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, 77 1936 Albert Wilkes dies in West Hagley aged 61 years 1960 Owen Williams dies in Easington aged 64 years 1961 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 years 1981 Ray Westwood dies in Stourbridge aged 69 years 1997 Harvey Barnes born in Burnley 2007 Jimmy Langley dies in London aged 78 years 2011 Len Phillips dies aged 89 years

1981 Jackie Milburn appears on ITV's This is Your Life 1987 Rotherham United FC sack Norman Hunter 1989 Finals draw held in Rome for the 1990 World Cup 1997 under 17 England 1 Northern Ireland 0 in Lilleshall 1998 David Batty re-signs for Leeds United AFC for £4.4m 1999 Alan Ball sacked as Portsmouth FC manager 2001 Sven-Göran Eriksson wins BBC Coach of the Year 2005 Finals draw held in Leipzig for the 2006 World Cup 2010 under 16 Northern Ireland vs. England postponed 2011 statue of Tony Adams unveiled at Arsenal FC 2013 under 16 Brazil 2 England 1 in Lakewood Ranch 2019 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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