5 August 1989: England hosted
the Nordic Cup for six under-16 teams in the west Midlands.
7 August 1989: England met Iceland
in an under-16 international at home for the first time, and lost to them
for the first time at any level, by 3-2 in the Nordic Cup at Lilleshall.
11 August 1989: England met Finland
in an under-16 international at home for the first time, and failed to beat
them for the first time, in a 1-1 draw at Vale Park, but won the trophy for
the first time.
12 August 1989: England met
Scandinavia in a youth international (under-16) for the first time, and won
2-1 at Wembley.
5 September 1989: Sweden beat
England in an under-21 international for the first time, by 1-0 in a UEFA Under-21 Championship group match
in Uppsala.
17 October 1989: England entered
the Trofeo IP Citta di Colombo for eight under-16 teams in Liguria in Italy.
18 October 1989: England met the
USSR in an under-16 international for the first time, in a goalless draw in
a Trofeo IP Citta di Colombo group match in Cairo Montenotte.
19 October 1989: England met Turkey
in an under-16 international for the first time, and beat them in a youth
international for the first time, by 3-1 in a Trofeo IP Citta di Colombo
group match in Alassio.
21 October 1989: England met
Scotland in an under-16 international on foreign soil for the first time, in
a 1-1 draw in a Trofeo IP Citta di Colombo semi-final in Savona, but
Scotland won 10-9 on penalties.
24 October 1989: England failed to
qualify for the UEFA Under-21 Championship quarter-finals for the first
time, as Sweden won their group.
14 November 1989: England beat Czechoslovakia in a youth
international at home for the first time, by 1-0 in a UEFA Under-18
Championship qualifying group match at Portsmouth.
3 March 1990: England visited
Scotland for an under-16 international for the first time, and lost to them
for the first time (apart from on penalties), by 4-1 at Airdrie.
5 March 1990: England avoided
defeat against the Netherlands in an under-18 schoolboy international at
home for the first time, in a goalless draw at Sunderland.
10 March 1990: FIRST
INTERNATIONAL APPEARANCE for Nicky Butt.
28 March 1990: Denmark avoided
defeat in a youth international in England for the first time, in a goalless
draw at Wembley.
1 May 1990: England failed to beat
Italy in a schoolboy international (under-15) for the first time, in a 2-2
draw in Corte Franca.
15 May 1990: Poland visited
England for a youth international for the first time, as England won 3-0 at
Wembley.
15 May 1990: England played a
competitive under-18 schoolboy international on foreign soil for the first
time, as Switzerland won a
Centenary Shield match for the first time, winning 3-2 in
Kreuzlingen.
17 May 1990: The UEFA Under-16
Championship finals began in Thuringia and Elsterberg in East Germany for 16
qualifiers, including Poland for the first time. England did not enter for
the sixth year in succession.
20 May 1990: England entered
the Tournoi Espoirs for eight under-21 teams in Provence-Alpes-Côte
d'Azur in south-eastern France.
21 May 1990: Portugal scored
against England in an under-21 international, and beat them, for the first time,
by 1-0 in a Tournoi Espoirs group match in Six-Fours-les-Plages.
22 May 1990: England failed to beat
France in an under-17 international at home for the first time, losing 3-1
at Wembley.
27 May 1990: England met
Czechoslovakia in an under-21 international for the first time, and won
2-1 in the Tournoi Espoirs Final in Toulon to win the title for the
first time.
29 May 1990: The eighth UEFA Under-21 Championship began
(five months before the 1990 final was completed) for 32 teams,
without East Germany for the first time (now part of a re-unified
Germany), and Wales (for the fourth successive edition), but including
Israel and Malta for the first
time, and the Republic of Ireland (after missing the previous
championship).
|
Nordic Cup
1989 Final Table |
|
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
|
England |
5 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
10 |
8 |
7 |
|
Sweden |
5 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
12 |
9 |
6 |
|
Finland |
5 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
6 |
7 |
5 |
|
Norway |
5 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
11 |
11 |
4 |
|
Iceland |
5 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
9 |
11 |
4 |
|
Denmark |
5 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
8 |
10 |
4 |
|
|
Tournoi Espoirs de Toulon 1990 Group
A Final Table |
|
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
|
England |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
9 |
5 |
4 |
|
Portugal |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
|
France |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
10 |
3 |
|
USSR |
3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
6 |
1 |
|
|
UEFA Under-18 Championship
1988-90 Qualifying Group 3 Final Table |
|
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
|
England |
6 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
10 |
2 |
8 |
|
France |
6 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
6 |
5 |
7 |
|
Czechoslovakia |
6 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
3 |
6 |
|
Greece |
6 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
15 |
3 |
|
UEFA Under-21 Championship
1988-90 Group 1 Final Table |
|
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
|
Sweden |
6 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
10 |
2 |
10 |
|
England |
6 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
10 |
5 |
9 |
|
Poland |
6 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
10 |
4 |
|
Albania |
6 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
1 |
8 |
1 |
Victory Shield Champions:
England (sixth time in eight years)
|
Victory Shield (under-15) 1990 Final Table |
|
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
|
England
(33+7) |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
2 |
5 |
|
Northern Ireland |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
3 |
4 |
|
Scotland |
3 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
|
Wales |
3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
7 |
1 |
Centenary Shield Champions: Switzerland
|
Centenary Shield (under-18) 1990 Final Table |
|
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
|
Switzerland (1) |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
2 |
4 |
|
England |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
|
Wales |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
Switzerland played both of their games
at home, whilst England played both of theirs away from home.
UEFA Under-16 Champions:
Czechoslovakia beat Yugoslavia, 3-2 after extra time in the final in Erfurt.
The UEFA Under-18 and Under-21
Championships were not concluded until July and October, respectively, in
the following season.
Lawrie McMenemy took charge of England's under-21 team.
24 July 1990: The UEFA
Under-18 Championship finals began in eastern Hungary (the 1956 and 1976
hosts) for eight qualifiers. England finished fourth, after losing to
the eventual winners, the USSR in the semi-finals.
28 July 1990: England (the holders) entered the
Nordic Cup for six under-16 teams in Ostrobothnia and South Ostrobothnia in
Finland, and beat Iceland, 4-0 in their first under-16 international in
Finland, in their first defence of the title.
FIRST INTERNATIONAL APPEARANCE
for Sol Campbell.
29 July 1990: Denmark (the eventual
winners) beat England
in an under-16 international for the first time, by 2-1 in the Nordic Cup in
Kauhajoki, as England failed to win in Finland for the first time.
1 August 1990: Finland met England in an under-16 international
at home for the first time, as England won, 3-0 in the
Nordic Cup in Seinäjoki.
3 August 1990: Sweden beat England
in an under-16 international in a neutral country for the first time (apart
from on penalties), by 2-1 in the Nordic Cup in Närpiö.
12 September 1990: FIRST
INTERNATIONAL APPEARANCE for David Unsworth.
9 October 1990: England entered
the Trofeo IP Citta di Colombo for eight under-16 teams in Liguria in Italy.
11 October 1990: Austria met England in an
under-16 international for the first time, and won, 1-0 in a Trofeo IP Citta
di Colombo group match in Chiavari.
16 October 1990: Poland won in England for the first time at any level,
by 1-0 in a UEFA Under-21 Championship group match at Tottenham.
16 October 1990: England's
under-17s met Belgium at home for the first time, in a goalless draw in a
UEFA Under-18 Championship qualifying group match at Sunderland.
13 November 1990: England visited Ireland for an under-21
international for the first time, and won, 3-0 in a UEFA Under-21
Championship group match at Cork.
8 February 1991: England met Denmark in an
under-19 international for the first time, as Denmark won a youth
international in England for the first time, by 5-1 at Oxford, as David
Burnside (the under-18s' coach), took charge for the under-19s' first home
match.
FIRST INTERNATIONAL APPEARANCE for Steve
McManaman.
5 March 1991: England lost an under-18 schoolboy international in
the Netherlands for the first time, by 2-0 in Gouda.
19 March 1991: Switzerland scored and conceded a goal in England in
the Centenary Shield for the first time, in a 1-1 draw at Norwich.
25 March 1991: England met Caribbean opposition in
a youth international for the first time, and beat Trinidad and Tobago, 4-0
in an under-19 international in Port of Spain.
27 March 1991: England met Mexico in a youth
international in the Americas for the first time, and failed to beat them in
an under-19 international for the first time, as Mexico won, 3-1 in Port of
Spain.
12 April 1991: The Republic of Ireland met England in an under-18
schoolboy international for the first time, as England won, 1-0 at Tolka
Park, Dublin.
3 May 1991: England lost a schoolboy international in Wales for the
first time since 1969, as Wales won, 1-0 in the Victory Shield at
Newport.
8 May 1991: The UEFA Under-16
Championship finals began in Switzerland for 16
qualifiers. England did not enter for
the seventh year in succession.
22 May 1991: England won a schoolboy international (under-15) in Belgium
for the first time, by 5-1 in Waregem.
25 May 1991: England met Spain in an under-19
international for the first time, in a 1-1 draw at Wembley, as they avoided
defeat in a home match for the first time.
27 May 1991: England (the holders) entered
the Tournoi Espoirs for eight under-21 teams in Provence-Alpes-Côte
d'Azur in south-eastern France, with Ray Harford in charge for the
tournament.
3 June 1991: England beat France (the hosts), 1-0
in the Tournoi Espoirs FInal in Toulon to retain the title.
14 June 1991: The FIFA World Youth Championship began in
Portugal for 16 under-19 teams, including six from Europe. Sweden, and
Trinidad and Tobago were competing for the first time, as was a unified
Korean team (though the south had qualified for previous championships).
15 June 1991: England met Spain in an under-19 international in a
neutral country for the first time, as Spain won for the first time, by
1-0 in their opening World Youth Championship match in Faro.
18 June 1991: England met Asian opposition in an under-19 international
for the first time, and met Syria for the first time at any level, in a
3-3 draw in a World Youth Championship group match in Faro.
20 June 1991: England met Uruguay in a youth international in mainland
Europe for the first time, in a goalless draw in a World Youth
Championship group match in Faro.
|
Nordic Cup
1990 Final Table |
|
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
|
Denmark |
5 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
10 |
6 |
7 |
|
England |
5 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
13 |
4 |
6 |
|
Sweden |
5 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
10 |
11 |
5 |
|
Norway |
5 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
8 |
10 |
4 |
|
Iceland |
5 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
7 |
12 |
4 |
|
Finland |
5 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
10 |
4 |
|
|
Tournoi Espoirs de Toulon 1991 Group
A Final Table |
|
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
|
England |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
3 |
6 |
|
Senegal |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
2 |
4 |
|
Mexico |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
2 |
|
USSR |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
5 |
0 |
|
|
World Youth Championship
1991 Group D Final Table |
|
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
|
Spain |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
5 |
|
Syria |
3 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
3 |
4 |
|
England |
3 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
2 |
|
Uruguay |
3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
7 |
1 |
Victory Shield Champions:
England (second year in succession, seventh time in
nine years), Scotland (third time in four
years) and Wales (joint winners, first time
since 1951)
|
Victory Shield (under-15) 1991 Final Table |
|
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
|
Scotland (18+8) |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
2 |
4 |
|
England
(33+8) |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
3 |
4 |
|
Wales (1+2) |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
3 |
4 |
|
Northern Ireland |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
9 |
0 |
Centenary Shield Champions: Switzerland
(second year in succession)
|
Centenary Shield (under-18) 1991 Final Table |
|
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
|
Switzerland (2) |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
3 |
|
England |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
|
Wales |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
5 |
1 |
Switzerland played both of their games away
from home, whilst England played both of theirs at home.
UEFA Under-16 Champions: Spain beat Germany, 2-0
in the final in Bern, to become the first team to win it three times (in
their third final).
The World Under-17 Championship was held over
until August in the following season.
UEFA Under-18 Champions: USSR
beat Portugal, 4-2 on penalties, following a goalless draw after extra
time in the final in Békéscsaba, to retain the title in a
repeat of the 1988 final. It was their sixth overall.
World Youth Champions: Portugal (the hosts) beat
Brazil (in a record third final in five editions), 4-2 on penalties,
following a goalless draw after extra time in the final in Lisbon, to retain
the title.
UEFA Under-21 Champions: USSR beat Yugoslavia, 7-3
on aggregate in the final, to win it for the second time (previously 1980).
7 August 1991: England entered the
Nordic Cup for six under-16 teams in Iceland, and visited the island of
Heimaey for the first time at any level, as they lost, 4-1 to Denmark in their
first under-16 international in Iceland, in their opening match in Vestmannaeyjabær.
8 August 1991: England visited the mainland of
Iceland for an under-16 international for the first time, avoided defeat in
Iceland for the first time, and beat Sweden in a neutral country for the
first time, by 2-0 in the Nordic Cup in Akureyri.
10 August 1991: Iceland met England in an under-16
international at home for the first time, as England avoided defeat on the
island of Heimaey for the first time, and won 3-2 in the Nordic Cup in Vestmannaeyjabær.
England went on to regain the trophy for the second time in three years.
16 August 1991: The FIFA Under-17
World Championship
(formerly under-16) began in
Tuscany in Italy, for 16 teams, including Spain, Sudan, the United Arab
Emirates and Uruguay for the first time. Germany and Italy (the hosts) were
the other teams from
Europe.
10 September 1991: England met a re-unified Germany for the first time
at any level, and won, 2-1 in an under-21 international at Scunthorpe.
12 September 1991: FIRST
INTERNATIONAL APPEARANCE for Alan Thompson.
1 October 1991: England failed to beat Denmark in
an under-16 international at home for the first time, in a 1-1 draw at
Lilleshall.
3 October 1991: England lost at home to Denmark in
an under-16 international for the first time, by 1-0 at Lilleshall.
15 October 1991: England entered the Trofeo IP
Citta di Colombo for eight under-16 teams in Liguria in Italy, and lost to
Scotland on foreign soil for the first time (apart from on penalties), by
3-1 in their opening match in Alassio.
16 October 1991: Belgium beat England in a youth
international for the first time (apart from on the toss of a coin in the
amateur FIFA Youth Tournament in 1951), by 1-0 in a UEFA Under-18
Championship qualifying group match in Eernegem.
17 October 1991: England avoided defeat against
Austria in an under-16 international for the first time, and won, 3-1 in a
Trofeo IP Citta di Colombo group match in Cairo Montenotte.
12 November 1991: England lost an under-21
international in Poland for the first time, by 2-1 in a UEFA Under-21
Championship group match in Piła, as Poland
won the group, and England failed to qualify for the quarter-finals for
the second successive championship.
22 February 1992: England beat the Netherlands
in an under-18 schoolboy international for the first time, by 2-1 at
Leicester.
25 February 1992: England visited Qatar for the
first time at any level, as they met in an under-16 international for the
first time, in a 3-3 draw in Doha.
28 February 1992: FIRST INTERNATIONAL
APPEARANCE for Danny Murphy and Phil Neville.
30 March 1992: The Republic of Ireland visited
England for an under-18 schoolboy international for the first time, as
England won, 2-1 at Yeovil.
21 April 1992: The ninth UEFA Under-21 Championship began
(before the 1992 semi-finals were completed) for 32 teams,
without Yugoslavia for the first time, but including Russia for the
first time, following the dissolution of the USSR, and Wales, for the
first time since 1983.
28 April 1992: England won a Centenary
Shield point on foreign soil for the first time, in a 2-2 draw with
Switzerland, in Entlebuch.
7 May 1992: The UEFA Under-16
Championship finals began in Cyprus for 16
qualifiers. England did not enter for
the eighth year in succession.
12 May 1992: England failed to win an under-21
international in Hungary for the first time, in a 2-2 draw in Budapest.
24 May 1992: England (the holders for the
previous two years) entered
the Tournoi Espoirs for eight under-21 teams in Provence-Alpes-Côte
d'Azur in south-eastern France, with John Ward in charge for the
tournament, as they failed to beat Mexico in an under-21 international
for the first time, in a 1-1 draw in their opening match in
Six-Fours-les-Plages.
26 May 1992: England failed to beat Czechoslovakia in an under-21
international for the first time, as they lost, 2-1 in a Tournoi Espoirs
group match in La Seyne-sur-Mer. Portugal (the world youth champions) beat Yugoslavia, 2-1 in the
final in Toulon to win the trophy for the first time.
6 June 1992: Italy avoided defeat in a schoolboy international
(under-15) in England for the first time, in a 1-1 draw at Wembley.
|
Nordic Cup
1991 Final Table |
|
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
|
England |
5 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
11 |
9 |
8 |
|
Denmark |
5 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
14 |
5 |
6 |
|
Iceland |
5 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
7 |
6 |
5 |
|
Sweden |
5 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
5 |
5 |
|
Finland |
5 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
7 |
10 |
5 |
|
Norway |
5 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
4 |
12 |
1 |
|
|
Tournoi Espoirs de Toulon 1992 Group
A Final Table |
|
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
|
France |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
5 |
|
Mexico |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
6 |
3 |
|
England |
3 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
|
Czechoslovakia |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
5 |
2 |
|
|
UEFA Under-18 Championship
1990-92 Qualifying Group 5 Final Table |
|
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
|
England |
6 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
4 |
9 |
|
Belgium |
6 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
6 |
4 |
7 |
|
Iceland |
6 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
7 |
8 |
5 |
|
Wales |
6 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
8 |
3 |
|
UEFA Under-21 Championship
1990-92 Group 7 Final Table |
|
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
|
Poland |
6 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
2 |
12 |
|
England |
6 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
11 |
5 |
7 |
|
Turkey |
6 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
6 |
11 |
3 |
|
Republic of Ireland |
6 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
5 |
14 |
2 |
Victory Shield Champions:
England (third year in succession,
eighth time in
ten years)
|
Victory Shield 1992 Final Table |
|
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
|
England
(34+8) |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
2 |
5 |
|
Wales |
3 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
3 |
4 |
|
Scotland |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
5 |
3 |
|
Northern Ireland |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
8 |
0 |
Centenary Shield Champions: England
(seventh time in nine years)
and Switzerland (joint winners, third year in
succession)
|
Centenary Shield (under-18) 1992 Final Table |
|
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
|
England (9+3) |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
|
Switzerland
(2+1) |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
|
Wales |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
Switzerland played both of their games
at home, whilst England played both of theirs away from home.
Under-17 World Champions: Ghana beat Spain (the
European Under-16 champions), 1-0 in the final in Florence.
UEFA Under-16 Champions: Germany beat Spain (the
defending champions), 2-1 in the final in Larnaca, to gain revenge for their
defeat in the previous year's final. It was their first title at any level
as a unified nation (West Germany had won it in 1984).
UEFA Under-21 Champions: Italy beat
Sweden, 2-1 on aggregate in the final, having previously lost the 1986
final.
20 July 1992: The UEFA
Under-18 Championship finals began in Bavaria in Germany (hosts or
co-hosts for the seventh time, including in the former East Germany) for eight qualifiers.
25 July 1992: England failed to beat Norway in an
under-18 international outside of Scandinavia for the first time, in a
1-1 draw in the UEFA Under-18 Championship third-place play-off in
Amberg, but Norway won, 8-7 on penalties, as England finished fourth for
the second successive championship. Ted Powell took charge for the rest
of the season.
6 August 1992: England (the holders) entered the
Nordic Cup for eight under-16 teams in south-eastern Norway.
7 August 1992: England met the Faroe Islands for
the first time at any level, and won, 9-0 in a Nordic Cup group match in
Porsgrunn.
10 August 1992: Denmark beat England, 4-2 in the
Nordic Cup Final in Sandefjord, to regain the trophy for the third time in
five years.
28 September 1992: England entered
the Trofeo IP Citta di Colombo for eight under-16 teams in Liguria in Italy.
3 October 1992: England beat Scotland, 4-2 in a
Trofeo IP Citta di Colombo semi-final to reach the final for the first time
since 1988.
7 October 1992: FIRST INTERNATIONAL APPEARANCE for David Beckham.
13 October 1992: Norway avoided defeat and scored goals in an under-21
international in England for the first time, as they won, 2-0 in a UEFA
Under-21 Championship group match at Peterborough.
13 October 1992: An African team visited England
for an under-19 international for the first time, as England won at home for
the first time, in their first youth international with Egypt, by 2-1 at
Bournemouth.
3 November 1992: The Netherlands met England in an
under-16 international for
the first time, in a 1-1 draw in a UEFA Under-16 Championship qualifying group match in
Hoogeveen.
17 November 1992: Turkey won in England for the first time at any level,
and beat England in an under-21 international for the first time, by 1-0
in a UEFA Under-21 Championship group match at Brisbane Road.
17 November 1992: England met Turkey in an
under-19 international for the first time, and in a youth international at
home for the first time, as they won, 2-1 at Wycombe.
16 February 1993: England met San Marino for the first time at any
level, and won, 6-0 in a UEFA Under-21 Championship group match at
Luton.
17 February 1993: FIRST INTERNATIONAL APPEARANCE for Robbie Fowler.
3 March 1993: The Netherlands visited England for
an under-16 international for
the first time, as England beat them for the first time, by 4-0 in a UEFA
Under-16 Championship qualifying group match at Portsmouth.
5 March 1993: The FIFA World Youth Championship began in
south-eastern Australia (the 1981 hosts) for 16 under-19 teams, including six from Europe.
Ghana (the under-17 world champions) and
Turkey were competing for the first time.
7 March 1993: England met South Korea for the first time at any level,
in a 1-1 draw in their opening World Youth Championship match in
Melbourne.
9 March 1993: England met the United States in a youth international for
the first time, and avoided defeat against them in the southern
hemisphere for the first time at any level, as they won, 1-0 in a World
Youth Championship group match in Melbourne.
11 March 1993: England met Turkey in an under-19 international in a
neutral country for the first time, and won, 1-0 in a World Youth
Championship group match in Melbourne.
14 March 1993: England met Mexico in the southern hemisphere for the
first time at any level, and won, 4-3 on penalties following a goalless
draw after extra time in a World Youth Championship quarter-final in
Melbourne.
17 March 1993: England met Ghana for the first time at any level, and
lost, 2-1 in a World Youth Championship semi-final in Sydney.
20 March 1993: England beat Australia in a youth international for the
first time, by 2-1 in the World Youth Championship third-place play-off
in Sydney, to finish third for the first time.
30 March 1993: FIRST INTERNATIONAL APPEARANCE for Paul Scholes.
31 March 1993: England played an under-18 schoolboy international in
a neutral country for the first time, and beat Switzerland for the first
time, by 3-2 to win the Centenary Shield at Cwmbrân. It was
Switzerland's first defeat in the competition, and their first in
Britain.
2 April 1993: FIRST INTERNATIONAL APPEARANCE for Richard Wright.
7 April 1993: England met Austria in a schoolboy international
(under-15) for the first time, as they lost, 1-0 at Walsall.
21 April 1993: England met Austria in an under-18 schoolboy
international for the first time, and avoided defeat against them for
the first time in a schoolboy international, as they won, 2-1 at
Middlesbrough.
26 April 1993: The UEFA Under-16
Championship finals began in Turkey for 16
qualifiers, as England, competing for the first time since 1984, met Belgium
in an under-16 international for the first time, and drew, 1-1 in their
opening match in Bursa.
27 April 1993: England met the Netherlands in an under-21
international for the first time, and won, 3-0 in a UEFA Under-21 Championship group match at
Portsmouth.
28 April 1993: England met the Republic of Ireland
in an under-16 international for the first time, and won, 1-0 in a UEFA
Under-16 Championship finals group match in Bursa.
30 April 1993: Czechoslovakia met England in an
under-16 international for the first time, and won, 2-0 in a UEFA Under-16
Championship finals group match in Mustafakemalpaşa, as England failed to
qualify for the quarter-finals for the first time.
7 June 1993: England entered
the Tournoi Espoirs for eight under-21 teams in Provence-Alpes-Côte
d'Azur in south-eastern France, as they scored against Portugal and beat
them in an under-21 international
for the first time, by 2-0 in their opening match in
Miramas.
9 June 1993: The Czech Republic met England for
the first time at any level, following the dissolution of Czechoslovakia, in
a 1-1 draw in a Tournoi Espoirs group match in Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer.
11 June 1993: Brazil met England in an under-21
international for the first time, in a goalless draw in a Tournoi Espoirs
group match in Draguignan.
13 June 1993: England met Scotland in an under-21
international on foreign soil for the first time, and won, 1-0 in a Tournoi
Espoirs semi-final in La Ciotat.
15 June 1993: England beat France
(the hosts), 1-0 in the Tournoi Espoirs Final in Toulon, to regain the title
for the third time in four years.
|
Nordic Cup
1992 Group A Final Table |
|
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
|
England |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
14 |
1 |
6 |
|
Iceland |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
15 |
3 |
4 |
|
Norway |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
5 |
7 |
2 |
|
Faroe Islands |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
23 |
0 |
|
|
Tournoi Espoirs de Toulon 1993 Group B Final Table |
|
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
|
England |
3 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
|
Portugal |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
|
Czech Republic |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
5 |
3 |
|
Brazil |
3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
1 |
|
|
UEFA Under-16 Championship
1992-93 Qualifying Group 15 Final Table |
|
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
|
England |
4 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
12 |
2 |
7 |
|
Netherlands |
4 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
8 |
5 |
5 |
|
Sweden |
4 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
14 |
0 |
|
World Youth Championship
1993 Group D Final Table |
|
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
|
England |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
5 |
|
United States |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
8 |
3 |
3 |
|
Korea Republic |
3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
|
Turkey |
3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
8 |
1 |
Victory Shield Champions:
Scotland (fourth time in six years,
first time outright since 1989)
|
Victory Shield (under-15) 1993 Final Table |
|
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
|
Scotland (19+8) |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
1 |
5 |
|
England |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
3 |
4 |
|
Northern Ireland |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
5 |
4 |
2 |
|
Wales |
3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
7 |
1 |
Centenary Shield Champions:
England
(second year in succession, eighth time in ten years)
|
Centenary Shield (under-18) 1993 Final Table |
|
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
|
England (10+3) |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
|
Switzerland |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
4 |
2 |
|
Wales |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
All three matches were played over three days
in south-east Wales.
UEFA Under-16 Champions: Poland beat Italy (in
their fourth final), 1-0 in their first final, in Istanbul.
UEFA Under-18 Champions: Turkey
beat Portugal (the first country to lose three successive finals), 2-1 in
extra time, with a 'golden goal' winner in their first final, in Bayreuth.
World Youth Champions: Brazil beat
Ghana (the under-17 champions), 2-1 in the final in Sydney to become the
first country to win it three times.
18 July 1993: The UEFA
Under-18 Championship finals began in the north Midlands and Sheffield (England
had been hosts in 1948, 1963 and 1983) for eight qualifiers.
FIRST INTERNATIONAL APPEARANCE for Gary Neville.
25 July 1993: England met Turkey (the defending
champions) in an under-18 international at home for the first time, and
beat them for the first time, by 1-0 in their record twelfth UEFA
Under-18 Championship Final, at the City Ground to become the first to
win it nine times.
4 August 1993: England entered the
Nordic Cup for eight under-16 teams in the Faroe Islands.
FIRST INTERNATIONAL APPEARANCE for Jamie
Carragher.
5 August 1993: Norway beat England in an under-16
international for the first time, by 2-1 in a Nordic Cup group match in
Torshavn. England finished third, after failing to finish in the top two for
the first time.
21 August 1993: The FIFA Under-17
World Championship
began in
southern and central Honshu in Japan, for 16 teams, including Chile, Japan
(the hosts), Poland, the Republic of Czechs and Slovaks, and Tunisia for the first time. Italy were
the other team from
Europe.
24 August 1993: England failed to beat the Republic of
Ireland in a youth international at home for the first time, and
conceded goals to them at home for the first time since 1968, in a 2-2
draw in an under-18 international at Vale Park.
7 September 1993: England failed to beat Romania in a youth
international at home for the first time, in a 1-1 draw in their first
defence of the UEFA Under-18 Championship in a first-round qualifying
group match at Vale Park.
12 October 1993: England visited the Netherlands for an under-21
international for
the first time, failed to beat them for the first time, in a 1-1 draw in
a UEFA Under-21 Championship
group match in Utrecht, and failed to qualify for the quarter-finals for
the third successive championship. Poland went on to win the group.
13 October 1993: England visited Romania for a youth international for
the first time, in a 1-1 draw in a UEFA Under-18 Championship
first-round qualifying group match in Câmpina.
27 October 1993: France beat England, 2-0 in a UEFA Under-18
Championship first-round qualifying group match in Besançon, to
end England's defence of the title, as they failed to qualify for the finals for the first time since 1986
(they did not enter the next edition, in 1986-88). France went on to win
the group.
30 October 1993: The
Republic of Ireland visited England for an under-16 international for
the first time, as England won, 2-0 at Lilleshall.
17 November 1993: England visited San Marino for the first time at any
level, and won, 4-0 in a UEFA Under-21
Championship qualifying group match in Serravalle. Dave Sexton took
charge of the team again, in the new year.
8 December 1993: England visited the island of Sardinia for a youth
international for the first time, and beat Italy, 2-0 in a UEFA Under-16
Championship qualifying group match in Pula.
2 February 1994: Italy visited England for
an under-16 international for the first time, as England
failed to score against them in a youth international at home for the first time,
in a goalless draw in a UEFA Under-16 Championship qualifying group
match at Walsall.
2 March 1994: England met France in an
under-18 schoolboy international for the first time, as France won, 2-1
at Gillingham.
27 March 1994: England met Wales in a schoolboy international
(under-18) on foreign soil for the first time, and won,
3-0 in their first defence of the Centenary Shield in Bern.
31 March 1994: England won an under-18 schoolboy international away
match on
foreign soil for the first time, as they beat Switzerland, 3-0 to retain
the Centenary Shield.
15 April 1994: The UEFA Under-21 Championship finals began
in southern Occitania in France,
for four semi-finalists (France, Italy (the defending champions), Portugal (for the first time)
and Spain).
19 April 1994: England visited Austria for a schoolboy international for the first time,
and failed to beat their under-18s for the first time, in a 1-1 draw in
Gloggnitz.
21 April 1994: Slovakia met England in a schoolboy international
(under-18) for the first time, and won 4-0 in Bratislava.
26 April 1994: The UEFA Under-16 Championship
finals began in
the Republic of Ireland for 16 qualifiers, including Albania and Belarus for
the first time, as England met Portugal in an under-16 international for the
first time, and won, 1-0 in their first match in Ireland, at Frank Cooke
Park, Dublin.
28 April 1994: The Republic of Ireland met England in an under-16
international at home for the first time, and avoided defeat against
them for the first time, in a 1-1 draw in a UEFA Under-16 Championship
finals group match at Tolka Park, Dublin.
30 April 1994: England beat the Republic of Czechs and Slovaks, 2-1 in a
UEFA Under-16 Championship finals group match at Dalymount Park, Dublin, after
losing their only meeting with Czechoslovakia, in the previous year's
championship.
3 May 1994: England met Ukraine for the first time at any level, in a
2-2 draw in a UEFA Under-16 Championship quarter-final at the Royal
Dublin Society Arena, as Ukraine won, 7-6 on penalties.
29 May 1994:
England (the holders) entered the Tournoi Espoirs for eight under-21
teams in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur in south-eastern France, and met
Russia for the first time at any level following the dissolution of the
USSR, as they won, 2-0 in their opening match, in Bandol.
2 June 1994: England beat the United States in an under-21
international for the first time, and in a neutral country in Europe for
the first time at any level, by 3-0 in a Tournoi Espoirs group match in
Arles.
5 June 1994: England met Belgium in an under-21
international for the first time, and won, 2-1 in a Tournoi Espoirs
semi-final in Berre l'Etang.
7 June 1994: England beat Portugal, 2-0 in the Tournoi Espoirs Final in
Toulon to retain the title, and become the first team, other than the
hosts, to win it four times, achieving it in five years.
|
Nordic Cup
1993 Group A Final Table |
|
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
|
Norway |
3 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
4 |
|
England |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
6 |
3 |
|
Denmark |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
6 |
3 |
|
Sweden |
3 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
7 |
8 |
2 |
England qualified for the third-place play-off, because
they beat Denmark (4-2). |
|
Tournoi Espoirs de Toulon 1994 Group A Final Table |
|
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
|
France |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
1 |
7 |
|
England |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
3 |
6 |
|
Russia |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
2 |
4 |
|
United States |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
11 |
0 |
|
|
UEFA Under-16 Championship
1993-94 Qualifying Group 11 Final Table |
|
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
|
England |
4 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
6 |
|
Italy |
4 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
5 |
|
Netherlands |
4 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
5 |
1 |
|
UEFA Under-18 Championship
1993 Group B Final Table |
|
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
|
England |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
2 |
6 |
|
Spain |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
8 |
8 |
4 |
|
Netherlands |
3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
8 |
1 |
|
France |
3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
7 |
1 |
England played two games at Walsall
and one at Stoke, over five days.
|
UEFA Under-18 Championship
1993-94 Round 1 Qualifying Group 12 Final Table |
|
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
|
France |
4 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
7 |
4 |
6 |
|
Romania |
4 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
3 |
|
England |
4 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
5 |
7 |
3 |
|
UEFA Under-21 Championship
1992-94 Group 2 Final Table |
|
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
|
Poland |
10 |
7 |
0 |
3 |
26 |
10 |
21 |
|
Turkey |
10 |
6 |
2 |
2 |
15 |
10 |
20 |
|
Norway |
10 |
6 |
1 |
3 |
20 |
13 |
19 |
|
England |
10 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
20 |
8 |
15 |
|
Netherlands |
10 |
3 |
2 |
5 |
11 |
14 |
11 |
|
San Marino |
10 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
3 |
40 |
0 |
Victory Shield Champions:
England (fourth time in five years,
ninth in twelve)
|
Victory Shield (under-15) 1994 Final Table |
|
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
|
England
(35+8) |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
1 |
6 |
|
Northern Ireland |
3 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
6 |
4 |
|
Scotland |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
|
Wales |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
Centenary Shield Champions: England (third
year in succession, ninth time in eleven years)
|
Centenary Shield (under-18) 1994 Final Table |
|
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
|
England
(11+3) |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
4 |
|
Wales |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
|
Switzerland |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
All three matches were played over five days
in Bern.
UEFA Under-16 Champions: Turkey beat Denmark, 1-0
in the final at the Royal Dublin Society Arena.
World Under-17 Champions: Nigeria (in a record
third final in five editions) beat Ghana (the defending champions), 2-1 in
the first final between two teams from the same continent (Africa), in
Tokyo, to become the first team to win it twice.
UEFA Under-18 Champions:
England
UEFA Under-21 Champions: Italy beat
Portugal (in their first final), 1-0 after extra time, in Montpellier, to
retain the title.
24 July 1994: The UEFA
Under-18 Championship finals began in Extremadura and Andalusia in Spain (the hosts in 1952, 1957 and 1972) for eight qualifiers,
including Belarus for the first time.
24 July 1994: Norway failed to beat England in an under-18 international
at home for the first time, in a 3-3 draw in Larvik, on the same day as
the UEFA Under-18 Championship finals began.
FIRST INTERNATIONAL APPEARANCE for Lee Bowyer, Kevin Davies and
Danny Mills.
26 July 1994: Norway lost to England in an under-18 international at
home for the first time, by 3-2 in Vikersund.
3 August 1994: England entered the Nordic Cup for
eight under-16 teams in Funen and Jutland, and won their first under-16
international in Denmark, against the hosts, by 1-0 in Vejle.
4 August 1994: Iceland beat England in a neutral
country for the first time at any level, by 4-3 in a Nordic Cup group match
in Vildbjerg, as England failed to win an under-16 international in Denmark
for the first time.
6 August 1994: England visited the island of Funen
for the first time at any level, and beat Norway (the holders), 3-0 in a
Nordic Cup group match in Nørre Åby.
7 August 1994: England beat Austria, 3-0 in the
Nordic Cup Final in Vejle, to win the trophy for the third time.
3 September 1994: The tenth UEFA Under-21 Championship began
for 44 teams,
again without Yugoslavia, but including, for the
first time; Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Latvia,
Lithuania, Moldova and Ukraine following the dissolution of the USSR;
Croatia, Macedonia and Slovenia following the break-up of Yugoslavia;
and the Czech Republic and Slovakia following the dissolution of
Czechoslovakia.
6 September 1994: Portugal visited England for an under-21
international for the first time, in a goalless draw in a UEFA Under-21
Championship group match at Leicester.
11 October 1994: Austria met England in an under-21 international for
the first time, and won, 3-1 in a UEFA Under-21 Championship group match
in Kapfenberg, as Kevin Keegan took charge of the team for two games at
the end of 1994.
13 November 1994: England hosted a
UEFA Under-18 Championship first-round qualifying group at Reading and
Wycombe, met Slovenia for the first time at any level, and won,
3-0 in their opening match at Wycombe.
16 November 1994: Turkey met England in an
under-16 international for the first time, and beat them for the first time
at any level, 3-2 in Sakarya ili.
17 November 1994: England met Latvia for the first time at any level, in
a goalless draw in a UEFA Under-18 Championship first-round qualifying
group match at Reading.
21 January 1995: England visited Portugal for an
under-16 international for the first time, and failed to beat them, or score
against them for the first time, whilst Portugal failed to beat them, or
score against them, in a youth international at home for the first time.
10 February 1995: FIRST INTERNATIONAL APPEARANCE for Michael Ball,
Wes Brown and Michael Owen.
15 February 1995: England visited France for an under-18 schoolboy
international for the first time, and failed to score against them for
the first time, as France won, 5-0 in Armentières.
22 February 1995: Denmark won an under-18 international in England for the first time, by
6-5 at Walsall.
26 February 1995: England visited Greece for
under-16 internationals for the first time, as Athens hosted a UEFA Under-16
Championship qualifying group, where England met the hosts for the first time, and
won 4-0 in their opening match.
28 February 1995: England met Romania in an
under-16 international for the first time, and won, 3-2 in a UEFA Under-18
Championship qualifying group match in Athens.
29 March 1995: England visited Hungary for a professional under-18 international for the first time,
and avoided defeat in a youth international in Hungary for the first
time, as they won, 1-0 in a UEFA Under-18
Championship second-round qualifying first leg in Székesfehérvár.
10 April 1995: England failed to score against the Republic of
Ireland in an under-18 schoolboy
international for the first time, and failed to beat them for the first
time, at Huddersfield.
13 April 1995: The FIFA World Youth Championship began in
Doha in Qatar for 16 under-19 teams, including five from Europe, and
Burundi for the first time.
24 April 1995: The UEFA Under-16 Championship
finals began in
Belgium, for 16 qualifiers, including, for the first time, the Czech
Republic and Slovakia (following the dissolution of Czechoslovakia), and
Slovenia (following the break-up of Yugoslavia).
25 April 1995: England visited Latvia for the first time at any level,
as they met in an under-21
international for the first time, and won, 1-0 in a UEFA Under-21
Championship group match in Riga.
25 April 1995: England failed to beat Hungary in a youth international
at home for the first time, as Hungary won 2-0 in a second-round
qualifying second leg at Walsall, to win 2-1 on aggregate, and England
failed to qualify for the finals for the second year in succession.
26 April 1995: England met Slovakia for the first time
at any level, and won, 2-1 in a UEFA Under-16
Championship finals group match in Verviers.
10 May 1995: England visited Austria for an under-15 schoolboy
international for the first time, scored goals against them for the
first time, kept a clean sheet against them in any schoolboy
international for the first time, and beat them in Austria in any
schoolboy international
for the first time, by 5-0 in Salzburg.
23 May 1995: England visited Qatar for the first
time at any level, met them for the first time in an under-16 international,
and lost, 3-2 in Doha.
FIRST INTERNATIONAL APPEARANCE for Seth
Johnson.
23 May 1995: England lost an under-15 schoolboy
international in the Republic of Ireland for the first time, by 2-0 at
Tolka Park (having previously lost to under-16 Irish teams).
26 May 1995: Oman met England for the first time
at any level, in a 1-1 draw in an under-16 international in Muscat.
6 June 1995:
England (the holders for the previous two years) entered the Tournoi
Espoirs for eight under-21 teams in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur in
south-eastern France, conceded goals against Brazil (the eventual
winners) in a neutral country in Europe for the first time at any level, and
conceded goals, and lost to them for the first time in an under-21
international, by 2-0 in their opening match, in Toulon, as Ray Harford
took charge of the squad for the tournament.
7 June 1995: Latvia visited England for an
under-21 international for the first time, as England scored against
them at home for the first time at any level, and won, 4-0 in a UEFA
Under-21 Championship group match at Burnley.
8 June 1995: England met Malaysia in an
under-21 international for the first time, and in a neutral country for
the first time at any level, as they kept a clean sheet against them for
the first time at any level, and won, 2-0 in a Tournoi Espoirs group
match in Six-Fours-les-Plages.
10 June 1995: England met Angola for the first time at any level, and
won, 1-0 in a Tournoi Espoirs group match in La Seyne-sur-Mer. France
(the hosts) beat them in the semi-final, but lost the final, 1-0 to
Brazil in Toulon.
|
Nordic Cup
1994 Group A Final Table |
|
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
|
England |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
7 |
4 |
6 |
|
Iceland |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
7 |
6 |
6 |
|
Denmark |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
6 |
|
Norway |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
6 |
0 |
It is assumed that this competition introduced three
points for a win, as per the recent World Cup finals in the United
States. |
|
|
Tournoi Espoirs de Toulon 1995 Group B Final Table |
|
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
|
Brazil |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
9 |
|
England |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
6 |
|
Angola |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
|
Malaysia |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
|
|
UEFA Under-16 Championship
1994-95 Qualifying Group 12 Final Table |
|
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
|
England |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
2 |
4 |
|
Greece |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
2 |
|
Romania |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
All three matches were played over five days
in Athens.
|
UEFA Under-16 Championship
1995 Group D Final Table |
|
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
|
England |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
3 |
7 |
|
Portugal |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
8 |
4 |
6 |
|
Slovakia |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
7 |
3 |
|
Scotland |
3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
6 |
1 |
|
UEFA Under-18 Championship
1994-95 Round 1 Qualifying Group 15 Final Table |
|
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
|
England |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
|
Slovenia |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
|
Latvia |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
Two games were played at Reading and the other
at Wycombe, over five days.
Victory Shield Champions:
England (second year in
succession, fifth time in six years)
|
Victory Shield (under-15) 1995 Final Table |
|
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
|
England
(36+8) |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
3 |
5 |
|
Scotland |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
13 |
6 |
4 |
|
Wales |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
8 |
10 |
3 |
|
Northern Ireland |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
9 |
0 |
Centenary Shield Champions: Switzerland
(fourth time in six years)
|
Centenary Shield (under-18) 1995 Final Table |
|
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
|
Switzerland
(3+1) |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
|
England |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
2 |
|
Wales |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
1 |
Two games were played at Nottingham (Meadow
Lane and the City Ground) and the other
at Mansfield, over five days.
UEFA Under-16 Champions:
Portugal (the under-18 champions, in their third UEFA final in just over
a year) beat Spain (in a record fifth final), 2-0 in
Brussels, to win the title for the first time since 1989.
UEFA Under-18 Champions: Portugal beat Germany,
4-1 on penalties, following a 1-1 draw after extra time in the final in Mérida,
to win it for the first time since 1961, in their fourth final in five
years.
World Youth Champions: Argentina beat Brazil (the
defending champions, in their third successive, and record fifth final), 2-0
in Doha, to win the title for the first time since 1979.
15 July 1995: The UEFA
Under-18 Championship finals began in northern Greece for eight qualifiers,
including Slovakia for the first time.
2 August 1995: England (the holders) entered the Nordic Cup for
eight under-16 teams in Sweden.
3 August 1995: The FIFA Under-17
World Championship
began in
Ecuador for 16 teams, including Oman for the first time, and Germany,
Portugal and Spain from Europe.
6 August 1995: England beat Scotland,
3-2 in the Nordic Cup Final in Sweden, to retain the trophy.
2 September 1995: England visited Portugal for an under-21
international for the first time, as Portugal won, 2-0 in a UEFA
Under-21 Championship group match in Santa Maria de Lamas.
23 October 1995: England beat Belgium and kept a
clean sheet against them in an
under-16 international for the first time, as Hässleholm in Sweden hosted a UEFA Under-16
Championship qualifying group, where England
won, 1-0 in their opening match.
14 November 1995: Austria visited England for an under-21 international
for the first time, as England won, 2-1 in a UEFA Under-21 Championship
group match at Middlesbrough, but failed to qualify for the
quarter-finals for the fourth successive championship, as Portugal won
the group.
14 November 1995:
England hosted a UEFA Under-18 Championship first-round qualifying group
at Irthlingborough (Rushden & Diamonds FC) and Kettering.
16 November 1995: England scored
against Latvia for
the first time in an under-18 international, and beat them for the first
time, by 2-0 in a UEFA Under-18
Championship first-round qualifying group match at Irthlingborough.
FIRST INTERNATIONAL APPEARANCE for
Emile Heskey.
18 November 1986: England met Sweden in an
under-18 international at home for the first time, and won, 6-2 in a
UEFA Under-18 Championship first-round qualifying group match at
Kettering.
2 February 1996: FIRST INTERNATIONAL APPEARANCE for Scott Parker.
3 February 1996: FIRST INTERNATIONAL
APPEARANCE for Steven Gerrard.
21 February 1996: Belgium met England in an
under-18 schoolboy international for the first time, in a 2-2 draw in
Oostduinkerke.
23 February 1996: England failed to score, and
beat Northern Ireland in a schoolboy international (under-15) for the first
time since 1979, in a draw at Norwich.
FIRST INTERNATIONAL APPEARANCE for Francis Jeffers.
28 February 1996: FIRST INTERNATIONAL APPEARANCE for
Rio Ferdinand.
9 March 1996: England visited Spain
for an under-16 international for the first time, and the island of Menorca
for the first time at any level, as Spain won 2-0.
9 March 1996: England met Spain in a schoolboy
international (under-15) for the first time, as Spain won, 3-2 at Wembley.
15 March 1996: England met Hungary in a schoolboy
international (under-15) for the first time, as Hungary won, 3-2 at
Wolverhampton.
23 April 1996: The eleventh UEFA Under-21 Championship began (five weeks
before the 1996 semi-finals)
for 46 teams,
including Bosnia and Herzegovina, for the first time, and Yugoslavia
(now consisting of just Serbia and Montenegro), after missing the last
two championships.
23 April 1996: England met Croatia for the first time at any level, as
Croatia won, 1-0
in an under-21 international at Sunderland.
23 April 1996: FIRST INTERNATIONAL APPEARANCE for Frank Lampard.
29 April 1996: The UEFA Under-16 Championship
finals began in Lower Austria and Vienna, for 16 qualifiers, including
Croatia for the first time.
3 May 1996: England met Israel
in a neutral country for the first time at any level, as Israel won, 2-1 in
a UEFA Under-16 Championship finals group match in Retz.
6 May 1996: England
met Greece in an under-16 international for the first time, as Greece won, 2-1 in
a UEFA Under-16 Championship quarter-final in Baden bei Wien.
24 May 1996:
England entered the Tournoi
Espoirs for ten under-21 teams in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur in
south-eastern France.
28 May 1996: The UEFA Under-21 Championship finals began
in Barcelona in Spain,
for four semi-finalists (France, Italy (the defending champions),
Scotland
and Spain).
28 May 1996: Angola became the first African team to beat England in an
under-21 international, by 2-0 in a Tournoi Espoirs group match in
Cuers, on the same day as the UEFA Under-21 Championship semi-finals.
Brazil retained the title by beating France (the hosts) 7-6 on
penalties, after a 1-1 draw, in their second successive final meeting in
Toulon.
|
Nordic Cup
1995 Group B Final Table |
|
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
|
England |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
16 |
3 |
9 |
|
Denmark |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
11 |
5 |
6 |
|
Norway |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
11 |
11 |
3 |
|
Finland |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
4 |
22 |
0 |
|
|
Tournoi Espoirs de Toulon 1996 Group B Final Table |
|
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
|
Brazil |
4 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
12 |
3 |
10 |
|
Portugal |
4 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
12 |
3 |
10 |
|
Angola |
4 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
9 |
4 |
|
England |
4 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
7 |
3 |
|
Belgium |
4 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
13 |
1 |
|
|
It is assumed that Brazil
won the group on Fair Play criteria e.g. fewer yellow cards. |
|
UEFA Under-16 Championship
1995-96 Qualifying Group 15 Final Table |
|
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
|
England |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
6 |
|
Sweden |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
5 |
3 |
|
Belgium |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
All three matches were played over five days
in Hässleholm in Sweden.
|
UEFA Under-16 Championship
1996 Group D Final Table |
|
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
|
Israel |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
4 |
6 |
|
England |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
3 |
6 |
|
Slovakia |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
3 |
|
Turkey |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
Israel won the group because they beat England
(2-1) and Slovakia finished third because they beat Turkey (2-0).
|
UEFA Under-18 Championship
1995-96 Round 1 Qualifying Group 13 Final Table |
|
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
|
England |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
2 |
6 |
|
Sweden |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
7 |
3 |
|
Latvia |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
0 |
Two games were played at Irthlingborough and the other
at Kettering, over five days.
|
UEFA Under-21 Championship
1994-96 Group 6 Final Table |
|
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
|
Portugal |
8 |
6 |
2 |
0 |
14 |
2 |
20 |
|
England |
8 |
6 |
1 |
1 |
13 |
4 |
19 |
|
Republic of Ireland |
8 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
7 |
9 |
8 |
|
Austria |
8 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
5 |
11 |
7 |
|
Latvia |
8 |
0 |
2 |
6 |
1 |
14 |
2 |
Victory Shield Champions:
England (third year in succession, sixth time in
seven years)
|
Victory Shield (under-15) 1996 Final Table |
|
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
|
England
(37+8) |
3 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
4 |
|
Scotland |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
3 |
3 |
|
Northern Ireland |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
|
Wales |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
7 |
2 |
Centenary Shield Winners: Northern Ireland
(1) beat Switzerland, 1-0 in the final at Donegal Celtic Park,
Belfast, on their first entry into the competition.
UEFA Under-16 Champions:
Portugal beat France (in their first final), 1-0 in Vienna, to retain
the title.
World Under-17 Champions:
Ghana beat Brazil, 3-2 in a record third successive final, in Guayaquil,
to regain the title.
UEFA Under-18 Champions: Spain beat Italy, 4-1 in
the final in Katerini, to win the title for the first time since 1954.
UEFA Under-21 Champions: Italy beat Spain (the
hosts, 1984 finalists and Under-18 champions), 4-2 on penalties, following a
1-1 draw after extra time, in the final in Barcelona, to become the first
team to win it three times, as they completed a hat-trick of triumphs, and
gained revenge for their defeat in the previous year's Under-18 Championship
Final.
23 July 1996: The
UEFA Under-18 Championship finals began in eastern and north-eastern France (the 1968 hosts,
and co-hosts in 1951 and 1958), and Luxembourg (co-hosts in 1958)
for eight qualifiers. England finished third.
6 August 1996: England (the holders for the
previous two years) entered the Nordic Cup for
eight under-16 teams in southern Norway.
10 August 1996: England beat Norway (the hosts),
3-1 in the Nordic Cup Final in Lillehammer to complete a hat-trick of
triumphs.
31 August 1996: Moldova met England for the first time at any level, and
England won, 2-0 in their opening UEFA Under-21 Championship group match
in Chişinău, as Peter Taylor took
charge of the team.
28 September 1996: FIRST INTERNATIONAL
APPEARANCE for Ledley King.
9 October 1996:
England hosted a UEFA Under-18 Championship first-round qualifying group
at Scunthorpe and York.
11 October 1996: England met Finland in an
under-18 international at home for the first time, and won, 1-0 in a UEFA
Under-18 Championship first-round qualifying group match at York.
28 October 1996:
England hosted a UEFA Under-16 Championship qualifying group at Chester
and Crewe, and met the Czech Republic in an under-16 international for the
first time, in a 2-2 draw in their opening match at Chester.
30 October 1996: Spain visited England for
under-16 internationals for the first time, as England lost a youth
international at home to them for the first time, by 5-1 in a UEFA Under-16
Championship qualifying group match at Crewe, and failed to qualify for the
finals for the first time. Spain won the group, two days later.
8 November 1996: Georgia met England for the first time at any level, as
England won, 1-0 in a UEFA Under-21 Championship group match in Batumi.
13 February 1997: Wales met England in their first
under-16 schoolboy international, as England won, 3-2 in the Victory Shield
at Cardiff.
FIRST INTERNATIONAL APPEARANCE for Joe Cole,
Leon Osman and Stephen Warnock.
18 February 1997: FIRST INTERNATIONAL
APPEARANCE for Kieron Dyer.
19 February 1997: FIRST INTERNATIONAL APPEARANCE for Robert Green,
Paul Konchesky, Alan Smith and Jonathan Woodgate.
21 February 1997: England failed to score in
an under-18 schoolboy international in Ireland for the first time, and
failed to win, as the Republic of Ireland won, 2-0 at Waterford.
4 March 1997: The Netherlands met England in a
competitive under-18 schoolboy international for the first time, in a 1-1
draw in a Centenary Shield group match in Zwolle.
13 March 1997: Northern Ireland met England in an
under-16 schoolboy international for the first time, as England kept a clean
sheet for the first time at that level, and won, 3-0 in
the Victory Shield at Windsor Park.
1 April 1997: Switzerland kept a clean sheet and avoided defeat in an
under-21 international in England for the first time, in a draw at
Swindon.
19 April 1997: England met continental opposition in an under-16
schoolboy international for the first time, and failed to score, or win a
match at that level for the first time, but kept a clean sheet at home for
the first time, in a draw with France at Old
Trafford.
24 April 1997: England met Scotland in an under-16
schoolboy international for the first time, and failed to win an under-16
Victory Shield match for the first time, in a 1-1 draw at the City Ground,
as they shared the title.
28 April 1997: The UEFA Under-16 Championship
finals began in northern Germany, for 16 qualifiers, including
Georgia for the first time.
29 April 1997: Georgia visited England for the
first time at any level, kept a clean sheet against them, and avoided defeat
for the first time, in a draw in a UEFA Under-21 Championship group match at
Charlton.
29 April 1997: England met Portugal in a youth
international at home for the first time, and won, 2-1 in a UEFA Under-18
Championship second-round qualifying first leg at Bury.
30 April 1997: Switzerland met England in an
under-16 schoolboy international for the first time, as England visited the
continent for an under-16 schoolboy international for the first time, and
scored against continental opposition at that level for the first time,
though they failed to both keep a clean sheet, and win for the first time, in a 1-1 draw in
Ebikon.
8 May 1997: France kept a clean sheet in an
under-18 schoolboy international in England for the first time, as they won
1-0 at Norwich.
13 May 1997: England visited Portugal for a
professional youth international for the first time, and the Azores for the
first time at any level, as Portugal beat them for the first time in a
professional youth international, by 3-0 in a UEFA Under-18 Championship
second-round qualifying second leg in Angro do Heroísmo on the island
of Terceira, to win 4-2 on aggregate, as England failed to qualify for the
finals for the third time in four years.
13 May 1997: England met the Republic of Ireland
in an under-16 schoolboy international for the first time, and won, 3-2 at
Blackburn.
28 May 1997 - England beat Switzerland, 5-4 in
their first schoolboy international penalty shootout, to regain the
Centenary Shield, after a 1-1 draw in the final at Don Valley Stadium,
Sheffield. Switzerland were previously unbeaten in under-18 schoolboy
internationbals in England.
7 June 1997: England met Germany in an under-16
schoolboy international for the first time, and both scored and conceded
against continental opposition at that level at home for the first time, as
they won for the first time, by 2-1 at Wembley.
16 June 1997: The FIFA World Youth Championship began in
Malaysia for 24 under-20 teams, including six from Europe. Four of the
teams (Belgium, Malaysia (the hosts), South Africa and the United Arab
Emirates) were competing for the first time.
18 June 1997: England met Côte d'Ivoire for the first time at any level,
and won, 2-1 in their opening World Youth Championship group match in
Johor Bahru, with Ted Powell in charge of the team.
20 June 1997: England met the United Arab Emirates for the first time at
any level, and won, 5-0 in a World Youth Championship group match in
Johor Bahru.
23 June 1997: England scored against Mexico on a neutral continent for
the first time at any level, and beat them for the first time, by 1-0 in
a World Youth Championship group match in Johor Bahru.
26 June 1997: Argentina (the defending champions) beat England in a
youth international on a neutral continent for the first time, by 2-1 in
the World Youth Championship second round in Johor Bahru.
|
Nordic Cup
1996 Group A Final Table |
|
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
|
England |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
3 |
9 |
|
Denmark |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
6 |
5 |
6 |
|
Sweden |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
9 |
6 |
3 |
|
Iceland |
3 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
10 |
0 |
|
UEFA Under-16 Championship
1996-97 Qualifying Group 8 Final Table |
|
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
|
Spain |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
2 |
4 |
|
Czech Republic |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
|
England |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
7 |
1 |
Two games were played at Chester and the other
at Crewe, over five days.
|
UEFA Under-18 Championship
1996 Group B Final Table |
|
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
|
Spain |
3 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
5 |
|
England |
3 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
|
Republic of Ireland |
3 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
|
Italy |
3 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
2 |
|
UEFA Under-18 Championship
1996-97 Round 1 Qualifying Group 5 Final Table |
|
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
|
England |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
6 |
|
Finland |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
|
Northern Ireland |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
Both of England's games were played at York and the other
at Scarborough, over five days.
|
World Youth Championship
1997 Group D Final Table |
|
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
|
England |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
1 |
9 |
|
Mexico |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
2 |
4 |
|
United Arab Emirates |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
10 |
3 |
|
Côte
d'Ivoire |
3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
1 |
The United Arab Emirates qualified for the second round as the last of
the four best third-placed teams.
Victory Shield Champions:
England (fourth year in succession,
seventh time in eight years)
and Scotland (joint winners, first
time since 1993)
|
Victory Shield (under-16) 1997 Final Table |
|
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
|
England
(37+9) |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
3 |
5 |
|
Scotland
(19+9) |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
5 |
|
Wales |
3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
5 |
1 |
|
Northern Ireland |
3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
|
Centenary Shield (under-18) 1997 Group
A Final Table |
|
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
|
England |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
|
Netherlands |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
|
Wales |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
Centenary Shield Winners: England
(12+3 - fourth time in six years)
UEFA Under-16 Champions: Spain beat
Austria (in their first final), 5-4 on penalties, after a goalless draw in
Celle, to become the first team to win it four times (in a record sixth
final).
UEFA Under-18 Champions: France
(the co-hosts) beat Spain (the defending champions), 1-0 in the final in Besançon,
to win it for the first time since 1983 (and their third overall).
World Youth Champions: Argentina beat Uruguay, 2-1
in the final in Shah Alam, to retain the title (winning it for the third
time overall).
At the beginning of the 1997-98 season, UEFA
decided (in their wisdom) to change the age-group criteria for their youth
championships. After decades of using a summer-to-summer season-long basis,
alongside the majority of European clubs managing their player contracts in
this way, they switched to calendar-year criteria, so it was now possible
for 17-year-olds to play in their under-16 championship, and 19-year-olds to
play in their under-18 championship. The knock-on effect of this was that
under-15 internationals were now fielding 16-year-olds, and under-17s had
18-year-olds in their midst. Why it took UEFA another four years to change
the names of their tournaments to reflect the ages of the players competing
in them is a bit of a mystery, but we have pretended that each level
continued to reflect their ages, just so that we can present under-16s as
under-16, and under-18s as under-18. It will not match other sources for
these matches, as they use contemporary labels, but it makes more sense, and
aligns perfectly with how the age groups are divided, and labelled currently
(post-2001).
(The fact that the labels are still technically
inaccurate is another issue that we will touch upon on the next page!)
To illustrate this, using the under-18s as an
example:
1996-97
18th birthday (August - December 1996) - eligible
for 1997 UEFA Under-18 Championship
18th birthday (January - July 1997) - eligible for
1997 and 1998 UEFA Under-18 Championships
19th birthday (January - July 1997) - NOT ELIGIBLE
for 1997 UEFA Under-18 Championship
In other words, those born in
August 1978 were the oldest members of the UEFA Under-18 Championship squads
of 1996-97, and most were born in the 1978-79 season.
1997-98
18th birthday (August - December 1997) - eligible
for 1998 UEFA Under-18 Championship
18th birthday (January - July 1998) - eligible for
1998 and 1999 UEFA Under-18 Championships
19th birthday (January - July 1998) - eligible for
1998 UEFA Under-18 Championship
In other words, those born in January 1979
were the oldest members of the UEFA Under-18 Championship squads of 1997-98,
and most were born in 1979.
24 July 1997: The
UEFA Under-18 Championship finals began in the Capital Region and Akranes, in
Iceland for eight qualifiers.
5 August 1997: England (the holders for the
previous three years) entered the Nordic Cup for
eight under-16 teams in Finland.
9 August 1997: England beat Norway, 3-2 in extra
time, with a 'golden goal' winner in the Nordic Cup Final in Vaasa, to
become the first team to win it for four years in succession.
4 September 1997: The FIFA Under-17
World Championship
began in
north-east Egypt for 16 teams, including Austria, Mali, New Zealand and
Thailand for the first time, with Germany and Spain also from Europe.
9 September 1997: Moldova visited England for the first time at any
level, as England won, 1-0 in a UEFA Under-21 Championship group match
at Wycombe.
9 September 1997: England met Yugoslavia in a
professional youth international in England for the first time, and
England's under-19s met them for the first time, in a goalless draw in a
European Under-18 Championship first-round qualifying group match at
Rotherham, as Howard Wilkinson took charge of the team.
FIRST INTERNATIONAL APPEARANCE for Matthew
Upson.
10 October 1997: England scored in an under-21 international in Italy
for the first time, and won, 1-0 in a UEFA Under-21 Championship group
match in Reiti.
11 October 1997: England visited Serbia for a
youth international for the first time, and their under-19s visited
Yugoslavia for the first time, and scored goals against them for the first
time, as they won, 4-0 in a UEFA Under-18 Championship first-round
qualifying group match in Loznica.
26 October 1997: Russia met England in a youth
international for the first time, following the dissolution of the USSR, as
England lost in Russia for the first time at any level, by 2-1 (to their
under-19s) in a UEFA Under-18 Championship first-round qualifying group
match in Moscow.
13 November 1997: England visited the island of Crete for the first time
at any level, as Greece beat them, 2-0 in the UEFA Under-21 Championship
qualifying play-off first leg in Heraklion. Greece went through on away
goals, after the second leg, as England failed to qualify for the
quarter-finals for the fifth successive championship.
14 November 1997: Russia visited England for the
first time at any level, and England avoided defeat against them in an
under-19 international for the first time, as they won, 3-2 in a UEFA
Under-18 Championship first-round qualifying group match at Crewe.
FIRST INTERNATIONAL APPEARANCE for David Dunn.
14 November 1997: Poland met England for the first time
in an under-16 or under-17 international, and won, 2-1 in an under-16
international (contested by under-17s) in Warsaw.
FIRST INTERNATIONAL APPEARANCE for Gareth Barry.
26 November 1997: Belgium met England in an
under-16 schoolboy international for the
first time, as England won, 4-2 in Brussels.
FIRST
INTERNATIONAL APPEARANCE for Jay Bothroyd.
9 December 1997: England met Northern Ireland for the first time in an
under-16 or under-17 international, and won, 1-0 in an under-16
international (contested by under-17s) at Lilleshall.
23 January 1998: Wales visited England for an under-16 schoolboy international for the first
time, as England kept a clean sheet both against them, and in an
under-16 Victory Shield match at home for the first time, as they won,
1-0 at Bury.
FIRST INTERNATIONAL APPEARANCE for Jermain Defoe.
12 February 1998: Israel visited England for the
first time at any level, and they met the under-19s for the first time, as
England won, 1-0 in (what was billed as) an under-18 international at
Northwich.
FIRST INTERNATIONAL APPEARANCE for Luke Young.
20 February 1998: Northern Ireland visited England for an under-16 schoolboy international for the first
time, as England won, 3-0 in the Victory Shield at Barnsley.
25 February 1998: Belgium visited England
for
an under-18 schoolboy international for the first time, and avoided defeat
for the first time in any schoolboy international in England, in a 1-1
draw at Yeovil.
3 March 1998: England hosted a UEFA Under-16 Championship qualifying
group in the south-east Midlands, and met Bosnia and Herzegovina for the
first time at any level, as the under-17s won, 3-1 in their opening
match at Irthlingborough.
4
March 1998: Northern Ireland met England
(the holders) in
an under-18 schoolboy international for the first time, and beat them for the first time
in any schoolboy international since 1971,
by 2-1 in a Centenary Shield semi-final at the Belfast Oval, and went on to
regain the title.
5 March 1998: England met Croatia in a youth international for the first
time, and scored against them for the first time at any level, in a 1-1
draw in a UEFA Under-16 Championship qualifying group match (contested
by under-17s) at Kettering.
7 March 1998: England's
under-17s met Slovakia for the first time, at home for the first time at any
level, and failed to score, or win, against them for the first time, in a draw in a
UEFA Under-16 Championship qualifying group match at Northampton, as they failed to qualify for the finals for
the second year in succession. Croatia won the group.
14 March 1998: England met Brazil in an under-16 schoolboy international for the first
time, and failed to win, or score against them for the first time in any
schoolboy international, in a draw at Wembley.
17 March 1998: Brazil
became the first team to beat England in an under-16 schoolboy
international, as they became the first non-European
team to score, and win any schoolboy international in England, and the
first from the Americas to beat them in any schoolboy international, by
2-1 at Middlesbrough.
26 March 1998: France visited England for an
under-19 international for the first time, and failed to score, or win for
the first time, as England won, 3-0 in a UEFA Under-18 Championship
second-round qualifying first leg at Stockport.
27 March 1998: England visited Scotland for an under-16 schoolboy international for the first
time, and lost both at that level away from home, and in an under-16
Victory Shield match, for the first time, by 3-1, as Scotland won the
title at Kirkcaldy.
31 March 1998: Austria beat England in an under-18 schoolboy
international for the first time, as England lost,
for the first time,
in any schoolboy international in Austria, by 4-0 in Purgstall an der
Erlauf.
6 April 1998: England's under-17s met Norway for the first time, and won,
2-1 in (what was billed as) an under-16 international at Lilleshall.
8 April 1998: Norway kept a clean sheet in a youth international in
England for the first time, and England's under-17s failed to score
against them, and beat them for the first time, as Norway won, 2-0 in
(what was billed as) an under-16 international at Lilleshall.
23 April 1998: France kept a clean sheet against
England in an under-19 international at home for the first time, as they
won, 1-0 in a UEFA Under-18 Championship second-round qualifying second leg
in Rodez, but England won 3-1 on aggregate.
26 April 1998: The UEFA Under-16 Championship
finals began in
Scotland, for 16 (under-17) qualifiers, including Liechtenstein for the
first time.
9 May 1998: England met Hungary in an under-16 schoolboy international for the first
time, and kept a clean sheet, and avoided defeat against them in any
schoolboy international for the first time, as they won, 1-0 at Old
Trafford.
14 May 1998:
England entered the Tournoi
Espoirs for eight under-21 teams in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur in
south-eastern France.
16 May 1998: England met South Africa in an under-21 international for
the first time, and for the first time in a neutral country at any
level, as they won, 3-1 in a Tournoi Espoirs group match in Aubagne.
18 May 1998: Argentina (the world youth champions) met England in an
under-21 international for the first time, in a neutral country in
Europe for the first time at any level, as they won, 2-0 in a Tournoi
Espoirs group match in Manosque, and went on to beat France (the hosts
and holders), 2-0 in the final in Toulon, to win the title for the first
time since 1975, on the day that the UEFA Under-21 Championship finals
began.
23 May 1998: The UEFA Under-21 Championship finals began
in Bucharest in Romania,
for eight quarter-finalists, including Norway and Romania (the hosts)
for the first time.
26 May 1998: England visited Germany for an under-16 schoolboy
international for the first time, and kept a clean sheet on the
continent at that level for the first time, as they won, 1-0 in Berlin.
30 May 1998: England entered the Tournoi Paul
Nicolas for three under-19 (billed as under-18) teams in Clamecy in France, and met Cyprus in a
youth international for the first time, in a neutral country for the first
time at any level, as they won, 1-0 in their opening match.
FIRST INTERNATIONAL APPEARANCE for Peter
Crouch.
23 June 1998: England visited the United States for a youth
international for the first time, and failed to beat them or keep a
clean sheet against them for the first time, as they met for the first
time in an under-16 or under-17 international, and the United States
won, 4-1 in an under-16 international (contested by under-17s).
26 June 1998: England won a youth international in the United States for
the first time, by 3-2 in an under-16 international (contested by
under-17s).
|
Nordic Cup
Group B 1997 Final Table |
|
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
|
England |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
13 |
2 |
7 |
|
Sweden |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
9 |
1 |
7 |
|
Denmark |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
5 |
3 |
3 |
|
Faroe Islands |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
21 |
0 |
|
|
|
Tournoi Espoirs de Toulon 1998 Group
A Final Table |
|
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
|
Argentina |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
6 |
|
France |
3 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
5 |
|
England |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
|
South Africa |
3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
|
|
UEFA Under-16 Championship
1997-98 Qualifying Group 2 Final Table |
|
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
|
Croatia |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
9 |
1 |
7 |
|
England |
3 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
5 |
|
Slovakia |
3 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
7 |
1 |
England's games were played at
Irthlingborough, Kettering and Northampton, over five days.
|
UEFA Under-18 Championship
1997-98 Round 1 Qualifying Group 5 Final Table |
|
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
|
England |
4 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
8 |
4 |
7 |
|
Yugoslavia |
4 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
6 |
5 |
|
Russia |
4 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
6 |
9 |
4 |
|
UEFA Under-21 Championship
1996-98 Group 2 Final Table |
|
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
|
England |
8 |
5 |
3 |
0 |
7 |
1 |
18 |
|
Georgia |
8 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
10 |
10 |
12 |
|
Italy |
8 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
17 |
6 |
11 |
|
Poland |
8 |
1 |
5 |
2 |
10 |
15 |
8 |
|
Moldova |
8 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
5 |
17 |
4 |
England had to contest a qualifying play-off
for a place in the quarter-finals, as the last-placed of
the nine group winners, when comparing results against the top four in each
group.
Victory Shield Champions:
Scotland (second year
in succession, first time outright since 1993)
|
Victory Shield (under-16) 1998 Final Table |
|
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
|
Scotland (20+9) |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
1 |
6 |
|
England |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
3 |
4 |
|
Wales |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
|
Northern Ireland |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
Centenary Shield Winners: Northern Ireland
(2 - second time in three years) beat
Scotland, 4-3 in the final at Larne.
Scotland rejoined the Centenary Shield after a
gap of ten years, as the team that replaced them, Switzerland withdrew,
after
winning it outright on three occasions (the last in 1995), and sharing
it with England once (in 1992).
UEFA Under-16 Champions: The Republic of Ireland
beat Italy (in their fifth final), 2-1 in their first final, at Perth.
World Under-17 Champions: Brazil beat Ghana (in a
record fourth successive final), 2-1 in Cairo, to gain revenge for their
defeat in the 1995 final.
UEFA Under-18 Champions: France beat Portugal (in
their sixth final),
1-0 in extra time, with a 'golden goal' in the final in Reykjavík, to
retain the title (their fourth overall).
UEFA Under-21 Champions: Spain (in their second
successive final) beat Greece (who previously lost the 1988 final), 1-0 in
Bucharest, to win the title for the first time since 1986.
The Football Association took control of the
schoolboy team that the English Schools' Football Association had been
running since 1907 (originally as an under-14 team, then under-15 after the
second world war, and finally under-16 from 1997, though it was still
called an under-15 team). Les Reed took charge of the team.
19
July 1998: The
UEFA Under-18 Championship finals began in eastern Cyprus for eight
qualifiers.
England's under-19s won, 2-1, against the hosts in Paralimni, in their first youth
international on the island.
21 July 1998: England's under-19s met the Republic
of Ireland (the eventual winners) for the first time, and won, 1-0 in a UEFA
Under-18 Championship group match in Deryneia.
23 July 1998: England's under-19s met Croatia for
the first time, in a neutral country for the first time at any level, and
England failed to win a youth international in Cyprus for the firat time, as
Croatia won, 3-0 in a UEFA Under-18 Championship group match in Deryneia.
4 August 1998: England
(the holders for the previous four years) entered the Nordic Cup for eight
under-16 teams in northern Iceland, and failed to beat Finland in an
under-16 international in a neutral country for the first time, in
a 3-3 draw in their opening match in Dalvík, though England won on
penalties.
8 August 1998: England failed to
beat the Republic of Ireland, or to keep a clean sheet
against them, in an under-16 international in a neutral country for the first time,
as the Republic of Ireland (the UEFA Under-16 and Under-18 Champions) won,
3-2 in the
Nordic Cup Final in Akureyri to win the trophy for the first time.
2 September 1998: England's under-19s visited the Republic
of Ireland for the first time, and won, 5-0 in (what was billed as) an
under-18 international at Tolka Park, Dublin.
FIRST INTERNATIONAL APPEARANCE for Wayne
Bridge and Darius Vassell.
4 September 1998: The twelfth UEFA Under-21 Championship began
for 47 teams,
including Northern Ireland for the first time.
13 October 1998: Luxembourg met England in an under-21 international for the first time,
as England won, 5-0 in a UEFA Under-21 Championship first-round
qualifying group match at Grevenmacher.
13 October 1998: Italy's under-19s met England for
the first time, as England won, 4-2 in (what was billed as) an under-18
international in Tivoli.
6 November 1998: Northern Ireland's under-16s
scored against England for the first time, as England won, 3-1 in the
Victory Shield (billed as under-15) at Ballymena.
17 November 1998: The Czech Republic visited England for an under-21
international for the first time, and England failed to score against
them for the first time, as the Czech Republic won, 1-0 at Ipswich.
17 November 1998: England's under-17s kept a clean sheet against
Scotland at home for the first time, and won, 2-0 in (what was billed
as) an under-16 international at Lilleshall, as Dick Bate took charge of the team.
20 November 1998: England's under-16s failed to
score against Scotland for the first time, as Scotland won in England for
the first time, by 1-0 to retain the Victory Shield (billed as under-15) at
Peterborough.
12 January 1999: Turkey's under-17s met England for the first time, as
England won, 2-0 in (what was billed as) an under-16 international in İzmir.
6 February 1999:
The Republic of Ireland scored in an under-18 schoolboy
international in England for the first time, and won, 2-0 at Ipswich.
12 February 1999: Northern Ireland (the defending champions) visited England
for an
under-18 schoolboy international for the first time, as England avoided defeat
against them for the first time, in a 1-1 draw in the Centenary Shield
at Darlington.
22 February 1999: England's under-17s visited Cyprus for the first time, as
Paphos hosted a UEFA Under-16 Championship qualifying group, where
England met Armenia for the first time at any level, and won, 2-1 in
their opening match.
26 February 1999: Cyprus's under-17s met England at home for the first time, as England
won, 2-0 in a
UEFA Under-16 Championship qualifying group match in Paphos.
8 March 1999: Rota in Spain hosted a UEFA Under-18
Championship first-round qualifying group, as England's under-19s visited
Spain for the first time, and drew, 1-1 with the hosts in their opening match,
as Colin Murphy took charge of the team.
10 March 1999: England met Andorra for the first
time at any level, as the under-19s kept a clean sheet and won in Spain for
the first time, by 8-0 in a UEFA Under-18 Championship first-round
qualifying group match in Rota.
12 March 1999: England's under-19s met Israel in a
neutral country for the first time, and failed to keep a clean sheet against
them for the first time, but they avoided defeat against them in a youth
international in a neutral country for the first time, as they won, 2-1 in a
UEFA Under-18 Championship first-round qualifying group match in Rota. Spain
won the group on goal difference, as England failed to qualify for the
second round for the first time since 1993-94.
FIRST INTERNATIONAL APPEARANCE for Andrew
Johnson.
12 March 1999: England's under-16s failed to score
against the Republic of Ireland for the first time, and failed to win at
home for the first time, in a draw in (what was billed as) an under-15
international at Preston.
FIRST INTERNATIONAL APPEARANCE for Jermaine
Jenas.
30 March 1999: Turkey's under-17s visited England for the first time, as England
won, 1-0 in (what was billed as) an under-16 international at Brisbane
Road.
3 April 1999: The FIFA World Youth Championship began in
Nigeria for
24 under-20 teams, including six from Europe. Three of the teams
(Croatia, Kazakhstan and Zambia) were competing for the first time.
4 April 1999: England met the United States in an under-20
international for the first time, and for the first time in Africa at
any level, in their first youth international in Africa, as the United
States won, 1-0 in their first World Youth Championship group match in
Kano, with Chris Ramsey taking charge of the England team. It was
England's first defeat in Africa at any level.
FIRST INTERNATIONAL APPEARANCE for Ashley Cole.
8 April 1999: Cameroon met England in Africa for the first time
at any level, and England failed to score against them for the first
time at any level, or to keep a clean sheet against them in a youth
international for the first time, as Cameroon won, 1-0 in a World Youth
Championship group match in Kano.
11 April 1999: Japan met England in a youth international for
the first time, and in a neutral country for the first time at any
level, avoided defeat and kept a clean sheet for the first time at any
level, as they won, 2-0 in a World Youth Championship group match in
Bauchi.
13 April 1999: England visited Hungary for a schoolboy international
for the first time at any level, and the under-18s met for the first time, as
Hungary won, 3-0 in Budapest.
24 April 1999: The UEFA Under-16 Championship
finals began in
the eastern Czech Republic for 16 qualifiers.
England's under-17s met Hungary in a neutral country for the first time, and
avoided defeat against them for the first time, as they visited the
Czech Republic for an under-16 or under-17 international for the first
time, in a 1-1 draw in their
opening match in Staré Mêsto.
27 April 1999: England's under-17s won their first international in the
Czech Republic at either under-16 or under-17 level, as they beat
Sweden, 2-1 in a UEFA Under-16 Championship group match in Kunovice.
29 April 1999: England's under-17s met Slovakia in a neutral country for
the first time, and scored and conceded against them for the first time,
as they won, 3-1 in a UEFA Under-16 Championship group match in
Staré Mêsto.
2 May 1999: England lost a youth international in the Czech
Republic for the first time, by 1-0 to the hosts in a UEFA Under-16
Championship quarter-final (contested by under-17s) in Zlín.
8 May 1999: The Netherlands beat England, 2-1 in Wembley Stadium's
first under-18 schoolboy international.
4 June 1999: Sweden lost an under-21 international, and
failed to score in England for the first time, as England won, 3-0 in a UEFA Under-21 Championship
first-round qualifying group
match at Huddersfield.
|
Nordic Cup
1998 Group A Final Table |
|
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
|
England |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
12 |
4 |
7 |
|
Finland |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
11 |
5 |
7 |
|
Sweden |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
6 |
6 |
3 |
|
Faroe Islands |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
14 |
0 |
It is
assumed that England won the group because they defeated Finland
in a penalty shootout after their 3-3 draw in their opening game.
|
UEFA Under-16 Championship
1998-99 Qualifying Group 7 Final Table |
|
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
|
England |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
6 |
|
Cyprus |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
3 |
3 |
|
Armenia |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
7 |
0 |
All three games were played over five days in
Paphos in Cyprus.
|
UEFA Under-16 Championship
1999 Group B Final Table |
|
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
|
England |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
3 |
7 |
|
Slovakia |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
4 |
6 |
|
Sweden |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
5 |
3 |
|
Hungary |
3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
5 |
1 |
|
UEFA Under-18 Championship
1998 Group B Final Table |
|
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
|
Republic of Ireland |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
8 |
3 |
6 |
|
Croatia |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
8 |
5 |
6 |
|
England |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
6 |
|
Cyprus |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
8 |
0 |
The Republic of Ireland won the group because
they beat Croatia, 5-2, and had the best goal difference from the three
games played between the top three teams, even though they lost to England
(1-0). Croatia qualified for the third-place play-off because they beat
England, 3-0.
|
UEFA Under-18 Championship
1998-99 Round 1 Qualifying Group 1 Final Table |
|
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
|
Spain |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
12 |
1 |
7 |
|
England |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
11 |
2 |
7 |
|
Israel |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
3 |
|
Andorra |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
19 |
0 |
Spain (the hosts) won the group on goal
difference, by two goals, by beating Andorra, 9-0 in their final match. All
six matches were played over five days in Rota.
|
World Youth Championship
1999 Group E Final Table |
|
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
|
Japan |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
6 |
3 |
6 |
|
United States |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
4 |
6 |
|
Cameroon |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
4 |
6 |
|
England |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
Cameroon qualified for the second round as the best
of the top-four third-placed teams.
Victory Shield Champions:
Scotland
(third
season in succession)
|
Victory Shield (under-16 -
billed as under-15) 1998(-99) Final Table |
|
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
|
Scotland (21+9) |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
2 |
5 |
|
England |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
7 |
4 |
4 |
|
Wales |
3 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
6 |
2 |
|
Northern Ireland |
3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
8 |
1 |
Centenary Shield Champions: Northern Ireland
(third time in four years)
|
Centenary Shield (under-18) 1999 Final Table |
|
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
|
Northern Ireland (3) |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
3 |
5 |
|
England |
3 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
4 |
|
Wales |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
5 |
6 |
2 |
|
Scotland |
2 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
UEFA Under-16 Champions: Spain beat
Poland, 4-1 in the final in Olomouc, to regain the title for the second time
in three years, and to become the first team to win it five times (in a
record seventh final).
UEFA Under-18 Champions: The
Republic of Ireland beat Germany, 4-3 on
penalties, after a 1-1 draw in their first final in Larnaca, having also
won the under-16 championship, two months earlier.
World Youth Champions: Spain
beat Japan, 4-0 in the final in Lagos.
SCHOOLBOYS, UNDER-18 and UNDER-21:
ENGLAND vs. Wales Schools
(Under-14: 1907-47,
Under-15: 1948-89) |
|
|
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
|
1907-89 |
92 |
72 |
13 |
7 |
302 |
92 |
- |
|
Victory Shield |
58 |
50 |
5 |
3 |
202 |
61 |
105 |
Victory Shield (under-15) |
|
31-Mar-1990 |
3-2 |
Filbert Street, Leicester |
HW |
|
03-May-1991 |
0-1 |
Somerton Park, Newport |
AL |
|
28-Feb-1992 |
2-2 |
Turf Moor, Burnley |
HD |
|
22-Mar-1993 |
2-1 |
Morfa Stadium, Swansea |
AW |
|
Soccer Pal Victory Shield (under-15) |
|
11-Feb-1994 |
2-0 |
Highfield Road, Coventry |
HW |
|
Victory Shield (under-15) |
|
10-Feb-1995 |
2-2 |
Newport Stadium |
AD |
|
adidas Victory Shield (under-15) |
|
02-Feb-1996 |
2-1 |
Fratton Park, Portsmouth |
HW |
|
adidas Victory Shield (under-16) |
|
13-Feb-1997 |
3-2 |
Ninian Park, Cardiff |
AW |
|
23-Jan-1998 |
1-0 |
Gigg Lane, Bury |
HW |
|
adidas Victory Shield (under-16 - billed as under-15) |
|
02-Oct-1998 |
4-2 |
Racecourse Ground, Wrexham |
AW |
|
|
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
|
1907-98 |
102 |
79 |
15 |
8 |
323 |
105 |
- |
|
Victory Shield |
68 |
57 |
7 |
4 |
223 |
74 |
121 |
|
ENGLAND Under-15 vs. Netherlands |
|
|
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
|
1969-96 |
29 |
22 |
6 |
1 |
70 |
19 |
|
|
ENGLAND Schools' Under-16 vs. France |
|
|
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
|
1972-97 |
15 |
7 |
4 |
4 |
33 |
18 |
|
|
ENGLAND Under-16 vs. Switzerland |
|
|
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
|
1979-97 |
17 |
14 |
2 |
1 |
45 |
9 |
|
|
ENGLAND Schools at
Wembley |
|
|
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
|
1950-99 |
76 |
46 |
13 |
17 |
178 |
79 |
|
Under-16 |
74 |
46 |
13 |
15 |
177 |
76 |
|
ENGLAND Schools' Under-18 vs.
Scotland |
|
|
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
|
1955-99 |
42 |
20 |
14 |
8 |
78 |
52 |
- |
|
Home |
21 |
11 |
8 |
2 |
43 |
26 |
- |
|
Away |
21 |
9 |
6 |
6 |
35 |
26 |
- |
|
Centenary Shield |
16 |
8 |
6 |
2 |
29 |
15 |
22 |
|
|
ENGLAND Schools' Under-18 vs. Wales |
|
|
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
|
1965-89 |
25 |
17 |
3 |
5 |
64 |
28 |
- |
|
Centenary Shield |
16 |
9 |
3 |
4 |
34 |
18 |
21 |
Centenary Shield |
|
17-Mar-1990 |
1-0 |
Pen-y-Pound Stadium, Abergavenny |
AW |
|
16-Mar-1991 |
2-2 |
Meadow Park, Gloucester |
HD |
|
13-Mar-1992 |
2-1 |
Cwmbrân Stadium |
AW |
|
29-Mar-1993 |
1-1 |
Penydarren Park, Merthyr Tydfil |
AD |
|
Centenary Shield (Switzerland) |
|
27-Mar-1994 |
3-0 |
Bern |
NW |
|
Centenary Shield |
|
27-Mar-1995 |
4-4 |
Field Mill, Mansfield |
HD |
|
Heinz Centenary Shield Third-Place Play-Off |
|
10-May-1996 |
4-0 |
Kenilworth Road, Luton |
HW |
|
Heinz Centenary Shield |
|
11-Mar-1997 |
2-0 |
Nene Park, Irthlingborough |
HW |
|
Goodyear Centenary Shield Third-Place Play-Off |
|
28-Apr-1998 |
2-1 |
Glanford Park, Scunthorpe |
HW |
|
Goodyear Centenary Shield |
|
04-Mar-1999 |
2-1 |
Molineux, Wolverhampton |
HW |
|
|
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
|
1965-99 |
35 |
24 |
6 |
5 |
87 |
38 |
|
Home |
20 |
13 |
3 |
4 |
53 |
23 |
|
Away |
14 |
10 |
3 |
1 |
31 |
15 |
|
Centenary Shield |
26 |
16 |
6 |
4 |
57 |
28 |
|
ENGLAND Schools' Under-18 vs. Switzerland |
|
|
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
|
1984-89 |
8 |
0 |
5 |
3 |
8 |
13 |
Centenary Shield |
|
15-May-1990 |
2-3 |
Sportplatz Hafenareal, Kreuzlingen |
AL |
|
Friendly match |
|
17-May-1990 |
1-1 |
Stadion Langriet, Neuhausen am Rheinfall |
AD |
|
Centenary Shield |
|
16-Mar-1991 |
1-1 |
Carrow Road, Norwich |
HD |
|
28-Apr-1992 |
2-2 |
Sportplatz Farbschachen, Entlebuch |
AD |
|
Centenary Shield (Wales) |
|
31-Mar-1993 |
3-2 |
Cwmbrân Stadium |
NW |
|
Centenary Shield |
|
31-Mar-1994 |
3-0 |
Bern |
AW |
|
31-Mar-1995 |
0-0 |
City Ground, Nottingham |
HD |
|
Heinz Centenary Shield Semi-Final |
|
26-Mar-1996 |
1-3 |
Centre sportif En Bord, Gland |
AL |
|
Heinz Centenary Shield Final |
|
28-May-1997 |
1-1 |
Don Valley Stadium, Sheffield |
HD |
|
England won 5-4 on penalties |
|
|
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
|
1984-97 |
17 |
2 |
10 |
5 |
22 |
26 |
|
ENGLAND Schools' Under-18 vs. Republic of
Ireland |
|
Friendly matches |
|
12-Apr-1991 |
1-0 |
Tolka Park, Dublin |
AW |
|
30-Mar-1992 |
2-1 |
Huish Park, Yeovil |
HW |
|
26-Feb-1993 |
4-2 |
Dalymount Park, Dublin |
AW |
|
10-Apr-1995 |
0-0 |
Alfred McAlpine Stadium, Huddersfield |
HD |
|
21-Feb-1997 |
0-2 |
Regional Sports Centre, Waterford |
AL |
|
06-Feb-1999 |
0-2 |
Portman Road, Ipswich |
HL |
|
|
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
|
1991-99 |
6 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
7 |
7 |
|
ENGLAND vs. Scotland Schools
(Under-14: 1911-47
Under-15: 1948-89) |
|
|
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
|
1911-89 |
92 |
42 |
20 |
30 |
186 |
133 |
- |
|
Victory Shield |
59 |
25 |
14 |
20 |
122 |
85 |
64 |
|
|
Victory Shield (under-15) |
|
21-Apr-1990 |
0-0 |
Victoria Park, Dingwall |
AD |
|
Victory Shield/Smiths Challenge Cup (under-15) |
|
09-Mar-1991 |
2-1 |
Wembley Stadium, London |
HW |
|
Victory Shield (under-15) |
|
01-May-1992 |
1-0 |
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow |
AW |
|
Victory Shield/Smiths Crisps International Challenge Cup (under-15) |
|
13-Mar-1993 |
1-2 |
Wembley Stadium, London |
HL |
|
Soccer Pal Victory Shield (under-15) |
|
05-May-1994 |
1-0 |
Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld |
AW |
|
Victory Shield (under-15) |
|
28-Apr-1995 |
2-1 |
St James' Park, Newcastle |
HW |
|
adidas Victory Shield (under-15) |
|
28-Mar-1996 |
1-1 |
Rugby Park, Kilmarnock |
AD |
|
adidas Victory Shield (under-16) |
|
24-Apr-1997 |
1-1 |
City Ground, Nottingham |
HD |
|
27-Mar-1998 |
1-3 |
Stark's Park, Kirkcaldy |
AL |
|
adidas Victory Shield (under-16 - billed as under-15) |
|
20-Nov-1998 |
0-1 |
London Road, Peterborough |
HL |
|
|
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
|
1911-98 |
102 |
46 |
23 |
33 |
196 |
143 |
- |
|
Home |
59 |
33 |
12 |
14 |
125 |
60 |
- |
|
Away |
42 |
12 |
11 |
19 |
67 |
83 |
- |
|
Victory Shield |
69 |
29 |
17 |
23 |
132 |
95 |
75 |
ENGLAND vs. Northern Ireland
Schools
(Under-14: 1934-47
Under-15: 1948 &
1957-89) |
|
|
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
|
1934-89 |
50 |
44 |
4 |
2 |
188 |
32 |
- |
|
Victory Shield |
43 |
37 |
4 |
2 |
153 |
26 |
78 |
Victory Shield (under-15) |
|
26-Feb-1990 |
2-1 |
Hillsborough, Sheffield |
HW |
|
23-Feb-1991 |
3-1 |
Clandeboye Park, Bangor |
AW |
|
23-Apr-1992 |
3-0 |
Goldstone Ground, Hove |
HW |
|
02-Apr-1993 |
1-0 |
Castlereagh Park, Newtownards |
AW |
|
Soccer Pal Victory Shield (under-15) |
|
25-Feb-1994 |
5-1 |
Roker Park, Sunderland |
HW |
|
Victory Shield (under-15) |
|
24-Mar-1995 |
1-0 |
Castlereagh Park, Newtownards |
AW |
|
adidas Victory Shield (under-15) |
|
23-Feb-1996 |
0-0 |
Cellnet Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough |
HD |
|
adidas Victory Shield (under-16) |
|
13-Mar-1997 |
3-0 |
Windsor Park, Belfast |
AW |
|
20-Feb-1998 |
3-0 |
Oakwell Ground, Barnsley |
HW |
|
adidas Victory Shield (under-16 - billed as under-15) |
|
06-Nov-1998 |
3-1 |
Showgrounds, Ballymena |
AW |
|
|
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
|
1934-98 |
60 |
53 |
5 |
2 |
212 |
36 |
- |
|
Victory Shield |
53 |
46 |
5 |
2 |
177 |
30 |
97 |
|
ENGLAND Schools vs.
Germany |
|
|
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
|
1956-89 |
56 |
23 |
12 |
21 |
90 |
85 |
Friendly matches (under-15 v. West Germany) |
|
08-May-1990 |
0-2 |
Olympiastadion, München |
AL |
|
10-May-1990 |
4-0 |
Olympiastadion, Berlin |
AW |
|
Smiths Crisps International Shield (under-15 v. West Germany) |
|
08-Jun-1991 |
1-3 |
Wembley Stadium, London |
HL |
|
Friendly match (under-15 v. West Germany) |
|
10-Jun-1991 |
2-2 |
Valley Parade, Bradford |
HD |
|
Friendly matches (under-15) |
|
12-May-1992 |
1-1 |
Olympiastadion, Berlin |
AD |
|
14-May-1992 |
1-4 |
Ernst-Grube-Stadion, Magdeburg |
AL |
|
Smiths International Shield (under-15) |
|
12-Jun-1993 |
0-0 |
Wembley Stadium, London |
HD |
|
Friendly matches (under-15) |
|
14-Jun-1993 |
3-0 |
Don Valley Stadium, Sheffield |
HW |
|
17-May-1994 |
3-2 |
Olympiastadion, Berlin |
AW |
|
19-May-1994 |
3-1 |
Stadion der Freundschaft, Cottbus |
AW |
|
Walkers Crisps International Shield (under-15) |
|
10-Jun-1995 |
2-4 |
Wembley Stadium, London |
HL |
|
Friendly match (under-15) |
|
07-May-1996 |
0-3 |
Olympiastadion, Berlin |
AL |
|
Walkers Crisps International Shield (under-16) |
|
07-Jun-1997 |
2-1 |
Wembley Stadium, London |
HW |
|
Friendly match (under-16) |
|
26-May-1998 |
1-0 |
Olympiastadion, Berlin |
AW |
|
|
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
|
1956-98 |
70 |
29 |
15 |
26 |
113 |
108 |
|
Home |
33 |
17 |
7 |
9 |
61 |
37 |
|
Away |
37 |
12 |
8 |
17 |
52 |
71 |
|
v. West Germany |
60 |
24 |
13 |
23 |
97 |
92 |
|
ENGLAND Schools' Under-16 vs. Republic of Ireland |
|
|
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
|
1947-97 |
27 |
16 |
4 |
7 |
104 |
42 |
|
Home |
16 |
12 |
0 |
4 |
76 |
19 |
|
Away |
11 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
28 |
23 |
|
|
ENGLAND Under-18 vs. Scotland |
|
|
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
|
1947-97 |
42 |
20 |
8 |
14 |
87 |
65 |
|
Professional matches |
14 |
6 |
2 |
6 |
21 |
17 |
|
|
ENGLAND Under-18 vs. Northern Ireland |
|
|
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts
|
|
1948-96 |
34 |
17 |
7 |
10 |
81 |
40 |
- |
|
Home |
18 |
11 |
4 |
3 |
46 |
16 |
- |
|
Away |
13 |
4 |
2 |
7 |
23 |
22 |
10 |
|
Professional matches |
6 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
16 |
0 |
- |
|
|
ENGLAND Under-21 vs. Scotland |
|
|
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
|
1977-93 |
8 |
6 |
2 |
0 |
8 |
2 |
|
|
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