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England On This Day
1854 Richard Geaves born in Mexico



1909
Herbert Whitfeld dies in Lewes aged 50
1916
Fred Steele born in Hanley


1931
Bill Garraty dies in Birmingham aged 52

1888
Jack Fort baptised in Abram
1894
Fred Wheldon's son, also Frederick, is born
1906
Jimmy Hampson baptised in Little Hulton


1922
Fred Mitchell to leave Preston North End FC
1927
Jimmy Seed refused as Leeds United AFC manager
1931
Fred Kean guilty of disertion of his wife
 Tom Smalley joins Wolverhampton Wanderers FC
1932
Arthur Rigby joins Middlesbrough FC
1933
Everton FC number their shirts for a League match
1936 England lose to Austria for the first time

End-of-Season Tour match
203 Wednesday, 6 May 1936 - Austria 2 England 1 [2-0]
Praterstadion, Wien (60,000)
Viertl, Geiter
Camsell
AL

  1940 Willie Hall marries Lillian Jefferies in Barking
1944
wartime Wales 0 England 2 at Ninian Park
1947
Willie Hall now also has his left leg amputated
1950
youth Ireland 1 England 0 at Cliftonville
 Ted Sagar makes his final league appearance
1955 inter-level England 5 Young England 0 at Highbury
1959 Italy field an all-Italian side following the new FIFA ruling

Friendly match  
330 Wednesday, 6 May 1959 - England 2 Italy 2 [2-0]
Empire Stadium, Wembley
(90,000-91,000)
Charlton, Bradley
Brighenti, Mariani
HD

  1960 inter-level England 2 Young England 1 at Highbury
1964 Bobby Moore becomes the youngest Wembley captain

Friendly match
376 Wednesday, 6 May 1964 - England 2 Uruguay 1 [1-0]
Empire Stadium, Wembley (55,000)
J.Byrne (2)
Spencer
HW







Bob Morton dies aged 74
Cole Palmer is born in Wythenshawe





John Crosland dies in Huntingdon aged 83
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2004
2005
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2011
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2016
2019
2024
Alf Ramsey names a 28-man training party for Finals
Ray Kennedy signs as an Arsenal FC apprentice
women Scotland 0 England 4 in Paisley
Tony Adams crashes his Ford Sierra
under 16 Greece 2 England 1 in Baden
under 17 Croatia 4 England 1 in Durham
under 20 China 0 England 0 in Toulon
under 16 Scotland 1 England 2 in Larne
Brazil name their provisional WCF squad
Denmark name their WCF squad
Argentina name a provisional 12-man WCF squad
under 17 England 3 Portugal 1 in Tours
women England 1 Norway 0 at Oakwell

under 17 England 1 Netherlands 1 in Gera
England remain seventh in the FIFA rankings
under 17 Denmark 2 England 0 in Nova Sad

Wayne Bridge forced to retire because of injury
Anthony Gardner released by Sheffield Wednesday FC
Honduras name their provisional WCF squad
under 17 England 1 Sweden 2 in Yeni Suraxanι
under 17 Netherlands 5 England 2 in Dublin

C England 2 Nepal 0 in Aldershot

Opposition On This Day
1896 official Einer Ulrich (Denmark) born in København
1908 Roberto Echevarría (Spain) born
1910 goalkeeper Dave Cumming (Scotland) born

1936 George Herd (Scotland)
& Torbjörn Jonsson (Sweden) born

1965 goalkeeper Marijan Mrmic (Croatia)
& Mike Peteresen (Australia) born
1966 Rodger Gray (New Zealand) born
1972 official Mauricio Espinosa (Uruguay) born
1973 Ferenc Horvath (Hungary) born
1976 Denny Landzaat (Netherlands) born
1983 Dani Alves (Brazil) born
1987 Dries Mertens (Belgium) born
1990 goalkeeper Péter Gulácsi (Hungary) born
1995 Marko Pjaca (Croatia) born
1998 Mateo Kovačić (Croatia) born in Linz



1915
Denis Neville (Netherlands manager) born in London


1941
Ivića Osim (Yugoslavia manager) born
England's Record on 6th May
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts % W/L
Home 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0 0 1.00 2.00 0.00 -1
Away 2 1 1 0 4 3 +1 0 0 2.00 1.50 75.0 +1
Total 3 1 1 1 5 5 =0 0 0 1.667 1.667 50.0 =0
 

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