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18th May

England on
19th May

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England On This Day
  1889
1890
1911
1911
1926

1917
John Maynard's daughter, May, is born
Harold Morse's daughter, Mabel, is born
Tim Coleman rejoins Fulham FC
Tom Baddeley's son, also a Tom, is born
Billy Marsden marries Nancy Creighton in Silksworth
Billy Pease signs for Middlesbrough FC for £2000
Tommy Graham joins Nottingham Forest FC for £50

End of Season tour match
161 Belgium 1 England 3 [1-1]
Olympisch Stadion, Antwerpen
(25,000)
1928 Moeschal (pen ????)
Dean (2), Matthews
AW
England's fifth visit to Belgium and fourth victory




Steve Smith dies in Ploughley aged 61 years
1930
1933
1934
1935
1939
1946
1947


1948
1950
Jimmy Hampson marries Elizabeth Davies in Walkden
England team is chosen to play Switzerland
Horace Burrows marries Kathleen Butler in Mansfield

Jack Haines signs for Cheltenham Town AFC
victory France 2 England 1 at Stade Olympique
unofficial B FC Schaffhausen 0 England 6
England team is chosen to play Portugal
B team is chosen to play Switzerland
B Switzerland 1 England 5 in Bellinzona
B team is chosen to play for Luxembourg

Festival of Britain Celebration Match
264 England 5 Portugal 2 [2-1]
Goodison Park, Liverpool
(52,686)
1951
Nicholson, Milburn (2), Finney, Hassall
Patalino, Albano
HW
Bill Nicholson is the oldest scoring post-war debutant
FA Tour of Australia New South Wales 1 England 8

  1952
1953
1956
Austria name their team to play England
amateur Norway 1 England 1 at Ullevål Stadion
George Eastham joins Newcastle United FC for £9000
FA Tour of South Africa Natal Province 0 England 4

World Cup preliminary match
314 Republic of Ireland 1 England 1 [1-0]
Dalymount Park, Dublin
(47,000)
1957
Ringstead
Atyeo
AD
the single point ensured England qualified for the 1958 World Cup
under 23 Bulgaria 2 England 1 at Stadion Vasil Levski
amateur West Germany 1 England 1 in Offenburg

goalkeeper Tony Coton born in Tamworth 1961
1967
1970

inter-level England 0 Young England 5 at Highbury
Hull City AFC appoint Cliff Britton general manager

British Championship
454 England 0 Wales 0 [0-0]
Empire Stadium, Wembley
(70,000)
1971
  HD
First time England have had a home scoreless draw with Wales
Bolton Wanderers FC appoint Jimmy Armfield player-manager

     

British Championship
470 England 1 Scotland 0 [0-0]
Empire
Stadium, Wembley (95,950)
1973 Peters HW
George Ashmore dies in Handsworth aged 75 England's first Wembley clean sheet against Scotland since 1959

  1974
1975
1977
under 23 France 2 England 2 in Valence
youth Finland 0 England 1 at Wankdorfstadion
youth Belgium 0 England 1 in Lokeren

British Championship
528 Northern Ireland 0 England 2 [0-2]
Windsor Park, Belfast
(35,000)
1979
Watson, Coppell AW
England beat an English-based Ireland team
UEFA Group 1 Bulgaria 1 Republic of Ireland 0
women Denmark 3 England 1 in København

  1984
1986
Italy awarded the 1990 World Cup Final tournament
England World Cup Finals squad submitted to FIFA

Rous Cup match
625 England 1 Brazil 1 [1-1]
Wembley Stadium, Wembley
(92,000)
1987 Lineker
Mirandinha
HD
Three lions appear on the socks for first time

  1988
1989
1993
1995
1996
1999
2000
2002

2003

2009
2010

2011
2014
2015
2016
2017
2021
2022
under 17 Sweden 0 England 2 in Sion
B tour Iceland A 0 England 2 in Reykjavík
UEFA Group 2 San Marino 0 Poland 3
semi-pro England 3 Highland League 4 in St.Albans
women England 3 Portugal 0 at Griffin Park
England drop to eleventh in the FIFA rankings
Ukraine name a 26-man squad to face England
women England 0 Germany 1 at Selhurst Park
Nigeria name their WCF squad
under 19 Republic of Ireland 0 England 1 in Dublin
women Canada 4 England 0 in Lachine
C England 0 Belgium U21 1 at Kassam Stadium
Ben Foster signs for Birmingham City FC for £4m
Algeria name their provisional WCF squad
C England 0 Portugal 1 at Sixfields Stadium
under 21 Wales 1 England 3 at the Liberty Stadium
under 17 Spain 0 England 0 in Sliven

under 21 England 1 Portugal o at Toulon
under 17 FINAL Spain 2 England 2 in Varaždin

Scotland name their ECF squad
Germany name their Nations League squad

Opposition On This Day
BIRTHS DEATHS & APPOINTMENTS
William Miller (Scotland)
 Michel Vanderbauwhede (Belgium)
 František Kloz (Czechoslovakia)
 Frans Bouwmeester (Netherlands)
Bert van Marwijk (Netherlands manager)
 official Heinz Helmut Krug (Germany)
official Primoz Arhar (Slovenia)
 Andrea Pirlo (Italy)
 
Diego Forlán (Uruguay)

Daniel Ngom Kome (Cameroon)
 official Felix Zwayer (Germany) in West Berlin
official José Luis Munuera Montero (Spain)
 Waldemar Sobota (Poland)
Walker Zimmerman (United States)
Jasir Asani (Albania)
 Alex Král (Czech Republic) in Slovakia
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England's Record on 19th May
Venue P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
Home 4 2 2 0 7 3 +4 1 2 1.75 0.75 75.0 +2
Away 3 2 1 0 6 2 +4 0 1 2.00 0.667 83.3 +2
7 4 3 0 13 5 +8 1 3 1.857 0.714 78.6 +4
 
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