Home International Championship
120	Saturday, 25 October 1919 - Ireland 1 England 1 [0-1] Windsor Park, Belfast (30,000)	Ferris Cock	AD

1937 Wilf McGuinness born in Collyhurst

1930 Home Championship Scotland 1 Wales 1 1941 wartime England 2 Wales 1 at St. Andrews 1947 first ever youth England 4 Scotland 2 in Doncaster 1950 representative FA XI 6 RAF 1 at Craven Cottage 1955 Northern Ireland team chosen to face England 1956 youth England 2 Hungary 1 at Roker Park 1958 amateur England 2 South Africa 2 in High Wycombe  Arthur Rowe appointed as Crystal Palace FC asst manager

1961 Portugal's first competitive visit to England

World Cup Preliminary match
353	Wednesday, 25 October 1961 - England 2 Portugal 0 [2-0] Empire Stadium, Wembley (100,000)	Connelly, Pointer	HW

1962 Steve Hodge born in Nottingham 1968 David Burrows (uncapped) born in Dudley	1962 Alf Ramsey appointed as the new England manager 1967 amateur W.Germany 0 Great Britain 2 in Augsburg
1978 England play in Dublin for first time in 14 years UEFA Group 1 Northern Ireland 2 Denmark 1

European Championship Preliminary match
525	Wednesday, 25 October 1978 - Republic of Ireland 1 England 1 [1-1] Lansdowne Road, Dublin (48,613 to 55,000)	Daly Latchford	AD

1981 Shaun Wright-Phillips born in Greenwich 1982 Bill Eckersley dies in Blackburn aged 57 2012 John Connelly dies in Pendleside aged 74

1982 Colombia drop out of hosting the '86 World Cup Finals 1989 UEFA Group 2 Poland 0 Sweden 2 1994 England up to seventeenth in the rankings 2000 demolition of Wembley Stadium is delayed  Jermain Defoe signs for AFC Bournemouth on loan 2008 Tony Adams appointed manager of Portsmouth FC 2015 Tim Sherwood sacked as Aston Villa FC manager 2018 England up to fifth in the rankings

Opposition On This Day

1872 David Storrier (Scotland) born 1905 Bobby McPhail (Scotland) born 1926 Egon Jónsson (Sweden) born 1931 Jimmy McIlroy (Northern Ireland) born 1959 official Fabrizio Babini (Italy) & Oscar Aguirregaray (Uruguay) born 1961 John Sivebæk (Denmark) born 1964 Johan de Kock (Netherlands) born 1967 Gary Sundgren (Sweden) born 1975 official Bobby Madden (Scotland) 1976 Deon Burton (Jamaica) born in Reading & Steve Jones (Northern Ireland) born 1986 Roger Espinoza (Honduras) born 1994 Jefferson Lerma (Colombia) born 1997 Federico Chiesa (Italy) born

  

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