England on 16th May
End-of-Season Tour match 177 Saturday, 16 May 1931 - Belgium 1 England 4 [1-1] Stade DC Bruxelles, Bruxelles (30,000) Capelle Houghton (pen), Burgess (2), Roberts AW 1932 Tommy Roberts' son, Robert, is born1933 Jimmy Seed resigns as Clapton Orient FC manager 1934 England's first meeting with Czechoslovakia End-of-Season Tour match 193 Wednesday, 16 May 1934 - Czechoslovakia 2 England 1 [1-1]Stadión Letná, Praha (35,000) Nejedlý, Puč Tilson AL 1935 Joe Spence joins Chesterfield FC1938 Switzerland team chosen to play England Walter Alsford forced to retire from playing1945 Cliff Britton appointed as Burnley FC manager Roy Goodall appointed sec/manager Mansfield Town FC 1948 Frank Swift becomes the first goalkeeper to captain England Italian F.A. 50th Anniversary Friendly match 240 Sunday, 16 May 1948 - Italy 0 England 4 [0-2] Stadio Comunale di Torino, Torino (58,000) Mortensen, Finney (2), Lawton AW 1949 England team chosen to play Norway & Netherlands B 1951 Tour of Australia South Coast 0 England 71953 England team chosen to play Argentina 1954 Syd Owen becomes the 80th player used by Winterbottom B Yugoslavia 2 England 1 in Ljubljana End-of-Season East-European Pre-World Cup Tour match 286 Sunday, 16 May 1954 - Yugoslavia 1 England 0 [0-0] Stadion JNA, Beograd (59,000) Mitić AL 1956 Billy Wright wins his 75th cap for England Tour of South Africa Natal Province 1 England 2 End-of-Season European Tour match 304 Wednesday, 16 May 1956 - Sweden 0 England 0 [0-0] Råsunda Fotbollstadion, Solna (36,500) AD 1957 amateur Switzerland B 2 England 3 at La Chaux 1958 teams chosen for the USSR-England fixture1962 amateur Netherlands 0 England 0 at Zwolle 1965 Alan Ball scores the first of his eight England goals amateur France 1 England 0 at Annecy End-of-Season European Tour match 391 Sunday, 16 May 1965 - Sweden 1 England 2 [1-1] Nya Ullevi Stadion, Göteborg (18,000/975) Eriksson Ball, Connelly AW 1975 youth England 3 Hungary 1 in Olten 1978 right-back Phil Neal scores his first of five England goals British Championship 521 Tuesday, 16 May 1978 - England 1 Northern Ireland 0 [1-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley (50,000) Neal HW 1980 youth England 1 Northern Ireland 0 in Arnstadt 1981 unplayed BC Northern Ireland vs. England 1988 Rous Cup Scotland 0 Colombia 0 Alan Hansen testimonial Liverpool 3 England 2 1989 B tour Switzerland 0 England 2 in Winterthur 1995 England drop to 21st in rankings1997 Stan Collymore joins Aston Villa FC for £7m 1998 under 21 South Africa 1 England 3 in Aubagne 2000 semi-pro Wales 1 England 1 at Llanelli2001 England remain fourteenth in rankings Greece name squad for Albania & England 2002 Nat. Game XI England 1 Rep Ireland 2 in Boston Tony Currie marries Elizabeth Taylor in Sheffield2005 United States squad announced for England2007 England remain eighth in rankings2008 Sammy Lee appointed Liverpool FC asst manager2012 England squad named for the Finals Steven Gerrard confirmed again as England captain Nicky Shorey released by West Bromwich Albion FC2013 England name squad for Eire and Brazil David Beckham announces his retirement2014 Alan Smith released by MK Dons 2015 under 17 Russia 1 England 0 in Burgas2016 England name a provisional squad for Finals 2017 under 17 Turkey 1 England 2 in Zaprešić2018 England announce squad for the World Cup Finals2019 England announce squad for Nations League Finals2023 Phil Jones to be released by Manchester United FC Opposition On This Day BIRTHS DEATHS & APPOINTMENTS Antonín Puč (Czechoslovakia) Alfred Aston (France) & official Giorgio Bernardi (Italy) in Bologna Nílton Santos (Brazil) József Tóth (Hungary) Vujadin Boškov (Yugoslavia player & manager) Yvon Douis (France) Antonio Rattin (Argentina) Antonio Maceda (Spain) official Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia) in Stropkov Istvan Pisont (Hungary) Fernando Silva (Andorra) official Paulo Valeri (Italy) in Roma official Laszlo Viszokai (Hungary) official ClĂ©ment Turpin (France) official Duje Strukan (Croatia) Lorenc Trashi (Albania) Karol Mets (Estonia) 19071912192519291931193519371957 196819701977197819811982198419921993
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