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13th May

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1905
Frank Saunders dies in South Africa aged 40
1878 Charlie Alcock's youngest, Violet, is born
1893
Fred Wheldon marries Emma Thompson in Langley
1904
Sam Wolstenholme joins Blackburn Rovers FC

1910
Frank Bradshaw joins Northampton Town for £250
1919 Dan Tremelling joins Birmingham FC
 Tommy Roberts joins Preston North End FC
1925 FA tour of Australia South Australia 0 England 10
1926 Andy Ducat offered Fulham FC managers job
1930 England fail to beat Austria for the first time
Ronnie Starling signs for Newcastle United FC for £3750
Jack Crayston joins Bradford FC

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 time
awarded 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), Vasques
Finney (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 1
1955
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 Brescia
1977
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 5
1986
unofficial Korea Republic 1 England 4 in Colorado
1989
women England 2 Belgium 0 in Epinal
1997
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 Park
1999
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 AFC
2003 Graham Taylor retires from management
2004 women England 1 Iceland 0 at London Road
 
Paul Robinson joins Tottenham Hotspur FC for £1½m
2007 Stuart Pearce sacked as Manchester City manager
2012 Gary Neville appointed as Hodgson's assistant
 Sweden name their squad for the Euro Finals
 Tom Heaton released by Cardiff City FC
2013 Brazil name a Confederations squad for England
2014 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 playing
2021 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) appointed
2019 Krasimir Balakov (Bulgaria manager) appointed
England's Record on 14th May
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts % W/L
Away 5 3 1 1 19 11 +8 1 2 3.80 2.20 70.0 +2
Total 5 3 1 1 19 11 +8 1 2 3.80 2.20 70.0 +2
 

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