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7th March

England on
8th March
9th March
 
Friendly match  
2 Saturday, 8 March 1873 - England 4 Scotland 2 [2-2]
 Surrey Cricket Ground, Kennington (3,000)		 Kenyon-Slaney (2), Bonsor, Chenery
 Renny-Tailyour, Gibb		 HW





1899 George Blackburn born in Willesden Green










1936 Ernest Needham dies in Chesterfield, aged 63


1954 Joe Reader dies in West Bromwich, aged 88
1956 Laurie Cunningham born in St. Mary's Archway






1986 Jack Morton dies in Milton Keynes aged 71
1988 Frank Osborne dies in Epsom aged 91 years		 1886 England team chosen to face Ireland
1887 Scotland team chosen to play England
 George Haworth's twins, George and Beatrice, born
1893 Richmond chosen as a venue to play Scotland

1900 Willie Foulke's son, lso William, is born
1920 England team chosen to face Wales
1921 Harry Bedford joins Blackpool for £1200
1922 trial Whites 1 Reds 1at Old Trafford
1928 Harry Chambers joins West Bromwich Albion FC
1929 Albert Geldard signs amateur with Bradford FC
1933 Tom Parker retires from playing and is then
 appointed manager at Norwich City FC
1935 Syd Puddefoot manager at Northampton Town FC
 Bob Kelly joins Carlisle United FC as player-manager

1950 Home Championship/Group 1 Wales 0 Ireland 0
1952 amateur England 8 Rep. Ireland 2 at Gay Meadow


1959 youth GDR 4 England 3 in Zwickau
1965 amateur Tottenham Hotspur 4 England 0
1966 funeral of Teddy Taylor in Stockport
1968 amateur Great Britain 6 Rep. Ireland 0 at Watford
1969 amateur Rep. Ireland 1 England 1 at Dalymount Pk
1972 Gordon Banks appears on ITV's This Is Your Life
 1986 under 16 England 3 Denmark 0 at Lilleshall
1989 England's first visit to Tiranë
 youth Greece 0 England 5 in Xanthi

World Cup Preliminary match
643 Wednesday, 8 March 1989 - Albania 0 England 2 [0-1]
 Stadiumi Kombetar, Tiranë (25,000)		 J.Barnes, Robson AW

  1994 under 21 England 1 Denmark 0 at Griffin Park
         under 16 England 1 Netherlands 0 at Edgar Street
 1998 women England 0 Germany 1 at the New Den
2003 David Nugent signs professional with Bury FC
2007 women England 6 Russia 0 in Milton Keynes
2013 women England 4 Scotland 4 in Larnaca
 Franny Jeffers signs for Accrington Stanley FC
2020 women Japan 0 England 1 in Harrison
2021 Keith Curle appointed manager of Oldham Athletic
2023 Scott Parker sacked as Club Brugge manager

Opposition On This Day
1887 Paddy O'Connell (Ireland) born
1899 Jules Dewaquez (France) born
1919 Mal Griffiths (Wales) born
1921 Andrew Wilson (Scotland) dies in Richmond
1922 official Juan Brozzi (Argentina) born
1923 Atilio Cremaschi (Chile) born
1934 Marti Verges (Spain) born
1938 Milan Galić (Italy) born
1961 official Alexey Monahov (Russia) born
1972 official Martin Balko (Slovakia)
& Constantin Galca (Romania) born
1975 Markus Weissenberger (Austria) born
1977 official Marco Ferreira (Portugal)
& Johann Vogel (Switzerland) born
1984 György Garics (Austria) born
& official Mikaël Berchebru (France) born
1986 Alexander Kitlitsyn (Kazakhstan) born
1988 Juan Carlos García (Honduras) born
1991 Róbert Mak (Slovakia) born
1997 Kevin Nisbet (Scotland) born



















2018 Graham Arnold (Australia) appointed as manager

   

England's Record on 8th March
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts % W/L
Home 1 1 0 0 4 2 +2 0 0 4.00 2.00 100.0 +1
Away 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 0 1 2.00 0.00 100.0 +1
Total 2 2 0 0 6 2 +4 0 1 3.00 2.00 100.0 +2
   

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