Friendly match
214	Wednesday, 1 December 1937 - England 5 Czechoslovakia 4 [3-2] White Hart Lane, Tottenham (45,879)	Crayston, Morton, Matthews (3) Puč, Nejedlý (2), Zeman	HW

1938 Peter Dobing (reserve) born in Manchester	1947 Jack Barker is appointed manager at Dundalk FC 1948 England vs. Switzerland postponed because of fog
1954 England start with an XI with an average age of over 30

Friendly match
293	Wednesday, 1 December 1954 - England 3 West Germany 1 [1-0] Empire Stadium, Wembley (100,000)	Bentley, Allen, Shackleton Beck	HW

	1956 The England team is chosen to play Denmark
1971 England visit Greece for the first time

European Championship Preliminary match
458	Wednesday, 1 December 1971 - Greece 0 England 2 [0-0] Karaiskakis Stadio, Piraeus (34,014 to 45,000)	Hurst, Chivers	AW

1975 Cliff Britton dies in Hull aged 66 years

1975 Alan Hodgkinson is new Gillingham FC's assistant 1976 Terry Fenwick signs pro with Crystal Palace FC 1982 Sunderland AFC sign Frank Worthington 1985 Paul Merson signs pro forms with Arsenal FC 2000 under 16 England 5 Scotland 0 in Chester 2001 Finals draw made for the 2002 World Cup 2002 Keith Curle signs for Mansfield Town AFC 2017 under 16 Brazil 2 England 1 in Lakewood Ranch  Finals draw for the 2018 World Cup made in Moscow 2018 Jay Bothroyd leaves Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo 2023 women England 3 Netherlands 2 at Wembley

Opposition On This Day

1863 official Thomas Robertson (Scotland) born 1870 James Miskelly (Ireland) born 1911 Wilhelm Rufli (Switzerland) born 1946 Ladislav Petráš (Czechoslovakia) born 1954 Swat Van der Elst (Belgium) born 1974 Costinha (Portugal) born 1977 Vance Trajanov (Macedonia) born 1987 goalkeeper Giedrius Arlauskis (Lithuania) born 1989 Barry Bannan (Scotland) born 1992 Marco Van Ginkel (Netherlands) born 1999 Nico Schlotterbeck (Germany) born

1864 Ferenc Stobbe (Hungary manager) born 1958 Javier Aguirre (Mexico manager) born 1959 Per-Mathias Høgmo (Norway manager) born

 

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