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10th May

England on
11th May

12th May
England On This Day







1924
Jackie Milburn born in Ashington
1897 Alf Milward joins New Brighton Tower FC
1905
Charlie Sagar joins Manchester United FC for £300
1906
Dicky Bond marries Emily Tomlinson in Preston
1907
funeral of Albermarle Swepstone in Lewisham
1919
Irvine Thornley discharged from the army
1920
Jackie Mordue joins Middlesbrough FC
1923
Scandinavian Tour party confirmed
1927 England record their biggest victory over Belgium

End-of-Season Tour match
154 Wednesday, 11 May 1927 - Belgium 1 England 9 [0-5]
Stade DC Bruxelles, Bruxelles (35,000)
Vanhalme
G.Brown (2), Hulme, Rigby (2), Dean (3), Page
AW

   
1929 Joe Carter scores England's 500th goal

End-of-Season Tour match  
166 Saturday, 11 May 1929 - Belgium 1 England 5 [0-3]
Parc Duden, Bruxelles (35,000)
Moeschal
Camsell
(4 (1 pen)), Carter
AW










1954
John Gregory born in Scunthorpe
1957
Harry Linacre dies in Nottingham aged 76
1932 Frank Barson appointed Rhyl Athletic FC manager
1937
England to wear numbered shirts for their tour
 
Roy Goodall appointed as a Nottingham Forest FC trainer
 
Tommy Grosvenor joins Bolton Wanderers FC
1940
wartime Scotland 1 England 1 at Hampden Park
1946
victory England 4 Switzerland 1 at Stamford Bridge
1949
England teams chosen to play Finland & Sweden
1950
B Italy 4 England 0 at San Siro
1953
Buenos Aires XI team chosen for England
1954
England team chosen to play Yugoslavia
1957 youth England 6 Northern Ireland 2 at Brisbane Rd
1958 England suffer their heaviest defeat to Yugoslavia

End-of-Season Tour match  
320 Sunday, 11 May 1958 - Yugoslavia 5 England 0 [1-0]
Stad
ion JNA, Beograd (55,000-60,000)
Milutinović, Petaković (3), Veselinović AL

   
1960 Ronnie Clayton makes his final England appearance

Friendly match
339 Wednesday, 11 May 1960 -
England 3 Yugoslavia 3 [1-1]
Empire Stadium, Wembley (60,000)
Douglas, Greaves, Haynes
Galić (2), Kostić
HD

  1963 youth England 1 Northern Ireland 1 at Boundary Park
1967
youth England 2 France 0 in İstanbul
1974 Joe Mercer's first match as caretaker manager
under 23 Turkey 0 England 0 in Ankara

British Championship
479 Saturday, 11 May 1974 - Wales 0 England 2 [0-1]
Ninian Park, Cardiff (25,734)
Bowles, Keegan AW

   
1975 England's first, and so far, only visit to Cyprus
youth Switzerland 0 England 4 in Buochs

European Championship Preliminary match
490 Sunday, 11 May 1975 - Cyprus 0 England 1 [0-1]
Tsirion Athletic Centre, Limassol (15,708 to 21,000)
Keegan AW

   
1976 Gerry Francis is the first captain to score for over six years

British Championship
499 Tuesday, 11 May 1976 -
England
4 Northern Ireland 0 [2-0]
Wembley Stadium, Wembley (48,000)
G.Francis, Channon (2 (1 pen)), Pearson HW

  1985 Bradford City FC's Valley Parade fire disaster
1986
practice US Air Force 0 England 11 in Colorado
        youth England 1 France 1 in Beijing
1997 women United States 6 England 0 in Portland
2003
under 17 England 2 Spain 2 in Vila Real
2006
women England 2 Hungary 0 at St. Mary's Stadium
2008
England name their squad to tour the Americas
2010
England name a 30-man provisional squad for Finals
 Tony Adams appointed manager of Gabala FC
 Peter Davenport appointed assistant at Bradford AFC
 Michael Gray retires from playing
2011 Owen Hargreaves released by Manchester United
2013 Paul Scholes announces his second retirement
2016 Australia name their squad that will play England

Opposition On This Day
1888 Jimmy Blair (Scotland) born
1904 Mariano Yurrita (Spain) born
1907 official Øivind Helgesen (Denmark) born in Kristiania
1910 Bernard Voorhoof (Belgium) born

1918 official Gordon Roper born in Newmarket
1923 official Roy Harper born in Shefield
1925 Max Morlock (West Germany) born
1929 official Arturo Yamasaki (Peru) born in Lima
1963 official Egon Bereuter (Austria) born
1966 official Celestin Ntagungira (Rwanda) born
1981 Daisuke Matsui (Japan) born
1984 Andrés Iniesta (Spain) born
1989 Giovani dos Santos (Mexico) born
1992 goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois (Belgium)
& Stephen O'Donnell (Scotland) born




1914
Alberto Bucciardi (Chile manager) born

England's Record on 11th May
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts % W/L
Home 2 1 1 0 7 3 +4 0 1 3.50 1.50 75.0 +1
Away 5 4 0 1 17 7 +10 1 2 3.40 1.40 80.0 +3
Total 7 5 1 1 24 10 +14 1 3 3.429 1.429 78.6 +4
 

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