England on 9th May

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England on
9th May

10th May

England On This Day
Sam Widdowson dies in Beeston aged 76 years	1883 1890 1897 1900 1901 1903 1905 1906 1909 1910 1922 1923 1925 1927 1928	Arthur Cursham's son, also Arthur, is born Ernest Bambridge's daughter, Sylvia, is born Joe Peacock is baptised in Werneth Tom Booth signs for Everton FC Arthur Chadwick & Steve Smith join Portsmouth FC Billy Beats joins Bristol Rovers FC Johnny Holt's son, Douglas, is born George Raikes marries Maud Cochrane in Loftus John Sutcliffe charged with wife maintenance arrears Billy Beats rejoins Burslem Port Vale FC the funeral of Herbert Whitfeld in Lewes postponed amateur (again) Denmark vs. England Fred Mitchell joins Manchester City FC the funeral of Fred Priest in Hartlepool West View Ted Harper signs for Blackburn Rovers FC FA Tour of Australia Western Australia 0 England 7 Jack Alderson joins Sheffield United FC Sid Bishop's son, Donald, is born Frank Barson joins Watford FC on a free transfer

End-of-Season tour match
165	France 1 England 4 [0-1] Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Paris (35,000)	1929	Dewaquez Kail (2), Camsell (2)	AW
			Camsell becomes the ninetieth player to score on his debut

Arthur Kaye born in Barnsley

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Charlie Spencer joins Tunbridge Wells Rangers FC
Ronnie Dix joins Blackburn Rovers FC for £3000
Jack Townrow joins Bristol Rovers FC

End-of-Season tour match
204	Belgium 3 England 2 [0-1] Stade du Centenaire, Bruxelles (40,000)	1936	Isemborghs (2), Fievez Camsell, Hobbis	AL
			Joy becomes the last amateur to play in an England international

1942
1950

wartime Wales 1 England 0 at Ninian Park
two England parties named for two separate tours

Festival of Britain celebration match
263	England 2 Argentina 1 [0-1] Empire Stadium, Wembley *(99,000)*	1951	Mortensen, Milburn Boyé	HW
			England's first meeting with Argentina & first friendly at Wembley ...then team is chosen to play Portugal FA Tour American Soccer League 0 England 4 in New York

Friendly match
303	England 4 Brazil 2 [2-0] Empire Stadium, Wembley (100,000)	1956	Taylor (2), Grainger (2) Byrne OG, Didi	HW
			England miss two penalties in same match for the first time

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1959

Friendly match
357	England 3 Switzerland 1 [3-1] Empire Stadium, Wembley (35,000)	1962	Flowers, Hitchens, Connelly Allemann	HW
			Switzerland's first visit to Wembley

End-of-Season European tour match
389	Yugoslavia 1 England 1 [1-1] Stadion Crvena zvezda, Beograd (60,000/70,000)	1965	Kovačević Bridges	AD
			England are the first foreign side to avoid defeat in Yugoslavia

Neil Ruddock born in Wandsworth

Dan Burn born in Blyth

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Opposition On This Day
BIRTHS		DEATHS & APPOINTMENTS
Gilbert Kennedy (Scotland unofficial) in Bath goalkeeper Jan de Bie (Belgium) Bert Manderson (Ireland) official Erich Steiner (Austria) in Vienna Turl Brinek (Austria) goalkeeper Manuel Capela (Portugal) Alekbar Mammadov (USSR) Javier Ambrois (Uruguay) Billy Hamilton (Northern Ireland) Fulvio Collovati (Italy) official Herbert Fandel (Germany) in Kyllburg Genar Andrinua (Spain) goalkeeper Marco Pascolo (Switzerland) goalkeeper Ron Gaspercic (Belgium) Don Hutchison (Scotland) George Boateng (Netherlands) in Ghana Nenad Jestrović (Serbia & Montenegro) Marek Jankulovski (Czech Republic) Ludovic Clemente (Andorra) Timm Klose (Switzerland) in Germany Yevhen Selin (Ukraine) Elbasan Rashani (Kosovo) Douglas Luiz (Brazil)	1844 1892 1893 1920 1921 1922 1930 1932 1957 1964 1966 1969 1971 1975 1976 1977 1986 1988 1993 1998

England's Record on 9th May

Venue

FTS

FAv

AAv

Pts%

W/L

Home

3.00

1.333

100.0

Away

2.333

1.667

50.0

2.667

1.5