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30th May

England on
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England On This Day

 Kenneth Wilson born in Ringstead
 Frank Bradshaw born in Sheffield		 1849
1861
1884
1885
1888
1900
1901

1902		 Reg Birkett is baptised in Bishopsgate


 Arthur Brown is baptised in Gainsborough
 Sam Widdowson's son, Oscar, is born
 Jimmy Brown's youngest, Lilian, is born
 Bob Holmes' daughter, Alice, is born
Rab Howell joins Preston North End FC
Newton Heath FC become Manchester United FC

End-of-Season tour match
103 Hungary 2 England 8 [0-5]
 Millenáris Sportpálya, Buda-pesth (11,000)		 1909 Schlosser, Mészáros
 Fleming (2), Woodward (4), Holley (2)		 AW
This victory extends the new record of eight away victories in a row




Derek Ufton born in Crayford		 1915
1920
1927
1928
1929
1939
1952		 Alf Quantrill enlists with the 5th Dragoon Guards
FA Tour of South Africa West.Province 1 England 5
Sammy Day marries Dulce Morrision in Westminster

 FA Tour of South Africa East Province 3 England 4
FA Tour of South Africa Cape Frontier 1 England 8
 Duncan Edwards signs amateur with Manchester U.

Early Summer American tour match
279 Uruguay 2 England 1 [1-0]
 Estadio Centenario, Montevideo (66,072)		 1953
 Abbadie, Míguez
 Taylor		 AL
England's first visit to Montevideo
Swindon Town FC manager Louis Page leaves

Jack Hacking dies in Haslingden aged 57 years 1955
1956
1958
1961
FA Tour of South Africa West.Province 0 England 2
Leeds United AFC manager Raich Carter leaves
 FA Tour of Far East Otago 0 England 10

World Cup Finals match
359 Hungary 2 England 1 [1-0]
Estadio Braden Copper Co., Rancagua (7,938)		 1962 Tichy, Albert
 Flowers (pen)		 NL
Ron Flowers fourth successful penalty-kick is a new record

  1964

1967
1969
1973
1974
1976		 amateur England 0 West Germany 1 in Finale Ligure
Taça das Nações Argentina 2 Portugal 0
 under 23 Greece 0 England 0 in Athina
 FA Tour of Polynesia Otago/Southland 0 England 11
youth Iceland 0 England 2 in Viareggio
women Netherlands 0 England 3 in Groningen
US Bicentennial Team America 1 England 3 & Brazil 4 Italy 1

British Championship
510 England 0 Wales 1 [0-1]
 Wembley Stadium, Wembley (48,000)		 1977 L.James (pen) HL
Wales win at Wembley for the only time

  1979 youth England 0 Bulgaria 1 in Vienna
very first semi-pro England 5 Scotland 1 in Stafford

Friendly match
543 Australia 1 England 2 [0-2]
 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney (30,000/c.45,000)		 1980
 Cole (pen)
Hoddle, Mariner		 AW
England's first visit to Australia
The starting team have just 57 appearances between them

  1981
1983
1986
1991
1994
1995		 under 21 Switzerland 0 England 0 in Neuchâtel
semi-professional England 2 Italy 0 in Scarborough
practice match Arawaks 5 England 5
 under 21 CIS 1 England 2 in Aix-en-Provence
under 21 France 3 England 0 in Aubagne
 semi-professional Gibraltar 2 England 3

World Cup preliminary match
734 Poland 0 England 2 [0-1]
Stadion Śląski, Chorzów (32,000)		 1997
 Shearer, Sheringham AW
Alan Shearer misses the first penalty kick for 13 years
Jonathan Woodgate signs pro forms with Leeds United AFC

  1998 England name their WCF squad

Friendly match
767 England 2 Ukraine 0 [1-0]
 Wembley Stadium, Wembley (55,975)		 2000
 Fowler, Adams HW
England face Ukraine for the first time
then England name their ECF squad, as do Romania

  2002 The FA secure a £400m loan to build Wembley

End-of-season tour of United States match
828 Colombia 2 England 3 [1-2]
 Giants Stadium, New Jersey (50,807)		 2005
 Yepes, Ramirez
 Owen (3)		 NW
Michael Owen's second hattrick is England's first in four years
 Warren Barton retires from playing
Steve Howey retires from playing

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2011

2014

2016

2017
2018
2019

2023
2024		 England to play Germany in August
 Owen Hargreaves joins Manchester United FC
under 19 Belarus 0 England 0 in Minsk
C Grenada 1 England 1 in St. George's
David Beckham to captain England once more
under 19 Ukraine 1 England 1 in Borodyanka
under 19 England 1 Montenegro 0 in Yverdon
 Paul Scholes retires, albeit for the first time
Liverpool attempt to sign Adam Lallana for £25m
Uruguay name their WCF squad
England name their ECF squad
Wales name their ECF finals squad
under 20 England 2 Costa Rica 1 at Jeonju
Derby County FC appoint Frank Lampard manager
Middlesbrough FC release Stuart Downing
Rob Green announces his retirement from playing
under 20 England 1 Italy 2 in La Plata
women England 1 France 2 at St. James' Park

Opposition On This Day
BIRTHS DEATHS & APPOINTMENTS
 goalkeeper & official Robert Gardner (Scotland)
 Tom Owen (Wales) in Nantwich
 Billy Walsh (Ireland)
Boleslav Tempowski (France) in Poland
 goalkeeper Antti Niemi (Finland)
 official Alessandro Griselli (Italy)
 Mikael Antonsson (Sweden)
Sandro Maierhofer (Liechtenstein)
 
Joe Zerafa (Malta)
 Bas Dost (Netherlands)
Marco Reus (Germany)
Daniel Wass (Denmark)
goalkeeper Heorhiy Buschan (Ukraine)
 Myrto Uzuni (Albania)
 Joachim Andersen (Denmark)
Benjamin Šeško (Slovenia)		 1847
1862
1921

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1994
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José Falcón (Spain) dies


 Dequinha (Brazil) dies

England's Record on 31st May
Venue P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
Home 2 1 0 1 2 1 +1 1 1 1.00 0.50 50.0 =0
Away 4 3 0 1 13 5 +8 0 1 3.25 1.25 75.0 +2
Neutral 2 1 0 1 4 4 =0 0 0 2.00 2.00 50.0 =0
8 5 0 3 19 10 +9 1 2 2.375 1.25 62.5 +2
 
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