England on 20th May
End-of-Season Tour match 187 Saturday, 20 May 1933 - Switzerland 0 England 4 [0-1] Stadion Neufeld, Bern (26,000) Bastin (2), Richardson (2) AW 1937 England's first meeting with Finland End-of-Season Tour match 211 Thursday, 20 May 1937 - Finland 0 England 8 [0-4] Töölön pallokenttä, Helsinki (9,533) Kirchen, Payne (2), Steele (2), J.Johnson, Willingham, Robinson AW 1942 John Goodall dies in Watford aged 78 1939 Billy Smith appears in Halifax West Riding court1949 England team chosen for France 1950 FA Tour of Canada Montreal 0 England 7 1951 amateur France 3 England 3 in Cherbourg 1954 teams chosen for the England-Hungary fixture 1956 Nat Lofthouse becomes the third player to become a substitute in a full international youth Denmark 1 England 2 in Esbjerg End-of-Season Scandinavian/European Tour match 305 Sunday, 20 May 1956 - Finland 1 England 5 [1-3] Olympiastadion, Helsinki (20,250) Forsgren Wilshaw, Haynes, Astall, Lofthouse (2) AW 1961 Clive Allen born in Stepney 1959 amateur Netherlands 1 England 3 at Den Haag 1962 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 unofficial amateur British Army of the Rhine 0 England 0 in Rheydt South American Pre-World Cup Tour match 358 Sunday, 20 May 1962 - Peru 0 England 4 [0-4] Estadio Nacional Coloso de José Díaz, Lima (32,565) Flowers (pen), Greaves (3) AW Manuel Grimaldo 1963 amateur England 3 France 0 in Gateshead 1964 under 23 Turkey 3 England 0 in İstanbul representative Scandinavia 2 Rest of Europe 4 1969 youth Czechoslovakia 1 England 3 in Leipzig 1970 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 South American Pre-World Cup Tour match 443 Wednesday, 20 May 1970 - Colombia 0 England 4 [0-2] Estadio Nemesio Camacho, Bogotá (35,000) Peters (2), R.Charlton, Ball AW 1972 England's first win in Wales for five years youth Poland 0 England 1 in Valencia British Championship 461 Saturday, 20 May 1972 - Wales 0 England 3 [0-1] Ninian Park, Cardiff (34,000) Hughes, Marsh, Bell AW 1977 Syd Owen sacked as a Birmingham City FC assistant 1978 England's first win in Scotland since 1973 British Championship 522 Saturday, 20 May 1978 - Scotland 0 England 1 [0-0] Hampden Park, Glasgow (88,319) Coppell AW 1980 England draw at home to Ireland for first time since 1961 youth England 2 Yugoslavia 0 at Altenburg British Championship 541 Tuesday, 20 May 1980 - England 1 Northern Ireland 1 [0-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley (33,676) Brotherston OG Cochrane HD 1981 third match without scoring for the first time and fourth match at Wembley without a victory UEFA Group 4 Norway 1 Hungary 2 British Championship 553 Wednesday, 20 May 1981 - England 0 Wales 0 [0-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley (34,280) HD 1995 Leslie Smith dies in Lichfield aged 77 1983 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 1987 semi-pro England 4 Netherlands 0 in Kirkcaldy 1988 under 17 Belgium 0 England 0 in Neuchâtel 1991 B England 2 Switzerland 1 at the Bescot Stadium1998 England remain fifth in rankings2001 England name squad for Mexico & Greece 2002 under 21 Italy 2 England 1 in Basel 2003 Nat.Game XI England 4 Rep. Ireland 0 in Merthyr T. 2004 National Game XI Wales 2 England 0 in Keith Steve McManaman released by Manchester City FC Howard Wilkinson leaves Shanghai Shenhua FC Japan name a 25-man squad for FA Summer Tournament2005 John Ruddy signs for Everton FC for £250,000 Colombia name 22-man squad for England 2006 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 2007 under 19 Czech Rep. 0 England 2 in Northampton2008 C England 1 Gibraltar 0 in Old Colwyn Joey Barton jailed for serious assault & affray 2010 women Malta 0 England 6 in Ta'Qali 2015 Teddy Sheringham appointed at Stevenage Borough 2017 under 20 England 3 Argentina 0 in Jeonju 2019 youth England 1 Russia 0 in Zlate Moravce2021 Sam Allardyce to leave West Bromwich Albion 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) Petr Čech (Czech Republic) Darko Tasevski (FYR Macedonia) Henrik Ojamaa (Estonia) Piotr Zieliński (Poland) Robert Skov (Denmark) in Marbella Joakim Mæhle (Denmark) 18881901190319051922195219641981 1982198419911994199619972019 Stephen Clarke (Scotland manager) appointed
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