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1890 Clem Stephenson born in Newsham




1924 Billy Wright born in Ironbridge
1904 Ireland team chosen for England
1907 Ireland team chosen for England
1914 Sidney Bowser re-signs for West Bromwich Albion
1922 trial The North 1 England 0 at Valley Parade
1935 England beat Ireland

British Championship
196 Wednesday, 6 February 1935 - England 2 Ireland 1 [1-0]
 Goodison Park, Liverpool (35,000)		 Bastin (2)
 Stevenson		 HW



1939 Johnny Fantham born in Sheffield
1949 William Bromley-Davenport dies aged 87 years		 1936 Joe Carter joins Sheffield Wednesday FC
1937 funeral of Billy Rose in Yardley


1952 reign of Queen Elizabeth II begins
1954 youth England 2 Scotland 1 at Ayresome Park
1955 team chosen for U23 match against Scotland
1957 B England 4 Scotland 1 at Birmingham
1958 3.04pm Munich Air Disaster:
 Roger Byrne, David Pegg, Frank Swift and Tommy Taylor die
  Duncan Edwards suffers serious injuries. Johnny Berry also injured.
1969 Tim Sherwood born in Borehamwood
1979 under 21 Wales 0 England 1 at Swansea
1980 Paul Bracewell turns professional  with Sunderland AFC
England beat Republic of Ireland at Wembley

European Championship preliminary match
537 Wednesday, 6 February 1980 -
England 2 Republic of Ireland 0 [1-0]
 Wembley Stadium, Wembley (90,299/91,043)		 Keegan (2) HW

1984 Darren Bent born in Tooting

1988 John Smith (uncapped) dies in Brent aged 49 years
1987 under 17 England 2 Denmark 1 at Maine Road
1991 Cameroon's first visit to Wembley
under 19 England 1 Denmark 5 at Oxford

  
Friendly match
668 Wednesday, 6 February 1991 -
England 2 Cameroon 0 [1-0]
 Wembley Stadium, Wembley (61,075)		 Lineker (2 (1pen)) HW

2000 Conor Gallagher born in Epsom
2003 under 20 England 2 Germany 1 at Reading
2006 Paul Merson sacked as Walsall FC manager
2007 under 21 England 2 Spain 2 at Derby
        under 19 England 4 Poland 1 at Bournemouth
2008 Fabio Capello's first match in charge

Friendly match
861 Wednesday, 6 February 2008 -
England 2 Switzerland 1 [1-0]
 The National Stadium, Wembley (86,857)		 Jenas, Wright-Phillips
 Derdiyok		 HW

  2012 under 17 France 1 England 2 in Algarve
2013 The first of the FA's 150th anniversary celebration matches

FA 150th Year Anniversary match  
916 Wednesday, 6 February 2013 - England 2 Brazil 1 [1-0]
 The National Stadium, Wembley (87,453)		 Rooney, Lampard
Fred		 HW

  2015 under 16 England 2 Switzerland 3 at St. George's Pk
2016 under 16 England 1 Norway 0 at St. George's Park
2018 under 16 England 2 Spain 0 at St. George's Park
2020 under 17 Ukraine 0 England 0 in Marbella

Opposition On This Day
1883 Albert Jones (Wales) born
1887 Béla Révész (Hungary) born
1923 Gylua Lóránt (Hungary) born
1930 Aleksandar Petaković (Yugoslavia) born

1964 official Arkadiusz Prus (United States) born in Poland
1968 Adolfo Valencia (Colombia) born
1969 official Massimo Busacca (Switzerland) born
1970 Patrice Loko (France) born
1974 Javier Navarro (Spain) born
1976 official Athinodoros Ioannou (Greece) born
1977 Jason Euell (Jamaica) born in London
1979 Pablo Orbáiz (Spain) born
1983 Branko Ilić (Slovenia) born
1986 Carlos Alberto Sánchez (Colombia) born
1995 Leon Goretzka (Germany) born
1997 Djibril Sow (Switzerland) born

1923 Bobby Brown (Scotland manager) born

1958 Matt Busby (Scotland) injured in Munich air crash












 2018 Ronald Koeman (Netherlands manager) appointed

England's Record on 6th February
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts % W/L
Home 5 5 0 0 10 3 +7 0 2 2.00 0.60 100.0 +5
Total 5 5 0 0 10 3 +7 0 2 2.00 0.60 100.0 +5

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