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15th April

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16th April

17th April
 
England On This Day
1851 Sam Widdowson born in Hucknall Torkard

1878
Tip Foster born in Malvern

1896
Tom Wilson born in Seaham


1904
Gordon Hodgson born in Gauteng




1938
Steve Bloomer dies in Derby aged 64









1972 Jack Hill dies in Helensburgh aged 75 years

1861
John Rawlinson baptised in Chelsea

1887
Ray Westwood's son, Samuel, born

1903
Bernard Middleditch marries Florence Sutherland Græme in Pimlico

1910
amateur England 10 France 1 at Goldstone Ground
 
Albert Shepherd fined for leaving the pitch
1916
Dick Pym marries Elsie Murphy in Topsham
1935
Jackie Carr Hartlepools United FC manager sacked

1947
Home Championship Ireland 2 Wales 1
1948 youth England 3 Belgium 1 at Boleyn Ground
1949 amateur Scotland 3 England 2 at Hampden Park
1955 Don Revie named FWA Footballer of the Year
1957 youth Austria 3 England 0 in Barcelona
1960 youth Bulgaria 1 England 0 in Graz
1964 amateur England 4 New Zealand 1 in Dulwich
1969 under 23 England 4 Portugal 0 at Highfield Road
1971
Dick Hill's funeral in Canley
1975 Macdonald scores five goals in a match for first time since 1938
 
European Championship preliminary match
489 Wednesday, 16 April 1975 - England 5 Cyprus 0 [2-0]
Wembley Stadium, Wembley (68,000/245)
Macdonald (5) HW


1987
Aaron Lennon born in Leeds

2000 Harry Clarke dies in Havering aged 77





2006
Tom Garrett dies in New South Wales aged 79
1980 under 21 England 1 GDR 2 at Bramall Lane


2001
under 16 France 1 England 0 in Montaigu
2002 under 21 England 0 Portugal 1 at Britannia Stadium
 Michael Owen appointed as an England captain
2003 under 16 Russia 0 England 3 in Montaigu
2004 Paul Bracewell sacked as Walsall FC coach

2008 youth England 2 Austria 0 in Hartlepool
2014 youth England 2 Germany 1 in Rotherham

2019 under 16 Argentina 2 England 1 in Jard-sur-Mer
2022 under 16 Brazil 3 England 0 in Les Sables d'Olonne

Opposition On This Day
BIRTHS DEATHS & APPOINTMENTS
 Wingfield Malcolm MP (Scotland unofficial)
goalkeeper John Lyall (Scotland)
Bill Renneville (Ireland)
Bill Matthews (Wales)
Joséf Pöttinger (Germany)
Elisa Hendrik Bakhuys (Netherlands)
Rudolf Gyger (Switzerland)
 official Alan Wragg in Sheffield
 Gilbert Fesselet (Switzerland)
 Archie Glen (Scotland)
Marquitos (Spain)
Laurent Verbiest (Belgium)
Reinaldo Rueda (Ecuador manager) in Colombia
 official Michael Kennedy (United States)
official Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)
Martin Dahlin (Sweden)
Sirajeddine Chihi (Tunisia)
Robert Kovač (Croatia)

official Haruhiro Otsuka (Japan)
 Freddie Ljungberg (Sweden)
Michael Zandberg (Israel)
Robert Popov (FYR Macedonia)
 official Rodney Aquino (Paraguay)
Andreas Granqvist (Sweden)
official Bram Van Driessche (Belgium) in Knesselare
Shinji Okazaki (Japan)
Dmytro Khomchenovskyi (Ukraine)
 Luis Muriel (Colombia)

 Arttu Hoskonen (Finland)
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1986
1990
1991
1995
1997
2009
Seppe Hügi (Switzerland) dies

Javier Aguirre (Mexico) appointed manager

England's Record on 16th April
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts % W/L
Home 1 1 0 0 5 0 +5 0 1 5.00 0.00 100.0 +1
Total 1 1 0 0 5 0 +5 0 1 5.00 0.00 100.0 +1

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