22 October 1969: England met
the USSR in an under-23 international for the first time, and won 2-0 at
Old Trafford.
14 January 1970: England won a youth international
in the Republic of Ireland for the first time, by 4-1 in a UEFA Youth
Tournament qualifying match in Dublin, as Bill Shorthouse took charge of
England's professional youth team.
25 February 1970: Wales met England
in a professional youth international for the first time, in a goalless draw
in a UEFA Youth Tournament qualifying match at Newport.
The English Schools' Football Association took charge
of the under-18 schoolboy team from the Conference of English Schools'
Senior Football Associations (they were to amalgamate, two years later).
11 March 1970: Scotland won an under-18 schoolboy
international in England for the first time, by 2-1 at Leicester.
18 March 1970: Wales beat England
in a professional youth international for the first time, by 2-1 in a UEFA Youth
Tournament qualifying match at Brisbane Road.
4 April 1970: England visited the Netherlands for a schoolboy international
(under-15s) for the first time,
and failed to beat them for the first time, in a goalless draw in Wezep.
8 April 1970: Bulgaria's under-23
team visited England for the first time, as England won 4-0 at
Plymouth.
8 April 1970: England failed to
qualify for the UEFA Youth
Tournament for the first time when Wales won their qualifying group.
Unofficial British Champions (under-18 schoolboys):
Scotland
16 May 1970: The UEFA Youth
Tournament began in Scotland for 16 teams, and included Finland for the first
time.
UEFA Youth Tournament
1970 Qualifying Group 4 Final Table |
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
Wales |
4 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
5 |
1 |
6 |
England |
4 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
15 |
3 |
5 |
Republic of Ireland |
4 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
17 |
1 |
Victory Shield Champions:
Scotland (third year in succession)
Victory Shield 1970 Final Table |
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GAve |
Pts
|
Scotland (13+2) |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
1 |
7.00 |
6 |
England |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
8 |
2 |
4.00 |
4 |
Northern Ireland |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
7 |
0.429 |
2 |
Wales |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
9 |
0.111 |
0 |
Amateur Youth Champions:
Northern Ireland
Amateur Youth Championship
1970 Final Table |
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GAve |
Pts
|
Northern Ireland
(1+1) |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
8 |
5 |
1.60 |
5 |
Scotland |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
5 |
1.00 |
3 |
Wales |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
1.00 |
3 |
England |
3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
0.40 |
1 |
UEFA Youth Tournament Winners:
East Germany (in their second successive final) beat the Netherlands (in
their third final defeat) on the toss of a coin, following a 1-1 draw
after extra time at Hampden Park, Glasgow (having previously won it in
1965, and lost on the toss of a coin at home in the previous year).
6 October 1970: The first UEFA Under-23
Championship began for 23 teams, but none from the British Isles.
11 November 1970: England met Sweden in an under-23
international for the first time, and won 2-0 at Hull.
Unofficial British Champions (Under-23): Wales, though
both of their games were at home, and both of England's were away from
home.
20 February 1971: England
lost a youth international in Wales for the first time, by 2-1 at
Aberystwyth.
20 March 1971: Northern Ireland beat England in a
schoolboy international (under-15s) for the first time since 1947, by 2-0 at
Portadown.
31 March 1971: England lost a professional youth
international in Spain for the first time, by 3-2 in Pamplona.
20 April 1971: FIRST INTERNATIONAL APPEARANCE for
Trevor Francis.
Unofficial British Champions (under-18 schoolboys):
England and Scotland (joint winners, though
England had the better goal difference)
22 May 1971: The UEFA Youth Tournament began
in Czechoslovakia for 16 teams. England beat Yugoslavia in a youth
international for the first time, by 1-0 in their opening match in
Bardejov.
24 May 1971: England
met Sweden in a youth international for the first time, and won 1-0 in a UEFA Youth Tournament group match in
Poprad.
28 May 1971: England beat the USSR for the first time in
a youth international in a neutral country, by 4-2 in their first penalty shootout
at any level, after a 1-1 draw in the UEFA Youth Tournament semi-final
in Prague, to become the first team to
reach seven finals (their fifth in nine years).
30 May 1971: England beat Portugal, 3-0 in the UEFA Youth
Tournament Final in Prague to become the first team to win it four times
(having last won it in 1964).
UEFA Youth Tournament
1971 Group D Final Table |
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
England |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
5 |
Yugoslavia |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
8 |
4 |
4 |
Poland |
3 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
6 |
2 |
Sweden |
3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
5 |
1 |
Victory Shield Champions:
England (seventh time in nine years)
Victory Shield 1971 Final Table |
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GAve |
Pts
|
England
(25+2) |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
8 |
3 |
2.667 |
4 |
Northern Ireland |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
1.50 |
3 |
Scotland |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
0.80 |
3 |
Wales |
3 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
0.167 |
2 |
Amateur Youth Champions:
Scotland (fourth time in five years,
fifth in seven) and Wales (joint winners)
Amateur Youth Championship
1971 Final Table |
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GAve |
Pts
|
Scotland
(8+1) |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
7 |
2 |
3.50 |
5 |
Wales
(+1) |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
3 |
1.667 |
5 |
England |
3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
5 |
0.60 |
1 |
Northern Ireland |
3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
9 |
0.444 |
1 |
UEFA Youth Tournament
Winners:
England (first time since 1964).
Gordon Milne took charge of England's professional
youth team.
24 November 1971: England met Switzerland in an under-23
international for the first time, in a 1-1 draw at Ipswich.
29 January 1972: FIRST INTERNATIONAL APPEARANCE for
Gordon Hill.
9 February 1972: FIRST INTERNATIONAL APPEARANCE for
Kevin Beattie and Phil Thompson.
Unofficial British Champions (Under-23): England and Scotland (joint
winners), though both of England's games were at home, and both of
Wales's games were away from home.
15 March 1972: Northern Ireland avoided defeat in a schoolboy international
(under-15s) in England for the first time since 1956, in a 1-1 draw at
West Bromwich.
FIRST INTERNATIONAL APPEARANCE for Ray Wilkins.
22 March 1972: England met East Germany in an under-23
international for the first time, and lost at home to them for the first time at
any level, by 1-0 at Ashton Gate.
25 March 1972: England met France in a schoolboy international
(under-15s) for the first time, and won 1-0 at Highbury.
6 April 1972: England won a schoolboy international
(under-15s) in the Netherlands for the first time, by 2-0 in Eindhoven.
Unofficial British Champions (under-18 schoolboys):
England
2 May 1972: Scotland scored against England in a
professional youth international for the first time, in a 1-0 win at
Villa Park, Birmingham.
FIRST INTERNATIONAL APPEARANCE for John Gidman and
Brian Little.
13 May 1972: The UEFA Youth Tournament began in
eastern Spain (the hosts in 1952 and 1957)
for 16 teams, including Norway for the first time. England (the
defending champions) visited the island of Mallorca for the first time
at any level, and failed to beat Belgium in a professional youth
international for the first time, in a goalless draw in their opening
match in Palma.
20 May 1972: England beat Poland, 1-0 in the UEFA Youth
Tournament semi-final in Valencia to become the first team to reach
eight finals (their sixth in ten years).
22 May 1972: England beat West Germany, 2-0 in the UEFA
Youth Tournament Final in Barcelona, to retain the trophy and become the
first team to win it five times.
1 June 1972: England visited East Germany for an under-23
international for the first time, and avoided defeat for the first time
against them, in a 1-1 draw in Magdeburg.
7 June 1972: England visited the USSR for an under-23
international for the first time, and failed to beat them for the first
time, in a goalless draw in Kyiv.
9 June 1972: The second UEFA Under-23 Championship began
(before the semi-finals of the first edition had been completed) for 21
teams, again without any from the British Isles, or Spain and
Switzerland, who had both entered the first edition.
Victory Shield Champions:
Scotland (fourth time in five years)
Victory Shield 1972 Final Table |
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GAve |
Pts
|
Scotland (14+2) |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
3 |
1.667 |
5 |
England |
3 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
8 |
3 |
2.667 |
4 |
Northern Ireland |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
3 |
1.667 |
3 |
Wales |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
11 |
0.182 |
0 |
Because of civil
unrest in Northern Ireland, all three of their games were played away from
home.
Amateur Youth Champions:
England (first time since 1966)
Amateur Youth Championship
1972 Final Table |
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GAve |
Pts
|
England
(14+1) |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
7 |
1 |
7.00 |
5 |
Wales |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
5 |
1.00 |
4 |
Northern Ireland |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
0.50 |
1 |
Scotland |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
0.250 |
0 |
Because of civil unrest in
Northern Ireland, all three of their games were due to be played away
from home, but the game with Scotland on 1 April, at Airdrie, was
cancelled because of a waterlogged pitch and no new date could be
arranged, but even without the unplayed fixture, England (who played all
three of their games at home) could not be caught.
UEFA Youth Tournament
Winners:
England (second year in succession)
UEFA Under-23 Champions:
Czechoslovakia beat the USSR, 5-3 on aggregate, in the final.
Unofficial British Champions (Under-23): England, though
both of their games were away from home, and both of Wales's games were
at home.
14 February 1973: Italy met England in a youth international
at home for the first time, and won 1-0 in Cava de' Tirreni, as Tony
Waiters took charge of the professional youth team.
FIRST INTERNATIONAL APPEARANCE for Tony Morley.
14 March 1973: England met Italy in a youth international
at home for the first time, and won 1-0 at Highbury.
28 April 1973: England visited France for a schoolboy
international (under-15s) for the first time, and won 5-0 in Paris.
4 May 1973: England met Wales in their first
competitive under-18 schoolboy international, in a goalless draw in the
Schools' Football International Board (Centenary) Shield, at Walsall.
9 May 1973: England scored in Scotland in a
professional youth international for the first time, but lost there for
the first time, by 3-1 at Shawfield Stadium (Clyde).
12 May 1973: England won their first Schools'
Football International Board (Centenary) Shield (under-18s) match, by beating
Scotland, 2-1 at Firhill Park, Glasgow.
24 May 1973: England failed to win an under-23
international in Denmark for the first time, in a 1-1 draw in Nøstved.
31 May 1973: The UEFA Youth
Tournament began in Tuscany (the 1955 hosts) in Italy for 16 teams, and included
Iceland for the first time. England (the defending champions) met
Iceland for the first time in a youth international, and won 2-0 in
their opening match in Viareggio.
1 June 1973: England lost an under-23 international in
Czechoslovakia for the first
time, by 3-0 in Bratislava.
7 June 1973: Italy failed to beat England in a youth
international at home for the first time. England won 1-0 in the UEFA Youth
Tournament semi-final in Viareggio, to become the first team to reach
nine finals (their seventh in eleven years).
10 June 1973: England beat East Germany, 3-2 after extra
time in the UEFA Youth Tournament Final in Florence, to become the first
team to win the trophy for three years in succession, and the first to
win it six times.
UEFA Youth Tournament
1973 Group C Final Table |
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
England |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
5 |
Belgium |
3 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
Switzerland |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
2 |
Iceland |
3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
1 |
Victory Shield Champions:
England (eighth time in eleven years)
Victory Shield (under-15) 1973 Final Table |
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GAve |
Pts
|
England
(26+2) |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
1 |
10.0 |
6 |
Scotland |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
0.667 |
3 |
Northern Ireland |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
6 |
0.50 |
2 |
Wales |
3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
5 |
- |
1 |
Because of civil
unrest in Northern Ireland, all three of their games were played away from
home.
Schools' Football International Board (Centenary) Shield Champions:
England and Wales (joint winners)
Schools' Football International Board
(Centenary) Shield (under-18) 1973 Final Table |
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
England
(+1) |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
Wales
(+1) |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
Scotland |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
Amateur Youth Champions:
England
(second year in succession)
Amateur Youth Championship
1973 Final Table |
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GAve |
Pts
|
England
(15+1) |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
3 |
2.667 |
6 |
Scotland |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
8 |
4 |
2.00 |
4 |
Northern Ireland |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
0.20 |
2 |
Wales |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
9 |
0.222 |
0 |
Because of civil
unrest in Northern Ireland, all three of their games were played away from
home.
UEFA Youth Tournament Winners:
England (third year in succession).
16 October 1973: Poland avoided defeat in an under-23
international in England for the first time, in a goalless draw at
Plymouth.
13 November 1973: Denmark avoided defeat in England for
the first time at any level, in a 1-1 draw in an under-23 international
at Portsmouth.
9 January 1974: England (the defending champions) beat
Wales in a
professional youth international for the first time, by 1-0 in a
UEFA Youth Tournament qualifying match at West Bromwich.
4 March 1974: FIRST INTERNATIONAL APPEARANCE for
Kenny Sansom.
Unofficial British Champions (Under-23): England, though
both of their games were at home, and both of Wales's games were away
from home.
13 March 1974: England lost a professional youth
international in Wales for the first time, by 1-0 at Cardiff, as they
failed to qualify for the UEFA Youth Tournament for the first time since
1970, on goal difference behind Wales.
18 March 1974: Scotland won their first point in the
(under-18) Centenary Shield, when they drew 1-1 with England at Old Trafford.
19 April 1974: Northern Ireland beat England, 2-1 at
Prenton Park (Tranmere), in the last Amateur Youth Championship match.
15 May 1974: England failed to win an under-23
international in Yugoslavia for the first time, losing 1-0 in Zrenjanin,
with Ken Furphy in charge for a three-match tour.
22 May 1974: The UEFA
Youth Tournament began in southern Sweden for
16 teams, and included Denmark for the first time.
10 August 1974: England left western Europe to play a
schoolboy international (under-15s) for the first time, and beat
Australia, 2-0 in Sydney.
UEFA Youth Tournament
1974 Qualifying Group 11 Final Table |
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
Wales |
4 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
5 |
England |
4 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
5 |
Netherlands |
4 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
2 |
Victory Shield Champions:
Scotland (fifth time in seven years)
Victory Shield (under-15) 1974 Final Table |
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GAve |
Pts
|
Scotland (15+2) |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
10 |
5 |
2.00 |
5 |
England |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
10 |
5 |
2.00 |
4 |
Wales |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
4 |
1.00 |
3 |
Northern Ireland |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
12 |
0.167 |
0 |
Because of civil
unrest in Northern Ireland, all three of their games were played away from
home.
Centenary Shield Champions: England (second
year in succession, first time outright)
Centenary Shield (under-18) 1974 Final Table |
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
England
(1+1) |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
Wales |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
4 |
2 |
Scotland |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
5 |
1 |
Amateur Youth Champions:
Northern Ireland
Amateur Youth Championship
1974 Final Table |
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GAve |
Pts
|
Northern Ireland
(2+1) |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
7 |
4 |
1.750 |
5 |
England |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
5 |
1.00 |
3 |
Scotland |
3 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
6 |
0.833 |
2 |
Wales |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
6 |
0.667 |
2 |
Because of civil unrest in Northern Ireland, all three of their games
were played away from home, and all three of England's games were at
home. Due to the abolition of amateur status (apart from the Amateur
Football Alliance), this competition was ended after its 27th edition.
England had won it 15 times outright (lastly in 1973), Scotland had won
it eight times outright (lastly in 1969) and Northern Ireland (the last
winners) had won it twice outright. All four nations had shared it once
each (Wales in 1971, with Scotland).
UEFA Youth Tournament Winners:
Bulgaria beat Yugoslavia, 1-0 in the final in Malmö, to win it for
the third time.
UEFA Under-23 Champions: Hungary
beat East Germany, 6-3 on aggregate in the final.
25 September 1974: The third UEFA Under-23 Championship
began for 23 teams, again without Spain and Switzerland, and also
Albania and West Germany, who had both entered the first two editions,
but included Belgium, England, Luxembourg and Scotland for the first time.
29 October 1974: England met Czechoslovakia in their
first UEFA Under-23 Championship group match, and won 3-1 at Selhurst Park, as
Gordon Banks and George Eastham took charge of the under-23 team.
19 November 1974: England visited mainland Portugal for
the first time for an under-23 international, won in Portugal for the first time,
and won their first UEFA Under-23
Championship group match away from home, by winning 3-2 in Lisbon.
Unofficial British Champions (Under-23): England, though
both of their games were away from home, and both of Wales's games were
at home.
21 January 1975: England entered the Torneo Internacional
Juvenil "Copa del Atlantico" for four youth teams, on the Spanish island of
Gran Canaria, for the first time, and drew 1-1 with Poland in their
opening match in Las Palmas, as Ken Burton took charge of the youth
team.
FIRST INTERNATIONAL APPEARANCE for Peter Barnes and
Bryan Robson.
25 January 1975: England beat West Germany, 4-2 in Las
Palmas to win the Copa del Atlantico.
18 March 1975: FIRST INTERNATIONAL APPEARANCE for
Glenn Hoddle.
12 April 1975: England visited a neutral country for a
schoolboy international (under-15s) for the first
time, and beat Northern Ireland 1-0 in the Victory Shield at Stranraer, in Scotland.
26 April 1975: Wales won in England for the first
time in an under-18 schoolboy international, and for the first time in
any schoolboy international since 1912, as England lost in the Centenary
Shield for the first time, by 1-0 at Hereford.
30 April 1975: The Deutscher Fuβball-Bund 75th
Anniversary International Under-15 Tournament began in North
Rhine-Westphalia in West Germany for eight teams. England met a
continental team in a schoolboy international in a neutral country for
the first time, and beat France, 6-1 in their opening match in Hagen.
2 May 1975: England met Scotland in a schoolboy
international in a neutral country for the first time, and won 4-0 in an
International Under-15 Tournament group match in Herford.
5 May 1975: England met the Netherlands in a schoolboy
international in a neutral country for the first time, and won 3-1 in an
International Under-15 Tournament group match in Paderborn to qualify
for the final.
7 May 1975: England beat West Germany, 4-2 in the
International Under-15 Tournament Final in Dortmund.
9 May 1975: The UEFA
Youth Tournament began in Switzerland for 16 qualifiers.
16 May 1975: England beat Hungary, 3-1 in the UEFA Youth
Tournament semi-final in Olten, to become the first team to reach ten
finals (their fourth in five years).
19 May 1975: England met Finland in a youth international
for the first time, and in a neutral country for the first time at any
level, and won 1-0 in extra time, on the 'golden goal' ('sudden death')
rule for the first time at any level, in the UEFA Youth Tournament Final
in Bern, to regain the trophy for the fourth time in five years, and to
become the first to win it seven times.
Torneo Internacional Juvenil "Copa del
Atlantico"
1975 Final Table |
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
England (1) |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
9 |
3 |
6 |
Las Palmas XI |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
4 |
West Germany |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
Poland |
3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
1 |
Deutscher Fuβball-Bund 75th
Anniversary International Under-15 Tournament 1975 Group A Final Table |
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
England |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
13 |
2 |
6 |
Scotland |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
6 |
5 |
4 |
Netherlands |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
7 |
2 |
France |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
10 |
0 |
Victory Shield Champions:
England (third time in five years)
Victory Shield (under-15) 1975 Final Table |
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GAve |
Pts
|
England
(27+2) |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
1 |
6.00 |
6 |
Wales |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
7 |
5 |
1.40 |
4 |
Northern Ireland |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
7 |
0.429 |
2 |
Scotland |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
6 |
0.50 |
0 |
Because of civil unrest in Northern Ireland, all three of their games were
played in Great Britain, though the game with England was played in
Scotland, at Stranraer.
Centenary Shield Champions: Wales
(second time in three years, first time outright)
Centenary Shield (under-18) 1975 Final Table |
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
Wales
(1+1) |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
Scotland |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
England |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
UEFA Youth Tournament
Winners:
England (fourth time in five years)
International Under-15 Tournament
Winners: England
28 October 1975: England dropped a point in a UEFA
Under-23 Championship group match for the first time, in a 1-1 draw with
Czechoslovakia in Trnava.
3 March 1976: England (the defending
champions) failed to qualify for the UEFA Youth Tournament for the
second time in three years, after losing 3-2 to Wales in a qualifying
round second leg at Maine Road, as Wales won on away goals, after a 3-3
draw on aggregate.
FIRST INTERNATIONAL APPEARANCE for Alvin Martin and
Kevin Reeves.
10 March 1976: England lost a match in the UEFA Under-23
Championship for the first time, by 3-0 to Hungary in a quarter-final
first leg in Budapest, as England manager, Don Revie took charge of the
team.
20 March 1976: FIRST INTERNATIONAL APPEARANCE for
Clive Allen.
23 March 1976: England beat Hungary (the defending
champions), 3-1 in their last under-23 international, in a UEFA Under-23
Championship quarter-final second leg at Old Trafford, but lost 4-3 on
aggregate.
28
May 1976: The UEFA Youth Tournament began in Hungary (the 1956 hosts) for 16
qualifiers.
UEFA Under-23 Championship
1974-76 Group 1 Final Table |
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
England |
4 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
9 |
4 |
7 |
Portugal |
4 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
6 |
3 |
Czechoslovakia |
4 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
7 |
2 |
Victory Shield Champions:
England (second year in succession,
fourth time in six years)
Victory Shield (under-15) 1976 Final Table |
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GAve |
Pts
|
England
(28+2) |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
9 |
2 |
4.50 |
5 |
Wales |
3 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
5 |
3 |
1.667 |
4 |
Scotland |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
6 |
1.167 |
3 |
Northern Ireland |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
11 |
0.091 |
0 |
Because of civil
unrest in Northern Ireland, all three of their games were played away from
home.
Centenary Shield Champions: England
(third time in four years) and Scotland
(joint winners)
Centenary Shield (under-18) 1976 Final Table |
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
England (1+2) |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
2 |
3 |
Scotland (+1) |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
2 |
3 |
Wales |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
UEFA Youth Tournament
Winners:
USSR beat Hungary (the hosts), 1-0 in the final in Budapest (having
previously won it in 1967).
UEFA Under-23 Champions: USSR (the
1972 finalists) beat Hungary (the defending champions), 3-2 on aggregate in
the final.
3 September 1976: The UEFA Under-23
Championship was replaced by the UEFA Under-21 Championship which began for
24 teams, without Albania and West Germany, who had also missed the last
under-23 championship, and the Netherlands, who had entered all three
under-23 championships, but included Spain and Switzerland, who had missed
the last two under-23 championships.
12 November 1976: England entered
the Tournoi Européen Juniors in Fontvieille in Monaco for eight youth teams.
FIRST INTERNATIONAL APPEARANCE
for Gordon Cowans, Ricky Hill, Sammy Lee, Derek Statham and Chris Woods.
14 November 1976: England failed to
beat West Germany in a neutral country for the first time at any level, in
a 1-1 draw in a Tournoi Européen Juniors group match in Fontvieille.
Italy went on to win the tournament, 4-3 on penalties, after a goalless draw
with West Germany in the final in Fontvieille.
15 December 1976:
England met Wales in their first under-21 international, a goalless draw at
Wolverhampton, as Don Revie took charge of the under-21 team.
5 March 1977: FIRST
INTERNATIONAL APPEARANCE for Mark Chamberlain and Danny Thomas.
23 March 1977: FIRST
INTERNATIONAL APPEARANCE for Russell Osman.
2 April 1977: The Netherlands
avoided defeat in a schoolboy international (under-15s) in England for the
first time, in a 2-2 draw at Middlesbrough.
27 April 1977: England met Scotland
in an under-21 international for the first time, and won their first
under-21 international, by 1-0 at Bramall Lane.
Unofficial British Champions: England, though both of
their games were at home, and both of Wales's games were away from home.
14 May 1977: France beat England in
a schoolboy international (under-15s) for the first time, by 1-0 in Rouen.
19 May 1977: The
UEFA Youth Tournament began in Belgium (the 1953 hosts and 1958 co-hosts)
for 16 teams.
21 May 1977: England failed to beat
Iceland in a youth international for the first time, and failed to score
against them for the first time at any level, in a goalless draw in a UEFA
Youth Tournament group match in Turnhout.
26 May 1977: England met continental opposition in an
under-21 international for the first time, and beat Finland, 1-0 in
Helsinki in their first UEFA Under-21 Championship group match, as Les Cocker
took charge of the under-21 team.
1 June 1977: Norway met England in an under-21
international for the first time, as England won 2-1 in a UEFA
Under-21 Championship group match in Bergen.
27 June 1977: The first FIFA World Youth Championship
began on the north and north-eastern coasts of Tunisia for 16 under-19
teams (though Mexico used over-age players), including six from Europe.
Tournoi Européen Juniors de Monaco Group
B
1976 Final Table |
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
West Germany |
3 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
4 |
Yugoslavia |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
3 |
3 |
England |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
Spain |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
6 |
2 |
UEFA Youth Tournament
1977 Group A Final Table |
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
Belgium |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
9 |
2 |
4 |
England |
3 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
Iceland |
3 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
Greece |
3 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
9 |
2 |
Victory Shield Champions:
England (third year in succession,
fifth time in seven years)
Victory Shield (under-15) 1977 Final Table |
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GAve |
Pts
|
England
(29+2) |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
1 |
5.00 |
5 |
Wales |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0.50 |
3 |
Scotland |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
1.00 |
2 |
Northern Ireland |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
7 |
0.571 |
2 |
Because of civil unrest in Northern Ireland, all three of their games were
played in Great Britain, though the game with Wales was played in
Scotland, at Stranraer.
Centenary Shield Champions: Wales
(third time in five years)
Centenary Shield (under-18) 1977 Final Table |
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
Wales
(2+1) |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
2 |
4 |
England |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
Scotland |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
0 |
UEFA Youth Tournament
Winners:
Belgium (the hosts) beat Bulgaria (in their fourth final), 2-1 in the
final in Brussels.
World Youth Champions: USSR beat
Mexico, 9-8 on penalties, following a 2-2 draw after extra time in the final
in Tunis.
6 September 1977: Norway visited England for an under-21
international for the first time. England won 6-0 in their first UEFA
Under-21 Championship home group match, at the Goldstone Ground
(Brighton), as Dave Sexton took charge of the under-21 team.
9 October 1977:
England entered the Torneo Internacional Juvenil "Copa
del Atlantico" for four youth teams, in Gran Canaria, and met South
American opposition in a youth international for the first time, in a
1-1 draw with Uruguay in their opening match in Las Palmas.
FIRST INTERNATIONAL APPEARANCE for Terry Fenwick.
12 October 1977: Finland visited England for an under-21
international for the first time. England won 8-1 in a UEFA Under-21
Championship group match at Hull.
8 February 1978: England beat France in a
youth international at home for the first time, by 3-1 in a UEFA Youth
Tournament qualifying round first leg at Selhurst Park, as Brian Clough
jointly took charge of the youth team, with Ken Burton.
4 March 1978: France avoided defeat in England in a
schoolboy international (under-15s) for the first time, in a 3-3 draw at
Wembley.
8 March 1978: England met Italy in an under-21
international for the first time, and won 2-1 in a UEFA Under-21
Championship quarter-final first leg at Maine Road.
5 April 1978: England visited Italy for an under-21
international for the first time, failed to beat them for the first
time, and failed to win an under-21 international away from home for the
first time, in a goalless draw in a UEFA Under-21 Championship
quarter-final second leg in Rome, but won 2-1 on aggregate.
19 April 1978: Yugoslavia met England in an under-21
international for the first time, and England lost an under-21
international for the first time, by 2-1 in a UEFA Under-21 Championship
semi-final first leg in Novi Sad.
2 May 1978: Yugoslavia visited England for an under-21
international for the first time, and failed to beat them for the first
time, as England failed to win a UEFA Under-21 Championship home match
for the first time, in a 1-1 draw in a semi-final second leg at Maine
Road, as England lost 3-2 on aggregate.
5 May 1978: The UEFA Youth
Tournament began in southern Poland for 16 teams. England visited Poland
for a youth international for the first time, in a 1-1 draw with Turkey
in their opening match in
Wodzisław Śląski.
7 May 1978: England won a youth international in Poland
for the first time, by beating Spain, 1-0 in a UEFA Youth Tournament
group match in Bukowno.
9 May 1978: Poland (the hosts) beat England in a youth international for the first time,
by 2-0 in a UEFA Youth Tournament group match in Chorzów.
Torneo Internacional Juvenil "Copa del
Atlantico"
1977 Final Table |
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
Las Palmas XI (3) |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
3 |
6 |
England |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
4 |
3 |
Hungary |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
9 |
2 |
Uruguay |
3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
1 |
UEFA Youth Tournament
1978 Group D Final Table |
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
Poland |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
3 |
4 |
Spain |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
England |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
Turkey |
3 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
2 |
UEFA Under-21 Championship
1976-78 Group 5 Final Table |
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
England |
4 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
17 |
2 |
8 |
Norway |
4 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
6 |
9 |
4 |
Finland |
4 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
14 |
0 |
Victory Shield Champions:
England (fourth year in succession,
sixth time in eight years)
and Scotland (joint winners)
Victory Shield (under-15) 1978 Final Table |
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GAve |
Pts
|
England
(29+3) |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
9 |
2 |
4.50 |
5 |
Scotland (15+3) |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
7 |
1 |
7.00 |
5 |
Northern Ireland |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
5 |
0.60 |
2 |
Wales |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
11 |
- |
0 |
Because of civil
unrest in Northern Ireland, all three of their games were played away from
home.
Centenary Shield Champions: Scotland
(second time in three years, first time outright)
Centenary Shield (under-18) 1978 Final Table |
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
Scotland (1+1) |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
3 |
England |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
Wales |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
1 |
UEFA Youth Tournament
Winners: USSR (the world youth champions) beat Yugoslavia, 3-0 in the final in Kraków,
to regain the title for the second time in three years (having also won it in 1967).
UEFA Under-21 Champions: Yugoslavia
beat East Germany (who were under-23 finalists in 1974), 5-4 on aggregate in
the final.
19 September 1978: The second UEFA Under-21 Championship
began for 25 teams, again without Albania and West Germany, and also
Austria, who had entered the previous championship, but included Cyprus and
the Netherlands for the first time. Denmark met England in an under-21
international for the first time, as England won 2-1 in their opening
group match in Copenhagen.
10
October 1978:
England entered the Torneo Internacional Juvenil "Copa
del Atlantico" for three youth teams, in Gran Canaria, and beat the
USSR (the world youth champions) in a youth international in a neutral
country for the first time, by 1-0 in their opening match in Las Palmas.
13 November 1978: England entered
the Tournoi Européen Juniors in Fontvieille in Monaco for eight youth teams.
They finished fourth for the first time, as John Cartwright took charge of
the youth team. Yugoslavia, the previous year's runners-up, won the
tournament after beating France, 3-2 in the final in Fontvieille.
6 February 1979: England visited Wales for an under-21
international for the first time, and scored against them for the first
time in an under-21 international, as they won, 1-0 at Swansea.
10 March 1979: FIRST INTERNATIONAL APPEARANCE for
Trevor Steven and Mark Walters.
28 March 1979: The English Schools' Football Association 75th
Anniversary International Schoolboys (under-15) Tournament began in
northern England for eight teams.
31 March 1979: England met Switzerland in a schoolboy
international (under-15s) for the first time, and lost 1-0 in an
International Schoolboys Tournament group match at Sheffield University.
2 April 1979: England lost at home to Wales in an
under-15 match for the first time, by 2-1 in an International Schoolboys
Tournament group match at Enderby.
3 April 1979: The Republic of Ireland beat England in an
under-15 match for the first time, by 1-0 in the International
Schoolboys Tournament seventh-place play-off at Worksop.
24
May 1979: The UEFA Youth Tournament began in Austria (the hosts in 1950 and
1960) for 16 qualifiers. England finished third.
5 June 1979: Bulgaria met England in an under-21
international for the first time, as England won, 3-1 in a UEFA Under-21
Championship group match in Pernik.
9 June 1979: Sweden met England in an under-21
international for the first time, as England won, 2-1 in Västerås.
Torneo Internacional Juvenil "Copa del
Atlantico"
1978 Final Table |
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
England
(2) |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
4 |
USSR |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
2 |
2 |
Las Palmas XI |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
8 |
0 |
|
Tournoi Européen Juniors de Monaco
1978 Group B Final Table |
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
Yugoslavia |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
5 |
England |
3 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
4 |
Spain |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
Portugal |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
|
UEFA Youth Tournament
1979 Group B Final Table |
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
England |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
6 |
Czechoslovakia |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
8 |
3 |
4 |
West Germany |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
5 |
4 |
2 |
Malta |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
14 |
0 |
English Schools' Football Association 75th
Anniversary International Schoolboys (under-15) Tournament 1979 Group B Final Table |
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
Wales |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
4 |
Switzerland |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
Netherlands |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
5 |
3 |
England |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
6 |
5 |
2 |
Victory Shield Champions:
England (fifth year in succession,
seventh time in nine years)
Victory Shield (under-15) 1979 Final Table |
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GAve |
Pts
|
England
(30+3) |
3 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
1.50 |
4 |
Northern Ireland |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
4.00 |
3 |
Scotland |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
1.00 |
3 |
Wales |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
6 |
0.333 |
2 |
Centenary Shield Champions: Scotland
(second year in succession, third time in four years)
Centenary Shield (under-18) 1979 Final Table |
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
Scotland (2+1) |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
3 |
Wales |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
England |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
UEFA Youth Tournament
Winners: Yugoslavia (in their second successive final, and their sixth
in total) beat Bulgaria (in their fifth final, and their second in three
years), 1-0 in the final in Vienna, to win the trophy for the first time
since 1951.
The FIFA World Youth Championship
was held over until August and September in the 1979-80 season.
SCHOOLBOYS:
ENGLAND vs. Wales
(Under-14: 1907-47,
Under-15: 1948-69) |
|
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
1907-69 |
70 |
55 |
9 |
6 |
234 |
75 |
- |
Victory Shield |
39 |
34 |
2 |
3 |
139 |
48 |
70 |
Victory Shield |
02-May-1970 |
4-0 |
Home Park, Plymouth |
HW |
27-Mar-1971 |
5-0 |
Ninian Park, Cardiff |
AW |
05-May-1972 |
6-1 |
Edgeley Park, Stockport |
HW |
13-Apr-1973 |
4-0 |
Belle Vue, Rhyl |
AW |
29-Apr-1974 |
2-1 |
Goodison Park, Liverpool |
HW |
05-Mar-1975 |
4-1 |
Ninian Park, Cardiff |
AW |
Friendly match |
20-Mar-1976 |
4-1 |
Empire Stadium, Wembley |
HW |
Victory Shield |
17-Apr-1976 |
1-1 |
Bootham Crescent, York |
HD |
29-Apr-1977 |
0-0 |
Eugene Cross Park, Ebbw Vale |
AD |
01-May-1978 |
6-0 |
The Hawthorns, West Bromwich |
HW |
Friendly match |
24-Mar-1979 |
1-1 |
Wembley Stadium, London |
HD |
ESFA 75th Anniversary Tournament |
02-Apr-1979 |
1-2 |
George Street, Enderby |
HL |
Victory Shield |
27-Apr-1979 |
2-1 |
Racecourse Ground, Wrexham |
AW |
|
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
1907-79 |
83 |
64 |
12 |
7 |
273 |
84 |
- |
Victory Shield |
49 |
42 |
4 |
3 |
173 |
53 |
88 |
ENGLAND Under-15 vs.
West Germany |
|
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
1956-69 |
20 |
9 |
5 |
6 |
32 |
31 |
Friendly matches |
16-May-1970 |
3-0 |
Empire Stadium, Wembley |
HW |
19-May-1970 |
0-0 |
Roker Park, Sunderland |
HD |
23-May-1970 |
0-1 |
Manfred-Werner-Stadion, Flensburg |
AL |
24-Apr-1971 |
2-2 |
Olympiastadion, Berlin |
AD |
27-Apr-1971 |
0-1 |
Wildparkstadion, Karlsruhe |
AL |
20-May-1972 |
4-0 |
Empire Stadium, Wembley |
HW |
23-May-1972 |
4-2 |
Simonside Hall, South Shields |
HW |
23-May-1973 |
3-2 |
Olympiastadion, Berlin |
AW |
26-May-1973 |
1-1 |
Jahnstadion, Regensburg |
AD |
01-Jun-1974 |
4-0 |
Empire Stadium, Wembley |
HW |
DFB 75th Anniversary Tournament Final |
07-May-1975 |
4-2 |
Westfalenstadion, Dortmund |
AW |
Friendly matches |
18-May-1976 |
1-3 |
Olympiastadion, Berlin |
AL |
21-May-1976 |
3-3 |
Stadion Oberwerth, Koblenz |
AD |
ESFA Sunkist Trophy |
18-Jun-1977 |
1-2 |
Wembley Stadium, London |
HL |
Friendly matches |
21-Jun-1977 |
2-1 |
Gateshead Youth Stadium |
HW |
30-May-1978 |
1-1 |
Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf |
AD |
02-Jun-1978 |
3-1 |
Olympiastadion, München |
AW |
ESFA Sunkist Trophy |
09-Jun-1979 |
2-2 |
Wembley Stadium, London |
HD |
|
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
1956-79 |
38 |
17 |
11 |
10 |
70 |
55 |
Home |
19 |
10 |
5 |
4 |
39 |
21 |
Away |
19 |
7 |
6 |
6 |
31 |
34 |
ENGLAND Under-18 vs.
Scotland |
|
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
1955-69 |
13 |
7 |
3 |
3 |
23 |
17 |
Friendly matches |
11-Mar-1970 |
1-2 |
Filbert Street, Leicester |
HL |
15-May-1971 |
0-0 |
Broomfield Park, Airdrie |
AD |
29-Apr-1972 |
5-2 |
Turf Moor, Burnley |
HW |
Schools' Football International Board (Centenary) Shield |
12-May-1973 |
2-1 |
Firhill Park, Glasgow |
AW |
18-Mar-1974 |
1-1 |
Old Trafford, Manchester |
HD |
10-May-1975 |
1-1 |
Stark's Park, Kirkcaldy |
AD |
10-Apr-1976 |
2-2 |
Ewood Park, Blackburn |
HD |
25-Mar-1977 |
2-1 |
Tynecastle Park, Edinburgh |
AW |
HM Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee International |
01-Apr-1977 |
3-1 |
St James' Park, Newcastle |
HW |
Centenary Shield |
29-Apr-1978 |
1-1 |
Highfield Road, Coventry |
HD |
Scottish Schools' FA 75th Anniversary International |
13-May-1978 |
1-2 |
Stark's Park, Kirkcaldy |
AL |
Centenary Shield |
31-Mar-1979 |
1-1 |
Brockville Park, Falkirk |
AD |
ESFA 75th Anniversary
International |
28-Apr-1979 |
2-2 |
Athletic Ground, Scarborough |
HD |
|
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
1955-79 |
26 |
11 |
10 |
5 |
45 |
34 |
- |
Home |
13 |
7 |
5 |
1 |
27 |
16 |
- |
Away |
13 |
4 |
5 |
4 |
18 |
18 |
- |
Centenary Shield |
7 |
2 |
5 |
0 |
10 |
8 |
9 |
ENGLAND Under-18 vs. Wales |
|
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
1965-69 |
6 |
5 |
0 |
1 |
21 |
7 |
Friendly matches |
28-Mar-1970 |
5-3 |
Farrar Road, Bangor |
AW |
24-Apr-1971 |
2-0 |
Boothferry Park, Hull |
HW |
15-Apr-1972 |
2-0 |
Central Park, Denbigh |
AW |
Schools' Football International Board (Centenary) Shield |
04-May-1973 |
0-0 |
Fellows Park, Walsall |
HD |
06-Apr-1974 |
2-1 |
Ninian Park, Cardiff |
AW |
26-Apr-1975 |
0-1 |
Edgar Street, Hereford |
HL |
03-Apr-1976 |
4-0 |
Vetch Field, Swansea |
AW |
11-Mar-1977 |
1-2 |
Millmoor Ground, Rotherham |
HL |
17-Mar-1978 |
2-2 |
Penydarren Park, Merthyr Tydfil |
AD |
07-Apr-1979 |
0-2 |
Portman Road, Ipswich |
HL |
|
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
1965-79 |
16 |
10 |
2 |
4 |
39 |
18 |
- |
Home |
9 |
5 |
1 |
3 |
19 |
9 |
- |
Away |
7 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
20 |
9 |
- |
Centenary Shield |
7 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
9 |
8 |
6 |
|
ENGLAND vs. Scotland
(Under-14: 1911-47
Under-15: 1948-69) |
|
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
1911-69 |
61 |
28 |
12 |
21 |
134 |
91 |
- |
Victory Shield |
39 |
17 |
8 |
14 |
94 |
56 |
42 |
|
Friendly match |
21-Mar-1970 |
2-0 |
Empire Stadium, Wembley |
HW |
Victory Shield |
09-May-1970 |
0-2 |
Dens Park, Dundee |
AL |
15-May-1971 |
3-1 |
Maine Road, Manchester |
HW |
13-May-1972 |
1-1 |
Ibrox Park, Glasgow |
AD |
21-Apr-1973 |
2-0 |
Recreation Ground, Chesterfield |
HW |
Friendly match |
09-Jun-1973 |
2-4 |
Empire Stadium, Wembley |
HL |
Victory Shield |
30-Mar-1974 |
1-4 |
Fir Park, Motherwell |
AL |
21-Apr-1975 |
1-0 |
Bramall Lane, Sheffield |
HW |
DFB 75th Anniversary Tournament (West Germany) |
02-May-1975 |
4-0 |
Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Stadion, Herford |
NW |
Friendly match |
07-Jun-1975 |
0-1 |
Empire Stadium, Wembley |
HL |
Victory Shield |
07-May-1976 |
3-1 |
Celtic Park, Glasgow |
AW |
Friendly match |
19-Mar-1977 |
2-0 |
Wembley Stadium, London |
HW |
Victory Shield |
06-May-1977 |
1-0 |
Old Trafford, Manchester |
HW |
HM Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee International |
25-May-1977 |
3-0 |
Meadowbank Stadium, Edinburgh |
AW |
Victory Shield |
15-Apr-1978 |
1-1 |
Celtic Park, Glasgow |
AD |
ESFA Sunkist Trophy |
27-May-1978 |
3-0 |
Wembley Stadium, London |
HW |
Victory Shield |
07-May-1979 |
1-1 |
St James' Park, Newcastle |
HD |
|
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
1911-79 |
78 |
38 |
15 |
25 |
164 |
107 |
- |
Home |
45 |
28 |
7 |
10 |
104 |
40 |
- |
Away |
32 |
9 |
8 |
15 |
56 |
67 |
- |
Victory Shield |
49 |
22 |
11 |
16 |
108 |
67 |
55 |
ENGLAND vs. Northern Ireland
(Under-14: 1934-47
Under-15: 1948 &
1957-69) |
|
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
1934-69 |
29 |
26 |
2 |
1 |
120 |
23 |
- |
Victory Shield |
23 |
20 |
2 |
1 |
86 |
17 |
42 |
Victory Shield |
18-Apr-1970 |
4-0 |
Bootham Crescent, York |
HW |
Friendly match |
06-Mar-1971 |
1-0 |
Empire Stadium, Wembley |
HW |
Victory Shield |
20-Mar-1971 |
0-2 |
Shamrock Park, Portadown |
AL |
15-Mar-1972 |
1-1 |
The Hawthorns, West Bromwich |
HD |
09-Mar-1973 |
4-1 |
Prenton Park, Birkenhead |
HW |
04-Mar-1974 |
7-0 |
Villa Park, Birmingham |
HW |
12-Apr-1975 |
1-0 |
Stair Park, Stranraer (Scotland) |
NW |
06-Mar-1976 |
5-0 |
Manor Ground, Oxford |
HW |
05-Mar-1977 |
4-1 |
Bloomfield Road, Blackpool |
HW |
25-Feb-1978 |
2-1 |
Dean Court, Bournemouth |
HW |
10-Mar-1979 |
0-0 |
Brunton Park, Carlisle |
HD |
|
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
1934-79 |
40 |
34 |
4 |
2 |
149 |
29 |
- |
Victory Shield |
33 |
27 |
4 |
2 |
114 |
23 |
58 |
ENGLAND vs. Republic of Ireland |
|
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
1947-79 |
22 |
13 |
4 |
5 |
96 |
35 |
Home |
12 |
9 |
0 |
3 |
68 |
14 |
Away |
10 |
4 |
4 |
2 |
28 |
21 |
|
ENGLAND Under-15 vs.
Netherlands |
Friendly matches |
05-Apr-1969 |
5-2 |
Highfield Road, Coventry |
HW |
04-Apr-1970 |
0-0 |
Sportpark Mulderssingel, Wezep |
AD |
03-Apr-1971 |
5-1 |
Empire Stadium, Wembley |
HW |
06-Apr-1972 |
2-0 |
Philips Stadion, Eindhoven |
AW |
08-Apr-1972 |
3-0 |
Sportpark De Vaan, Rotterdam |
AW |
07-Apr-1973 |
3-1 |
Empire Stadium, Wembley |
HW |
18-May-1974 |
1-0 |
Sportpark Larenstein, Bilthoven |
AW |
22-Mar-1975 |
4-0 |
Empire Stadium, Wembley |
HW |
DFB 75th Anniversary Tournament (West Germany) |
03-May-1975 |
3-1 |
Inselbadstadion, Paderborn |
NW |
Friendly matches |
27-Mar-1976 |
4-0 |
Stadion Krommedijk, Dordrecht |
AW |
02-Apr-1977 |
2-2 |
Ayresome Park, Middlesbrough |
HD |
22-Apr-1978 |
3-3 |
Sportpark Kikkerpolder, Leiden |
AD |
ESFA 75th Anniversary Tournament |
30-Mar-1979 |
5-2 |
Baseball Ground, Derby |
HW |
|
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
1969-79 |
13 |
10 |
3 |
0 |
40 |
12 |
ENGLAND Under-15 vs. France |
Friendly matches |
25-Mar-1972 |
1-0 |
Arsenal Stadium, Highbury |
HW |
28-Apr-1973 |
5-0 |
Stade Pershing, Paris |
AW |
06-Apr-1974 |
5-2 |
Empire Stadium, Wembley |
HW |
DFB 75th Anniversary Tournament (West Germany) |
30-Apr-1975 |
6-1 |
Ischelandstadion, Hagen |
NW |
Friendly matches |
05-Jun-1976 |
6-1 |
Empire Stadium, Wembley |
HW |
14-May-1977 |
0-1 |
Stade Robert-Diochon, Rouen |
AL |
04-Mar-1978 |
3-3 |
Wembley Stadium, London |
HD |
|
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
1972-78 |
7 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
26 |
8 |
ENGLAND Under-15 at
Wembley |
|
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
1950-79 |
39 |
27 |
5 |
7 |
113 |
40 |
|
YOUTH and UNDER-23:
ENGLAND vs. Scotland |
|
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
1947-69 |
26 |
14 |
6 |
6 |
59 |
40 |
Amateur Youth Championship |
31-Jan-1970 |
1-2 |
Baseball Ground, Derby |
HL |
30-Jan-1971 |
1-2 |
Cappielow Park, Greenock |
AL |
29-Jan-1972 |
2-0 |
Dean Court, Bournemouth |
HW |
Friendly match (professional teams) |
02-May-1972 |
0-1 |
Villa Park, Birmingham |
HL |
Amateur Youth Championship |
20-Jan-1973 |
3-2 |
Rugby Park, Kilmarnock |
AW |
Friendly match (professional teams) |
09-May-1973 |
1-3 |
Shawfield Stadium, Rutherglen |
AL |
Amateur Youth Championship |
26-Jan-1974 |
2-2 |
Goldstone Ground, Hove |
HD |
|
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
1947-74 |
33 |
16 |
7 |
10 |
69 |
52 |
- |
Amateur Championship |
27 |
14 |
6 |
7 |
66 |
47 |
34 |
ENGLAND vs. Northern Ireland |
|
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
1948-69 |
25 |
12 |
5 |
8 |
62 |
33 |
Amateur Youth Championship |
28-Feb-1970 |
1-3 |
Mourneview Park, Lurgan |
AL |
06-Mar-1971 |
1-1 |
Bloomfield Road, Blackpool |
HD |
11-Mar-1972 |
1-1 |
Sealand Road, Chester |
HD |
24-Mar-1973 |
3-0 |
Bucks Head, Wellington |
HW |
19-Apr-1974 |
1-2 |
Prenton Park, Birkenhead |
HL |
UEFA Youth Tournament (Switzerland, professional teams) |
13-May-1975 |
3-0 |
Stadion Kleinfeld, Kriens |
NW |
|
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
1948-75 |
30 |
13 |
7 |
10 |
72 |
40 |
- |
Home |
16 |
9 |
4 |
3 |
41 |
16 |
- |
Away |
12 |
3 |
2 |
7 |
20 |
22 |
8 |
Amateur Championship |
27 |
11 |
6 |
10 |
57 |
38 |
28 |
ENGLAND Under-23 vs. Wales |
|
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
1958-68 |
7 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
20 |
7 |
Friendly matches |
01-Oct-1969 |
2-0 |
Ashton Gate, Bristol |
HW |
02-Dec-1970 |
0-0 |
Racecourse Ground, Wrexham |
AD |
05-Jan-1972 |
2-0 |
County Ground, Swindon |
HW |
29-Nov-1972 |
3-0 |
Vetch Field, Swansea |
AW |
16-Jan-1974 |
0-0 |
Ashton Gate, Bristol |
HD |
21-Jan-1975 |
2-0 |
Racecourse Ground, Wrexham |
AW |
|
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
1958-75 |
13 |
9 |
3 |
1 |
29 |
7 |
|
ENGLAND vs. Wales |
|
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
1948-69 |
23 |
17 |
5 |
1 |
78 |
25 |
UEFA Youth Tournament Qualifying |
25-Feb-1970 |
0-0 |
Somerton Park, Newport |
AD |
18-Mar-1970 |
1-2 |
Brisbane Road, Leyton |
HL |
Amateur Youth Championship |
20-Apr-1970 |
0-0 |
Elm Park, Reading |
HD |
20-Feb-1971 |
1-2 |
Park Avenue, Aberystwyth |
AL |
19-Feb-1972 |
4-0 |
County Ground, Swindon |
HW |
24-Feb-1973 |
4-1 |
Y Traeth, Portmadoc |
AW |
UEFA Youth Tournament Qualifying |
09-Jan-1974 |
1-0 |
The Hawthorns, West Bromwich |
HW |
Amateur Youth Championship |
02-Mar-1974 |
2-1 |
Gay Meadow, Shrewsbury |
HW |
UEFA Youth Tournament Qualifying |
13-Mar-1974 |
0-1 |
Ninian Park, Cardiff |
AL |
|
UEFA Youth Tournament Qualifying Round First Leg |
11-Feb-1976 |
1-0 |
Ninian Park, Cardiff |
AW |
UEFA Youth Tournament Qualifying Round Second Leg |
03-Mar-1976 |
2-3 |
Maine Road, Manchester |
HL |
Aggregate 3-3. Wales win on away goals. |
UEFA Youth Tournament Qualifying Round First Leg |
09-Mar-1977 |
1-0 |
The Hawthorns, West Bromwich |
HW |
UEFA Youth Tournament Qualifying Round Second Leg |
23-Mar-1977 |
1-1 |
Ninian Park, Cardiff |
AD |
England win 2-1 on aggregate |
Note: Qualifying matches for the UEFA Youth
Tournament were for professional teams.
|
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
1948-77 |
36 |
23 |
8 |
5 |
96 |
36 |
- |
Amateur Championship |
27 |
19 |
6 |
2 |
85 |
29 |
44 |
ENGLAND Under-23 vs.
Scotland |
|
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
1955-68 |
11 |
6 |
3 |
2 |
27 |
16 |
Friendly matches |
04-Mar-1970 |
3-1 |
Roker Park, Sunderland |
Ab |
Abandoned after 62 minutes because of snow |
24-Feb-1971 |
2-2 |
Hampden Park, Glasgow |
AD |
16-Feb-1972 |
2-2 |
Baseball Ground, Derby |
HD |
13-Feb-1973 |
2-1 |
Rugby Park, Kilmarnock |
AW |
13-Mar-1974 |
2-0 |
St James' Park, Newcastle |
HW |
18-Dec-1974 |
3-0 |
Pittodrie Park, Aberdeen |
AW |
|
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
1955-74 |
16 |
9 |
5 |
2 |
38 |
21 |
Not including abandoned game
|