England on 14th May
End-of-season Tour match 172 Wednesday, 14 May 1930 - Austria 0 England 0 [0-0] Hohe Warte Stadion, Wien (61,000) AD 1931 England lose to France for the first time Walter Norris (reserve) dies in Brackley, aged 68 years End-of-season Tour match 176 Thursday, 14 May 1931 - France 5 England 2 [3-1] Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Paris (35,000) Laurent, Mercier (2), Langiller, Delfour Crooks, Waring AL 1937 England wear numbers on their shirts for the first time England play on a Friday for the first time Arthur Cowell leaves Blackburn Rovers FC End-of-season Tour match 209 Friday, 14 May 1937 - Norway 0 England 6 [0-4] Ullevål Stadion, Oslo (20,000) Kirchen, Holmsen OG, Galley, Steele (2), Goulden AW 1938 The match is to be remembered for its Nazi salute Eric Keen signs for Chelmsford City FC End-of-season Tour match 216 Saturday, 14 May 1938 - Germany 3 England 6 [2-4] Olympiastadion, Berlin (105,000) Gellesch, Gauchel, Pesser Bastin, Robinson (2), Broome, Matthews, Goulden AW 1947 funeral of Harry Jones in Derby 1949 youth England 4 Ireland 2 at Boothferry Park 1950 England wear short sleeves for the first timeawarded two penalty kicks in one match for first time End-of-season European Tour 254 Sunday, 14 May 1950 - Portugal 3 England 5 [0-3] Estadio Nacional, Lisboa (70,000) David (2), VasquesFinney (4 (2 pen)), Mortensen AW 1984 Nigel Reo-Coker (unused) born in Croydon 1998 Aaron Ramsdale born in Newcastle-under-Lyme 1952 England team chosen to play Italy GB amateur Germany 2 Great Britain 1 in Düsseldorf 1953 unofficial Buenos Aires XI 3 FA XI 11955 England team chosen to play France youth England 3 Northern Ireland 0 at Vicarage Road FA tour of Bermuda Bermuda 1 England 14 1958 FA tour of Nigeria Lagos 2 England 7 1960 youth Northern Ireland 2 England 5 in Portadown GB amateur Italy U23 5 Great Britain 1 in Brescia1977 Bobby Moore plays his last game on English soil 1983 women Northern Ireland 0 England 4 in Belfast Alan Ball retires from playing 1985 testimonial Aston Villa FC 1 England 51986 unofficial Korea Republic 1 England 4 in Colorado 1989 women England 2 Belgium 0 in Epinal1997 England up to thirteenth in rankings Matthew Upson joins Arsenal FC for £2m. 1998 under 21 France 1 England 1 in Nîmes women England 1 Norway 2 at Boundary Park1999 Kevin Keegan appointed manager of England 2002 under 20 Brazil 0 England 0 in Fréjus National Game XI England 1 Wales 1 in Boston Testimonial Southampton 9 England 9 John Hollins sacked by fax by Rochdale AFC2003 Graham Taylor retires from management2004 women England 1 Iceland 0 at London Road Paul Robinson joins Tottenham Hotspur FC for £1½m2007 Stuart Pearce sacked as Manchester City manager2012 Gary Neville appointed as Hodgson's assistant Sweden name their squad for the Euro Finals Tom Heaton released by Cardiff City FC2013 Brazil name a Confederations squad for England2014 Ecuador name a 30-man provisional squad for Finals 2018 World Cup Finals Squads named Panama name a 35-man provisional squad Tunisia name a 29-man provisional squad Costa Rica name their squad Nigeria name a 30-man provisional squad & Michael Carrick retires from playing2021 Doug Holden's funeral in Muswell Hill Opposition On This Day 1883 English McConnell (Ireland) born 1907 Hugo Mantel (Germany) born 1920 Knud Lundberg (Denmark) born 1925 John McDougall (Scotland) dies 1931 Verner Nielsen (Denmark) born 1934 Eric Caldow (Scotland) born 1935 Mel Charles (Wales) born 1975 official Thorsten Schiffner (Germany) born in Konstanz & Bill Tchato (Cameroon) born 1977 Brian Priske (Denmark) born 1978 Gustavo Varela (Uruguay) born 1979 Carlos Tenorio (Ecuador) born 1980 Grygera Zdeněk (Czech Republic) born 1984 Hassan Yebda (Algeria) born in France 1987 Ari Skúlason (Iceland) born 1994 Marquinhos (Brazil) & Siopis Emmanoui (Greece) born 1950 Slavko Kovacic (Austria manager) born in Yugoslavia 2018 Roberto Mancini (Italy manager) appointed2019 Krasimir Balakov (Bulgaria manager) appointed
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