Friendly match
7	Saturday, 2 March 1878 - Scotland 7 England 2 [4-0] Hampden Park, Glasgow (15,000)	McDougall (3), McGregor (2), McNiel (2), MacKinnon Wylie, Cursham	AL

	1885 England team chosen to play Wales
1889 England play at the Anfield ground for the first time

Home International Championship
36	Saturday, 2 March 1889 - England 6 Ireland 1 [3-1] Anfield Road, Liverpool (5,000 to 6,000)	Shelton, Yates (3), Lofthouse, Brodie Wilton	HW

1897 Jack Hill born in Hetton-le-Hole	1901 Home Championship Wales 1 Scotland 1
1903 England play at Fratton Park for their only time

Home International Championship
78	Monday, 2 March 1903 - England 2 Wales 1 [1-0] Fratton Park, Portsmouth (5,000)	Bache, Woodward Watkins	HW

1924 Laurie Hughes born in Liverpool 1973 Trevor Sinclair born in Dulwich

1901 Home Championship Scotland 1 Wales 0 1912 Wales team chosen to play England 1921 Wales team chosen to play England 1937 Gordon Hodgson joins Leeds United AFC 1939 Eric Houghton's second son, William, born 1943 funeral of Alf Harvey in Newbold 1950 Ronnie Allen joins WBA for £18,000 1955 B postponed Scotland vs. England at Ibrox 1957 youth England 5 Netherlands 5 at Griffin Park 1960 under 23 Scotland 4 England 4 at Ibrox 1968 Tony Currie marries Linda Smart in Hendon 1973 amateur Scotland 0 England 3 at Rutherglen 1974 youth England 2 Wales 1 at Gay Meadow 1993 Bobby Moore cremated in Putney Vale 1996 David Batty signs for Newcastle United FC for £3.75m 2001 Matthew Upson joins Crystal Palace FC on loan  Rickie Lambert joins Macclesfield Town FC 2007 Francis Jeffers joins Ipswich Town FC on loan 2010 under 19 Netherlands 1 England 1 in Waalwijk 2015 Scott Loach joins Yeovil Town FC on loan  Adam Johnson arrested 2016 Adam Johnson found guilty at Bradford Crown Court 2020 Daniel Sturridge leaves Trabzonspor

Opposition On This Day

1865 James McCall (Scotland) born 1870 James Millar (Scotland) born 1875 official Stan Taylor born in Cambridge 1911 goalkeeper József Háda (Hungary) born 1916 Jozef van Looy (Belgium) born 1925 Caiado (Portugal) born 1927 Tihomir Orgjanov (Yugoslavia) born 1940 Billy McNeill (Scotland) born 1944 official Ali Bennaceur (Tunisia) born 1958 Pedro Uralde (Spain) born 1967 goalkeeper Oscar Ferro (Uruguay) born 1968 Alberto Belsue (Spain) born 1970 Ciriaco Sforza (Switzerland) born 1972 Mauricio Pochettino (Argentina) born 1976 Franca (Brazil) born 1982 Kevin Kurányi (Germany) born in Brazil 1985 goalkeeper Andy Hogg (Malta) born 1989 Toby Alderwiereld (Belgium) born 1990 Luis Advíncula (Peru) born 1995 Mats Dæhli (Norway) born

1886 Vittorio Pozzo (Italy manager) born 2018 Bernard Challandes (Kosovo manager) appointed

  

England's Record on 2nd March
Type	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	FTS	CS	FAv	AAv	Pts %	W/L
Home	2	2	0	0	8	2	+7	0	0	4.00	1.00	100.0	+2
Away	1	0	0	1	2	7	-5	0	0	2.00	7.00	0.00	-1
Total	3	2	0	1	10	9	+1	0	0	3.333	3.00	66.7	+1