British Championship
47	Saturday, 25 February 1893 - England 6 Ireland 1 [4-1] Wellington Road Ground, Handsworth (7,000 to 10,000)	Gilliat (3), Smith, Winckworth, Sandilands Gaffikin	HW

	1901 trial The South 3 The North 3 at Crystal Palace  then the England team chosen to play Ireland 1902 Arthur Dunn buried in Little Shelford
1905 For the first time, England play at Ayresome Park and also, fail to beat Ireland

British Championship
83	Saturday, 25 February 1905 - England 1 Ireland 1 [0-0] Ayresome Park, Middlesbrough (25,500)	Bloomer Williamson OG	HD

1911 Don Welsh born in Chorlton 1961 Sid Bowser dies in Birmingham aged 69 years

1915 Billy Townley's youngest daughter, Ena, born 1920 trial The North 3 England 5 at St. James' Park 1924 England team chosen for Wales  Joe Hulme joins Blackburn Rovers FC for £250 1928 Home Championship Scotland 0 Ireland 1 1929 Wilf Copping signs amateur with Leeds United AFC 1938 Wally Boyes signs for Everton FC for £7000 1961 amateur Eire 1 England 1 at Dalymount Park         youth Scotland 2 England 3 in Elgin 1967 youth England 3 Northern Ireland 0 in Stockport

1970 England play in Belgium for the first time in 20 years youth Wales 0 England 0 in Newport

Friendly match
439	Wednesday, 25 February 1970 - Belgium 1 England 3 [0-1] Stade Émile Versé, Bruxelles (20,594/28,000)	Dockx Ball (2), Hurst	AW

1972 amateur England 2 Eire 0 at High Wycombe 1975 youth England 1 Spain 1 at Eastville 1981 under 21 England 1 Republic of Ireland 1 at Anfield 1986 youth England 2 Republic of Ireland 0 at Elland Road 1990 C Italy 2 England 0 at Salermo 1992 under 16 Qatar 3 England 3 in Doha  Earl Barrett joins Aston Villa FC for £1.7m 1997 C Republic of Ireland 2 England 0 in Dublin 1998 Earl Barrett joins Sheffield Wednesday FC for free 2000 Ashley Cole joins Crystal Palace FC on loan  Zat Knight joins Peterborough United FC on loan 2001 under 17 Portugal 0 England 0 in the Algarve 2003 women Italy 1 England 0 in Viareggio  match against Croatia to take place at Ipswich 2006 England squad named to play Uruguay 2010 Egypt squad finalised for match against England 2011 under 17 Germany 3 England 1 in Algarve 2013 Jordan Pickford joins Alfreton Town FC on loan  Steve McClaren resigns as FC Twente coach 2014 Denmark squad named for England

Opposition On This Day

1877 John Robertson (Scotland) born 1893 Bill Jennings (Wales) born 1902 Virginio Rosetta (Italy) born 1921 goalkeeper Ferdinand Boogaerts (Belgium) born 1925 Sam Smyth (Ireland) born 1927 goalkeeper Léopold Gernaey (Belgium) born 1933 Bengt Lindskog (Sweden) born 1934 Juan Joya (Peru) born 1941 José Violeta (Spain) born 1943 Piazza (Brazil) born 1964 official Vladimír Hrinäk (Slovakia) born in Bratislava 1969 Harry Zech (Liechtenstein) & Michael Spiteri (Malta) born 1971 Morten Wieghorst (Denmark) born 1977 Joshua Wolff (United States) born 1978 Yuji Nakazawa (Japan) and official Tomasz Kwiatkowski (Poland) born 1979 Sayed Moawad (Egypt) born 1981 Park Ji-Sung (Korea Republic) born 1982 Chris Baird (Northern Ireland) born 1983 Eduardo (Croatia) born in Brazil 1987 Mevlüt Erdinҫ (Turkey) born 1988 Ivan Ivanov (Bulgaria) born 1989 Milan Badelj (Croatia) born 1990 Ehsan Hajsafi (Iran) born 1998 Ismaïla Sarr (Senegal) born 1999 goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma (Italy) born & Krépin Diatta (Senegal) born

1898 Dugald Livingstone (Belgium manager) born 1947 Eddie Thomson (Australia manager) born

England's Record on 25th February
Type	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	FTS	CS	FAv	AAv	Pts %	W/L
Home	2	1	1	0	7	2	+5	0	0	3.50	1.00	75.0	+1
Away	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	0	0	3.00	1.00	100.0	+1
Total	3	2	1	0	10	3	+7	0	0	3.333	1.00	83.3	+2

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