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England On This Day



1896
Tommy Meehan is born in Manchester










1932
Charles Morice dies in Hampstead aged 82


1944
Herbie Roberts dies in Edmonton aged 39
1880 Vivian Woodward is baptised in Kenington
1894
Arthur Grimsdell is baptised in Watford
1895
tenth IFAB meeting held in Glasgow

1901
sixteenth IFAB meeting held in Giant's Causeway
1902
George Hedley's son, Rowland, is born
 
Norwich City FC founded at The Criterion Hotel
1905
twentieth IFAB meeting held in Killarney
1910 John Goodall appointed coach of RC Roubaix
1912
Sam Hardy joins Aston Villa FC
1921 Sam Hardy to join Nottingham Forest FC
 The funeral of John Owen takes place
1925 FA Tour of Australia Ipswich 0 England 3
1931 FA Tour of Canada Vancouver 1 England 7

1934
Tommy Graham's daughter, Anne, is born
1939 FA Tour of South Africa South Africa 0 England 3
1944 Arthur Willis' daughter, Jessie, is born
1950 FA Tour of Canada Ontario 2 England 9
1954 Goalkeeper wears a number for the first time in England's first two hour match
Pool D Switzerland 2 Italy 1
World Cup Finals match
288 Thursday, 17 June 1954 - Belgium 4 England 4 [1-2]ᴭᵀ Sankt Jakob Stadium, Basel (14,000) Anoul (2), Coppens, Dickinson OG
 Broadis (2), Lofthouse (2)
ND

   
1958 England play in their first ever play-off

World Cup Finals match
325 Tuesday, 17 June 1958 - USSR 1 England 0 [0-0]
Nya Ullevi Stadion, Göteborg
(23,182)
Ilyin NL

  1966 England name their squad for a European tour
1970
Ted Drake leaves as Barcelona FC assistant
1973
amateur Turkey 0 England 2 in Ankara
1982
Group 4 Czechoslovakia 1 Kuwait 1
 
Bryan Robson's daughter, Charlotte, is born
1984 England fail to score against Chile for the first time

Tour of South America match
592 Sunday, 17 June 1984 - Chile 0 England 0 [0-0]
Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago
(9,876)
  AD



1990 Jordan Henderson born in Sunderland
1986 round of sixteen
 France 2 Italy 0 & West Germany 1 Morocco 0

1990
Group F Egypt 0 Republic of Ireland 0
1992 England's first competive loss to Sweden
Group One France 1 Denmark 2

European Championship Finals match
688 Wednesday, 17 June 1992 - Sweden 2 England 1 [0-1]
Råsunda Fotbollstadion, Solna
(30,126)
Eriksson, Brolin
Platt
AL

  1999 David James joins Aston Villa FC for £1.8m
2000 England beat Germany in a competitive fixture for first time since 1966
Group A Romania 0 Portugal 1
Fat Les 2000's Jersulem enters the chart

European Championship Finals match
770 Saturday, 17 June 2000 - England 1 Germany 0 [0-0]
Stade Communal, Charleroi (27,700/30,000)
Shearer NW

  2002 round of sixteen
 
Mexico 0 United States 2 & Brazil 2 Belgium 0
2004 Wayne Rooney becomes the youngest scorer at the Euro's
Group B Croatia 2 France 2

European Championship Finals match
815 Thursday, 17 June 2004 -
England 3 Switzerland 0 [1-0]
Estádio Municipal de Coimbra, Coimbra (28,214/30.000)
Rooney, Stiel OG, Gerrard NW
Bernt Haas

  2007 under 21 England 2 Serbia 0 in Nijmegan
2009
Colin Cooper appointed asst at Middlesbrough FC
2010
Alan Thompson appointed as a coach at Celtic FC
2012
women England 1 Netherlands 0 in Salford
 
England to play Scotland as part of celebrations
2015
women England 2 Colombia 1 in Montreal
 
Micah Richards joins Aston Villa FC on a free transfer
2017
Phil Jones marries Kaya Hall in Nether Alderley
 Jack Wilshere marries Andriani Michael in Tuscany
2021 Fikayo Tomori signs for AC Milan
 Ashley Young rejoins Aston Villa FC

Opposition On This Day
1859 John Inglis (Scotland) born
1866 Jimmy Allan (Scotland) born
1929 Tomislav Crnković (Yugoslavia) born
1932 Walter Kollman (Austria) born
1940 goalkeeper Marcel Aubour (France) born
1948 Liam O'Kane (Northern Ireland) born
1960 official Roland van Nylen (Belgium) born
1965 official Sönke Glindmann (Germany) born
1967 Zinho (Brazil) born
1979 official Massimiliano Irrati (Italy) born in Pirenze
1995 Ádám Nagy (Hungary) born
1996 Arkadiusz Reca (Poland) born
1997 Emmanuel Agbadou (Côte d'Ivoire) born












2016
Tite (Brazil Head Coach) appointed
England's Record on 17th June
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts % W/L
Away 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1 1 1 0.50 1.00 25.0 -1
Neutral 4 2 1 1 8 5 +3 1 2 2.00 1.25 62.5 +1
Total 6 2 2 2 9 7 +2 2 3 1.50 1.167 50.0 =0
 

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