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15th October

England on
16th October

17th October
England On This Day
1866 Johnny Holt born in Blackburn





1909
Jim Allen born in Poole
1917
Ernest Bambridge dies in Southend-on-Sea aged 69



1940
Fred Pelly dies in Upham aged 71



1956
Jack Southworth dies in Liverpool aged 89



1973
David Unsworth born in Chorley
1975 Hugh Adcock dies in Coalville aged 72

1887
Walpole Vidal's daughter, Alice, is born
1892
Tom Crawshaw's son, George, is born
1898
Fred Geary's son, Laurance, born
1903
Alf Milward signs for Reading FC
1905
Fred Geary's son, Laurence, is born


1919
Bill Ashurst joins Lincoln City FC for £500
 
Jock Simpson retires from playing
1923
Frank Moss' son, Dennis, is born
1940
the funeral of Jack Devey in Erdington
1943
wartime England 8 Scotland 0 in Maine Road
1953 Gordon Astall joins Birmingham City FC for £14,000
1954
Home Championship Wales 0 Scotland 1

1957 under 23 England 3 Romania 2 at Wembley
1958 The England team is chosen to play USSR
1967 amateur Watford 3 Great Britain 2
1973 under 23 England 0 Poland 0 at Home Park

1976 UEFA Group 2 Luxembourg 1 Italy 4
1979
Dave Watson signs for Southampton for £200,000
1984 under 21 England 2 Finland 0 at The Dell
        youth England 5 Iceland 3 in Manchester
1985 England wear blue shorts with red shirts for the first time
UEFA Group 3 Romania 0 Northern Ireland 1

 
World Cup Preliminary match
606 Wednesday, 16 October 1985 -
England
5 Turkey 0 [4-0]
Wembley Stadium, Wembley (52,500)
Waddle, Lineker (3), Robson HW

1986 Ted Sagar dies in Liverpool aged 76

1990
under 21 England 0 Poland 1 at White Hart Lane
        youth England 0 Belgium 0 at Roker Park
1991 Bryan Robson's last appearance for England
UEFA Group 7 Poland 3 Republic of Ireland 3
youth Belgium 1 England 0 in Eernegem
under 16 Italy 3 England 0 in Cairo Montenotte

European Championship Preliminary match
678 Wednesday, 16 October 1991 -
England 1
Turkey 0 [1-0]
Wembley Stadium, Wembley (50,896)
Smith HW

  1998 Brian Deane joins Middlesbrough FC for £3m
2001 Terry Butcher apptd as a Motherwell FC assistant
2002 England's first visit to Southampton in 101 years
UEFA Group 7 Turkey 5 Liechtenstein 0

European Championship Preliminary match
798 Wednesday, 16 October 2002 -
England 2
Macedonia FYR 2
[2-2]
The Friends Provident St Mary's Stadium, Southampton (32,095)
Beckham, Gerrard
Sakiri, Trajanov
HD
Alan Smith

  2006 Adam Johnson joins Leeds United AFC on loan
2007 under 21 Republic of Ireland 0 England 3 in Cork
2009 England remain seventh in rankings
2012 Poland vs. England postponed because of rain
 UEFA Group H
 San Marino 0 Moldova 2 & Ukraine 0 Montenegro 1
        under 21 Serbia 0 England 1 at Krusevac
2015 Joe Cole joins Coventry City FC on loan
2017 England up to twelfth in rankings
2018 under 21 Scotland 0 England 2 in Tynecastle
        under 17 England 3 Brazil 1 in Wellington
2019 youth Austria 2 England 3 in Leobersdorf
2020 Jack Butland joins Crystal Palace FC for £1m.
2021 under 17 Armenia 0 England 7 in Minsk
2023 under 21 Skraine 3 England 2 in Košice
 
Opposition On This Day
1870 Alex McMahon (Scotland) born
1905 Ernst Kuzorra (Germany) born
1939 Amaro Amancio (Spain) born
1964 official Konrad Plautz (Austria) born in Navis
1966 Stefan Reuter (Germany) born
1970 Mehmet Scholl (Germany) born
1971 goalkeeper Geert De Vlieger (Belgium) born
1972 Tomasz Hajto (Poland) born
1974 Igor Jancevski (Macedonia) born in Serbia
1976 Hugo Chavez (Mexico) born
1978 Martin Telser (Liechtenstein) born
1982 Cristian Riveros (Paraguay) born
1984 Roberto Hilbert (Germany) born
1989 Cristian Martínez (Andorra) born
1993 Wilmar Barrios (Colombia) born
2001 Nathan Patterson (Scotland) born
 

  

England's Record on 16th October
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts % W/L
Home 3 2 1 0 8 2 +6 0 2 2.667 0.667 83.3 +2
Total 3 2 1 0 8 2 +6 0 2 2.667 0.667 83.3 +2
 

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