European Nations' Cup preliminary match
366	Wednesday, 27 February 1963 - France 5 England 2 [3-0] Parc des Princes, Paris (23,986)	Wisnieski (2), Douis, Cossou (2) R.Smith, Tambling	AL

1978 James Beattie born in Lancaster	1964 youth Spain 1 England 2 in Murcia  Colin Grainger's daughter, Kim, born 1965 amateur Republic of Ireland 2 England 3 in Dublin         youth Scotland 2 England 1 in Inverness 1967 Emlyn Hughes joins Liverpool FC for £65,000 1974 youth Netherlands 0 England 1 in Den Haag 1980 Emlyn Hughes appears on ITV's This Is Your Life
1985 England beat Northern Ireland

World Cup preliminary match
596	Wednesday, 27 February 1985 - Northern Ireland 0 England 1 [0-0] Windsor Park, Belfast (28,500)	Hateley	AW

  

1986 Pat Beasley dies in Taunton aged 72 years 1992 Jonjo Shelvey born in Romford & Callum Wilson born in Coventry

1993 under-21 Israel 1 England 2 at Ramat Gan 1996 C England 4 Republic of Ireland 0 at Aggborough 1997 women England 4 Germany 6 at Deepdale  England twelfth in rankings 2001 under 21 England 0 Spain 4 at St. Andrews         under 17 Finland 0 England 2 in the Algarve   Roy McFarland sacked Cambridge Utd FC manager 2002 Brian Little resigns as Hull City FC manager 2004 Nick Barmby joins Nottingham Forest FC on loan  Warren Barton joins Wimbledon FC as player-coach  Tom Huddlestone signs pro with Derby County FC 2007 under 16 Slovenia 3 England 1 in Koper 2010 England squad named for Egypt 2011 under 17 Portugal 2 England 2 in Algarve 2014 England squad named for Denmark  Jesse Lingard joins Brighton & Hove Albion FC on loan 2019 women England 2 Brazil 1 in Chester 2024 women Italy 1 England 5 in Algeciras

 

Opposition On This Day

1848 Gilbert Primrose (Scotland unofficial) born 1869 Jack Mates (Wales) born 1874 Mick Cochrane (Ireland) born 1929 Djalma Santos (Brazil) born 1932 Daniel Mañó (Spain) born 1943 Jimmy Nicholson (Northern Ireland) born 1958 Johnny Metgod (Netherlands) born 1963 official Francis Crelo (Luxembourg) born 1968 Ståle Solbakken (Norway) born 1970 Dimitar Popv (Bulgaria) born 1979 Andrzej Niedzielan (Poland) born 1985 Diniyah Bilyaletdinov (Russia) born 1995 Tomáš Souček (Czech Republic) & Ryan Jack (Scotland) born 1997 Kristian Dimitrov (Bulgaria) born

1943 Carlos Alberto Parreira (Kuw, Rsa & Bra) born 1965 Pablo Bengoechea (Peru manager) born in Uruguay

England's Record on 27th February
Type	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	FTS	CS	FAv	AAv	Pts %	W/L
Away	2	1	0	1	3	5	-2	0	1	1.50	2.50	50.0	=0
Total	2	1	0	1	3	5	-2	0	1	1.50	2.50	50.0	=0

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