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6th February

England on
7th February

8th February
 
England On This Day
1857 Alf Lyttelton born in Westminster
1871
Stanley Briggs (unofficial player) born


1887 Teddy Taylor born in West Derby


1910
Ted Sagar born in Doncaster









1929
Jimmy Langley born in Kilburn


1932
John Atyeo born in Standerwick
1940 Mick McNeil born in Middlesbrough




1959
Sammy Lee born in Liverpool
1968
Brian Deane born in Chapeltown

1970
Frank Moss dies in Preston aged 60 years


1881 England team chosen to play Ireland
1882 England party named for Ireland

1891
Home Championship
Ireland 7 Wales 2
1897 John Sutcliffe arrested after he assaults his wife
1910
Irvine Thornley marries Emma Sykes in Glossop
1914 amateur England 9 Wales 1 at Plymouth
 
Ernie Williamson's son, Ernest, born
1916
Jud Harrison enlists with the Scots Guards
1918
Davie Weir discharged from the army

1921 trial
The South 1 England 1 at White Hart Lane
1922
Syd Puddefoot signs for Falkirk FC for record £5000
1927 trial England 2 The Rest 3 at Burnden Park
 then the England team chosen for Wales

1928 Frank Hartley signs pro with Tottenham Hotspur FC

1930 Billy Hibbert appointed captain at Burscough Rovers
  Tommy Uwin joins Sunderland AFC for £525


1945 funeral of Ronnie Sewell takes place in Lincoln
1948 Tommy Taylor signs amateur with Barnsley FC
        amateur Ireland 0 England 5 at Belfast

1953 youth Scotland 3 England 4 at Ibrox

1968 under 23 Scotland 1 England 2 at Hampden Park
        youth Republic of Ireland 0 England 0 in Dublin
1979 England beat Northern Ireland at Wembley
 
European Championship preliminary match
527 Wednesday, 7 February 1979 -
England
4 Northern Ireland 0 [1-0]
Wembley Stadium, Wembley (91,224)
Keegan, Latchford (2), Watson HW

  1981 Tony Morley scores the goal of the season
1986
Jack Charlton appointed Éire manager
1987
Tim Sherwood signs professional with Watford FC
1989 under 21
Greece 1 England 0 at Parthas
2002
Netherlands squad for England named
2003
Wembley twin towers demolished

2006 women England 0 Sweden 0 in Larnaca
2007 England's goalkeeper wears purple for the first time
Terry Butcher sacked as Sydney FC manager

Friendly match
849 Wednesday, 7 February 2007 - England 0 Spain 1 [0-0]
Old Trafford, Manchester (58,207)
Iniesta HL



2011 Eric Parsons (uncapped) dies in Worthing aged 87



2020
Brian Pilkington dies in Adlington aged 86
2009 Squad for Spain named, including Beckham
2010
Euro draw held in Palac Kultury i Nauki, Warszawa
2011 Steve McClaren sacked as VfL Wolfsburg manager
2016 under 17 Germany 2 England 2 in Lagos

2019 under 17 France 2 England 3 in San Pedro

  England remain fifth in the rankings

Opposition On This Day
1877 Fred Kearns (Ireland) born
1884 Jan StarĂ½ (Bohemia) born
1895 Sven Friberg (Sweden) born
1904 Allan Craig (Scotland) born
1935 Cliff Jones (Wales) born
1965 official Nicolai Vollquartz (Denmark) born in Viborg
1974 Kerry Zavagnin (United States) born
1977 Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (Japan) born
1989 Neil Taylor (Wales) born
1992 Sergi Roberto (Spain) born
1993 Valon Berisha (Norway & Kosovo) born in Malmö

1994 Alessandro Schöpf (Austria) born
1999 Jonas Wind (Denmark) born
 

 

England's Record on 7th February
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts % W/L
Home 2 1 0 1 4 1 +3 1 1 2.00 0.50 50.0 =0
Total 2 1 0 1 4 1 +3 1 1 2.00 0.50 50.0 =0

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