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14th May

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15th May

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England On This Day
1845 official Alfred Stair born in Greenwich


1875
Bertie Corbett born in Thame

1864
Billy Betts baptised in Sheffield
1868
George Cotterill baptised in Brighton

1887
Albert Allen marries Alice Richardson in Aston
1896 Albert Smith's son, Fred, born
1897 Billy Moon's eldest daughter Vera is born
1902 Edgar Chadwick signs for Liverpool FC

1909
Dicky Bond joins Bradford City FC for £950
1917
Matthew Kingsley joins the army (Royal Engineers)
1923
Jack Hill joins Burnley FC for £5450
1929 Edgar Kail is the last exclusive amateur to play for England
End-of-Season Tour match
167 Wednesday, 15 May 1929 - Spain 4 England 3 [2-2]
Estádio Metropolitano, Madrid (45,000)
Rubio (2), Lazcano, Goiburu
Carter
(2), Bradford
AL



1933
Peter Broadbent born in Elvington
1930 Horace Burrows joins Mansfield Town FC
 
Jackie Carr joins Blackpool FC

1946
Billy Butler resigns as Torquay United FC manager
1947
England team chosen to play Switzerland
1948 youth Ireland 2 England 2 at Cliftonville
1949
B Finland A England 4 at the Olympiastadion
1950
England team confirmed to play Belgium
1951 amateur England 2 Norway 1 at Ayresome Park
1955 England lose to France for first time since 1931

End-of-Season East-European Tour  
295 Sunday, 15 May 1955 - France 1 England 0 [1-0]
Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Paris (54,696)
Kopa (pen) AL

1956 Bobby McNeal dies in West Bromwich aged 56 1956 England teams chosen to play Sweden & Finland
1957 Stan Matthews makes his final appearance in an England shirt
Mike Hellawell signs for Birmingham City FC

World Cup Preliminary match  
313 Wednesday, 15 May 1957 - Denmark 1 England 4 [1-1]
Idrætsparken, København (35,000/45,000)
J.Jensen
Haynes, Taylor (2), Atyeo
AW

  1959 England team chosen to play Peru
1960 Johnny Haynes captains for the first time
under-23 GDR 1 England 4 at the Olympiastadion
Hungary team is chosen to face England

End-of-Season East-European Tour match
340 Sunday, 15 May 1960 - Spain 3 England 0 [1-0]
Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid (50,000)
Peirò, Martínez (2) AL



1968
Fred Fox dies in High Wycombe aged 69
1961 Bobby Gurney joins Horden Colliery Welfare FC
1963 amateur England 3 France 0 in Hartlepool
1971 Bobby Moore captain's England for the seventieth time

British Championship
453 Saturday, 15 May 1971 -
Northern Ireland 0 England 1 [0-0]
Windsor Park, Belfast (33,000)
Clarke AW

  1972 youth Northern Ireland 0 England 4 in Sabadell
        amateur England 1 Northern Ireland 2 in Hendon
1973 England beat Wales at home for first time in four years

British Championship
469 Tuesday, 15 May 1973 - England 3 Wales 0 [2-0]
Empire Stadium, Wembley (38,000)
Chivers, Channon, Peters HW

   
1974 Joe Mercer's second victory in his second match
under 23 Yugoslavia 1 England 0 at Stadion Karađorđev Park

British Championship
480 Wednesday, 15 May 1974 -
England
1 Northern Ireland 0 [0-0]
Empire Stadium, Wembley (45,500/48,500)
Weller HW

   
1976 England lose in Scotland for second time in a row

British Championship
500 Saturday, 15 May 1976 - Scotland 2 England 1 [1-1]
Hampden Park, Glasgow (85,165)
Masson, Dalglish
Channon
AL

1981 Paul Konchesky born in Barking
1982
This Time We'll Get It Right enters album chart
1983
youth England 4 Scotland 2 at St. Andrews
        UEFA Group 3
Hungary 2 Greece 3
1984 England name squad to play Scotland & USSR
1990 England now seventeen matches unbeaten
preceded by youth England 3 Poland 0 at Wembley

Friendly match
655 Tuesday, 15 May 1990 - England 1 Denmark 0 [0-0]
Wembley Stadium, Wembley (27,643)
Lineker HW


























2018
Ray Wilson dies in Huddersfield aged 83
JLloyd Samuel dies in High Legh aged 37
1993 semi-pro Highland League 2 England 2 in Elgin
 
Names on back of the shirts domestically for first time
2000 England name a squad for Brazil & Ukraine
 Romania names a provisional 26-man squad for Finals
2001 semi-pro Highland League 0 England 3 in Inverness
2002
England drop to twelfth in rankings
 The FA announce Carlsberg as a partner
2003 South Africa name 24-man squad for England
2004
under 17 Portugal 4 England 4 at Châteauroux
 
South Africa to host 2010 World Cup Finals
2005 Gary Neville comes closest to England captaincy
2006 World Cup Finals squads named
 England squad announced ~ Paraguay name their squad
 Hungary name their 30-man squad for England
2007 under 19 England 0 Russia 2 at Bescot Stadium
 Sam Allardyce appointed Newcastle United manager
2008 under 21 Wales 0 England 2 at Racecourse Ground
 Trinidad & Tobago announce squad for England
 United States have named a 33-man squad for England
2012 France name a 26-man provisional squad for Finals
 Belgium name their 26-man squad for England
2013 Rio Ferdinand announces his international retirement
2014 under 17 England 0 Netherlands 2 in Paola

2015 Jake Livermore suspended by the FA
2016 under 17 Spain 1 England 0 in Nizami Rayonu

Opposition On This Day
1882 Walter White (Scotland)
& James Sheridan (Ireland) born
1885 Jimmy Brownlie (Scotland) born
1890 Billy Cringan (Scotland) born
1901 Luis Felipe Monti (Italy) born
1918 official Robert Christie (Scotland) dies in Rouen
1924 Victor Lemberechts (Belgium) born
1933 Dick Keith (Northern Ireland) born
1934 Fernand Brosius (Luxembourg) born
1946 Georges Bereta (France) born
1958 official Evzen Amler (Czech Republic) born in Prague
1960 official Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius) born

1966 Jiři Němec (Czech Republic) born
1970 Frank de Boer (Netherlands)
& Ron de Boer (Netherlands) born
1971 Tomasz Wałdoch (Poland)
& Zoubeir Baya (Tunisia) born
1973 Brian Said (Malta) born
1976 Jacek Krzynówek (Poland) born
1977 official Oliver Drachta (Austria) born
1979 official Pau Cebrián Devís (Spain) born
1981 Patrice Evra (France) born
1982 Segundo Castillo (Ecuador) born
1986 Matías Fernández (Chile) born
1988 Steve Borg (Malta) born
& official Daniel Poláček (Slovakia) born
1992 Benjamin Kololli (Kosovo) born
1993 Tomáš Kalas (Czech Republic) born
1994 Edison Flores (Peru) born
1997 Ousmane Dembélé (France)
& Idriz Voca (Kosovo) born in Switzerland
1999 Arnúr Sigurðsson (Iceland) born












1964
Sulejman Demollari (Albania manager & player) born



















2012
Marc Wilmots (Belgium) appointed caretaker manager

 

England's Record on 15th May
Type 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
Total 8 5 0 3 11 9 +2 2 4 1.375 1.125 62.5 +2
 

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