British Championship
66	Monday, 20 March 1899 - England 4 Wales 0 [2-0] Ashton Gate, Bristol (10,000)	Needham, Bloomer (2), Fred Forman	HW

1917 Walter Rickett (B) born in Sheffield 1921 Segar Bastard dies in Epsom aged 67 1925 Billy Elliott born in Bradford 1952 Steve Whitworth born near Coalville 1959 Dave Beasant born in Willesden 1968 Paul Merson born in Harlesden

1906 Jack Keenan funeral in Burnley 1909 Home Championship Ireland 2 Wales 3 1911 Colin Veitch appointed President of Players Union  he replaces Evelyn Lintott, who had resigned on this day 1926 amateur Wales 1 England 2 in Wrexham  Jock Rutherford aged 41 years, plays for Arsenal FC 1928 Scotland team chosen for England 1934 Bill Rowley's funeral in Longton 1939 Billy Walker appointed Nottingham Forest manager 1952 Bobby Gurney appointed manager at Darlington FC 1955 England B team chosen to play West Germany B 1956 Switzerland B team chosen for England B 1964 amateur England 1 Scotland 0 at Selhurst Park 1965 amateur Scotland 2 England 1 at Pittodrie         youth Wales 2 England 2 in Newport 1970 amateur England 1 Scotland 0 in Dulwich 1971 John Hollins' son, Christopher, is born 1983 Emlyn Hughes sacked as Rotherham Utd manager 1993 under 20 England 2 Australia 1 in Sydney 2002 National Game XI England 2 USA 1 in Stevenage  England drop two to twelfth in rankings 2005 England squad named for Northern Ireland 2008 under 16 Germany 0 England 1 in Le Poire Sur Vie         women England 0 Czech Republic 0 in Doncaster  Richard Wright joins Southampton FC on loan  England to play USA and Czech Republic later in the year  France name their 39-man squad for England  England name a provisional squad for France 2009 assault charges against Steve Gerrard dropped 2011 England squad named for Wales & Ghana 2013 Sam Johnstone joins Walsall FC on loan 2017 Nike release the midnight blue kit 2018 C Wales 2 England 3 in Barry 2019 under 19 England 4 Czech Rep. 1 at St. George's         youth Japan 1 England 4 in Dubai         C England 2 Wales 2 in Salford 2024 youth Czech Republic 1 England 2 in Pinatar         under 17 England 5 Northern Ireland 1 at SGP

 

Opposition On This Day

1864 Fred Browne (Ireland) born in Carlsile 1870 Gilbert Rankin (Scotland) born 1885 Péter Ficzere (Hungary) born 1903 Johann Horvath (Austria) born 1923 Con Martin (Republic of Ireland) born 1937 Óscar Montalvo (Peru) born 1941 Jacques Simon (France) born 1962 Paul Wade (Australia) born 1963 official Bo Abildgaard (Denmark) born 1967 Jonas Thern (Sweden) born 1974 Carsten Ramelow (Germany) born 1980 Vitali Kutuzov (Bulgaria) born 1981 Radek Šírl (Czech Republic) born 1983 goalkeeper Eiji Kawashima (Japan) & Thomas Kahlenberg (Denmark) born 1984 Fernando Torres (Spain) born 1985 Martin Vingaard (Denmark) & Amit Ben Shushan (Israel) born 1986 Román Torres (Panama) born 1991 Mattia Destro (Italy) born 1995 Paweł Dawidowicz (Poland) born 1997 Joakim Mæhle (Denmark) born 2021 Peter Lorimer (Scotland) dies

1959 Andrew Beattie (Scotland) reappointed as manager

England's Record on 20th March
Type	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	FTS	CS	FAv	AAv	Pts %	W/L
Home	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4	0	1	4.00	0.00	100.0	+1
Total	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4	0	1	4.00	0.00	100.0	+1