England on 18th May

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England On This Day
	1886 1892 1926 1932 1933 1934	Percy Fairclough marries Monella Bentley in London Henry Wace's eldest, Katherine, is born England team is clarified to face Belgium Harry Nuttall joins Rochdale AFC Charlton Athletic FC appoint Jimmy Seed as manager George Stephenson signs for Charlton Athletic FC

Friendly match
198	Netherlands 0 England 1 [0-0] Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam (33,000)	1935	Worrall	AW
			England's first meeting with Netherlands

1936
1937

Jack Bowers marries Edith Mason in Derby
England team is chosen to play Finland

End-of-Season tour match
225	Yugoslavia 2 England 1 [1-0] Stadion Beogradski SK, Beograd (35,000)	1939	Glišović Perlić Broome	AL
Charley Dobson dies in Brentford aged 76 years			England's first meeting with Yugoslavia

Nobby Stiles born in Manchester

1942
1946

Hull City AFC appoint Frank Buckley as manager

End-of-Season tour match
233	Switzerland 1 England 0 [1-0] Hardturm Stadion, Zürich (30,000)	1947	Fatton	AL
			first England match to be played on a Sunday

1948

B team is chosen to play Switzerland B

End-of-Season tour match
247	Norway 1 England 4 [0-2] Ullevål Stadion, Oslo (36,000)	1949	Andresen Mullen, Finney, Spydevold OG, Morris	AW
Kenneth Wilson dies in Hillingdon aged 87 years			Frank Swift makes his final England appearance B Netherlands A 1 England 4 at Olympisch Stadion

End-of-Season tour match
255	Belgium 1 England 4 [1-0] Stade du Heysel, Bruxelles (55,750)	1950	Mermans Mullen, Mortensen, Mannion, Bentley	AW
			Roy Bentley scores the 100th goal in the Winterbottom era Jimmy Mullen the first ever England substitute in a full international

End-of-Season tour match
270	Italy 1 England 1 [0-1] Stadio Comunale di Firenze, Firenze (93,000)	1952	Amadei Broadis	AD
			Billy Elliot is Winterbottom's 75th player amateur Germany 2 Great Britain 0 at Nürnberg

End-of-Season tour match
296	Spain 1 England 1 [0-1] Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid (125,000)	1955	Rial Bentley	AD
			Winterbottom's seventieth match is 'The Battle of Madrid' FA Tour of Bermuda Jamaica 0 England 7 in Kingston

1956

England team is chosen to play Finland

End-of-Season tour match
321	USSR 1 England 1 [0-1] Lenin Stadium, Moskva *(102,000-110,000)*	1958	V.Ivanov Kevan	AD
			England's first meeting with USSR is first of three in under a month

Joe Tate dies in Old Hill aged 68 years

1960
1962
1963

1969
1973

under 23 Poland 2 England 3 in Warsaw
England team is chosen to play Peru
youth Scotland 1 England 3 in Dumfries
amateur England 0 W.Germany 1 at Ayresome Park
youth England 6 Malta 0 in Wolfen

British Championship
481	Scotland 2 England 0 [2-0] Hampden Park, Glasgow (93,271/94,487)	1974	Pejic OG, Todd OG	AL
			England beaten by two own goals for the first time

Danny Mills born in Norwich
Lee Hendrie born in Solihull

1977

1980
1982

1987
1990
1992

youth Portugal 1 England 1 in Rosslau
testimonial Aston Villa FC 3 England 2
Mark Walters signs as an Aston Villa FC apprentice
semi-professional Italy 2 England 1 in Dunfermline
David Seaman joins Arsenal FC
England name their ECF squad

Friendly match
720	England 3 Hungary 0 [1-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley (34,184)	1996	Anderton (2), Platt	HW
			Anderton the first to score twice at Wembley against Hungary

1998
2001
2002

2003
2004

2005
2006
2010
2011
2012
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018

2020
2021

2023

under 21 Argentina 2 England 0 in Manosque
The FA appoint Sammy Lee as an assistant
Nat. Game XI England 2 Scotland 0 at Kettering
Cameroon name their WCF squad
Jomo Sono to manage South Africa against England
Nat. Game XI Rep. Ireland U21 3 England 2 in Banff
Emile Heskey to join Birmingham City FC on 1 July
England remain sixth in the FIFA rankings
under 19 England 1 Belgium 2 in Tournoi
under 17 England 3 Czech Republic 1 in Vaduz
England remain sixth in the FIFA rankings
Jamie Vardy signs for Leicester City FC for £1m
under 17 Portugal 0 England 2 in Ta'Qali
Adam Johnson appears before Peterlee Magistrates
Turkey name their provisional ECF squad
France name their squad to play England
Derby County FC release Darren Bent
Queen's Park Rangers FC appoint Steve McClaren
Burton Wanderers FC manager Nigel Clough leaves
Roy Hodgson announces his retirement
Theo Walcott signs for Southampton FC
under 17 Croatia 0 England 1 in Balmazújváros

Opposition On This Day
BIRTHS		DEATHS & APPOINTMENTS
Henri Larnoe (Belgium) Eino Lahti (Finland) Georges Leekens (Belgium manager) Eric Gerets (Belgium) José Alexanko (Spain) Antonio Carlos (Brazil) official Bertino Miranda (Portugal) official Bruno Paixão (Portugal) in Setúbal Daniel Hasler (Liechtenstein) Ricardo Carvalho (Portugal) goalkeeper Helton (Brazil) Genís Garcia (Andorra) Milivoje Novaković (Slovenia) Mariusz Lewandowski (Poland) Diego Pérez (Uruguay) official Niko Simović (Serbia) David Pavelka (Czech Republic) Brian Idowu (Nigeria) in St. Petersburg Filippo Berardi (San Marino)	1897 1915 1929 1949 1954 1956 1969 1972 1974 1978 1979 1980 1982 1991 1992 1997	Uruguay chosen to host the 1930 World Cup Finals

England's Record on 18th May

Venue

FTS

FAv

AAv

Pts%

W/L

Home

3.00

0.00

100.0

Away

1.30

1.111

50.0

1.6