Friendly match
7	Saturday, 2 March 1878 - Scotland 7 England 2 [4-0] Hampden Park, Glasgow (15,000)	McDougall (3), McGregor, McNiel (2), MacKinnon Wylie, Cursham	AL

	1882 Wales name their team to face England 1885 Teams chosen for the England-Wales fixture
1889 England play at the Anfield ground for the first time

British Championship
36	Saturday, 2 March 1889 - England 6 Ireland 1 [3-1] Anfield Road, Liverpool (5,000 to 6,000)	Shelton, Yates (3), Lofthouse, Brodie Wilton	HW

1897 Jack Hill born in Hetton-le-Hole	1896 Wales team is chosen to play England 1901 Home Championship Wales 1 Scotland 1
1903 England play at Fratton Park for their only time

British Championship
78	Monday, 2 March 1903 - England 2 Wales 1 [1-0] Fratton Park, Portsmouth (5,000)	Bache, Woodward Watkins	HW

1924 Laurie Hughes born in Liverpool 1973 Trevor Sinclair born in Dulwich

1901 Home Championship Scotland 1 Wales 0 1912 Wales team chosen to play England 1921 Wales team chosen to play England 1937 Gordon Hodgson joins Leeds United AFC 1939 Eric Houghton's second son, William, born 1943 funeral of Alf Harvey in Newbold 1950 Ronnie Allen joins WBA for £18,000 1955 B postponed Scotland vs. England at Ibrox 1957 youth England 5 Netherlands 5 at Griffin Park 1959 England U23 team chosen to face France Espoirs 1960 under 23 Scotland 4 England 4 at Ibrox 1968 Tony Currie marries Linda Smart in Hendon 1973 amateur Scotland 0 England 3 at Rutherglen 1974 youth England 2 Wales 1 at Gay Meadow 1993 semi-pro England 2 Wales 1 in Cheltenham  Bobby Moore's funeral in Putney Vale 1996 David Batty joins Newcastle United FC for £3.75m 1999 semi-pro England 4 Italy 1 in Hayes 2001 Rickie Lambert joins Macclesfield Town FC  Matthew Upson joins Crystal Palace FC on loan 2007 Francis Jeffers joins Ipswich Town FC on loan 2010 under 19 Netherlands 1 England 1 in Waalwijk 2011 women England 2 Italy 0 in Larnaca 2014 under 17 Germany 1 England 0 in Algarve 2015 Adam Johnson arrested 2016 Adam Johnson found guilty at Bradford Crown Court 2019 women United States 2 England 2 in Nashville 2020 Jordan Pickford married Megan Davison in Crewe  Daniel Sturridge leaves Trabzonspor

Opposition On This Day

1865 James McCall (Scotland) born 1875 official Stan Taylor born in Cambridge 1911 goalkeeper József Háda (Hungary) born 1916 Jozef van Looy (Belgium) born 1925 Caiado (Portugal) born 1927 Tihomir Orgjanov (Yugoslavia) born 1932 Erik Jensen (Denmark) born 1940 Billy McNeill (Scotland) born 1944 official Ali Bennaceur (Tunisia) born 1958 Pedro Uralde (Spain) born 1967 goalkeeper Oscar Ferro (Uruguay) born 1968 Alberto Belsue (Spain) born 1970 Ciriaco Sforza (Switzerland) born 1972 Mauricio Pochettino (Argentina) born 1976 Franca (Brazil) born 1977 official Diyan Valkov (Bulgaria) born 1978 official Luis Campos (Portugal) born 1985 goalkeeper Andy Hogg (Malta) born 1989 Toby Alderwiereld (Belgium) born 1990 Luis Advíncula (Peru) born 1995 Mats Dæhli (Norway) born 1996 Dániel Gazdag (Hungary) born

1886 Vittorio Pozzo (Italy manager) born 2018 Bernard Challandes (Kosovo manager) appointed

  

England's Record on 2nd March
Type	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	FTS	CS	FAv	AAv	Pts %	W/L
Home	2	2	0	0	8	2	+7	0	0	4.00	1.00	100.0	+2
Away	1	0	0	1	2	7	-5	0	0	2.00	7.00	0.00	-1
Total	3	2	0	1	10	9	+1	0	0	3.333	3.00	66.7	+1