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20th May

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England On This Day
Major Francis Marindin born in Weymouth
Ben Garfield born in Raunds


Joe Beverley dies in Blackburn aged 40 years		 1838
1865
1871
1885

1891
1897
1919
1920
Joe Lofthouse is baptised in Blackburn

 Joe Lofthouse marries Elizabeth Proudlove
 Alf Lyttelton marries Laura Tennant in London
 Percy de Paravicini marries Marcia Cholmondeley

 Joe Lofthouse is admitted into Blackburn Infirmary
 Danny Shea joins West Ham United FC for £1000

Friendly match
126 Belgium 0 England 2 [0-1]
 Stade DC Bruxelles, Bruxelles (25,000)		 1921 Buchan, Chambers AW
England's first visit to, and against, Belgium

  1922 Billy Hibbert signs for Oldham Athletic FC

End-of-Season tour match
135 Sweden 2 England 4 [1-3]
Stockholms Olympiastadion, Stockholm (14,500)		 1923
 H.Dahl (2)
 Walker (2), Thornwell, J.Moore		 AW
England's first visit to, and against, Sweden
Jimmy Moore becomes the oldest scoring debutant

     

Friendly match
146 France 2 England 3 [0-1]
 Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Paris (35,000)		 1925 Boyer, Dewaquez
 Gibbins, Bonnardel OG, Dorrell		 AW
England finish the match with nine men

      

End-of-Season tour match
155 Luxembourg 2 England 5 [2-2]
 Stade de la Frontière, Esch-sur-Alzette (3,789)		 1927
 Hubert, Lefevre
 Dean (3), Kelly, Bishop		 AW
England's first visit to, and against, Luxembourg
Harold Pearson signs for West Bromwich Albion FC

  1930
1931		 Jack Butler joins Torquay United FC
 Dick Pym joins Yeovil & Petters United FC

End-of-Season tour match
217 Switzerland 2 England 1 [1-1]
Hardturm Stadion, Zürich (25,000)		 1938 Aeby, Abegglen (pen)
 Bastin (pen)		 AL
Frank Jefferis dies at Millwall FC aged 53 years England's first successful penalty since 1931

  1947
1948
1950
1952
1954

1955

1958
1960		 B Switzerland 0 FA XI 0 in Genève
B team is chosen for to play Schaffhausen
B Luxembourg A 1 England 2 at Stad Lëtzeburg
England team is chosen to play Austria
 England team is chosen to play Hungary
 B team is chosen to play Switzerland
 England team is chosen to play Portugal
FA Tour of Bermuda Jamaica 2 England 4
 FA Tour of Nigeria Eastern Nigeria 0 England 1
 B team is chosen to play Israel

World Cup preliminary match
348 Portugal 1 England 1 [0-0]
 Estadio Nacional, Lisboa (65,000)		 1961
 Âguas
 Flowers		 AD
England's first draw with Portugal
FA Tour of Far East Hong Kong 2 England 4

  1966

1969		 youth Czechoslovakia 3 England 2 in Rijeka
 amateur Netherlands 0 England 0 in Deventer
 FA Tour of Polynesia Tahiti 1 England 4

British Championship
492 England 2 Wales 2 [1-0]
 Wembley Stadium, Wembley (53,000)		 1975 Johnson (2)
 Toshack, Griffiths		 HD
Johnson first player to score twice against Wales since 1966

  1977
1982
1984
1985		 youth Iceland 0 England 0 at Turnhout
testimonial Fulham FC 0 England 3
Frank Worthington joins Brighton & Hove Albion FC
 under 21 Finland 3 England 1 in Mikkeli

Rous Cup match
633 England 1 Scotland 0 [1-0]
 Wembley Stadium, Wembley (70,480)		 1988

 Beardsley HW
Bryan Robson captains his country for the fortieth time
under 17 GDR 0 England 1 at Monthey
England Football Team's All The Way enters the chart

  1990 under 21 Portugal 1 England 0 at Six-Fours

England Challenge Cup match
671 England 3 USSR 1 [2-1]
 Wembley Stadium, Wembley (23,789)		 1991 Smith, Platt (2 (1 pen))
 M.Wright OG		 HW
England beat USSR at Wembley for first time since 1958

  1999

2001		 semi-pro England 1 Highland League 1 in Chesham
Seth Johnson signs for Derby County FC for £3m.
Manchester City FC manager Joe Royle sacked

Friendly match
789 Korea Republic 1 England 1 [0-1]
Jeju World Cup Stadium, Seogwipo (39,876)		 2002
 Ji-Sung
 Owen		 AD
England's first match in, and against, the Korea Republic
England name squad for the 2002 World Cup Finals




Beddy Jezzard dies in Alton aged 77 years		 2003


2005
2008
2010
2013

2014

2016
2018
2019
2023
2024		 under 20 Italy 3 England 0 in Lucce
under 19 England 3 Slovakia 0 at Dalymount Park
England remain seventh in the FIFA rankings

Cardiff City FC release Trevor Sinclair
under 17 Greece 0 England 1 in Vaduz
West Ham United FC release Carlton Cole
Wayne Rooney's son, Klay, is born
under 17 final Netherlands 1 England 1 in Ta'Qali
England name squad for Ireland & Slovenia
Russia announce their ECF squad
Belgium name their WCF squad
youth Slovakia 2 England 2 in Žiar nad Hronom
under 17 Netherlands 1 England 4 in Debrecen
under 17 France 0 England 4 in Larnaca
England's name their provisional ECF squad

Opposition On This Day
BIRTHS DEATHS & APPOINTMENTS
Ludwig Leinberger (Germany)
Jimmy Crawford (Scotland)
Zvonimir Požega (Yugoslavia)
 Serafim Batista (Portugal)
 Robert Budzinski (France)
goalkeeper Ivo Viktor (Czechoslovakia)
Edo Ophof (Netherlands)
François Omam-Biyik (Cameroon)
 Antonio Folha (Portugal)
 Edson Buddle (United States)
Mario Mandžukić (Croatia)
Hal Robson-Kanu (Wales) in Acton
 Rene Khrin (Slovenia)
Fedor Černych (Lithuania) in Moscow
 Yevhenii Makarenko (Ukraine)		 1903
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1966
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England's Record on 21st May
Venue P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
Home 3 2 1 0 6 3 +3 0 1 2.00 1.00 83.3 +2
Away 7 4 2 1 17 10 +7 0 1 2.429 1.429 71.4 +3
10 6 3 1 23 13 +10 0 2 2.3 1.3 75 +5
 
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