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England On This Day


1897
Jack Hacking born in Blackburn
1919
Jesse Pye born in Rotherham



1940
Albert Fletcher dies in Wolverhampton aged 74 years



1973
Alan Thompson born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne
1888 Reginald Welch marries Adeline Compton in Portsea
1890
Harry Wood marries Alice Bates in Walsall
1897
Association Footballers' Union founded

1933
Albert Dawes signs for Crystal Palace FC
 
goalkeeper George Ashmore retires from playing
1938
Alf Strange signs for Codnor Athletic FC

1945
Vic Woodley joins Bath City AFC
1969
Ted Drake appointed as an FC Barcelona assistant
1971
Alan Ball joins Arsenal FC for £220,000

1975
u/o youth Public Schools 1 FA 1 at Roehampton
1980
u/o youth Public Schools 3 FA 1 at Roehampton
1996
Peter Shilton makes his 1000th league appearance
1999 England drop to twelfth in the rankings
 Wembley to be a football-only venue
2004 youth England 1 Scotland 0 in Hartlepool
2016 England remain thirteenth in the rankings
2017 Jon Flanagan assaults his girlfriend
2022 England remain fifth in FIFA rankings

Opposition On This Day
1865 Robert Smellie (Scotland) born
1874 Dr George Sheehan (Ireland) born
1902 Ernest Gross (France) born
1907 Pentii Larvo (Finland) born
1940 Jimmy McLaughlin (Northern Ireland) born
1967 Dan Petrescu (Romania) born
1974 official Lorenzo Manganelli (Italy) born in Montevarchi
1983 José Fonte (Portugal) born
1984 Jerrol Forbes (Trinidad & Tobago) born
1987 Éder (Portugal) born
1988 Zdeněk Ondrášek (Czech Republic) born
 

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