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England On This Day
Jimmy Seddon born in Bolton Harold Miller born in Watford	1873 1895 1900 1902 1904 1906 1909 1911 1918 1919 1925 1927	Bill Oakley is baptised in Shrewsbury Jimmy Crabtree joins Aston Villa FC for £200 Billy Wedlock marries Rosina Lilly in Bedminster Edgar Chadwick joins Blackpool FC Bristol City FC appoint Harry Thickitt player-manager Ben Spilsbury marries Edith Barfather in Findern amateur Switzerland 0 England 9 in Basel Sweden FA appoint Fred Spiksley as coach Dan Tremelling marries Edith Everett in Warsop Arthur Dorrell is demobilised FA Tour of Australia victoria 0 England 7 Joe Beresford signs for Aston Villa FC for £750

End-of-Season tour match
187	Switzerland 0 England 4 [0-1] Stadion Neufeld, Bern *(26,000)*	1933	Bastin (2), Richardson (2)	AW
			England's first meeting with Switzerland

End-of-Season tour match
211	Finland 0 England 8 [0-4] Töölön pallokenttä, Helsinki (9,533)	1937	Kirchen, Payne (2), Steele (2), J.Johnson, Willingham, Robinson	AW
			England's first meeting with Finland

John Goodall dies in Watford aged 78 years

1939
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1954

Billy Smith appears in Halifax West Riding court

England team is chosen for France
FA Tour of Canada Montreal 0 England 7
amateur France 3 England 3 in Cherbourg
teams chosen for the England-Hungary fixture

End-of-Season tour match
305	Finland 1 England 5 [1-3] Olympiastadion, Helsinki *(20,250)*	1956	Forsgren Wilshaw, Haynes, Astall, Lofthouse (2)	AW
			Nat Lofthouse is the third player to become a substitute youth Denmark 1 England 2 in Esbjerg

Clive Allen born in Stepney

1959
1961

amateur Netherlands 1 England 3 at Den Haag

South American Pre-World Cup tour match
358	Peru 0 England 4 [0-4] Estadio Nacional Coloso de José Díaz, Lima (32,565)	1962	Flowers (pen), Greaves (3)	AW
			Manuel Grimaldo
			England wear all red for the first time Manuel Grimaldo is the first opposition player to be sent off youth Israel 1 England 3 in Tel Aviv u/o amateur British Army of the Rhine 0 England 0 in Rheydt

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1964

1969

amateur England 3 France 0 in Gateshead
under 23 Turkey 3 England 0 in İstanbul
representative Scandinavia 2 Rest of Europe 4
youth Czechoslovakia 1 England 3 in Leipzig

South American Pre-World Cup tour match
443	Colombia 0 England 4 [0-2] Estadio Nemesio Camacho, Bogotá (35,000)	1970	Peters (2), R.Charlton, Ball	AW
			England win their first match at high altitude at third attempt unofficial B Colombia 0 England 1 in Bogotá Bobby Moore is arrested in Bogotá

British Championship
461	Wales 0 England 3 [0-1] Ninian Park, Cardiff (34,000)	1972	Hughes, Marsh, Bell	AW
			England's first win in Wales for five years youth Poland 0 England 1 in Valencia

1977

Birmingham City FC sack assistant Syd Owen

British Championship
522	Scotland 0 England 1 [0-0] Hampden Park, Glasgow (88,319)	1978	Coppell	AW
			England's first win in Scotland for five years

British Championship
541	England 1 Northern Ireland 1 [0-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley (33,676)	1980	Brotherston OG Cochrane	HD
			England draw at home to Ireland for first time since 1961 youth England 2 Yugoslavia 0 at Altenburg

British Championship
553	England 0 Wales 0 [0-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley (34,280)	1981		HD
			third match without scoring for the first time UEFA Group 4 Norway 1 Hungary 2

Leslie Smith dies in Lichfield aged 77 years

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youth England 1 Czechoslovakia 1 at Highbury
Mexico selected as new 1986 World Cup Finals hosts
Steve McMahon joins Aston Villa FC for £350,000
semi-pro England 4 Netherlands 0 in Kirkcaldy
under 17 Belgium 0 England 0 in Neuchâtel
B England 2 Switzerland 1 at the Bescot Stadium

England remain fifth in the FIFA rankings
England name squad for Mexico & Greece
under 21 Italy 2 England 1 in Basel
Nat.Game XI England 4 Rep. Ireland 0 in Merthyr T.
National Game XI Wales 2 England 0 in Keith
Manchester City FC release Steve McManaman
Shanghai Shenhua FC relaese Howard Wilkinson
Japan name their squad for FA Summer Tournament
John Ruddy signs for Everton FC for £250,000
Colombia name 22-man squad for England
under 19 England 2 Northern Ireland 1 in Tebize
James Beattie marries Sarah Rendle in Manchester
John Leyton's Hi Ho Come On England released
under 19 Czech Rep. 0 England 2 in Northampton
C England 1 Gibraltar 0 in Old Colwyn
Joey Barton jailed for serious assault & affray
women Malta 0 England 6 in Ta'Qali
Stevenage Borough FC appoint Teddy Sheringham
under 20 England 3 Argentina 0 in Jeonju
youth England 1 Russia 0 in Zlate Moravce
West Bromwich Albion FC release Sam Allardyce

Opposition On This Day
BIRTHS		DEATHS & APPOINTMENTS
Moses Russell (Wales) Albert Lumber (Wales) goalkeeper Len Evans (Wales) Maurice Benide (France) goalkeeper Ted Hinton (Ireland) Roger Miller (Cameroon) Miodrag Belodedici (Romania) goalkeeper Iker Casillas (Spain) goalkeeper Petr Čech (Czech Republic) Darko Tasevski (FYR Macedonia) Henrik Ojamaa (Estonia) Piotr Zieliński (Poland) Robert Skov (Denmark) in Marbella Joakim Mæhle (Denmark)	1888 1901 1903 1905 1922 1952 1964 1981 1982 1984 1991 1994 1996 1997 2019	Stephen Clarke (Scotland manager) appointed

England's Record on 20th May

Venue

FTS

FAv

AAv

Pts%

W/L

Home

0.50

50.0

Away

+24

3.571

0.143

100.0

+24

2.889

0.222

88.9