Home International Championship
20	Saturday, 23 February 1884 - Ireland 1 England 8 [0-4] Ulster Cricket Ground, Belfast (3,000)	McWha Johnson, C.Bambridge (3), H.Cursham (3), Holden	AW

1889 England win four matches in a row and play in Stoke for the first time

Home International Championship
35	Saturday, 23 February 1889 - England 4 Wales 1 [1-1] Victoria Ground, Stoke-upon-Trent (6,000)	Goodall, Dewhurst, Southworth, Bassett Owen	HW

1895 Harry Allen dies in Walsall aged 29 years 1919 Tom Porteous dies in Blackpool aged 52 years 1923 Harry Clarke (1954 party) born in Woodford Green 1948 Trevor Cherry born in Huddersfield

1896 Alexander Bonsor divorces because of adultery 1901 Home Championship Scotland 11 Ireland 0 1907 Home Championship Ireland 2 Wales 3 1910 Jack Sharp to retire at the end of the season 1916 David Mercer's oldest son Robert, born 1923 Jack Brown joins Sheffield Wednesday FC for £360 1929 Home Championship Ireland 3 Scotland 7  Harry Storer joins Burnley FC for £4250 1938 Tom White signs with New Brighton FC 1948 Eddie Hapgood becomes manager of Watford FC 1953 B England team chosen to play Scotland 1954 B Scotland team chosen to play England 1955 B Scotland team chosen to play England

1966 Nobby Stiles plays in a number nine and scores

Friendly match
397	Wednesday, 23 February 1966 - England 1 West Germany 0 [1-0] Empire Stadium, Wembley (75,000)	Stiles	HW

1981 Gareth Barry born in Hastings	1977 Colleges FA 4 British Colleges SA 1 in Cheltenham
1982 Cyrille Regis becomes the third BME player to play for England

Home International Championship
559	Tuesday, 23 February 1982 - England 4 Northern Ireland 0 [1-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley (54,900)	Robson, Keegan, Wilkins, Hoddle	HW

1983 England play Wales in February for the first time since 1936

Home International Championship
574	Wednesday, 23 February 1983 - England 2 Wales 1 [1-1] Wembley Stadium, Wembley (24,000)	Butcher, Neal (pen) Rush	HW

	1998 Gareth Barry signs professional with Aston Villa FC
2000 England's first friendly match with Argentina since 1980 Stanley Matthews dies in Stoke-upon-Trent aged 85 years Michael Carrick joins Birmingham City FC on loan

Friendly match
765	Wednesday, 23 February 2000 - England 0 Argentina 0 [0-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley (74,008)		HD

  

2001 Spain announces squad to face England 2012 Stuart Pearce announces his only England squad 2014 The Euro 2016 preliminary draw in Nice  Group E Fixtures decided in Nice 2017 Shaun Wright-Phillips signs for Phoenix Rising FC

Opposition On This Day

1873 Niel Gibson (Scotland) born 1877 Lloyd Davies (Wales) born 1885 Ferenc Weisz (Hungary) born 1900 Jim Hopkins (Ireland) born 1919 Johnny Carey (Republic of Ireland) born 1920 Wilhelm Neukom (Switzerland) born 1949 Rostislav Vojaček (Czechoslovakia) born 1976 Rafael Amirbekov (Azerbaijan) & Victor (Spain) born 1986 Sergei Ostapenko (Kazakhstan) born 1988 Traik Elyounoussi (Norway) born 1992 Casemiro (Brazil) & Stefan Mugoša (Montenegro) born

England's Record on 23rd February
Type	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	FTS	CS	FAv	AAv	Pts %	W/L
Home	5	4	1	0	11	2	+9	1	3	2.20	0.40	90.0	+4
Away	1	1	0	0	8	1	+7	0	0	8.00	1.00	100.0	+1
Total	6	5	1	0	19	3	+16	1	3	3.167	0.50	91.7	+5

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