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23rd May

24th May

England On This Day
Frank Forman born in Aston-on-Trent Billy Smith born in Tanfield	1858 1875 1888 1893 1895 1898 1900 1905 1907 1919 1922 1925 1938 1950	Claud Wilson is baptised in Banbury Robin Benson's son, Guy, is born Nat Walton joins Nelson FC Jimmy Settle marries Catherine Higham in Aspull Charlie Fry's only son, Stephen, is born Howard Vaughton's youngest, Grace, is born FA refuse Percy Humphreys transfer to Southampton Bert Lee is demobilised Harry Martin signs for Nottingham Forest FC FA Tour of Australia Australia 0 England 5 Joe Hulme announces his retirement England announce their WCF squad

End-of-Season East-European Pre-World Cup tour match
287	Hungary 7 England 1 [3-0] Népstadion, Budapest (92,000)	1954	Lantos, Puskás (2), Kocsis (2), Toth, Hidegkuti Broadis	AL
			England's record defeat B Switzerland 2 England 0 at St. Jakob Park

Frank Robert dies in Bolton aged 68 years

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1970

FA Tour of Bermuda Jamaica 0 England 7
FA Tour of South Africa Border 0 England 10
Mexico team is chosen to play England
FA Tour of Far East Hong Kong 0 England 3
unofficial Gibraltar XI 0 England 6 at Victoria Stadium
youth France 1 England 2 at Rijeka
amateur England 0 Italy 0 in Enfield
England announce their WCF squad

British Championship
462	England 0 Northern Ireland 1 [0-1] Empire Stadium, Wembley (64,000)	1972	Neill	HL
			first England match not to feature a World Cup winner

USA Bicentennial Cup match
501	Brazil 1 England 0 [1-0] LA Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles (32,495)	1976	Roberto	NL
			Roberto becomes only the third substitute to score against England USA Bicentennial Cup Team America 0 Italy 4 at RFK women England 5 Scotland 1 in Enfield

1977

youth England 1 Greece 1 in Beveren

British Championship
529	England 0 Wales 0 [0-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley (70,220/74,000)	1979		HD
			Cunningham is the second BME player in a full international

1980

youth Netherlands 0 England 1 at Halle

British Championship
554	England 0 Scotland 1 [0-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley (90,000)	1981	Robertson (pen)	HL
			England now gone four matches without scoring

1983

John Hollins rejoins Chelsea FC

Rous Cup match
626	Scotland 0 England 0 [0-0] Hampden Park, Glasgow (64,713)	1987		AD
			First scoreless draw between the auld enemy since 1970 semi-professional Scotland 1 England 2 in Dunfermline

Rous Cup match
645	England 0 Chile 0 [0-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley *(15,628)*	1989		HD
			record international low attendance for Wembley preceded by women England 0 Sweden 2

1990
1991
1995

under 21 France 3 England 7 in Aix-en-Provence
England Challenge Cup Argentina 1 USSR 1
under 16 Qatar 3 England 2 in Doha
England name their Umbro Cup squad
Paul Bracewell rejoins Sunderland AFC

Friendly match
721	China 0 England 3 [0-1] Workers' Stadium, Beijing (65,000)	1996	Barmby (2), Gascoigne	AW
			England's only meeting with China

Joe Gomez born in Lewisham

1997

Friendly match
744	England 0 Saudi Arabia 0 [0-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley (63,733)	1998		HD
			England's second meeting with the Saudi's, and second draw women Netherlands 2 England 1 at Waalwijk

Ray Parry dies in Bolton aged 67 years

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Opposition On This Day
BIRTHS		DEATHS & APPOINTMENTS
David Drok (Netherlands) official Herminio Soares (Portugal) in Lisboa Manuel Álvarez (Chile) Dino Sani (Brazil) José Maria (Spain) Gerry Armstrong (Northern Ireland) Manuel Sanchis (Spain) Jozsef Somogyi (Hungary) official Martin Wilczek (Czech Republic) Andy Selva (San Marino) Hugo Almeida (Portugal) Angelo Ogbonna (Italy) Alexandru Antoniuc (Moldova) Ezequiel Schelotto (Italy) Răzvan Marin (Romania) Brennan Johnson (Wales)	1914 1915 1928 1932 1942 1954 1965 1968 1970 1976 1984 1988 1989 1996 2001

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