England on 12th May
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 Home International 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 1989 women England 0 Netherlands 0 in Epinal 1990 women England 4 Scotland at Wembley, before... Ian Wright scores the Goal of the Season in Cup Final 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 Toulon2003 under 17 Portugal 2 England 2 in Viseu England name their squad for the summer games2004 under 17 England 1 Spain 2 in Tours England drop to =twelfth in the rankings2005 England name the squad to tour USA Stuart Pearce appointed manager of Manchester City2009 under 17 Turkey 1 England 0 in Gotha2010 Mexico name a 26-man provisional squad for Finals2012 Adam Johnson signs as a pro at Middlesbrough2013 Wigan Athletic win FA Cup without any England caps 2014 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 squad2015 Republic of Ireland names a provisional squad Zat Knight released by Reading FC2016 Matthew Upson released by MK Dons 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
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