England on 17th October
British Championship 178 Saturday, 17 October 1931 - Ireland 2 England 6 [1-3] Windsor Park, Belfast (40,000) Dunne, Kelly Smith, Waring (2), Hine, Houghton (2) AW 1932 England's only visit to Blackpool British Championship 182 Monday, 17 October 1932 - England 1 Ireland 0 [1-0] Bloomfield Road, Blackpool (25,000) Barclay HW 1934 Frank Blunstone born in Crewe Johnny Haynes born in Kentish Town 1935 Sam Cowan signs for Bradford City AFC for £2000 1936 England's fifth match in a row without a victory George Brown appointed as Darlington FC player-manager British Championship 205 Saturday, 17 October 1936 - Wales 2 England 1 [0-1] Ninian Park, Cardiff (44,729) Morris, GloverBastin AL 1945 Harry Davis dies in Sheffield aged 651957 Bert Hall dies in Kidderminster aged 75 years 1938 England & Wales teams chosen to play each other1944 Joe Hulme appointed assistant at Tottenham Hotspur1945 Cliff Britton begins as Burnley FC's manager Joe Hulme appointed assistant at Tottenham Hotspur 1955 practice England 4 England B 1 at Broughton Park amateur Luton Town 2 Great Britain 1 1956 under 23 England 0 France 0 at Ashton Gate 1959 Billy Wright is absent from the England line-up for the first time in eight years British Championship 335 Saturday, 17 October 1959 - Wales 1 England 1 [0-1] Ninian Park, Cardiff (63,000) Moore Greaves AD 1968 Graeme Le Saux born in St. Helier 1973 England score their first penalty goal for nearly 2½ years World Cup Preliminary match 476 Wednesday, 17 October 1973 - England 1 Poland 1 [0-0] Empire Stadium, Wembley (100,000) Clarke (pen) Domarski HD 1976 women Wales 1 England 2 in Ebbw Vale1977 The FA express an interest to host Euro '80 1979 Jimmy Nicholl's own goal is England's first for over 6 years UEFA Group 1 Republic of Ireland 3 Bulgaria 0Mike Summerbee resigns as Stockport County FC manager European Championship Preliminary match 535 Wednesday, 17 October 1979 - Northern Ireland 1 England 5 [0-2] Windsor Park, Belfast (17,755/25,000) Moreland (pen) T.Francis (2), Woodcock (2), J.Nicholl OG AW 1980 Peter Osgood marries Philippa Cooke-Smith 1981 under 20 England 0 Romania 1 in Adelaide 1984 England keep a clean sheet against Fins for first time since 1966 World Cup Preliminary match 594 Wednesday, 17 October 1984 - England 5 Finland 0 [2-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley (47,234) Hateley (2), Woodcock, Robson, Sansom HW 1986 Matt Le Tissier signs pro forms with Southampton FC 1989 under 16 Italy 1 England 1 in Alassio 1990 Lineker converts England's 70th penalty kick UEFA Group 7 Republic of Ireland 5 Turkey 0 European Championship Preliminary match 666 Wednesday, 17 October 1990 - England 2 Poland 0 [1-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley (77,040) Lineker (pen), Beardsley HW 1991 under 16 Austria 1 England 3 in Cairo Montenetto 1992 women Italy 3 England 2 in Solofra1995 England drop to 22nd in the rankings1996 Michael Ball signs pro forms with Everton FC1997 England remain seventh in the rankings 1999 women Switzerland 0 England 3 in Zofingen 2001 England remain ninth in rankings 2002 women England 0 France 1 at Selhurst Park Glen Johnson joins Millwall FC on loan 2003 under 16 England 4 Northern Ireland 0 in Nene Park 2007 England concede their first penalty goal in over 3 years UEFA Group E FYR Macedonia 3 Andorra 0 under 19 England 3 Belgium 1 at Oakwell European Championship Preliminary match 858 Wednesday, 17 October 2007 - Russia 2 England 1 [0-1] Olimpiyskiy Kompleks Luzhniki Stadion, Moskva (84,700) Pavlyuchenko (2 (1 pen)) Rooney AL 2012 rescheduled match from the previous evening World Cup Preliminary match 914 Wednesday, 17 October 2012 - Poland 1 England 1 [0-1] Stadion Narodowy, Warszawa (43,000) Glik Rooney AD 2013 England up to tenth in rankings England to play Germany & Chile next month 2015 youth England 1 Guinea 1 in Coquimbo 2017 youth England 0 Japan 0 in Bidhannagar 2023 Harry Kane scores in a record 44th match and becomes top goalscorer at Wembley under 20 England 1 Portugal 2 in Milton Keynes under 19 Austria 0 England 0 in Podgorica youth England 1 Korea Republic 1 in Marbella UEFA Group C Malta 1 Ukraine 3 European Championship preliminary match 1049 Tuesday, 17 October 2023 - England 3 Italy 1 [1-1] The National Stadium, Wembley (83,194) Kane (2 (1 pen), Rashford Scamacca HW Opposition On This Day 1868 Jimmy Cowan (Scotland) 1921 Dion Örnvold (Denmark) born 1924 Giacomo Mari (Italy) born 1925 Len Graham (Northern Ireland) born 1963 goalkeeper Sergio Goycochea (Argentina) born 1972 Nicolas Funck (Luxembourg) born 1976 official Guido Kleve (Germany) born in Nordhorn 1977 goalkeeper David Aouate (Israel) born 1979 official Marco Achmüller (Germany) born 1982 official Rogier Honig (Netherlands) born 1992 Adam Marušić (Montenegro) born in Belgrade 1993 Kenneth Omeruo (Nigeria) born 2007 Rabah Saādane (Algeria manager) appointed
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