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19th October

England on
20th October

21st October
England On This Day
1852 player & official Robert Ogilvie born in St. Pancras
1863
Andrew Amos is baptised in Southwark
1872
Kelly Houlker is baptised in Blackburn
1885
Monty Betts' daughters Ethel, is born
1908 olympics Great Britain 12 Sweden 1 at White City
1915
Sidney Bowser signs for Belliss and Morcom FC
1923 Ireland beat England again after ten years

 
British Championship
137 Saturday, 20 October 1923 - Ireland 2 England 1 [1-1]
Windsor Park, Belfast
(25,000)
Gillespie, Croft
Bradford
AL

   
1926 England gone three home matches without victory

British Championship
151 Wednesday, 20 October 1926 - England 3 Ireland 3 [1-2]
Anfield Road, Liverpool
(20,000)
G.Brown, Spence, Bullock
Gillespie, Davey, Irvine
HD

   
1930 England put five past Ireland for first time since 1912
Jack Tresadern appointed manager of Crystal Palace FC

British Championship
173 Monday, 20 October 1930 - England 5 Ireland 1 [5-0]
Bramall Lane, Sheffield
(25,000)
Burgess (2), Hampson, Crooks, Houghton
Dunne
HW





1943
Chris Lawler born in Liverpool
1945
Sam Wolstenholme dies in Bolton aged 68
1931 Fred Fox signs with Truro City FC
1934
Home Championship Ireland 2 Scotland 1
1937 Sam Cowan's son, David, is born
1938
Billy Walker resigns as Chelmsford City FC manager

1945
victory England 0 Wales 1 at The Hawthorns
 Stanley Rous proposes an England manager
1951 England fail to beat Wales for first time since the war

British Championship
266 Saturday, 20 October 1951 - Wales 1 England 1 [1-1]
Ninian Park, Cardiff
(51,500)
Foulkes
Baily
AD




1957
Kevin Reeves born in Burley
1953 The Rest of the World team chosen to play England
1954
representative FA XI 3 RAF 1 at Highbury
1956
Home Championship Wales 2 Scotland 2

1960 Spain team chosen to play England
 Chris Lawler signs pro forms with Liverpool FC
1961 Colin Grainger signs for Port Vale FC for £6000
1962 Mick O'Grady scores two goals on his debut
Peter Brabrook signs for West Ham United FC for £33,000

British Championship  
364 Saturday, 20 October 1962 -
Northern Ireland 1 England 3 [0-1]
Windsor Park, Belfast
(39,000)
Barr
Greaves, O'Grady (2)
AW

   
1965 England lose to Austria at home for the only time
Frank Hartley dies in Shipton-under-Wychwood aged 69

Friendly match  
393 Wednesday, 20 October 1965 -
England 2
Austria 3
[1-0]
Empire Stadium, Wembley (65,000)
R.Charlton, Connelly
Flögel, Fritsch (2)
HL

1973 Warney Cresswell dies in South Shields aged 75
1977
Matt Jansen (unused) born in Carlisle
1978 official Anthony Taylor born in Wythenshawe



1980 Garry Birtles joins Manchester United for £1¼m
1981
Terry Cooper sacked as Bristol Rovers FC manager
1983
Stuart Pearce signs for Coventry City FC for £25,000
2000
under 16 Northern Ireland 1 England 0 in Belfast
 
Ugo Ehiogu signs for Middlesbrough FC for £8m
2006
under 16 Wales 1 England 1 in Carmarthen
2009
Middlesbrough sack Gareth Southgate as manager
2010 under 17 Georgia 1 England 1 in Tbilisi
 
England remain sixth in rankings
 Darius Vassell signs for Leicester City FC
2011
Stuart Pearce appointed manager of Team GB
2012 women France 2 England 2 in Paris
2014 Jack Butland signs for Derby County FC on loan
2015 youth England 0 Brazil 1 in La Serena
2016 England remain twelfth in the rankings
2017 women France England 0 in Valenciennes
 
Brazil announce their squad for England
2022 Steven Gerrard sacked as Aston Villa FC manager

Opposition On This Day
1869 Abel Hughes (Wales) born
1881 Alex Bennett (Scotland) born
1888 Evan Jones (Wales) born
1905 Jacques Wild (France) born
1918 goalkeeper Erwin Ballabio (Switzerland) born
1945 Romeo Benetti (Italy) born
1970 Edwin van der Sar (Netherlands) born
1983 Luis Saritama (Ecuador) born
1991 Serghei Gheorghiev (Moldova) born
1992 Mattio Di Sciglio (Italy)
& John Egan (Republic of Ireland) born
 

   

England's Record on 20th October
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts % W/L
Home 3 1 1 1 10 7 +3 0 0 3.333 2.333 50.0 =0
Away 3 1 1 1 5 4 +1 0 0 1.667 1.333 50.0 =0
Total 6 2 2 2 15 11 +4 0 0 2.50 1.833 50.0 =0
 

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