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1897
Graham Doggart born in Bishop Auckland

1901
George Waterfield born in Rotherham

1913
Harry Rose (reserve) born


1928
goalkeeper Ron Reynolds (B team) born




1940
Gordon Harris born in Worksop
1860 Alec Morten's son, also Alexander, is born
1881
Walpole Vidal marries Lucy Carter in Cotterstock
1886
First IFAB meeting held in London
1890
Fifth IFAB meeting held in London
1891
Sixth IFAB meeting held in Glasgow
 
The Penalty-Kick is created
 Segar Bastard's daughter, Judith, is born
1895
Fred Titmuss baptised in Pirton

1898
Fred Geary's daughter, Dorothy, born

1905
Fred Spiksley new manager of Southern United FC
1913
Frank Broome marries Elsie Williams in Berkh'sted
1926
FA Tour of Canada Ontario 0 England 9
1927
Jimmy Seed appointed manager of Aldershot FC

1933
Billy Butler joins Reading FC
1934
Wilf Copping joins Arsenal FC for £8000
1937 FA Tour of NZ Southland & Otago 0 England 9
1938 Ted Drake married Ruby Maggs in Southampton

1943 Norman Creek awarded the Military Cross and MBE
1947 Ted Drake appointed Reading FC manager
1949 amateur Italian Universities 3 England 1 in Venezia
1951 FA Tour of Australia New South Wales 1 England 3
1955 FA Tour of Bermuda Trinidad & Tobago 1 England 8
1956 FA Tour of South Africa North.Transvaal 0 England 3
1962 Ron Flowers scores a record fifth penalty kick

 
World Cup Finals match
360 Saturday, 2 June 1962 - England 3 Argentina 1 [2-0]
Estadio Braden Copper Co., Rancagua (9,794)
Flowers (pen), R.Charlton, Greaves
Sanfilippo
NW

   
1963 England's first visit to GDR
under 23 Romania 1 England 0 at Stadionul 23 August

End-of-Season European Tour match
370 Sunday, 2 June 1963 - GDR 1 England 2 [1-1]
Zentralstadion, Leipzig (85,000)
P.Ducke
Hunt, R.Charlton
AW

1964 Mark Walters born in Solihull
1965 under 23 Austria 0 England 0 at Praterstadion

1969
FA Tour of Polynesia New Zealand 1 England 7
1970 England's first competitive match at high altitude

World Cup Finals match  
445 Tuesday, 2 June 1970 - England 1 Romania 0 [0-0]
Estádio Jalisco, Guadalajara (50,560)
Hurst NW

  1971 FA Tour of Australia Northern NSWales 0 England 3
        u/o women
Italy 7 England 0 in Trapani
1973
youth England 2 Switzerland 0 in Carrara
1976 women Italy 2 England 0 in Roma
1979
youth France 0 England 0 in Vienna
 
Bryan Robson marries Denise Brindley in Sandwell
1982 This B match was upgraded to a full international under political pressure

Scandinavian Tour match
563 Wednesday, 2 June 1982 - Iceland 1 England 1 [1-0]
Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík (11,110)
Guðjohnsen
Goddard
AD

  1983 semi-pro England 6 Netherlands 0 in Scarborough
1984 USSR beat England for first time since 1958

Friendly match
589 Saturday, 2 June 1984 - England 0 USSR 2 [0-0]
Wembley Stadium, Wembley (38,125)
Gotsmanov, Protasov HL

  1985 Ciudad de México Cup Mexico 1 Italy 1
1986 Group F Morocco 0 Poland 0
1987 under 19 Brazil 2 England 0 at Estádio Caio Martins
1989
under 21 England 2 Poland 1 at Home Park
1990 England's first visit to Tunisia
England/New Order's World in Motion enters the chart

Friendly match
657 Saturday, 2 June 1990 - Tunisia 1 England 1 [1-0]
Stade Olympique El Menzah, Tunis
(25,000)
Hergal
Bull
AD

   
1993 England fail to score against Norway for the first time

World Cup Preliminary match
696 Wednesdsay, 2 June 1993 - Norway 2 England 0 [1-0]
Ullevål Stadion, Oslo (22,500)
Leonhardsen, Bohinen AL

  1994 under 21 United States 0 England 3 in Arles
2001 UEFA Group 9
 
Finland 2 Germany 2 & Greece 1 Albania 0
2002 England field their youngest World Cup Finals side
Group F Argentina 1 Nigeria 0

World Cup Finals match
791 Sunday, 2 June 2002 - England 1 Sweden 1 [1-0]
Saitama Sutajiamu Niimarumarunii, Saitama-shi (62,561)
Campbell
Alexandersson
ND

  2003 under 21 England 3 Serbia & Montenegro 2 in Hull
2005 under 20 Tunisia 0 England 2 at Toulon
2007
UEFA Group E Russia 4 Andorra 0,
        Macedonia 1 Israel 2 & Estonia 0 Croatia 1
 Nickey Shorey marries Emily Bailey
2008
C Barbados 0 England 2 in Saint-Michael
 Sven-Göran Eriksson leaves Manchester City FC
2009
Gareth Barry joins Manchester City FC for £12m
2010 Algeria announce their squad for the World Cup Finals
2011 under 19 Switzerland 2 England 3 in Nyon
2012 Goalline Technology used at Wembley for the first time

Friendly match  
905 Saturday, 2 June 2012 - England 1 Belgium 0 [1-0]
The National Stadium, Wembley
(85,091)
Welbeck HW

   
2013 England wear a gold star for the first time

Friendly match - FA 150th Year Anniversary  
920 Sunday, 2 June 2013 - Brazil 2 England 2 [0-0]
Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho, Rio de Janeiro (57,280/66,015)
Fred, Paulinho
Oxlade-Chamberlain, Rooney
AD

2014 England submit their finalised World Cup squad
 Costa Rica have confirmed their World Cup finals squad
 Rickie Lambert joins Liverpool FC for £4m
2016 Bruno Alves is the first opposition player to be sent off at Wembley for 18 years
Steven Taylor released by Newcastle United FC
England drop to eleventh in rankings

Friendly match  
955 Thursday, 2 June 2016 - England 1 Portugal 0 [0-0]
The National Stadium, Wembley
(82,503)
Smalling HW
Bruno Alves

   
2018 Nigeria's first visit to Wembley since 1994
Declan Rice makes his final appearance for Republic of Ireland
Joey Barton becomes the manager at Fleetwood Town FC
Tunisia squad for the World Cup Finals announced

Friendly match
977 Saturday, 2 June 2018 - England 2 Nigeria 1 [2-0]
The National Stadium, Wembley
(70,025)
Cahill, Kane
Iwobi
HW

   
2021 Jude Bellingham is the youngest starter for 18 years

Friendly match
1013 Wednesday, 2 June 2021 - England 1 Austria 0 [0-0]
Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough (8,750)
Saka HW
 
  2023 Jesse Lingard released by Nottingham Forest FC
 Sam Allardyce leaves Leeds United AFC
 Phil Neville sacked by Inter Miami CF

Opposition On This Day
1869 Jack Jones (Wales) born
1879 Isaac Doherty (Ireland) born
1904 goalkeeper František Plánička (Czechoslovakia) born
1908 Macrel Langiller (France) born
1910 official Henricus Bauwens (Belgium) born

1920 Gino Capello (Italy) born
1931 Viktor Tsaryov (USSR) born
1951 official Edgardo Codesal (Mexico)
& Arnold Mühren (Netherlands) born
1965 David Campbell (Northern Ireland) born
1968 officials Mike Dean born in Wirral
& Matthias Arnet (Switzerland) born
1973 official Masaaki Toma (Japan) born in Hiroshama
1978 Robert Petrov (Macedonia) born
1988 Vasil Bozhikov (Bulgaria) born
1989 Freddie Adu (United States) born in Ghana
1992 Oleksandr Karavayev (Ukraine) born





1919
following a merger, SV Hamburger is formed

 

England's Record on 2nd June
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts % W/L
Home 5 4 0 1 5 3 +2 1 3 1.00 0.60 80.0 +3
Away 5 1 3 1 6 7 -1 1 0 1.20 1.40 50.0 =0
Neutral 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 0 1 1.667 0.667 83.3 +2
Total 13 7 4 2 16 12 +4 2 4 1.231 0.923 69.2 +5
 

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