England on 9th December
Friendly match 180 Wednesday, 9 December 1931 - England 7 Spain 1 [3-0] Arsenal Stadium, Highbury (55,000) Smith (2), Johnson (2), Crooks (2), Dean Gorostiza HW 1933 Charles Hammond (reserve) dies in Newmarket, 771936 Albert Wilkes dies in West Hagley aged 61 years1960 Owen Williams dies in Easington aged 64 years1961 Paul Davis (unused) born in Dulwich 1944 war charity FA XI 1 The Army 1 at Park Avenue 1964 England visit Netherlands for first time since 1964 Dutch F.A. 75th Anniversary Celebration Match 386 Wednesday, 9 December 1964 - Netherlands 1 England 1 [0-0] Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam (60,000) Moulijn Greaves AD 1969 Dickie York dies in Handsworth aged 70 years1981 Ray Westwood dies in Stourbridge aged 69 years1997 Harvey Barnes born in Burnley 2007 Jimmy Langley dies in London aged 78 years2011 Len Phillips dies aged 89 years 1981 Jackie Milburn appears on ITV's This is Your Life1987 Rotherham United FC sack Norman Hunter1989 Finals draw held in Rome for the 1990 World Cup 1997 under 17 England 1 Northern Ireland 0 in Lilleshall1998 David Batty re-signs for Leeds United AFC for £4.4m1999 Alan Ball sacked as Portsmouth FC manager2001 Sven-Göran Eriksson wins BBC Coach of the Year2005 Finals draw held in Leipzig for the 2006 World Cup 2010 under 16 Northern Ireland vs. England postponed2011 statue of Tony Adams unveiled at Arsenal FC 2013 under 16 Brazil 2 England 1 in Lakewood Ranch2019 England to play Italy next March Opposition On This Day 1863 official & player Tom Robertson (Scotland) born 1897 official Charles Dela Salle (France) born 1906 Johann Mock (Asutria) born 1908 Sigmund Haringer (Germany) born 1919 Jean Tamini (Switzerland) born 1920 official Kenneth Tuck born in Chesterfield 1925 Frank McCourt (Ireland) born 1942 Billy Bremner (Scotland) born 1961 official Dramane Dante (Mali) born 1965 Martin Ingvarsson (Sweden) born & official Philippe Leuba (Switzerland) born in Chexbres 1967 officials Peter Vervecken (Belgium) born in Arendonk & Coffi Codjia (Benin) born 1969 Bixente Lizarazu (France) born 1971 Victor Aristizabal (Colombia) born 1974 Noel Turner (Malta) born 1979 Nicolas Alnoudji (Cameroon) born 1980 Aleksandr Kuchma (Kazakhstan) born 1987 Ádám Szalai (Hungary) born 1988 Kwadwo Asamoah (Ghana) born
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