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2nd October

England on
3rd October

4th October
England On This Day
1884 Gordon Wright born in Englefield Green

1891
Stan Fazackerley (uncapped) born in Ashton-on-Ribble

1914
John Veitch dies in Kingston aged 45



1936
Percy Walters dies in Ashtead aged 73
1945 Tony Brown born in Oldham
1949
Bernard Middleditch dies in Rye aged 77

1888
George Webb is baptised in South Bromley

1896
Richard Geaves' twin daughters, Phyllis & Janet, born
1911
John Dixon's daughter, Maud, is born

1924 Tommy Roberts signs with Burnley FC for £4600
1929 Albert McInroy joins Newcastle United FC for £2750


1949 Wales' team is chosentoface England
1951 Billy Wright begins his run of 70 consecutive appearances

 
Festival of Britain match
265 Wednesday, 3 October 1951 - England 2 France 2 [2-2]
Arsenal Stadium, Highbury (57,603)
Firoud OG, Medley
Doye, Alpsteg
HD

  1953 Home Ch'ship/UEFA Group 3 Ireland 1 Scotland 3
1956 UEFA Group 1 Republic of Ireland 2 Denmark 1
1962 England's first competitive match with France

European Nations Cup Preliminary match  
363 Wednesday, 3 October 1962 - England 1 France 1 [0-1]
Hillsborough, Sheffield
(35,380)
Flowers (pen)
Goujon
HD

   
1964 Jimmy Greaves becomes England's record goalscorer

British Championship  
383 Saturday, 3 October 1964 -
Northern Ireland 3 England 4 [0-4]
Windsor Park, Belfast
(58,000/60,000)
S.Wilson, McLaughlin (2)
Pickering, Greaves (3)
AW

1978 Alf Strange dies in Ripley aged 78



1988
Eddie Shimwell dies in Blackpool aged 68

1981
first ever under 20 match England 2 Cameroon 0
1982 women Scotland 0 England 4 in Dumbarton
1984
Peter Bonetti's son, Scott, is born

1991
under 16 England 0 Denmark 1 in Lilleshall
1992
under 16 Scotland 2 England 4 in Genova
1995
Emile Heskey signs pro forms with Leicester City FC
2001 under 17
England 3 Spain 2 at Ashton Gate
2003
Turkey name their squad that will face England
2004
England name squad for Wales and Azerbaijan
2008
under 16 Northern Ireland 0 England 6 in Ballymena
 
Fraser Forster joins Stockport County FC on loan
2010 Sven-Göran Eriksson apptd Leicester City manager
2012
England drop to fifth in the rankings
 Poland name squad for South Africa and England
2013 England name squad for Montenegro & Poland
2016 under 17 Germany 1 England 8 in Pula
2019 England name squad for Czech Rep. & Bulgaria

Opposition On This Day
1867 Tommy Brandon (Scotland) born
1909 Stanley vanden Eynde (Belgium) born
1913 Jimmy Dougall (Scotland) born
1931 Ernest Jann (Luxembourg) born
1967 official Roberto Braatz (Brazil) born
1977 official Marco Fritz (Germany) born in Korb
1978 Gerald Asamoah (Germany) born in Ghana
1981 goalkeeper Andreas Isaksson (Sweden) born
1983 Fred (Brazil) born

1993 Fidan Aliti (Kosovo) born in Yugoslavia
1995 Simonas Stankevićius (Lithuania) born
1996 Kelechi Iheanacho (Nigeria) born









1990
The German countries reunified

  

England's Record on 3rd October
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts % W/L
Home 2 0 2 0 3 3 =0 0 0 1.50 1.50 50.0 =0
Away 1 1 0 0 4 3 +1 0 0 4.00 3.00 100.0 +1
Total 3 1 2 0 7 6 +1 0 0 2.333 2.00 66.7 +1
 

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