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14th October

England on
15th October

16th October
England On This Day

1868
Leonard Wilkinson born in Highgate




1899
Harry Bedford born in Chesterfield




1930
Colin McDonald born in Summerseat
1935 Alf Jones dies in Walsall aged 75
1865 Tom Porteous is baptised in Newcastle upon Tyne

1869
John Veitch is baptised in Chelsea
1872
Scotland appeal for players to play against England
1873
Conrad Warner marries Mary Capper in Southampton
1878
first floodlit match is held in Sheffield

1915
John Wylie marries Mary Sattertwaite in Putney
1918
Ernie Simms discharged from the RAF
1921
funeral of Percy de Paravicini in Datchet
1926
Danny Shea signs with Sheppey United FC


1936
Tom Waring returns to Tranmere Rovers FC
1938
George Brown leaves as Darlington FC manager
1948
Colin McDonald signs part-time pro with Burnley FC
1949 England concede to Wales for first time since 1938

 
British Championship & World Cup Preliminary match
250 Saturday, 15 October 1949 - Wales 1 England 4 [0-3]
Ninian Park, Cardiff (61,079)
Griffiths
Mortensen, Milburn (3)
AW



1971
Andrew Cole born in Nottingham



1979
Paul Robinson born in Beverley
1957 youth England 4 Romania 2 at White Hart Lane
1958
under 23 England 3 Czechoslovakia 0 at Carrow Rd

1973
Brian Clough sacked as Derby County FC manager
1977 UEFA Group 2 Italy 6 Finland 1
1979 B England 4 New Zealand A 1 at Leyton Stadium
1980 Ray Clemence becomes the only England player to wear an adidas shirt

World Cup Preliminary match  
548 Wednesday, 15 October 1980 -
Romania 2 England 1 [1-0]
Stadionul 23 August, Bucureşti (75,000/80,000)
Răducanu, Iordănescu (pen)
Woodcock
AL

  1985 under 21 England 3 Turkey 0 at Portman Road
1986 Bryan Robson's thirtieth match as captain

European Championship Preliminary match
620 Wednesday, 15 October 1986 -
England 3 Northern Ireland 0 [1-0]
Wembley Stadium, Wembley (35,304)
Lineker (2), Waddle HW

  1991 under 21 England 2 Turkey 0 at Elm Park
        under 16 Scotland 3 England 1 in Comune di Alassio
1999 under 16 England 2 Northern Ireland 1 in York
2001
funeral of Reg Matthews in Kenilworth
2002
under 21 England 3 FYR Macedonia 1 in Reading
 England's match against France in February cancelled
2003
England to play Denmark next month
 Dennis Wise appointed as Millwall FC manager
2008 England's first meeting with Belarus
UEFA Group 6 Croatia 4 Andorra 0

World Cup Preliminary match  
869 Wednesday, 15 October 2008 -
Belarus 1
England 3 [1-1]
Dinamo Stadion, Minsk (29,600)
Sitko
Gerrard, Rooney
(2)
AW

  2009 under 16 England 1 Wales 0 in Yeovil
2010
under 16 Wales 4 England 0 in Haverfordwest
2011 Peter Beardsley appointed at Newcastle United
2013 England beat Poland for the seventh home match in a row
UEFA Group H San Marino 0 Ukraine 8 & Montenegro 2 Moldova 5
under 21 England 5 Lithuania 0 at Portman Road
under 19 England 1 Switzerland 0 in Ptuj

World Cup Preliminary match  
925 Tuesday, 15 October 2013 - England 2 Poland 0 [1-0]
The National Stadium, Wembley
(85,186)
Rooney, Gerrard HW

  2014 under 19 England 4 Belgium 2 in Beggen
2018 Chalobah becomes England's least used player
under 20 Czech Republic 1 England 1 in Budějovice
under 19 England 6 Macedonia 2 at St. George's Park
youth England 2 Czech Republic 2 at St. George's Park

Nations League Preliminary match
989 Monday, 15 October 2018 - Spain 2 England 3 [0-3]
Estádio Benito Villamarín, Sevilla (60,000)
Alcácer, Ramos
Sterling (2), Rashford
AW

  2019 under 19 England 5 Austria 1 at Stadium MK
2022 Mason Greenwood charged with sexual assault

Opposition On This Day
1865 James Kelly (Scotland) born
1891 Jiroslav Jirkovský (Bohemia) born
1905 Angelo Schiavio (Italy) born
1920 Miguel Busquéts (Chile) born
1921 Fernando Roldán (Chile) born
1926 Sven Axbom (Sweden) born
1932 Bert McCann (Scotland) born

1969 official Andrea Stefani (France)
& goalkeeper Vitor Baía (Portugal) born
1971 Niko Kovač (Croatia) born in West Germany
1972 Hironari Yanagimoto (Japan) born
1973 Per Nielsen (Denmark) born
1975 official Peter Rasmussen (Denmark) born in Odense
1977 David Trezeguet (France) born
1983 Andreas Ivansčić (Austria) born
1986 Nolito (Spain) born
1988 Mesut Özil (Germany) born
1989 Ola Kamara (Norway) born
1991 Hansell Rioja (Peru) born







1968
Didier Deschamps (France player & manager) born

  

England's Record on 15th October
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts % W/L
Home 2 2 0 0 5 0 +5 0 2 2.50 0.00 100.0 +2
Away 4 3 0 1 11 6 +5 0 0 2.75 1.50 75.0 +2
Total 6 5 0 1 16 6 +10 0 2 2.667 1.00 83.3 +4
 

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