England on 1st April

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31st March

England on
1st April

2nd April

England On This Day
official Robert Lythgoe born in Birkenhead Charlie Mason born in Blakenhall Albert Fletcher born in Willenhall	1849 1863 1866

British Championship
49	England 5 Scotland 2 [1-1] Athletic Ground, Richmond (10,000 to 15,000)	1893	Gosling, Cotterill, Spiksley (3) Waddell, Sellar	HW
			the first ground to host the two codes, Association & Rugby

1898
1899

British Championship
85	England 1 Scotland 0 [0-0] Sports Arena, Crystal Palace (27,599)	1905	Bache	HW
			Steve Bloomer becomes England's record appearance holder

1907
1908

amateur Netherlands 1 England 8 at Den Haag
Bob Crompton's youngest child, Wilfred, is born

British Championship
110	England 1 Scotland 1 [1-0] Goodison Park, Liverpool *(38,000)*	1911	Stewart Higgins	HD
			England draw in front of a new record home attendance

1918

1922

British Championship
185	Scotland 2 England 1 [1-1] Hampden Park, Glasgow (136,259)	1933	McGrory (2) Hunt	AL
			England lose in front of a world record crowd

Gordon Hill born in Sunbury-on-Thames
Alf Baker dies in Bromley aged 56 years

Tom Smalley dies in Wolverhampton aged 72 years

1935
1938
1939
1948
1954
1955
1956

1959
1964

1965
1981
1984

European Championship preliminary match
623	Northern Ireland 0 England 2 [0-2] Windsor Park, Belfast (20,578)	1987	Robson, Waddle	AW
			Terry Butcher makes his fiftieth appearance

Johnny Nicholls dies in Wolverhampton aged 63 years

1995
1997

2002
2003
2006

under 21 England 0 Switzerland 0 at County Ground
Everton FC appoint Dave Watson as player~manager.
under 16 Portugal 0 England 2 in Montaigu
under 21 England 1 Turkey 1 at St. James' Park
under 17 England 1 Russia 2 at Glanford Park

World Cup preliminary match
873	England 2 Ukraine 1 [1-0] The National Stadium, Wembley (87,548)	2009	Crouch, Terry Shevchenko	HW
			Rooney becomes the youngest to reach fifty appearances UEFA Group 6 Kazakhstan 1 Belarus 5 & Andorra 0 Croatia 2 Dennis Wise leaves Newcastle United FC

2010

2011
2013
2016
2019
2022

under 17 England 2 Slovakia 0 at Sixfields Stadium
under 16 Gabon 0 England 6 in Venansault
women England 1 Spain 0 at the New Den
Sam Johnstone signs pro with Manchester United
under 16 Turkey 2 England 2 in Montaigu
Aston Villa FC suspend Gabby Agbonlahor
Queen's Park Rangers FC sack Steve McClaren
the draw is held for the World Cup Finals in Qatar

Opposition On This Day
BIRTHS		DEATHS & APPOINTMENTS
George Gillespie (Scotland) Tommy Law (Scotland) Ferenc Puskás (Hungary) Walter Bahr (United States) Tom O'Connor (Éire) Frank Coyle (Ireland) Billy Whelan (Éire) Sammy Nelson (Northern Ireland) Giancarlo Antognoni (Italy) official Siniša Premuzaj (Croatia) Cristiano Doni (Italy) goalkeeper Gábor Király (Hungary) Clarence Seedorf (Netherlands) official Tom Harald Hagen (Norway) in Grue Antonio de Nigris (Mexico) official Steven McClean (Scotland) Róbert Vittek (Slovakia) Amr Zaki (Egypt) Adrian Păun (Romania)	1858 1908 1927 1928 1933 1935 1949 1954 1973 1976 1978 1981 1982 1983 1996 2005	Leo Beenhakker (Trinidad & Tobago) appointed

England's Record on 1st April

Venue

FTS

FAv

AAv

Pts%

W/L

Home

2.25

1.00

87.5

Away

1.50

1.00

50.0