World Cup Preliminary match
727	Sunday, 1 September 1996 - Moldova 0 England 3 [0-2] Stadionul Republican, Chişinău (9,500)	Barmby, Gascoigne, Shearer	AW

	2000 Alan Thompson joins The Celtic FC for £2�m
2001 England win in Germany for first time since 1965 UEFA Group 9 Albania 0 Finland 2 Brian Moore, football commentator, dies in Orpington aged 69

World Cup Preliminary match
782	Saturday, 1 September 2001 - Germany 1 England 5 [1-2] Olympiastadion, München (63,000)	Jancker Owen (3), Gerrard, Heskey	AW

2002 David Beckham's son, Romeo, born 2003 Franny Jeffers rejoins Everton FC on loan 2004 England remain seventh in the rankings 2008 Fraizer Campbell joins Tottenham Hotspur FC on loan 2009 Nicky Shorey fails to join Portsmouth FC  David Nugent joins Burnley FC on loan 2011 under 21 England 6 Azerbaijan 0 at Vicarage Road         under 19 Netherlands 0 England 0 at Maaseikerweg 2014 Danny Welbeck signs for Arsenal FC for £16m  Micah Richards joins AFB Fiorentina on loan  Nathaniel Chalobah joins Burnley FC on loan 2015 San Marino squad named to face England  Joleon Lescott signs for Aston Villa FC  Aaron Lennon signs permanently with Everton FC  Matt Jarvis signs for Norwich Cirty FC on loan  Nathaniel Chalobah joins SSC Napoli on loan  Michael Antonio joins West Ham United FC for £7m 2016 u/o under 20 England 1 Brazil 1 at St. George's Park         under 19 England 1 Netherlands 1 in Telford

2017 Ryan Bertrand is the 100th player to score a WC goal UEFA Group F Lithuania 0 Scotland 3 & Slovakia 1 Slovenia 0 under 21 Netherlands 1 England 1 at Doetinchem under 19 England 7 Poland 1 at St. George's Park

World Cup Preliminary match
969	Friday, 1 September 2017 - Malta 0 England 4 [0-0] Stadium Nazzjonali, Ħ'Attard (16,994)	Kane (2), Bertrand, Welbeck	AW

2018 Steven Caulker released by Millwall FC

Opposition On This Day

1895 Andy Kennedy (Ireland) born 1896 Ray Bennion (Wales) born 1900 Andrew McCluggage (Ireland) born 1911 Ede R�kk (Hungary) born 1927 Arturo Far�as (Chile) born 1954 official Manuel Diaz Vega (Spain) born in Salas 1962 Ruud Gullit (Netherlands) born 1966 official Franck Leloup (France) born 1969 Henning Berg (Norway) born 1970 official Danny Huens (Belgium) born 1971 Hakan �k�r (Turkey) & Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi (Saudi Arabia) born 1976 Takashi Fukunishi (Japan) born 1977 David Albelda (Spain) born 1983 Jos� Antonio Reyes (Spain) born 1989 Jefferson Montero (Ecuador) born 1993 Williem Troost-Ekong (Nigeria) born in Haarlem

2010 Erik Hamrén (Sweden manager) appointed full-time

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