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4th May

England on
5th May

6th May
England On This Day
1898 George Ashmore born in Plymouth
1901
Austen Campbell born in Ebchester






1922
Fred Priest dies in Hartlepool aged 46

1924 Mick Whitham dies in Brentford aged 56


1910
amateur Denmark 2 England 1 in København
1911
Bob Holmes' daughter, Helen, is born
 Bert Lipsham appointed player~manager of Millwall Ath.
1913
Archie Rawlings' son, James, is born
1914
Harold Fleming's transfer to Newcastle United FC off
1921
amateur France 2 England 1 in Paris

1923
amateur Belgium 3 England 0 in Bruxelles

1928
Jimmy Seddon sent off
1930
Teddy Sandford turns pro with West Bromwich Albion
1934
Sam Wadsworth appointed as Delft FC trainer
1945
wartime Wales 2 England 3 at Ninian Park
1951
youth England 5 Ireland 2 at Anfield
1953
Raich Carter to become manager at Leeds United FC
 
Jackie Bestall resigns as Blackburn Rovers FC manager
1958
inter-level England 7 Yng England 3 at Roehampton
1961
inter-level England 1 Young England 1 at Chelsea
1965 England beat Hungary for first time since 1936

Friendly match
388 Wednesday, 5 May 1965 - England 1 Hungary 0 [1-0]
Empire Stadium, Wembley (50,000)
Greaves HW





1982
Jay Bothroyd born in Islington
1967 youth Italy 1 England 0 in Izmir
1971
amateur Bulgaria 5 Great Britian 0 in Sofia
 Ralph Coates joins Tottenham Hotspur FC for £190,000
1978 youth Turkey 1 England 1 in Wodzislaw Śląski

1984
under 17 Yugoslavia 0 England 1 in Böblingen
1986 youth China 0 England 1 in Beijing
1987
George Tweedy buried in Cleethorpes
2000 under 17 Rep. of Ireland 2 England 1 in Ashkelon
2002
Sweden name their squad for the World Cup Finals
2003
under 16 Northern Ireland 0 England 1 in Ballymena
2005
under 17 Turkey 3 England 2 in Pontedera
2006
Jamaica names her squad for England & Ghana
 
Brian Little resigns as Tranmere Rovers FC manager
2012
statue for Don Revie erected outside Elland Road
2016
England remain tenth in rankings
2023 James Milner to join Brighton & Hove Albion FC

Opposition On This Day
1854 Fitzgerald Crawford (Scotland unofficial) born
1876 George Livingstone (Scotland) born
1906 Eraldo Monzeglio (Italy) & José Padrón (Spain) born
1917 David Shaw (Scotland) born
1939 goalkeeper Bobby Forsyth (Scotland) born
1948 Gheorge Tătaru (Romania) born
1976 Juan Pablo Sorín (Argentina) born
1977 Goce Toleski (FYR Macedonia) born
1980 Yosef Benayoun (Israel) born
1982 Sándor Torghelle (Hungary) born
1984 Chris Birchall (Trinidad & Tobago) born in Stafford
1988 Fatos Bećiraj (Montenegro) born in Peć
& Frickson Erazo (Ecuador) born
1989 Matteo Coppini (San Marino) born
 

England's Record on 5th May
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts % W/L
Home 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 0 1 1.00 0.00 100.0 +1
Total 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 0 1 1.00 0.00 100.0 +1
 

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