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4th April

England on
5th April

6th April
England On This Day
1866 Harry Daft born in Radcliffe-on-Trent
1868
Willie Almond born in Blackburn
1876 Gilbert Vassall (withdrew) born in Hardington
 
1879 James Prinsep becomes England's youngest player
also, the first own goal in favour of England is scored

Friendly match
9 Saturday, 5 April 1879 - England 5 Scotland 4 [1-4]
Surrey Cricket Ground, Kennington
(3,000 to 5,000)
Mosforth, Bambridge (2), Goodyer, Parlane OG
MacKinnon (2), McDougall, Smith
HW

  1884 Segar Bastard marries Gertrude Garrett in West Ham
1890 The Walters' brothers play for the last time
Charley Chenery marries Priscilla Swan in Australia

British Championship  
40 Easter Saturday, 5 April 1890 -
Scotland 1 England 1 [1-1]
Hampden Park, Glasgow
(30,000 to 35,000)
McPherson
Wood
AD

1897 Fred Hargreaves dies in Blackburn aged 38 years
 
1898 Portsmouth FC formed
1902
The Ibrox disaster Scotland 1 England 1
1905 Hubert Heron marries Edith Grimsdale in Twickenham
1913 England remain unbeaten at home for last ten years
Fanny Walden joins Tottenham Hotspur FC for £1750

British Championship  
116 Saturday, 5 April 1913 - England 1 Scotland 0 [1-0]
Stamford Bridge, Fulham (52,5000)
Hampton HW



1922
Tom Finney born in Preston
1914 Jimmy Stewart's son, James, born
1920
amateur France 1 England 0 in Rouen

1927
England's continental tour plans altered
1930 Wembley decides the Home Championship for the first time

British Championship  
170 Saturday, 5 April 1930 - England 5 Scotland 2 [4-0]
Empire Stadium, Wembley
(87,375)
Watson (2), Rimmer (2), Jack
Fleming (2)
HW


1945
Tommy Smith born in Liverpool
Harry Wightman (reserve) dies aged 51 years
1948 Roy McFarland born in Liverpool
1938 Jimmy Hampson memorial unveiled


1948 Frank Buckley resigns as Hull City AFC manager
 FIFA cancel England's match with Czechoslavkia

1950
England team chosen to face Scotland
1952 England win in Scotland for fourth time in a row
amateur England 3 France 0 at Carrow Road

British Championship
269 Saturday, 5 April 1952 - Scotland 1 England 2 [0-2]
Hampden Park, Glasgow
(133,991)
Reilly
Pearson (2)
AW






1960
Cuthbert Burnup dies in Hendon aged 84







1987
Jack Howe dies in Hartlepool aged 71
1991 Nathaniel Clyne born in Stockwell
1953 youth England 2 Republic of Ireland 0 in Leuven
1958 youth Spain 2 England 2 in Saarbrücken

1959
amateur France 1 England 0 in Bayonne
 
England team chosen to play Scotland
 Billy Wright's daughter, Victoria, is born

1962
England team chosen to face Scotland
1964 youth Spain 0 England 4 in Amsterdam
1967
England team chosen to play Scotland

1968 amateur England 0 Scotland 0 at White City
1974 amateur England 1 Scotland 1 at Highfield Road
1978 under 21 Italy 0 England 0 at Stade Olimpico
1985 under 17 Italy 2 England 2 in Cannes


1999
under 16 England 1 Gabon 2 in Montaigu
2010 under 16 Portugal 1 England 1 in Montaigu
2012 under 16 Morocco 0 England 1 in Saint-Laurent
2014
women England 9 Montenegro 0 at Amex Stadium
2019 women England 0 Canada 1 in Manchester
2024 women England 1 Sweden 1 at Wembley

Opposition On This Day
1931 Lazar Tasić (Yugoslavia) born
1934 goalkeeper Victor Ottoboni (United States) born
1964 Marius Lacatus (Romania) &
Fred de Jong (New Zealand) born
1968 official Marko Stančin (Slovenia) born in Ljubljana
1969 Pontus Kmark (Sweden) born
1972 Paul Okon (Australia) born
1975 John Hartson (Wales) born
1976 Fernando Morientes (Spain) born
& Filippo Inzaghi (Italy) born
1977 Daniel Majstorović (Sweden) born
1980 Joris Mathijsen (Netherlands) born
1982 Thomas Hitzlsperger (Germany) born
1983 Jorge Martínez (Uruguay) born
1984 Fabio Vitaioli (San Marino) born
1993 Bjørn Kristensen (Malta) born
 


England's Record on 5th April
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts % W/L
Home 3 3 0 0 11 6 +5 0 1 3.667 2.00 100.0 +3
Away 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1 0 0 1.50 1.00 75.0 +1
Total 5 4 1 0 14 8 +6 0 1 2.80 1.60 90.0 +4

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