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25th October

England in
26th October

27th October
England On This Day



1877
Harry Hadley born in Barrow-in-Furness

1881 Tim Coleman born in Kettering
1862 John Brodie is baptised in Wolverhampton
1863
the rules are formulated to form the FA
1865 Charlie Alcock's son, William, is born


1920
Fred Mitchell signs pro with Preston North End FC
1928
Jack Hill joins Newcastle United FC for £8100
 David Mercer signs for Shirebrook FC
1929 Home Championship Wales 2 Scotland 4
1932 Home Championship Scotland 2 Wales 5
1938 England's first official match against a representative side

  
FA 75th anniversary celebration match
220 Wednesday, 26 October 1938 -
England 3
Rest of Europe 0 [2-0]
Arsenal Stadium, Highbury
(40,185)
Hall, Lawton, Goulden HW


1959
Albert Read dies in Deptford aged 66
1949 representative FA XI 2 RAF 1 at Craven Cottage
1959 Sweden team chosen to play England
1960 England score four past Spain for second match in a row at Wembley

Friendly match  
344 Wednesday, 26 October 1960 - England 4 Spain 2 [2-1]
Empire Stadium, Wembley
(80,000)
Greaves, Douglas, R.Smith (2)
Del Sol, Suárez
HW


1971
Steve Howey born in Sunderland

1972 David Fairhurst dies in Birmingham aged 66





2005
George Swindin (unused) dies aged 88
1966 amateur England 2 Austria 0 in Hendon


1983
UEFA Group 3 Hungary 1 Denmark 0
1988 youth England 5 Greece 0 at Prenton Park
1993
David Batty joins Blackburn Rovers FC for £2¾m
1997 under 19 Russia 2 England 1 in Moskva
2000 Stan Collymore joins Bradford City AFC on a free

2007
under 17 Portugal 0 England 0 in Tallinn
2009
under 17 Kazakhstan 2 England 6 in Baku
2011 under 17 Latvia 0 England 4 in Sarajevo
2012 under 17 Northern Ireland 2 England 3 in Tallinn
2013 under 17 Gibraltar 0 England 8 in Yerevan
        women England 2 Wales 0 at The New Den
2021 women Latvia 0 England 10 in Riga
2023 England remain fourth in the FIFA rankings
 Bristol Rovers FC sack Joey Barton

Opposition On This Day
1879 Samuel Brookes (Wales) born
1900 Pierre Braine (Belgium) born
1901 Henri van Averbeke (Belgium) born
1913 Jean Capelle (Belgium) born
1962 Wilbert Suvrijn (Netherlands) born

1968 Robert Jarni (Croatia) born
1974 Janos Hrutka (Hungary) born
1975 Laurentiu Rosu (Romania) born
1980 Cristian Chivu (Romania) born
1983 Dmitri Sychev (Russia) born
1984 Adriano (Brazil) born
1986 Erik Jendrišek (Slovakia) born
1987 Ivelin Popov (Bulgaria) born
1994 Vladimir Jovović (Montenegro) born





1966
Zlatko Dalić (Croatia manager) born

   

England's Record on 26th October
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts % W/L
Home 2 2 0 0 7 2 +5 0 1 3.50 1.00 100.0 +2
Total 2 2 0 0 7 2 +5 0 1 3.50 1.00 100.0 +2
 

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