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1864 Billy Betts born in Sheffield
1865
Teddy Leighton born in Nottingham
1881 Harry Linacre born at Aston-on-Trent



1888
England team chosen to play Ireland
1891 Alf Harvey marries Margaret Jenkins in Birmingham
1892 Home Championship Scotland 6 Wales 1
1898 Home Championship Ireland 0 Scotland 3
1900 Wales score against England for first time in four years
British Championship
69 Monday, 26 March 1900 - Wales 1 England 1 [0-1]
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff (4,000 to 8,000)
Meredith
Wilson
AD


1910
Herod Ruddlesdin dies in Birdwell aged 33
1913 Billy Morris born in Handsworth



1932 Bobby Ayre (B) in Berwick-upon-Tweed










1977
Kevin Davies born in Sheffield
1904 Home Championship Ireland 1 Scotland 1
1910 amateur Belgium 2 England 2 in Brussels

1925 Scotland team chosen to play England
1928
England team chosen to play Scotland
1930 Scotland team chosen to play England

1940 Harry Hibbs announces his retirement from playing
1947 Jack Butler resigns as Torquay United FC manager
1948 amateur England 2 Luxembourg 1 in Ilford
1951 youth England 2 Netherlands 1 in Cannes
1952 B Netherlands 0 England 1 at Olympisch Stadion
 Scotland team chosen to play England

1958 Jimmy Greaves marries Irene Barden in Romford
1960 amateur England 2 Scotland 1 at Roots Hall
1964 youth Poland 1 England 1 in Brada
1969 youth Belgium 0 England 2 in Waregem
1980 England play and beat Spain for first time in twelve years
B England 1 Spain 0 at Roker Park
youth England 4 Denmark 0 at Highfield Road

Friendly match
538 Wednesday, 26 March 1980 - Spain 0 England 2 [0-1]
Nou Estadi del FC Barcelona, Barcelona (50,000)
Woodcock, T.Francis AW

   
1985 Gary Lineker scores his first international goal

Friendly match
597 Tuesday, 26 March 1985 -
England 2 Republic of Ireland 1 [1-0]
Wembley Stadium, Wembley (34,793)
Steven, Lineker
Brady
HW

     
1986 England win in USSR for first time since 1973
under 21 England 1 Denmark 1 at Maine Road

Friendly match
610 Wednesday, 26 March 1986 - USSR 0 England 1 [0-0]
Dinamo Stadion, Tbilisi (62,000)
Waddle AW

1988 under 16 England 2 Scotland 2 at Gay Meadow
1991
under 21 England 3 Rep. Ireland 0 at Griffin Park
1998
under 19 England 3 France 2 at Edgeley Park
 
Alan Smith signs pro forms with Leeds United AFC
 
Peter Beardsley joins Fulham FC on a free transfer
1999
under 21 England 5 Poland 0 at The Dell
2002
under 21 England 1 Italy 1 in Bradford
        under 16
Japan 1 England 3 in Montaigu
 
Nationwide to become a joint FA sponsor
 Andy Hinchcliffe retires from playing
2003
England drop one to ninth in rankings

2004 under 17 England 1 Iceland 0 at Belle Vue
2005 England play Northern Ireland for the first time since 1987
UEFA Group 6 Wales 0 Austria 2 & Poland 8 Azerbaijan 0
under 19 England 1 Denmark 0 at Alexandra Stadium
under 17 England 3 Serbia & Montenegro 1 at Britannia Stadium
under 16 Cameroon 1 England 2 in Montaigu

World Cup preliminary match
825 Easter Saturday, 26 March 2005 -
England 4
Northern Ireland 0 [0-0]
Old Trafford, Manchester (65,239)
J.Cole, Owen, Baird OG, Lampard HW

   2006 women England 0 France 0 at Ewood Park
2008 David Beckham makes his 100th England appearance

Friendly match  
862 Wednesday, 26 March 2008 - France 1 England 0 [1-0]
Stade de France, Saint-Denis (78,500)
Ribéry AL

    
2011 Aaron Ramsey becomes the youngest post-war opposition captain
UEFA Group G Bulgaria 0 Switzerland 0
under 17 England 3 Northern Ireland 2 in Geel

European Championship preliminary match  
895 Saturday, 26 March 2011 - Wales 0 England 2 [0-2]
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff (68,959)
Lampard (pen), Bent AW

  2012 under 17 England 1 Ukraine 0 in Tbilisi
2013 England wear an Umbro kit for the last time
Wayne Rooney scores in his sixth successive match
UEFA Group H Ukraine 2 Moldova 1 & Poland 5 San Marino 0
under 16 Netherlands 1 England 1 in Beauvoir-sur-Mer

World Cup preliminary match
918 Tuesday, 26 March 2013 -
Montenegro 1 England 1 [0-1]
Stadion Pod Goricom, Podgorica
(11,300)
Damjanović
Rooney
AD

  2014 under 17 Czech Rep 0 England 1 in Uherské Hradiště
 UEFA's League of Nations announced

2015 under 19 England 3 Denmark 2 at Bayeaux
        youth England 1 Switzerland 0 at St. George's Park
        under 17 England 2 Romania 1 in Burton-upon-Trent
2016 England come back from 2-0 down for fifth time since 1976
under 21 Switzerland 1 England 1 in Thun
under 19 Greece 1 England 1 at Ciudad de Lepe
under 17 England 1 Finland 0 in Leek

under 16 Brazil 3 England 1 in Le Poiré-sur-Vie

Friendly match
951 Saturday, 26 March 2016 - Germany 2 England 3 [1-0]
Olympiastadion, Berlin
(72,000)
Kroos, Gomez
Kane, Vardy, Dier
AW

     
2017 England beat the Lithuanians comfortably
UEFA Group F Scotland 1 Slovenia 0 & Malta 1 Slovakia 3

World Cup preliminary match
966 Sunday, 26 March 2017 - England 2 Lithuania 0 [1-0]
The National Stadium, Wembley (77,690)
Defoe, Vardy HW

2018 youth England 2 Belarus 1 at St. George's Park
        under 17 Brazil 1 England 1 in San Pedro

2019
under 20 Portugal 1 England 0 in Penafiel

        under 19 Denmark 2 England 2 at St. George's Park
 Chris Powell sacked as Southend United FC manager
2022 England score their 100th successful penalty kick
under 19 England 4 Armenia 0 in Rotherham
under 17 France 3 England 1 in Hesperange
 
Friendly match
1029 Saturday, 26 March 2022 -
England 2 Switzerland
1 [1-1]
The National Stadium, Wembley (78,881)
Shaw, Kane (pen)
Embolo
HW

     
2023 England's 100th match on a Sunday
UEFA Group C Malta 0 Italy 2

European Championship preliminary match  
1043 Sunday, 26 March 2023 - England 2 Ukraine 0 [2-0]
The National Stadium, Wembley (83,947)
Kane, Saka HW

   
2024 England play in purple for the first time
under 21 England 7 Luxembourg 0 in Bolton
          Elite League
Czech Republic 1 England 3 in Karviná-Ráj
        
 under 17 France 2 England 1 at St. George's Park

Friendly match
1053 Tuesday, 26 March 2024 - England 2 Belgium 2 [1-2]
The National Stadium, Wembley
(80,733)
Toney (pen), Bellingham
Tielemens (2)
HD

  

Opposition This Day
BIRTHS DEATHS & APPOINTMENTS
 John Challen (Wales)
 John Scraggs (Ireland)
Jimmy McMullen (Scotland)
 Sven Lindgvist (Sweden)
Attilio Ferraris (Italy)
 Ernst Andersson (Sweden)
 goalkeeper Serjio Livingstone (Chile)
 Manuel Passos (Portugal)
Sigvard Parling (Sweden)
 Manuel Sanchis (Spain)
Janusz Kowalik (Poland)
 Alberto Coyote (Mexico)
Jelle Goes (Estonia manager) in Netherlands
 Choi Jin-Cheul (Korea Republic)
 
Liviu Ciobotariu (Romania)
 Miklas Herczeg (Hungary)
Pierre Wome (Cameroon)
 Pablo Lima (Uruguay)
 Daniel Axtyamov (Azerbaijan)
 Simon Kjær (Denmark)
Casper Sloth (Denmark)
 official Kevin Ortega (Peru)
Anel Ahmedhodžić (Bosnia & Herzegovina) in Sweden
Mohamed Touré (Australia)
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England's Record on 26th March
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts % W/L
Home 6 5 1 0 14 4 +10 0 3 2.333 0.667 91.7 +5
Away 7 4 2 1 10 5 +5 1 3 1.429 0.714 71.4 +3
Total 13 9 3 1 24 9 +15 1 6 1.846 0.692 80.8 +8

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