World Cup preliminary match
312	Wednesday, 8 May 1957 - England 5 Republic of Ireland 1 [4-0] Empire Stadium, Wembley (52,000)	Taylor (3), Atyeo (2) Curtis	HW

1963 ninth direct free-kick scored against England

F.A. Centenary Celebration Match
368	Wednesday, 8 May 1963 - England 1 Brazil 1 [0-1] Empire Stadium, Wembley (92,000)	Douglas Pepe	HD

1965 Wally Hardinge dies in Cambridge aged 79
1968 England wore Aertex shirts for the first time

European Championship Quarter-Final second leg
421	Wednesday, 8 May 1968 - Spain 1 England 2 [0-0] Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid (66,994)	Amancio Peters, Hunter	AW

1976 England play at Wrexham for first time since 1932

British Championship
498	Saturday, 8 May 1976 - Wales 0 England 1 [0-0] Ninian Park, Cardiff (24,592)	Taylor	AW

1988 women Denmark 2 England 0 in Herning 1992 Phil Neal sacked as Bolton Wanderers FC manager 1993 Brian Clough leaves as Nottingham Forest manager 1997 Stuart Pearce resigns as Nottingham Forest manager 1999 youth England 1 Netherlands U17 2 at Wembley 2000 Phil Jagielka signs pro forms with Sheffield United 2001 Patrick Carter appointed to the Wembley project 2005 under 17 England 0 Italy 1 in Cascina  Dennis Wise resigns as Millwall FC player-manager 2006 England's provisional World Cup squad named 2008 women Belarus 1 England 6 in Minsk 2012 Nicky Barmby sacked as Hull City AFC manager  Ukraine name their provisional Finals squad 2014 women England 4 Ukraine 0 in Shrewsbury  England remain eleventh in rankings

Opposition On This Day
1889 Louis van Hege (Belgium) born 1903 Manuel Anoton (France) born 1920 official Erwin Heiger (Austria) born in Vienna 1939 János Göröcs (Hungary) born 1968 Hisashi Kurosaki (Japan) born 1971 Gilewicz Radosław (Poland) born 1978 Lúcio (Brazil) born 1981 Andrea Barzagli (Italy) born 1982 Uğur Yıldırım (Netherlands) born 2000 Sandro Tonali (Italy) born	1936 Hector Nunez (Uruguay manager) born 1942 Terry Neill (Northern Ireland player & manager) born 1954 Asian Football Confederation founded 1968 David Rodrigo (Andorra manager) born 1970 Luis Enrique (Spain manager) born 2001 Dejan Savicević (Serbia & Mon. manager) appointed 2012 Pietro Ghedin (Malta manager) appointed 2019 Aleksandr Kokorin & Pavel Mamaev (Russia) jailed

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