World Cup Finals match
256	Sunday, 25 June 1950 - England 2 Chile 0 [1-0] Estádio Municipal, Rio de Janeiro (official: 29,703 - estimated: 50,000)	Mortensen, Mannion	NW

1960 Charlie Buchan dies in Beaulieu-sur-Mer aged 68 1973 Jamie Redknapp born in Barton-on-Sea
1982 England meet and beat their first Asian opposition

World Cup Finals match
567	Friday, 25 June 1982 - England 1 Kuwait 0 [0-0] Estadio San Mamés, Bilbao (39,700)	T.Francis	NW

1989 Jack Cork born in Carshalton	1990 round of sixteen  Republic of Ireland 0 Romania 0 & Italy 2 Uruguay 0 2001 Dennis Wise joins Leicester City FC for £1.6m 2004 Quarter-Finals France 0 Greece 1
2006 first successful World Cup Finals free-kick for eight years round of sixteen Portugal 1 Netherlands 0

World Cup Finals match
841	Sunday, 25 June 2006 - England 1 Ecuador 0 [0-0] Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart (52,000)	Beckham	NW

2014 Johnny Fantham dies in Sheffield aged 75 years

2006 Edd 'n Ben's Can't Smile Without Roo and Domino Bones' One Dream released 2007 Paul Ince appointed as MK Dons FC manager 2010 Sven-Göran Eriksson leaves as Côte D'Ivoire manager 2011 under 17 Uruguay 0 England 2 in Torreón 2012 Danny Murphy joins Blackburn Rovers FC 2013 Curtis Davies signs for Hull City AFC 2014 Jake Livermore joins Hull City FC for £8m. 2016 round of sixteen Switzerland 1 Poland 1, Wales 1 Northern Ireland 0 & Croatia 0 Portugal 1  Nathan Redmond joins Southampton FC for £10m 2022 under 19 Israel vs. England in Žiar nad Hronom

Opposition On This Day

1890 Roy McCracken (Ireland) born 1909 goalkeeper Arnold Badjou (Belgium) born 1968 Estanislao Struway (Paraguay) & Dorinel Munteanu (Romania) born 1973 Zoran Njegus (Serbia & Montenegro) born 1976 Callum Davidson (Scotland) born 1979 Daniel Jensen (Denmark) born 1980 Jermaine Johnson (Jamaica) born 1985 Scott Brown (Scotland) & Piotr Celeban (Poland) born & Karim Matmour (Algeria) born in France 1986 Pontus Wernbloom (Sweden) born

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