England on 8th May

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England on
8th May

9th May

England On This Day
George Male born in West Ham Maurice Norman born in Mulbarton Jackie Charlton born in Ashington	1850 1889 1896 1903 1904 1910 1917 1925 1926 1930 1931 1933 1934 1935 1936 1939 1943 1950 1954 1955	Hawley Edwards is baptised in Shrewsbury Albert Fletcher's daughter, Eleanor, is born Tom Booth signs for Blackburn Rovers FC Joe Bache's wife, Annie dies, and son, Joseph is born Arthur Capes joins Bristol City FC Dicky York enlists in the army Bobby Gurney joins Sunderland AFC for £10 postponed Belgium vs. England the funeral of Stanley Harris in Tilford Middlesbrough FC release Jackie Carr John Goodall's wins his claim for damages Sammy Crooks marries Freda Stone in Derby David Jack retires from playing Jubilee England 0 Scotland 1 at Highbury England name their team to play Belgium Ernie Hine retires from playing wartime Wales 1 England 1 at Ninian Park Neil Franklin joins Independiente Santa Fe youth Ireland 2 England 2 at Castlereagh amateur France 1 England 1 at Brest

World Cup preliminary match
312	England 5 Republic of Ireland 1 [4-0] Empire Stadium, Wembley *(52,000)*	1957	Taylor (3), Atyeo (2) Curtis	HW
			England were due to play USSR

F.A. Centenary celebration match
368	England 1 Brazil 1 [0-1] Empire Stadium, Wembley *(92,000)*	1963	Douglas Pepe	HD
			ninth direct free-kick scored against England

Wally Hardinge dies in Cambridge aged 79 years

1965

European Championship Quarter-Final second leg
421	Spain 1 England 2 [0-0] Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid (66,994)	1968	Amancio Peters, Hunter	AW
			England wore Aertex shirts for the first time

British Championship
498	Wales 0 England 1 [0-0] Ninian Park, Cardiff (24,592)	1976	Taylor	AW
			England play at Wrexham for first time in 44 years

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Opposition On This Day
BIRTHS		DEATHS & APPOINTMENTS
Louis van Hege (Belgium) Manuel Anoton (France) official Erwin Heiger (Austria) in Vienna Hector Nunez (Uruguay manager) János Göröcs (Hungary) Terry Neill (Northern Ireland player & manager) Hisashi Kurosaki (Japan) David Rodrigo (Andorra manager) Luis Enrique (Spain manager) Gilewicz Radosław (Poland) Lúcio (Brazil) Andrea Barzagli (Italy) Uğur Yıldırım (Netherlands) Sandro Tonali (Italy)	1889 1903 1920 1936 1939 1942 1954 1968 1970 1971 1978 1981 1982 2000 2001 2012 2019	Asian Football Confederation founded Dejan Savicević (Serbia & Mon. manager) appointed Pietro Ghedin (Malta manager) appointed Aleksandr Kokorin & Pavel Mamaev (Russia) jailed

England's Record on 8th May

Venue

FTS

FAv

AAv

Pts%

W/L

Home

3.00

1.00

75.0

Away

1.50

0.50

100.0

2.25

0.75

87.5