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11th May

England on
12th May

13th May
England On This Day
1858 Claud Wilson born in Banbury
1859 Charles Wilson born in Roydon

1886
Arthur Cowell born in Blackburn
1899 Tommy Magee born in St. Helens















1945
Alan Ball born in Farnworth


1878
Charlie Sagar baptised in Turton
1886
Arnold Hills marries Mary Lafone in Hanworth

1902
Edgar Kail is baptised in Winterbourne
1904
Sam Wolstenholme joins Blackburn Rovers FC
1908
Jimmy Settle joins Stockport County FC
1909
Billy Hogg signs for Rangers FC for £100
1914
Frank Buckley signs for Bradford City AFC
1915
Horace Colclough enlists with the Royal Engineers
1920
Billy Hibbert signs for Bradford City AFC for free
1921
Billy Felton signs with Grimsby Town FC
1927
Sam Widdowson buried in Beeston cemetery
1932
Harry Bedford signs for Bradford City AFC
 Stanley Earle joins Clapton Orient FC
1939
England team chosen to play Italy
 
George Eastham re-signs for Blackpool FC
 
Harold Miller joins Northampton Town FC
 
Arthur Rowe becomes a coach in Budapest

1953
unofficial FA XI team chosen for Buenos Aires
1955 FA Tour of Bermuda Bermuda 1 England 11
1956
amateur Great Britian 3 Bulgaria 3 at Wembley
        FA Tour of South Africa Sth Transvaal 1 England 2
       
youth Northern Ireland 1 England 0 in Belfast
1957 amateur France 3 England 1 in Mulhouse
 The England team chosen to play Denmark
1960 under-23 team chosen to face the GDR
1962
youth Northern Ireland 2 England 1 in Londonderry
        amateur Italy 1 England 0 at Ascoli Piceno
1965 third match and third victory over the West German side
End-of-Season European Tour match
390 Wednesday, 12 May 1965 -
West Germany 0 England 1
[0-1]
Städtisches Stadion, Nürnberg (60,000/70,000)
Paine AW

   
1971 Gordon Banks did not have a single save to make
UEFA Group 3 Switzerland 1 Greece 0

European Championship Preliminary match
452 Wednesday, 12 May 1971 - England 5 Malta 0 [2-0]
Empire Stadium, Wembley (38,500 to 41,534)
Chivers (2), Lee, Clarke (pen), Lawler HW

   
1973 Peter Shilton faces the first of his fifteen penalty kicks against him

British Championship
468 Saturday, 12 May 1973 -
Northern Ireland 1 England 2
[1-1]
Goodison Park, Liverpool (29,865)
Clements (pen)
Chivers (2)
AW

   
1981 Ray Clemence becomes the seventh different captain used by Greenwood

Friendly match
552 Tuesday, 12 May 1981 - England 0 Brazil 1 [0-1]
Wembley Stadium, Wembley (75,000)
Zico HL

  1984 women Final Sweden 1 England 0 in Göteborg
1990
women England 4 Scotland at Wembley
1992 England win in Budapest for first time in nine years
under 21 Hungary 2 England 2 in Vác

Friendly match
683 Tuesday, 12 May 1992 - Hungary 0 England 1 [0-0]
Népstadion, Budapest
(25,000)
Telek OG AW

1998 Graham Shaw dies in Sheffield aged 63 1998 England name a provisional Finals squad
2002 under 20 Portugal 0 England 1 in Toulon
2003 under 17 Portugal 2 England 2 in Viseu
 England name their squad for the summer games
2004 under 17 England 1 Spain 2 in Tours
 England drop to =twelfth in the rankings
2005 England name the squad to tour United States
 Stuart Pearce appointed manager of Manchester City
2009 under 17 Turkey 1 England 0 in Gotha
2010
Mexico name a 26-man provisional squad for Finals
2011 under 17 Netherlands 1 England 0 in Novi Sad

2012 Adam Johnson signs as a pro at Middlesbrough
2013 Wigan Athletic win FA Cup without England players
2014 under 17 England 4 Turkey 1 in Ix-Xiwkija

 England name their World Cup Finals squad in Luton
 Ashley Cole retires from England
 Costa Rica name a 26-man provisional Finals squad
 Uruguay name a 25-man provisional Finals squad
2015
Republic of Ireland names their provisional squad
 
Zat Knight released by Reading FC
2016 under 17 Denmark 1 England 3 in Bakι

 Matthew Upson
released by MK Dons
2022 Harry Maguire marries Fern Hawkins in Crewe

Opposition On This Day
1859 Jimmy Allen (Ireland) born
1861 Walter Arnott (Scotland) born
1905 Alex Jackson (Scotland) born
1907 Sirio Vernati (Switzerland) born
1918 Alfred Bickel (Switzerland) born
1933 Luka Lipožinović (Yugoslavia) born
1970 Secretario (Portugal) born in South Africa
1973 Arik Benado (Israel) born
1978 Peter Hlinka (Slovakia) born
1987 goalkeeper Darren Randolph (Éire) born
1988 Marcelo (Brazil) born
1991 Simonas Paulius (Lithuania) born
1997 Frenkie de Jong (Netherlands) born
2001 Didi (Brazil) dies
 
England's Record on 12th May
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts % W/L
Home 2 1 0 1 5 1 +4 1 1 2.50 0.50 50.0 =0
Away 3 3 0 0 4 1 +3 0 2 1.333 0.333 100.0 +3
Total 5 4 0 1 9 2 +7 1 3 1.80 0.40 80.0 +3
 

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