End-of-Season Tour match
167	Wednesday, 15 May 1929 - Spain 4 England 3 [2-2] Estádio Metropolitano, Madrid (45,000)	Rubio (2), Lazcano, Goiburu Carter (2), Bradford	AL

1933 Peter Broadbent born in Elvington	1930 Horace Burrows joins Mansfield Town FC  Jackie Carr joins Blackpool FC 1946 Billy Butler resigns as Torquay United FC manager 1947 England team chosen to play Switzerland 1948 youth Ireland 2 England 2 at Cliftonville 1949 B Finland A England 4 at the Olympiastadion 1950 England team confirmed to play Belgium 1951 amateur England 2 Norway 1 at Ayresome Park
1955 England lose to France for first time since 1931

End-of-Season East-European Tour
295	Sunday, 15 May 1955 - France 1 England 0 [1-0] Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Paris (54,696)	Kopa (pen)	AL

1956 Bobby McNeal dies in West Bromwich aged 56	1956 England teams chosen to play Sweden & Finland
1957 Stan Matthews makes his final appearance in an England shirt Mike Hellawell signs for Birmingham City FC

World Cup preliminary match
313	Wednesday, 15 May 1957 - Denmark 1 England 4 [1-1] Idrætsparken, København (35,000/45,000)	J.Jensen Haynes, Taylor (2), Atyeo	AW

	1959 England team chosen to play Peru
1960 Johnny Haynes captains for the first time under-23 GDR 1 England 4 at the Olympiastadion Hungary team is chosen to face England

End-of-Season East-European Tour match
340	Sunday, 15 May 1960 - Spain 3 England 0 [1-0] Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid (50,000)	Peirò, Martínez (2)	AL

1968 Fred Fox dies in High Wycombe aged 69	1961 Bobby Gurney joins Horden Colliery Welfare FC 1963 amateur England 3 France 0 in Hartlepool
1971 Bobby Moore captain's England for the seventieth time

British Championship
453	Saturday, 15 May 1971 - Northern Ireland 0 England 1 [0-0] Windsor Park, Belfast (33,000)	Clarke	AW

	1972 youth Northern Ireland 0 England 4 in Sabadell         amateur England 1 Northern Ireland 2 in Hendon
1973 England beat Wales at home for first time in four years

British Championship
469	Tuesday, 15 May 1973 - England 3 Wales 0 [2-0] Empire Stadium, Wembley (38,000)	Chivers, Channon, Peters	HW

1974 Joe Mercer's second victory in his second match under 23 Yugoslavia 1 England 0 at Stadion Karađorđev Park

British Championship
480	Wednesday, 15 May 1974 - England 1 Northern Ireland 0 [0-0] Empire Stadium, Wembley (45,500/48,500)	Weller	HW

1976 England lose in Scotland for second time in a row

British Championship
500	Saturday, 15 May 1976 - Scotland 2 England 1 [1-1] Hampden Park, Glasgow (85,165)	Masson, Dalglish Channon	AL

1981 Paul Konchesky born in Barking	1982 This Time We'll Get It Right enters album chart 1983 youth England 4 Scotland 2 at St. Andrews         UEFA Group 3 Hungary 2 Greece 3 1984 England name squad to play Scotland & USSR
1990 England now seventeen matches unbeaten preceded by youth England 3 Poland 0 at Wembley

Friendly match
655	Tuesday, 15 May 1990 - England 1 Denmark 0 [0-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley (27,643)	Lineker	HW

2018 Ray Wilson dies in Huddersfield aged 83 JLloyd Samuel dies in High Legh aged 37

1993 semi-pro Highland League 2 England 2 in Elgin  Names on back of the shirts domestically for first time 2000 England name a squad for Brazil & Ukraine  Romania names a provisional 26-man squad for Finals 2001 semi-pro Highland League 0 England 3 in Inverness 2002 England drop to twelfth in rankings  The FA announce Carlsberg as a partner 2003 South Africa name 24-man squad for England 2004 under 17 Portugal 4 England 4 at Châteauroux  South Africa to host 2010 World Cup Finals 2005 Gary Neville comes closest to England captaincy 2006 World Cup Finals squads named  England squad announced ~ Paraguay name their squad  Hungary name their 30-man squad for England 2007 under 19 England 0 Russia 2 at Bescot Stadium  Sam Allardyce appointed Newcastle United manager 2008 under 21 Wales 0 England 2 at Racecourse Ground  Trinidad & Tobago announce squad for England  United States have named a 33-man squad for England 2012 France name a 26-man provisional squad for Finals  Belgium name their 26-man squad for England 2013 Rio Ferdinand announces his international retirement 2014 under 17 England 0 Netherlands 2 in Paola 2015 Jake Livermore is suspended by the FA 2016 under 17 Spain 1 England 0 in Nizami Rayonu

Opposition On This Day
BIRTHS		DEATHS & APPOINTMENTS
Walter White (Scotland) James Sheridan (Ireland)  Jimmy Brownlie (Scotland)  Billy Cringan (Scotland) Luis Felipe Monti (Italy)  Victor Lemberechts (Belgium) Dick Keith (Northern Ireland) Fernand Brosius (Luxembourg) Georges Bereta (France) official Evzen Amler (Czech Republic) in Prague official Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius) Sulejman Demollari (Albania manager & player)  Jiři Němec (Czech Republic)  Frank de Boer (Netherlands) Ron de Boer (Netherlands) Tomasz Wałdoch (Poland)  Zoubeir Baya (Tunisia) Brian Said (Malta) Jacek Krzynówek (Poland)  official Oliver Drachta (Austria)  official Pau Cebrián Devís (Spain)  Patrice Evra (France)  official Pedro Ribeiro (Portugal) Segundo Castillo (Ecuador) Matías Fernández (Chile) Steve Borg (Malta)  official Daniel Poláček (Slovakia) Benjamin Kololli (Kosovo) Tomáš Kalas (Czech Republic)  Edison Flores (Peru)  Ousmane Dembélé (France) Idriz Voca (Kosovo) in Switzerland  Arnúr Sigurðsson (Iceland) Jake O'Brien (Republic of Ireland)	1882 1885 1890 1901 1918 1924 1933 1934 1946 1958 1960 1964 1966 1970 1971 1973 1976 1977 1979 1981 1982 1986 1988 1992 1993 1994 1997 1999 2001 2012	official Robert Christie (Scotland) dies in Rouen Marc Wilmots (Belgium caretaker manager) appointed

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