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3rd February

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4th February

5th February
 
England On This Day

1863
Nevill Cobbold born in Long Melford
1865 Tommy Clare born in Congleton
1853 Herbert Bevington baptised in Walworth


1885 Sam Widdowson's daughter, Lillian, born
1888 England's only visit to Crewe to play Wales

British Championship
32 Saturday, 4 February 1888 - Wales 1 England 5 [1-1]
Alexandra Recreation Ground, Crewe
(5,000 to 8,000)
Doughty
Dewhurst (3), Woodhall, Lindley
AW


1896
John Brockbank dies in Fulham aged 47 years













1945
Ron Sewell dies in Lincoln aged 54 years










1993
Tim Ward dies in Barton aged 75 years
1894 Fred Geary's daughter, Doris May, born

1905
Ireland team chosen against England
1909 Harry Holdcroft's daughter, Phyllis, born
1911
Harold Hardman joins Stoke FC
1913
Ireland team chosen against England
 
Airdrieonians FC fine Jimmy Conlin for his drinking
1919
Andy Ducat discharged from the army
1922 Home Championship
Wales 2 Scotland 1
 
funeral of Jimmy Sayer in Hartshill
1927
Warney Cresswell joins Everton FC for £7000
1928 Home Championship Ireland 1 Wales 2
1929 trial
England 4 The Rest 3 at Hillsborough

 funeral of Tommy Morren in Ecclesall
1934
Tom Wilson's son, Robert, born


1950 amateur Ireland 1 England 3 at Belfast
1950 youth England 7 Scotland 1 at Brunton Park
1958 youth England 2 Yugoslavia 2 at Stamford Bridge
1959 under 23 Scotland vs. England postponed
1963
Arthur Rowe returns as Crystal Palace FC manager
1967 youth Scotland 1 England 0 at Pittodrie
1970 youth England 10 Republic of Ireland 0 in Luton
1975 practices
Arsenal 0 England B 5 at Colney

 & Tottenham Hotspur FC 1 England 0 at White Hart Lane
1983 Keith Weller joins Tulsa Roughnecks on loan
1993 Martin Keown re-signs for Arsenal FC for £2m.
2005 Netherlands name squad against England

2012
under 17 Netherlands 2 England 2 in Algarve

2016 England remain sixteenth in rankings
 
Opposition On This Day
1869 Sam Torrans (Ireland) born
1900 Pierre Kremer (Luxembourg) born
1907 Mathias Becker (Luxembourg) born
1912 Nikola Perlić (Yugoslavia) born
1913 Ernst Hufschmid (Switzerland) born
1926 goalkeeper Gyula Grosics (Hungary) born
1933 James Murray (Scotland) born
1942 Joaquim Rife (Spain) born
1968 Sami Trabelis (Tunisia) & Toni (Spain) born
1972 Boban Dmitrović (Serbia & Montenegro)
 & Giovanni (Brazil) born
1984 official Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain) born in Don Benito
1999 Christian García (Andorra) born
 

England's Record on 4th February
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts % W/L
Away 1 1 0 0 5 1 +4 0 0 5.00 1.00 100.0 +1
Total 1 1 0 0 5 1 +4 0 0 5.00 1.00 100.0 +1
 

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