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England On This Day
William Brindle born in Over Darwen
 Nat Walton born in Preston


 Ernie Williamson born in Murton
 Harry Jones born in Blackwell
 1853
1867
1878
1883
1890
1891
1911

Tip Foster is baptised in Great Malvern
 Kirke Smith's son, Douglas, is born


 Frank Buckley signs for Derby County FC

End-of-Season tour match
136 Sweden 1 England 3 [1-1]
Stockholms Olympiastadion, Stockholm (12,000)		 1923 H.Dahl
 W.Moore (2), Miller		 AW
considered unofficial by the Swedish FA

     

Friendly match
150 Belgium 3 England 5 [1-1]
Olympisch Stadion, Antwerpen (35,000)		 1926
 Thys, R.Braine (2)
 F.Osborne (3), Johnson, Carter		 AW
Osborne scores England's first hattrick for 14 years
FA Tour of Canada Montreal 3 England 5

  1929
1932
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1935
1938		 FA Tour of South Africa West.Province 0 England 4
George Thornewell is fined following his car accident
Jackie Crawford signs for Queen's Park Rangers FC
Jack Crayston joins Arsenal FC for £5250
the funeral of Steve Smith in Benson
England team is chosen to play France

End-of-Season tour match
226 Romania 0 England 2 [0-1]
 Stadionul ANEF, Bucureşti (40,000)		 1939 Goulden, Welsh AW
England's first visit to Bucharest in their final pre-war fixture

  1950 FA Tour of Canada Ontario 1 England 4

End-of-Season tour match
278 Chile 1 England 2 [0-0]
 Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago (56,398)		 1953 Rojas
 Taylor, Lofthouse		 AW
Billy Wright holds the record number of appearances in Britain

  1956
1957
1958		 West German team is chosen to play England
B team is chosen to play Romania
 FA Tour of Nigeria Nigeria 0 England 5

End-of-Season tour match
333 Mexico 2 England 1 [1-1]
 Estadio Olímpico Universitario, ciudad de México (83,000)		 1959
 Cardenas, Reyes
 Kevan		 AL
England wear all white for the first time in their first visit to Mexico
amateur FLF jubilee Luxembourg 3 England 1 at Stad Lëtzebuerg

     

End-of-Season tour match
349 Italy 2 England 3 [1-1]
 Stadio Olimpico, Roma (62,000)		 1961 Sivori, Brighenti
 Hitchens (2), Greaves		 AW
England beat Italy for first time since 1949

  1963 inter-level England 3 Football League 3 at Highbury

End-of-Season tour match
378 Republic of Ireland 1 England 3 [1-2]
 Dalymount Park, Dublin (45,000)		 1964
 Strahan
Eastham, J.Byrne, Greaves		 AW
England win in Dublin for first time since 1946
amateur England 4 Liguria 2 in Genova

     

End-of-Season tour match
414 England 2 Spain 0 [0-0]
 Empire Stadium, Wembley (97,500)		 1967 Greaves, Hunt HW
Jimmy Greaves scores his final England goal

     

End-of-Season Pre-World Cup match
444 Ecuador 0 England 2 [0-1]
Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito (29,706)		 1970
 Lee, Kidd AW
Banks wears red for the first time in England's first visit to Ecuador
preceded by B u/o LD Universitaria 1 England 4 in Quito

  1971

1973		 FAI Jubilee Rep. Ireland 1 England 1 in Dublin
youth England 1 Sweden 0 in Poprad
under 23 Denmark 1 England 1 in Nøstved

British Championship
493 England 5 Scotland 1 [3-1]
 Wembley Stadium, Wembley (98,241)		 1975 G.Francis (2), Beattie, Bell, Johnson
Rioch (pen)		 HW
England score five against Scotland for second time in two years

     

Friendly match
523 England 4 Hungary 1 [3-0]
 Wembley Stadium, Wembley (74,000)		 1978 P.Barnes, Neal (pen), T.Francis, Currie
Nagy		 HW
England put four past Hungary for first time since 1936

  1979 youth England 3 Czechoslovakia 0 in Salzburg

British Championship
542 Scotland 0 England 2 [0-1]
 Hampden Park, Glasgow (85,000/88,000)		 1980
 Brooking, Coppell AW
Steve Coppell scores against the Scots for the third match in a row
England name a 25-man provisional squad for Euro Finals

  1984 under 21 Final England 2 Spain 0 at Bramall Lane

Friendly match
613 Canada 0 England 1 [0-0]
 Swangard Stadium, Burnaby (8,150)		 1986
 Hateley AW
England's first and only visit to Canada
semi-professional England 2 Republic of Ireland 1 at Aggborough

     

Rous Cup match
634 England 1 Colombia 1 [1-0]
 Wembley Stadium, Wembley (25,756)		 1988 Lineker
Escobar		 HD
Colombia's first visit to Wembley


goalkeeper Marcus Bettinelli born in Southwark
 1991
1992
1996		 Tony Dorigo joins Leeds United AFC
 under 21 Mexico 1 England 1 at Six-Fours-les-Plages
 under 21 Belgium 0 England 1 at Toulon

Friendly match
733 England 2 South Africa 1 [1-1]
Old Trafford, Manchester (52,676)		 1997 R.Lee, I.Wright
Masinga		 HW
England's first meeting with South Africa

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2004

2005

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2008
2009		 Paul Konchesky signs for Charlton Athletic FC
 under 21 England 3 Mexico 0 at Filbert Street
Manchester City FC appoint Kevin Keegan manager
Nat. Game XI England1 Scotland 1 in Carmarthen
 Iceland name their FA Summer Tournament squad
funeral of Dennis Wilshaw in Newcastle-under-Lyme
 Nat. Game XI. Rep. Ireland U21 0 England 1 in Cork
 Graeme Le Saux announces his retirement
Colwyn Bay FC appoint Peter Davenport as manager
 This Is It's Champions of the World released
Jamaica finalise their squad for Ghana & England
C Wales 0 England 3 in Rhyl
 England name squad for Kazakhstan & Andorra

Friendly match
883 England 3 Mexico 1 [2-1]
 The National Stadium, Wembley (88,638)		 2010
 King, Crouch, G.Johnson
 Franco		 HW
a record sixteenth match played on this day
under 17 Turkey 1 England 2 in Vaduz

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2014

2015
2016
2019
2023

2024		 Nick Pope joins Charlton Athletic FC
 Goalline technology to be tested at Wembley
 under 19 England 1 Georgia 1 in Bornem
Accrington Stanley appoint James Beattie manager
Hartlepool United FC appoint Colin Cooper manager
Reading FC release Nicky Shorey
 under 19 England 6 Montenegro 0 in Walsall
C Slovakia U21 1 England 0 in Poprad
West Ham United release manager Sam Allardyce
Joey Barton signs for Rangers FC
youth Spain 1 England 1 in Žiar nad Hronom
under 17 England 0 Switzerland 0 in Debrecen
England squad named to face Malta & N. Macedonia
under 17 Portugal 4 England 1 in Larnaca
Plymouth Argyle FC appoint Wayne Rooney manager

Opposition On This Day
BIRTHS DEATHS & APPOINTMENTS
Andrew Watson (Scotland) in British Guinea

Carlo Annovazzi (Italy)
goalkeeper Claude Abbes (France)
Markku Kanerva (Finland manager)
official Guido Woldhaber (Switzerland)
 Éric Cantona (France)
Vladimir Smicer (Czech Republic)
Ioannis Goumas (Greece)
Victor Bernárdez (Honduras)
DaMarcus Beasley (United States)
Viktor Pečovský (Slovakia)
official Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen (Denmark)
 Dimitri Kruglov (Estonia)
Vasyl Kobin (Ukraine)
official Alejandro Muñiz Ruiz (Spain)
 Dennis Praet (Belgium)
Strahinja Pavlović (Serbia)		 1856
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Canada Soccer Association founded

England's Record on 24th May
Venue P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
Home 6 5 1 0 17 5 +12 0 1 2.833 0.833 91.7 +5
Away 10 9 0 1 24 10 +14 0 3 2.40 1.00 90.0 +8
16 14 1 1 41 15 +26 0 4 2.563 0.938 90.6 +13
 
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