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2nd March

England on
3rd March

4th March
Friendly match
6 Saturday, 3 March 1877 - England 1 Scotland 3 [0-1]
Surrey Cricket Ground, Kennington
(2,000 to 3,000)
Lyttelton
Ferguson (2), Richmond
HL


1886
Jimmy Raine (tourist)
1883 Scotland team chosen to face England

1888 Home Championship
Wales 11 Ireland 0

1890 Wales team chosen to face England
1893 Wales team chosen to face England
 James Prinsep's son, Caradoc, born in Egypt
1894 Willie Gibson is the youngest player to score against England

British Championship  
50 Saturday, 3 March 1894 - Ireland 2 England 2 [0-1]
Cliftonville Gardens, Belfast (8,000 to 12,000)
Stanfield, Gibson
Devey, Spiksley
AD

  1896 Ireland team chosen to face England
1898
George Molyneux joins Stoke FC
1900
Home Championship Ireland 0 Scotland 3

1901 Jackie Hegan baptised in Coventry
 Fred Priest's eldest, George, is born
1902 England fail to score for the first time in 52 matches
then the England team is named for Ireland

British Championship  
74 Monday, 3 March 1902 - Wales 0 England 0 [0-0]
The Racecourse, Wrexham
(7,000 to 12,000)
  AD

  1906 Home Championship Scotland 0 Wales 2
 Ireland vs. England originally scheduled
1907 Bill Dean is baptised in St. James', Birkenhead
 Ellis Rimmer is also baptised in St. Peter's, Birkenhead
1908 Arthur Walters' daughter, Janet, born
1911
Guest is sentenced for stealing Hodgett's medals
1913 Home Championship Wales 0 Scotland 0
 then the Welsh team is named for England
1920 Dicky Downs joins Everton FC for £2500
1921 Arthur Rigby joins Bradford City FC for £1200
1922
Warney Cresswell joins Sunderland AFC for £5500
1923
Home Championship Ireland 0 Scotland 1
1924 England lose to Wales at home for the second time since 1920

British Championship  
139 Monday, 3 March 1924 - England 1 Wales 2 [0-0]
Ewood Park, Blackburn (30,000)
W.Roberts
W.Davies, Vizard
HL



1930
Nat Walton dies in Blackburn aged 62







1972
Darren Anderton born in Southampton





1989
Jackie Hegan dies in Coventry aged 88 years
1926 Tom Parker joins Arsenal FC
1928
Ronnie Dix scores for Bristol Rovers FC aged 15

1934
Tosh Johnson leaves Everton FC for Liverpool FC
1937
Frank Moss appointed manager at Hearts aged 28
1939
Wilf Copping returns to Leeds United AFC
1947
Ken Willingham joins Leeds United AFC
1952
England B team selected to play Netherlands
1954 B
England 1 Scotland 1 at Roker Park
1956 youth England 2 Scotland 2 at Deepdale

1976
youth England 2 Wales 3 at Maine Road
       
college FA 0 BCSA 1 at Cheltenham
1978 under 21 England 2 Italy 1 at Maine Road
1982
Frank Worthington joins Leeds United AFC
1984
Keith Curle joins Bristol City FC for £10,000

1990 under 16
Scotland 4 England 1 in Airdrie
1992
semi-pro Wales 0 England 1 in Aberystwyth
1993 under 16
England 4 Netherlands 0 at Fratton Park
1997
Tony Cottee signs for Selangor
1998 under 17
England 3 Bosnia & Herz. 1 at Nene Park
       
semi-pro
England 2 Netherlands 1 in Crawley
2000 Stan Matthews cremated in Stoke
2002 women
United States 2 England 0 in Ferreiras
2006 Euro 2008 preliminary Group E fixtures finalised
2010 Egypt come to England for the first time
under 21 England 1 Greece 2 at Doncaster
women England 3 Italy 2 in Nicosia
England to play Japan and Mexico in May
England up one to eighth in rankings

Friendly match  
882 Wednesday, 3 March 2010 - England 3 Egypt 1 [0-1]
The National Stadium, Wembley (80,602)
Crouch (2), Wright-Phillips
Zidan
HW

2014 Stan Rickaby dies in Perth, Australia aged 89 2014 youth England 1 Croatia 2 at St. George's Park
2016
England remain ninth in rankings

Opposition On This Day
BIRTHS DEATHS & APPOINTMENTS
Karel Lotsij (FIFA selector) in Baltimore, US
 official Generoso Dattilo (Italy)
Constant Joacim (Belgium)
 Kristian Henriksen (Norway)
 Lauro Amadò (Switzerland)
Luis Miró (Spain manager)
official Jan Bronckhurst (Netherlands)
 Bill Thornton (Scotland)
Nándor Hidegkuti (Hungary)
Óscar Tábarez (Uruguay manager)
Enrique Meza (Mexico Manager)
Trevor Anderson (Northern Ireland)
Zico (Japan manager & Brazil player)
 Bob Bradley (United States manager)
Dragan Stojković (Yugoslavia player & Serbia manager)
 goalkeeper Jörg Stiel (Switzerland)
official Eitan Shemeulevitch (Israel)
 Daniel Gygax (Switzerland)
 Ángel Arizmendi (Spain)
Femi Opabunmi (Nigeria)
Mehmet Topal (Turkey)
 Fernando (Brazil)
 Antonio Rüdiger (Germany)
Jonny (Spain)
 Bryan Cristante (Italy)
Juan Carlos Corbalan (Malta)
Benjamin Tahirović (Bosnia & Herzegovina) in Sweden
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Dragan Stojković (Serbia manager) appointed
   

England's Record on 3rd March
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts % W/L
Home 3 1 0 2 5 6 -1 0 0 1.667 2.00 33.3 -1
Away 2 0 2 0 2 2 =0 1 1 1.00 1.00 50.0 =0
Total 5 1 2 2 7 8 -1 1 1 1.40 1.60 40.0 -1

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