) born 1962 Benjamin Massing (Cameroon) born 1971 official Peter Martinsson (Sweden) born 1978 Julià Sánchez (Andorra) born 1981 Brede Hangeland (Norway) born 1982 Vasily Berezutskiy (Russia) born 1983 Vilmos Vanczák (Hungary) born 1991 Kalidou Koulibaly (Iran) born 1996 Majid Hosseini (Iran) born 2022 Rob Page (Wales manager) appointed
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