Friendly match
141	Saturday, 17 May 1924 - France 1 England 3 [0-2] Stade Pershing, Paris (20,000)	Dewaquez Gibbins (2), Baumann OG	AW

1928 England's fifth win in five matches in France Joe Tate joins Rugby School as an assistant coach Tommy Roberts signs for Tottenham Hotspur FC for £1000

End of Season Tour match
160	Thursday, 17 May 1928 - France 1 England 5 [1-3] Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Paris (40,000)	Langiller Jack, Stephenson (2), Dean (2)	AW

	1929 Frank Barson to captain Hartlepools United FC
1937 England's first visit to Sweden for 14 years Teddy Sandford marries Lily Smith in Handsworth

End of Season Tour match
210	Spring Bank Holiday Monday, 17 May 1937 - Sweden 0 England 4 [0-4] Råsunda Fotbollstadion, Solna (34,119)	Steele (3), J.Johnson	AW

1938 England team chosen to play Switzerland 1939 England team chosen to play Yugoslavia 1941 War Charity FA XI 4 The Army 2 at St. James' Park 1947 amateur France 1 England 4 in Lille 1949 Jack Hacking appointed sec/manager at Barrow AFC 1950 B Netherlands A 3 England 0 at Olympisch Stadion  funeral of Bernard Middleditch in Fairlight 1951 Portugal team chosen to play England 1952 Italy team chosen to play England

1953 England's first of two matches to be abandoned

End of Season Tour match
277	Sunday, 17 May 1953 - Argentina 0 England 0 Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires (85,000)		AabD
		Suspended after 23 minutes. Abandoned after 36 minutes.

	1955 England team chosen to play Spain 1957 B team chosen to play Bulgaria 1958 FA Tour of Nigeria Western Nigeria 1 England 5  Jack Crayston resigns as Arsenal FC manager
1959 England wear royal blue for first time

End of Season Tour match
332	Sunday, 17 May 1959 - Peru 4 England 1 [2-0] Estadio Nacional Coloso de José Díaz, Lima (50,306)	Seminario (3), Joya Greaves	AL

	1961 FA Tour of Far East Singapore 0 England 9
1964 England win in Portugal for first time in 14 years under 23 Israel 0 England 4 in Tel Aviv

End-of-Season Friendly match
377	Sunday, 17 May 1964 - Portugal 3 England 4 [1-2] Estadio Nacional, Lisboa (40,000)	Torres (2), Eusébio R.Charlton, J.Byrne (3)	AW

	1968 interlevel England 1 Young England 4 at Highbury 1972 youth England 1 Yugoslavia 0 in Barcelona
1975 England equaled their record of six consecutive clean sheets

British Championship
491	Saturday, 17 May 1975 - Northern Ireland 0 England 0 [0-0] Windsor Park, Belfast (36,500)		AD

1980 England's first defeat in Wales since 1955

British Championship
540	Saturday, 17 May 1980 - Wales 4 England 1 [2-1] Racecourse Ground, Wrexham (24,236)	Thomas, Walsh, L.James, Thompson OG Mariner	AL

1981 Leon Osman born in Wigan	1983 youth England 0 USSR 2 at Villa Park 1984 under 21 Final Spain 0 England 1 in Seville
1986 England's first victory over Mexico for 20 years

Friendly match
612	Saturday, 17 May 1986 - Mexico 0 England 3 [0-3] LA Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles (45,000)	Hateley (2), Beardsley	NW

1991 Harold Hobbis dies in Eastbourne aged 78 years	1991 semi-pro England 1 Wales 2 in Stafford
1992 Carlos Alberto Parreira becomes first to manage three different countries against England women England 4 Iceland 0 at Huish Park

Friendly match
684	Sunday, 17 May 1992 - England 1 Brazil 1 [0-1] Wembley Stadium, Wembley (53,428)	Platt Bebeto	HD

1994 England's first home win over Greece since 1971 England up to fifteenth in rankings

Friendly match
704	Tuesday, 17 May 1994 - England 5 Greece 0 [3-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley (23,659)	Anderton, Beardsley, Platt (2 (1 pen)), Shearer	HW

2001 Mexico announce their Confederations Squad 2002 under 21 England 2 Switzerland 1 in Zürich         under 20 Japan 0 England 0 in Toulon 2003 under 17 England 0 Austria 0 in Santa Comba Dão         women United States 6 England 0 in Birmingham 2004 England name 24-man squad named for the Finals         Testimonial Arsenal 6 England 0  Steve Howey leaves Bolton Wanderers FC 2006 England remain tenth in the rankings  Terry Butcher appointed manager of Sydney FC 2007 under 19 England 1 Netherlands 2 at Ricoh Arena         women England 4 Iceland 0 at Roots Hall  Estonia name a preliminary squad for England  Brazil name squad for England at the new Wembley 2008 Scott Carson marries Amiee Barton in Egremont 2011 women England 2 Sweden 0 at Kassam Stadium 2012 Michael Owen to leave Manchester United FC 2016 Portugal name squad for Euro Finals  Australia name squad for England  Richard Wright retires from playing 2018 under 17 England 0 Netherlands 0 in Chesterfield  England remain thirteenth in the rankings 2023 Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain to be freed by Liverpool FC  Ivan Toney banned from football for eight months

Opposition On This Day

1863 John Vaughan (Wales) born 1868 George Gaffikin (Ireland) born 1873 Hugh Gordon (Ireland) born 1882 goalkeeper Billy Scott (Ireland) born 1889 Johnny Houston (Ireland) born 1929 Branko Zebec (Yugoslavia) born 1931 Emídio Graça (Portugal) born 1935 Hugh Barr (Northern Ireland) born 1941 José Ufarte (Spain) born 1942 Phillipe Gondet (France) born 1965 Mike McGarry (New Zealand) born 1969 José Chamot (Argentina) born 1972 Ergün Penbe (Turkey) born 1974 Edward Lewis (United States) & Damiano Tommasi (Italy) born 1978 official Guillaume Debart (France) born 1979 David Jarolim (Czech Republic) born 1980 official Tomasz Wajda (Poland) born 1984 Christian Bolaños (Costa Rica) born 1986 Bojan Jokić (Slovenia) born 1988 Martin Olssen (Sweden) born 1991 Iñigo Martínez (Spain) born 1993 Rafa Silva (Portugal) born

1972 first ever penalty shootout is Korea vs. Thailand

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