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15th March

England on
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England On This Day




Sam Wolstenholme born in Little Lever
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1895		 George Vidal is baptised in Abbotsham
Arthur Walters is baptised in Ewell
 The very first FA Cup Final is played at The Oval
 Vaughan Lodge is baptised in Aycliffe

 England team named to face Scotland
 Home Championship Ireland 2 Wales 2

British Championship
57 Wales 1 England 9 [0-5]
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff (10,000)		 1896


 Chapman
Smith (2), Bloomer (5), Bassett,  Goodall		 AW
England inflict their heaviest victory on Wales
England now have twenty matches unbeaten
 Tom Crawshaw's son dies
 John Goodall's son, also John, is born



Jack Keenan dies in Burnley aged 41 years		 1899
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1907		 Albert Allen's youngest child, Ivy, is born
 Henry Wace's youngest child, Jocelyn, is born
 Steve Bloomer & Billy Brawn join Middlesbrough FC
Home Championship Scotland 3 Ireland 0

British Championship
93 Wales 1 England 7 [0-4]
 The Racecourse, Wrexham (7,000)		 1908 Davies
 Woodward (3), Windridge, Wedlock, Hilsdon (2)		 AW
Dai Davies becomes the first international substitute

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1912		 Frank Jefferis joins Everton FC for £750
Home Championship Ireland 1 Scotland 4
 amateur England 4 Netherlands 0 in Hull

British Championship
118 Wales 0 England 2 [0-0]
 Ninian Park, Cardiff (17,586)		 1914 J.Smith, Wedlock AW
England beat Wales for seventh match in a row









Ken Barnes born in Small Heath


 Bill Rowley dies in Longton aged 68 years






 Billy Hibbert dies in Blackpool aged 64 years


Herbert Lock dies in Southampton aged 71 years


Fred Pentland dies in Lytchett Matravers aged 78


 Ellis Rimmer dies in Formby aged 58 years








 Theo Walcott born in Stanmore
Ivan Toney born in Northampton
 Dominic Calvert-Lewin born in Sheffield 		1915
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2023		 postponed Scotland vs. Ireland
45 year old Kelly Houlker plays in his final match
Willis Edwards joins Leeds United AFC for £1500
Russell Wainscoat joins Leeds United AFC for £2000
Jimmy Moore signs for Chesterfield FC
Joe Smith joins Stockport County FC
Eric Brook joins Manchester City FC for £4000
Bill Rawlings joins Manchester United FC
 amateur England 3 Scotland 1 at Elland Road
trial England 1 The Rest 4 at Huddersfield
Louis Page joins Manchester United FC

Bill Nicholson signs amateur with Tottenham Hotspur
Peter O'Dowd signs for Torquay United FC
 Home Championship Ireland 1 Wales 0
George Hunt joins Bolton Wanderers FC for £5000
Teddy Sandford joins Sheffield United FC for £1500
 war charity Kent FA 2 FA XI 3 at Rochester

 Bath City AFC appoint Eddie Hapgood as manager
Chester City FC manager Louis Page to leave

 under 23 England 5 Netherlands 2 at Hillsborough
 Jack Crayston to leave Doncaster Rovers FC
 Leeds United AFC appoint Don Revie as plyr-manager
amateur England 3 Scotland 4 at Selhurst Park
 Arsenal FC appoint Billy Wright as manager
youth Wales 0 England 1 at Haverfordwest

 Colin Bell signs for Manchester City FC for £47,500
Allan Clarke joins Fulham FC
youth England 2 Wales 3 at Vicarage Road
 Dick Spence marries Cecilia English in Hammersmith
Jimmy Greaves joins West Ham United FC
women England 10 North. Ireland 0 at Ewood Park
youth FA 4 Independent Schools 1 at Bisham Abbey
 Bristol City FC sack manager Terry Cooper

women Italy 1 England 2 in Cosenza

England to play Germany at Wembley
 Barnet FC player-manager Tony Cottee resigns
under 17 England 2 Scotland 0 at Prenton Park
 England squad named for Israel and Andorra
Callum Wilson signs pro with Coventry City FC
 England squad vs. Germany named via Facebook
England remain sixteenth in the FIFA rankings
Netherlands name squad for England & Portugal
Poland squad named for the March Internationals
Birmingham City FC appoint Lee Bowyer as manager
England name squad to face Italy and Ukraine

Opposition On This Day
BIRTHS DEATHS & APPOINTMENTS
Billy Dalton (Ireland)
Patsy Gallagher (Ireland)

Wilf Lawrence (Wales)
Pierre Dalem (Belgium)
Tom Pearson (Scotland)
 Leopold Gernhardt (Austria)
 José María Maguregui (Spain)
 official Carlos Velasco (Spain) in Madrid
 Georgios Anatolakis (Greece)
goalkeeper Bryan Baloyi (South Africa)
 Pál Dárdai (Hungary)
 official Mark Borsch (Germany)
 Édison Méndez (Ecuador)
Andrei Stepanov (Estonia)
 Yoav Ziv (Israel)
Rajko Rotman (Slovenia)
 Vladimir Koman (Hungary)
Admir Mehmedi (Switzerland) in Yugoslavia
Andy Najar (Honduras)
 Marco Friedl (Austria)		 1870
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Italian FA (FIGC) founded


















 Péter Bozsik (Hungary manager) appointed

England's Record on 16th March
Venue P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
Away 3 3 0 0 18 2 +16 0 1 6.00 0.667 100.0 +3
3 3 0 0 18 2 +16 0 1 6 0.667 100 +3

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