End of Season Tour match
96	Spring Bank Holiday Monday, 8 June 1908 - Austria 1 England 11 [0-5] Hohe Warte Stadion, Wien (5,000)	Hirschl Woodward (4), Windridge, Rutherford, Bradshaw (3), Warren, Bridgett	AW

1909 Billy Furness born in Washington 1931 John Dixon dies in Nottingham aged 70

1910 FA Tour of Sth Africa Orange Province 0 England 4 1912 twenty-seventh IFAB meeting held in Aberystwyth 1914 Frank Jefferis marries Beatrice Baker in Sandown  Archie Rawlings joins Rochdale AFC 1918 wartime Scotland 2 England 0 at Parkhead 1925 FA Tour of Australia New South Wales 1 England 4 1929 FA Tour of South Africa Natal Province 0 England 3 1931 FA Tour of Canada Regina 1 England 6 1932 Ted Hufton signs for Watford FC 1937 George Blackburn trains Birmingham FC youth side 1938 Jackie Bestall appointed as a Birmingham FC coach 1945 Norman Bullock appointed as Bury FC manager 1949 Len Goulden appointed Chelmsford City FC manager

1953 England play in United States for the first time and under floodlights for first time

Early Summer American Tour match
280	Monday, 8 June 1953 - United States 3 England 6 [0-1] Yankee Stadium, New York (7,271)	Decker (2), Athineos (pen) Broadis, Finney (2), Lofthouse (2), R.Froggatt	AW

1958 Tom Finney becomes the oldest World Cup goalscorer as he scores England's first penalty after five missed Pool Four Brazil 3 Austria 0

World Cup Finals match
322	Sunday, 8 June 1958 - England 2 USSR 2 [0-1] Nya Ullevi Stadion, Göteborg (49,348)	Kevan, Finney (pen) Simonyan, A.Ivanov	ND

1968 England gain third place in the European Championship Finals European Championships Final Italy 1 Yugoslavia 1

European Championship Finals Third Place play-off match
425	Saturday, 8 June 1968 - England 2 USSR 0 [1-0] Stadio Olimpico, Roma (68,817)	R.Charlton, Hurst	NW

1969 England win in Uruguay for first time

Tour of Central/South America match
434	Sunday, 8 June 1969 - Uruguay 1 England 2 [0-1] Estadio Centenario, Montevideo (54,161 to 70,000)	Cubilla Lee, Hurst	AW

	1975 UEFA Group 1 Cyprus 0 Portugal 2
1977 Les Cocker takes charge of the team while Revie is in UAE UEFA Group 7 Finland 0 Italy 3

Tour of South America match
512	Wednesday, 8 June 1977 - Brazil 0 England 0 [0-0] Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho, Rio de Janeiro (77,000)		AD

	1981 Clive Allen joins Queen's Park Rangers FC for £0.7m 1982 Tony Woodcock joins Arsenal FC for £½m. 1988 u/o under 20 Londrina 1 England 1 in Londrina
1991 England's final match with New Zealand

Summer Tour of Oceania match
675	Saturday, 8 June 1991 - New Zealand 0 England 2 [0-1] Athletic Park, Wellington (12,000)	Pearce, Hirst	AW

1993 John Atyeo dies in Warminster aged 61	1992 David Platt completes his signing with Juventus FC
1995 England play away from Wembley for the fist time since 1966 under 21 Malaysia 0 England 2 at Six-Fours-les-Plages women Norway 2 England 0 in Karlstad

Umbro Cup match
712	Thursday, 8 June 1995 - England 3 Sweden 3 [1-2] Elland Road, Leeds (32,008)	Sheringham, Platt, Anderton Mild (2), K.Andersson	HD

1996 England host their first Finals match for thirty years

European Championship Finals match
722	Saturday, 8 June 1996 - England 1 Switzerland 1 [1-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley (72,000/76,567)	Shearer Türkyilmaz (pen)	HD

2001 Don Roper (unused) dies in Southampton aged 78

1997 Tournoi de France Italy 3 Brazil 3         women Norway 4 England 0 in Lillestrøm 1999 under 21 Bulgaria 0 England 1 at Vratza

2002 The England Boys' Go England, Ant & Dec's We're On The Ball, DJ Otzi's Hey Baby and Babe Team's Over There all enter the chart

2021 John Angus dies in Warkworth aged 82 years

2003 youth England 2 Spain 0 in Lisbon 2004 Peter Crouch joins Southampton FC for £2m 2005 under 20 France 0 England 0 in Toulon         women England 1 Denmark 2 at Ewood Park 2006 Nigel Martyn retires from playing 2009 under 21 England 7 Azerbaijan 0 at Stadium MK 2010 England due to play Thailand 2011 Carl Jenkinson joins Arsenal FC for £1.2m 2013 under 21 England 1 Norway 3 in Petah Tikva 2015 youth Russia 0 England 2 in Moscow  Danny Ings signs for Liverpool FC  Darren Bent rejoins Derby County FC as a free agent 2017 under 20 England 3 Scotland 0 at Fos-sur-Mer         under 20 semi-final Italy 1 England 3 in Jeonju 2018 under 21 final Mexico 1 England 2 in Martigues         women Russia 1 England 3 in Moskva 2022 Fraser Forster joins Tottenham Hotspur FC

Opposition On This Day

1903 Harold Duggan (Ireland) born 1914 René Gérard (France) born 1919 Gerry Bower (Ireland) born 1936 Bill Humphries (Northern Ireland) born 1944 David Craig (Northern Ireland) born 1963 official Toru Kamikawa (Japan) born in Kagoshima 1974 Vladimír Labant (Slovakia) born 1979 official Norbert Hauata (Tahiti) born 1981 Milciades Saldivar (Paraguay) born 1982 Alessandro Della Valle (San Marino) born 1984 Max Pereira (Uruguay) born 1988 Kamil Grosicki (Poland) born

1955 José Camacho (Spain player & manager) born 2019 Ljubiša Tumbaković (Montengro manager) sacked

 

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