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22nd April

England on
St. George's Day, 23rd April

24th April
England On This Day
1850 Arnold Smith born in Ecclesfield
1865 George Brann born in Eastbourne
1882 Tom Brittleton born in Winsford



1901
Albert McInroy born in Preston

1907
Albert Dawes (reserve) born in Frimley Green

1917
Laurie Scott born in Sheffield

1921 Charlie Vaughan (reserve) born in Bermondsey










1976
Freddie Steele dies in Newcastle-under-Lyme aged 59



1984
Harry Hibbs dies in Welwyn Garden City aged 77



1891 Harry Daft marries Florence Whitlock in Radcliffe
1892 James Prinsep's daughter, Evelyn, is born
1893 Edgar Field son, also Edgar, is born

1905 Charlie Athersmith retires from football

1913
George Hedley appointed as Bristol City FC manager
1917
Ernie Williamson awarded a Silver War Badge
1920
Harold Fleming's daughter, Merial, born

1925
Arthur Rigby joins Blackburn Rovers FC for £2500
1926
England team named to play Belgium
1936
Austen Campbell transfer-listed by Hull City AFC
 
Ernie Hart transfer-listed by Leeds United AFC
1955
amateur England 3 Wales 1 at Dean Court
1958
under 23 Wales 2 England 1 at The Racecourse
1960
Syd Owen resigns as Luton Town FC manager
1963 youth England 4 Northern Ireland 0 at Wembley
1965 youth England 3 Italy 1 at Volksparkstadion
1969 Scotland party named for Home Championship

1977 Terry McDermott scores Goal of the Season
1980 under 21 GDR 1 England 0 in Jena
1981 Geoff Hurst sacked as Chelsea FC manager
1984 under 17 France 2 England 1 in Cannes
1986 England's only game on St. George's Day
under 21 England 1 Italy 1 in Swindon

Rous Cup
611 Wednesday, 23 April 1986 - England 2 Scotland 1 [2-0]
Wembley Stadium, Wembley (68,357)
Butcher, Hoddle
Souness (pen)
HW

1987 George Tweedy dies in Grimsby aged 74 1987 Gary Bailey announces his retirement
1996 under 21 England 0 Croatia 1 at Roker Park
       
youth England 3 Scotland 0 at Huish Park
1997 women Italy 2 England 0 in Torino
1998
youth France 1 England 0 in Rodez

2000
under 16 England 4 Burkino Faso 0 at Montaigu
2003
England up to seventh in rankings

2009 women England 3 Norway 0 in Shrewsbury
2011 under 16 Guinea 0 England 0 in La Tranche-sur-Mer
2015 Adam Johnson charged with grooming offences
2019 Robbie Fowler becomes manager of Brisbane Roar
2024 the funeral of Ron Baynham in Bedford

Opposition On This Day
1847 official William Mitchell (Scotland) born
1899 Harold Chatton (Ireland) born
1912 György Szucs (Hungary) born
1924 Frank Brennan (Scotland) born
1930 Jean-Pierre Mertl (Luxembourg) born
1943 José Ignacio Saez (Spain) born
1947 Tony O'Docherty (Northern Ireland) born
1959 official Jorge Oliveira (Brazil) born

1974 Simon Davies (Wales) born
1977 Lee Young-Pyo (Korea Republic)
& Damiano Zenoni (Italy) born
1987 Michael Arroya (Ecuador) born
1989 Andraz Struna (Slovenia) born
1990 Matthias Jørgensen (Denmark) born

1995 Callum O'Dowda (Rep. of Ireland) born in Kidlington
2019 Billy McNeill (Scotland) dies








1966 Franco Foda (Austria manager) born in Wst Germany


England's Record on 23rd April
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts % W/L
Home 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 0 0 2.00 1.00 110.0 +1
Total 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 0 0 2.00 1.00 110.0 +1

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