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1878
Bill Appleyard (reserve) born in Caistor
1893
Bob Kelly born in Ashton-in-Makerfield
1870 Charlie Alcock's daughter, Florence, is born


1929
amateur England 7 Ireland 2 at Crystal Palace
1932 The 150th match for the Selection Committee

British Championship
183 Wednesday, 16 November 1932 -
Wales 0 England 0
[0-0]
The Racecourse, Wrexham
(25,167)
  AD

  1933 Harry Martin appointed Mansfield Town FC trainer
1935
Maurice Webster breaks his leg in a league match
1937
Joe Johnson signs for West Bromwich Albion FC
1938 Willie Hall scores a three minute hat-trick

British Championship  
222 Wednesday, 16 November 1938 -
England 7
Ireland 0
[4-0]
Old Trafford, Manchester (40,386)
Lawton, Hall (5), Matthews HW

1944 Colin Harvey born in Liverpool
1946
England team chosen to play Netherlands
1949 England qualify for their first World Cup Finals

British Championship & World Cup Preliminary match  
251 Wednesday, 16 November 1949 -
England 9 Ireland 2
[4-0]
Maine Road, Manchester (69,742)
Rowley (4), J.Froggatt, Pearson (2), Mortensen (2)
Smyth, Brennan
HW




1955
Bob Holmes dies in Preston aged 88



1962
Steve Bould born in Stoke-on-Trent
1950 England team chosen to play Yugoslavia
1953
No substitutions in next years World Cup Finals
1954 practice match West Bromwich Albion 3 England 6

1956 Jack Crayston appointed manager of Arsenal FC
1959
practice match Arsenal FC 1 England 1
1960
The England team is chosen to play Wales
1966 England's fourth home win in a row against the Welsh
Home Championship & UEFA Group 8 Scotland 2 Northern Ireland 1

British Championship &
European Championship Preliminary match
 
412 Wednesday, 16 November 1966 -
England 5
Wales 1 [3-1]
Empire Stadium, Wembley (75,380)
Hurst (2), R.Charlton, Hennessey OG, J.Charlton
W.Davies
HW


1974
Paul Scholes born in Salford
1970 England name their squad for East Germany

1976
youth Yugoslavia 3 England 0 in Monaco
1977 England complete their qualification matches as group leaders

World Cup Preliminary match
517 Wednesday, 16 November 1977 - England 2 Italy 0 [1-0]
Wembley Stadium, Wembley (92,500)
Keegan, Brooking HW


1979 Tony Woodcock joins Nottingham Forest for £0.65m
1982
under 21 Greece 1 England 0 in Piraeus
1983 The only game England have played knowing qualification was impossible
UEFA Group 3 Greece 0 Denmark 2

European Championship Preliminary match
584 Wednesday, 16 November 1983 -
Luxembourg 0 England 4 [0-2]
Stade Municipal, Stad Lëtzebuerg (5,418)
Robson (2), Mariner, Butcher AW

   
1988 England's first meeting with Saudi Arabia

Friendly match  
641 Wednesday, 16 November 1988 -
Saudi Arabia 1 England 1 [1-0]
King Fahd II International Stadium, Riyadh (8,000)
Majed Abdullah
Adams
AD

  1993 youth England 3 France 3 in Yeovil
1994 England's first meeting with Nigeria
under 16 Turkey 3 England 2 in Sakarya ili

Friendly match  
708 Wednesday, 16 November 1994 -
England 1 Nigeria 0 [1-0]
Wembley Stadium, Wembley (37,196)
Platt HW

  1995 youth England 2 Latvia 0 in Irthlingborough
2000 under 19 England 3 Belgium 2 at Valley Parade
        under 17 England 6 Wales 0 at Lilleshall (tbc)
2002 women France 1 England 0 in St. Étienne
2003 England lose to Denmark at home for first time in twenty years

Friendly match  
809 Sunday, 16 November 2003 -
England 2
Denmark 3 [2-2]
Old Trafford, Manchester (64,159)
Rooney, J.Cole
Jørgensen (2 (1 pen), Tomasson
HL

2004 under 21 Spain 1 England 0 in Alcala de Henares
2005 under 19 England 2 Switzerland 0 in Wycombe
2007 England's first win in Austria for forty years
under 21 England 2 Bulgaria 0 in Milton Keynes

Friendly match  
859 Friday, 16 November 2007 - Austria 0 England 1 [0-1]
Ernst Happel Stadion, Wien (39,432)
Crouch AW




2010 under 21 Germany 2 England 0 in Wiesbaden
        youth England 3 Poland 0 at Adams Park
2015 under 21 England 3 Switzerland 1 in Brighton
2019 under 19 England 5 North Macedonia 0 in Skopje
 
       youth Norway 4 England 4 in Murcia
2021 under 19 Sweden 0 England 2 in Stockholm
2022 Gary Cahill announces his retirement from playing
2023 elite league England 0 Italy 3 in Doncaster

Opposition On This Day
1851 official & player William Morrow (Irish FA Pres.) born
1872 Tommy Jordan (Ireland) born
1874 goalkeeper Peter McBride (Scotland) born

1901 Marcel Domergue (France) born
1906 Pietro Serantori (Italy) born
1919 official Ron Lynch (England) born in Blackburn
1923 Rubén Bravo (Argentina) born

1944 Radu Nunweiller (Romania) born
1961 official Jantinus Meints (Netherlands) born
1962 German Martellotto (Argentina) born
1972 Adel Sellimi (Tunisia) born
1979 Shane Crawford (Jamaica) born
1990 Dénes Dibusz (Hungary) born
1992 Marcelo Brozović (Croatia) born
1996 Boulaye Dia (Senegal) born in France



1881
Hugo Meisl (official & Austria manager) born




1930 Orvar Bergmark (Sweden player & manager) born

 
England's Record on 16th November
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts % W/L
Home 6 5 0 1 26 6 +20 0 3 4.333 1.00 83.3 +4
Away 4 2 2 0 6 1 +5 1 3 1.50 0.25 75.0 +2
Total 10 7 2 1 32 7 +25 1 6 3.20 0.70 80.0 +6

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