England on 15th May

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England On This Day
official Alfred Stair born in Greenwich Bertie Corbett born in Thame	1845 1864 1868 1875 1887 1896 1897 1902 1908 1909 1914 1917 1923	Billy Betts is baptised in Sheffield George Cotterill is baptised in Brighton Albert Allen marries Alice Richardson in Aston Albert Smith's son, Fred, is born Billy Moon's eldest daughter, Vera, is born Edgar Chadwick signs for Liverpool FC Walter Abbott joins Burnley FC Dicky Bond joins Bradford City FC for £950 the funeral of Tip Foster at Golder's Green Matthew Kingsley joins the Royal Engineers Jack Hill joins Burnley FC for £5450

End-of-Season tour match
167	Spain 4 England 3 [2-2] Estádio Metropolitano, Madrid (45,000)	1929	Rubio (2), Lazcano, Goiburu Carter (2), Bradford	AL
			Edgar Kail is the last exclusive amateur to play for England

Peter Broadbent born in Elvington

1930

1933
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950
1951

Horace Burrows joins Mansfield Town FC
Jackie Carr joins Blackpool FC

Torquay United FC manager Billy Butler resigns
England team is chosen to play Switzerland
youth Ireland 2 England 2 at Cliftonville
B Finland A England 4 at the Olympiastadion
England team is confirmed to play Belgium
amateur England 2 Norway 1 at Ayresome Park

End-of-Season East-European tour match
295	France 1 England 0 [1-0] Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Paris (54,696)	1955	Kopa (pen)	AL
			England lose to France for first time since 1931

Bobby McNeal dies in West Bromwich aged 56 years

1956

England teams are chosen to play Sweden & Finland

World Cup preliminary match
313	Denmark 1 England 4 [1-1] Idrætsparken, København (35,000/45,000)	1957	J.Jensen Haynes, Taylor (2), Atyeo	AW
			Stan Matthews makes his final appearance in an England shirt Mike Hellawell signs for Birmingham City FC

1959

England team is chosen to play Peru

End-of-Season East-European tour match
340	Spain 3 England 0 [1-0] Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid (50,000)	1960	Peirò, Martínez (2)	AL
			Johnny Haynes captains Englanf for the first time Hungary team is chosen to face England under-23 GDR 1 England 4 at the Olympiastadion

Fred Fox dies in High Wycombe aged 69 years

1961
1963
1968

Bobby Gurney joins Horden Colliery Welfare FC
amateur England 3 France 0 in Hartlepool

British Championship
453	Northern Ireland 0 England 1 [0-0] Windsor Park, Belfast (33,000)	1971	Clarke	AW
			Bobby Moore captain's England for the seventieth time

1972

youth Northern Ireland 0 England 4 in Sabadell
amateur England 1 Northern Ireland 2 in Hendon

British Championship
469	England 3 Wales 0 [2-0] Empire Stadium, Wembley (38,000)	1973	Chivers, Channon, Peters	HW
			England beat Wales at home for first time in four years

480	England 1 Northern Ireland 0 [0-0] Empire Stadium, Wembley (45,500/48,500)	1974	Weller	HW
			Joe Mercer's second victory in his second match under 23 Yugoslavia 1 England 0 at Stadion Karađorđev Park

British Championship
500	Scotland 2 England 1 [1-1] Hampden Park, Glasgow (85,165)	1976	Masson, Dalglish Channon	AL
			England lose in Scotland for second time in a row

Paul Konchesky born in Barking

1981
1982
1983

1984

This Time We'll Get It Right enters album chart
youth England 4 Scotland 2 at St. Andrews
UEFA Group 3 Hungary 2 Greece 3
England name squad to play Scotland & USSR

Friendly match
655	England 1 Denmark 0 [0-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley *(27,643)*	1990	Lineker	HW
			England now seventeen matches unbeaten preceded by youth England 3 Poland 0 at Wembley

Ray Wilson dies in Huddersfield aged 83 years
JLloyd Samuel dies in High Leigh aged 37 years

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2012

2013
2014
2015
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2018

semi-pro Highland League 2 England 2 in Elgin
names on back of shirts domestically for first time
England name a squad for Brazil & Ukraine
Romania names a provisional 26-man ECF squad
semi-pro Highland League 0 England 3 in Inverness
England drop to twelfth in the FIFA rankings
The FA announce Carlsberg as a partner
South Africa name 24-man squad for England
under 17 Portugal 4 England 4 at Châteauroux
South Africa to host 2010 World Cup Finals
Gary Neville comes closest to England captaincy
England WCF squad announced
Paraguay name their WCF squad
Hungary name their 30-man squad for England
under 19 England 0 Russia 2 at Bescot Stadium
Newcastle United FC appoint Sam Allardyce manager
under 21 Wales 0 England 2 at Racecourse Ground
Trinidad & Tobago announce squad for England
United States name a 33-man squad for England
France name a 26-man provisional ECF squad
Belgium name their 26-man squad for England
Rio Ferdinand announces his international retirement
under 17 England 0 Netherlands 2 in Paola
The FA suspend Jake Livermore
under 17 Spain 1 England 0 in Nizami Rayonu

Opposition On This Day
BIRTHS		DEATHS & APPOINTMENTS
Walter White (Scotland) Paddy Sheridan (Ireland) Jimmy Brownlie (Scotland) Billy Cringan (Scotland) Luis Felipe Monti (Italy) Victor Lemberechts (Belgium) Dick Keith (Northern Ireland) Fernand Brosius (Luxembourg) Georges Bereta (France) official Evzen Amler (Czech Republic) in Prague official Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius) Sulejman Demollari (Albania manager & player) Jiři Němec (Czech Republic) Frank de Boer (Netherlands) Ron de Boer (Netherlands) Tomasz Wałdoch (Poland) Zoubeir Baya (Tunisia) Brian Said (Malta) Jacek Krzynówek (Poland) official Oliver Drachta (Austria) official Pau Cebrián Devís (Spain) Patrice Evra (France) official Pedro Ribeiro (Portugal) Segundo Castillo (Ecuador) Matías Fernández (Chile) Steve Borg (Malta) official Daniel Poláček (Slovakia) Benjamin Kololli (Kosovo) Tomáš Kalas (Czech Republic) Edison Flores (Peru) Ousmane Dembélé (France) Idriz Voca (Kosovo) in Switzerland Arnúr Sigurðsson (Iceland) Dmitrijs Zelenkovs (Latvia) Jake O'Brien (Republic of Ireland)	1882 1885 1890 1901 1918 1924 1933 1934 1946 1958 1960 1964 1966 1970 1971 1973 1976 1977 1979 1981 1982 1986 1988 1992 1993 1994 1997 1999 2000 2001 2012	official Robert Christie (Scotland) dies in Rouen Marc Wilmots (Belgium) appointed caretaker manager

England's Record on 15th May
Venue	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	FTS	CS	FAv	AAv	Pts%	W/L
Home	3	3	0	0	5	0	+5	0	3	1.667	0.00	100.0	+3
Away	6	2	0	4	9	11	-2	2	1	1.50	1.833	33.3	-2

1.375

1.125

62.5