England on 4th April
British Championship 43 Saturday, 4 April 1891 - England 2 Scotland 1 [2-0] Ewood Park, Blackburn (6,000 to 10,000) Goodall, Chadwick Watt HW 1893 Eddie Edmonds (uncapped) in Finsbury 1896 England end a 20-match unbeaten run in front of a world record attendance British Championship 58 Easter Saturday, 4 April 1896 - Scotland 2 England 1 [2-0] Celtic Park, Glasgow (57,315) Lambie, Bell Bassett AL 1897 Home Championship is first mentioned Albert Fletcher's son, Wilfred, is born1901 Harry Thickitt's wife, Anna, dies 1903 Scotland return to Bramall Lane for first time in 20 years British Championship 79 Saturday, 4 April 1903 - England 1 Scotland 2 [1-0] Bramall Lane, Sheffield (31,789) Woodward Speedie, Walker HL 1904 Archie Clark (uncapped) in Shoreham 1904 teams chosen for the England-Scotland match1906 Harry Thickitt rejoins Bristol City FC as manager 1908 England play in front of another world record attendance British Championship 94 Saturday, 4 April 1908 - Scotland 1 England 1 [1-0]Hampden Park, Glasgow (121,452) WilsonWindridge AD 1911 Joe Johnson born in Grimsby Bill Ridding (B manager) in Heswall 1908 William Garraty marries Annie Shufflebotham1913 adjourned IFAB meeting held at the FA, FIFA join. 1914 Bob Crompton makes his record final appearance Home Championship fixtures confirmed for the new season British Championship 119 Saturday, 4 April 1914 - Scotland 3 England 1 [1-1]Hampden Park, Glasgow (105,000) Thomson, McMenemy, Reid Fleming AL 1921 Ernie Hine's son, Ernest, is born1922 Robert King's son, Anthony, born1923 Scotland team chosen for England 1925 England lose in Scotland for eight match in a row Archie Turner dies in Farnborough aged 47 British Championship 145 Saturday, 4 April 1925 - Scotland 2 England 0 [1-0] Hampden Park, Glasgow (92,000) Gallacher (2) AL 1929 Jimmy Adamson (reserve) in Ashington 1932 teams chosen for the England-Scotland match 1936 England's 500th goal scored for the Committee British Championship 202 Saturday, 4 April 1936 - England 1 Scotland 1 [1-0] Empire Stadium, Wembley (93,267) CamsellWalker (pen) HD 1959 Jeff Hall dies of Polio in Little Bromwich aged 29 1938 teams chosen for the England-Scotland match Eric Houghton's oldest son, Robert, dies1940 Bill Dean appears in court for non-payment of taxes 1942 army England 4 Scotland 1 at Hillsborough 1953 youth West Germany 1 England 3 in Antwerp Duncan Edwards makes his league debut aged 16 1955 amateur trial West Ham United 1 England 01957 Tom Finney is FWA Footballer of the Year1959 Billy Wright's daughter, Victoria, born Brian Clough marries Barbara Glasgow in Middlesbrough 1961 youth Italy 3 England 2 in Braga 1962 England beat Austria at Wembley for the first time Friendly match 355 Wednesday, 4 April 1962 - England 3 Austria 1 [2-0] Empire Stadium, Wembley (50,000) Crawford, Flowers (pen), Hunt Buzek HW 1964 Paul Parker born in Forest Gate 1966 amateur trial Northern & Wearside 3 England 2 Terry Venables marries Christine McCann in West Ham 1973 amateur England 3 Finland 0 at Home Park 1979 youth England 2 Italy 0 at Villa Park 1983 under 17 Qatar 1 England 1 in Cannes 1984 The last Home Championship match against Northern Ireland British Championship 586 Wednesday, 4 April 1984 - England 1 Northern Ireland 0 [1-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley (24,000) Woodcock HW 1988 Frankie Fielding (unused) in Blackburn2015 Bill Ellerington dies in Southampton aged 912018 Ray Wilkins dies in Tooting aged 61 1988 under 16 Israel 1 England 2 at Tel Aviv1999 under 20 England 0 United States 1 in Kano under 16 England 0 Italy 1 in Montaigu2001 Sven-Göran Eriksson receives the Princes' Plaque2003 England to play Turkey in İstanbul 2007 under 16 United States 0 England 0 at Les Esserts 2015 under 16 Côte d'Ivoire 1 England 1 in La Mothe2019 England up to fourth in rankings Gareth Southgate receives his OBE2023 under 16 England 3 C.A.R. 2 in Chantonnay2024 England drop to fourth in the FIFA rankings Opposition On This Day BIRTHS DEATHS & APPOINTMENTS Jack Owen (Wales) Valdus Lund (Sweden) George Stephenson (Scotland) Luis Tirado (Chile manager) László Cseh (Hungary) Amedeo Biavati (Italy) Paddy Coad (Ireland) Billy Houliston (Scotland) official Hugh Phillips (Scotland) in Wishaw Pavão (Brazil) René Girard (France) Dietmar Kühbauer (Austria) Peter Hoekstra (Netherlands) Emerson (Brazil) Jay de Merit (United States) Aiden McGeady (Republic of Ireland) in Falkirk Alex Tetty (Norway) Sami Khedira (Germany) Marc Vales (Andorra) David Strelec (Slovakia) 18651895190519061910191519201921 19301954197119731976197919861987 1990200120122020 Dubravko Pavličić (Croatia) dies Stephen Kenny (Rep. Ireland manager) appointed England's Record on 4th April Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts % W/L Home 4 2 1 1 7 5 +2 0 0 1.75 1.25 62.5 +1 Away 4 0 1 3 3 8 -5 1 0 0.75 2.00 12.5 -3 Total 8 2 2 4 10 13 -3 1 0 2.50 3.25 37.5 -2
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