England on 11th May
End-of-Season Tour match 154 Wednesday, 11 May 1927 - Belgium 1 England 9 [0-5] Stade DC Bruxelles, Bruxelles (35,000) Vanhalme G.Brown (2), Hulme, Rigby (2), Dean (3), Page AW 1929 Joe Carter scores England's 500th goal End-of-Season Tour match 166 Saturday, 11 May 1929 - Belgium 1 England 5 [0-3] Parc Duden, Bruxelles (35,000) Moeschal Camsell (4 (1 pen)), Carter AW 1954 John Gregory born in Scunthorpe1957 Harry Linacre dies in Nottingham aged 76 1932 Frank Barson appointed Rhyl Athletic FC manager1937 England to wear numbered shirts for their tour Roy Goodall appointed as a Nottingham Forest FC trainer Tommy Grosvenor joins Bolton Wanderers FC 1940 wartime Scotland 1 England 1 at Hampden Park 1946 victory England 4 Switzerland 1 at Stamford Bridge1949 England teams chosen to play Finland & Sweden1950 B Italy 4 England 0 at San Siro1953 Buenos Aires XI team chosen for England1954 England team chosen to play Yugoslavia 1957 youth England 6 Northern Ireland 2 at Brisbane Rd 1958 England suffer their heaviest defeat to Yugoslavia End-of-Season Tour match 320 Sunday, 11 May 1958 - Yugoslavia 5 England 0 [1-0] Stadion JNA, Beograd (55,000-60,000) Milutinović, Petaković (3), Veselinović AL 1960 Ronnie Clayton makes his final England appearance Friendly match 339 Wednesday, 11 May 1960 - England 3 Yugoslavia 3 [1-1] Empire Stadium, Wembley (60,000) Douglas, Greaves, Haynes Galić (2), Kostić HD 1963 youth England 1 Northern Ireland 1 at Boundary Park 1967 youth England 2 France 0 in İstanbul 1974 Joe Mercer's first match as caretaker manager under 23 Turkey 0 England 0 in Ankara British Championship 479 Saturday, 11 May 1974 - Wales 0 England 2 [0-1] Ninian Park, Cardiff (25,734) Bowles, Keegan AW 1975 England's first, and so far, only visit to Cyprus youth Switzerland 0 England 4 in Buochs European Championship preliminary match 490 Sunday, 11 May 1975 - Cyprus 0 England 1 [0-1] Tsirion Athletic Centre, Limassol (15,708 to 21,000) Keegan AW 1976 Gerry Francis is the first captain to score for over six years British Championship 499 Tuesday, 11 May 1976 - England 4 Northern Ireland 0 [2-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley (48,000) G.Francis, Channon (2 (1 pen)), Pearson HW 1985 Bradford City FC's Valley Parade fire disaster 1986 practice US Air Force 0 England 11 in Colorado youth England 1 France 1 in Beijing 1997 women United States 6 England 0 in Portland 2003 under 17 England 2 Spain 2 in Vila Real 2006 women England 2 Hungary 0 at St. Mary's Stadium2008 England name their squad to tour the Americas2010 England name a 30-man provisional squad for Finals Tony Adams appointed manager of Gabala FC Peter Davenport appointed assistant at Bradford AFC Michael Gray retires from playing2011 Owen Hargreaves released by Manchester United2013 Paul Scholes announces his second retirement2016 Australia name their squad that will play England Opposition On This Day BIRTHS DEATHS & APPOINTMENTS Jimmy Blair (Scotland) Mariano Yurrita (Spain) official Øivind Helgesen (Denmark) in Kristiania Bernard Voorhoof (Belgium) Alberto Bucciardi (Chile manager) official Gordon Roper in Newmarket official Roy Harper in Shefield Max Morlock (West Germany) official Arturo Yamasaki (Peru) in Lima official Egon Bereuter (Austria) official Celestin Ntagungira (Rwanda) Daisuke Matsui (Japan) Andrés Iniesta (Spain) born Giovani dos Santos (Mexico) goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois (Belgium) Stephen O'Donnell (Scotland) Bjarki Steinn Bjarkason (Iceland) 18881904190719101914191819231925 19291963196619811984198919922000
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