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, born 1933 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 FC 1938 Switzerland team chosen for England  Walter Alsford forced to retire from playing 1945 Roy Goodall appointed sec/manager Mansfield Town  Cliff Britton appointed as Burnley FC manager
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 for Norway & Netherlands B 1951 Tour of Australia South Coast 0 England 7 1953 England team chosen for 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 1962 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

Home International 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 rankings 1997 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 Llanelli 2001 England remain fourteenth in rankings  Greece name squad for Albania & England 2002 Nat. Game XI England 1 Rep Ireland 2 in Boston 2004 Alan Ball's wife, Janet, dies 2005 United States squad announced for England 2007 England remain eighth in rankings 2008 Sammy Lee appointed Liverpool FC asst manager 2012 England squad named for the Finals  Steven Gerrard confirmed again as England captain  Nicky Shorey released by West Bromwich Albion FC 2013 England name squad for Eire and Brazil  David Beckham announces his retirement 2014 Alan Smith released by MK Dons 2015 under 17 Russia 1 England 0 in Burgas 2016 England name a provisional squad for Finals 2017 under 17 Turkey 1 England 2 in Zaprešić 2018 England announce squad for the World Cup Finals 2019 England announce squad for Nations League Finals

Opposition On This Day

1907 Antonín Puč (Czechoslovakia) born 1912 Alfred Aston (France) born 1925 Nílton Santos (Brazil) born 1929 József Tóth (Hungary) born 1935 Yvon Douis (France) born 1957 Antonio Maceda (Spain) born 1968 official Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia) born in Stropkov 1970 Istvan Pisont (Hungary) born 1977 Fernando Silva (Andorra) born 1978 official Paulo Valeri (Italy) born in Roma 1981 official Laszlo Viszokai (Hungary) born 1982 official Clément Turpin (France) born 1992 Lorenc Trashi (Albania) born 1993 Karol Mets (Estonia) born

1931 Vujadin Boškov (Yugoslavia player & manager) born

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