England on 17th May
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 Switzerland1939 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 Lille1949 Jack Hacking appointed sec/manager at Barrow AFC 1950 B Netherlands A 3 England 0 at Olympisch Stadion1951 Portugal team chosen to play England1952 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 Spain1957 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 Park1984 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 Birmingham2004 England name 24-man squad named for the Finals Testimonial Arsenal 6 England 0 Steve Howey leaves Bolton Wanderers FC2006 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 Wembley2008 Scott Carson marries Amiee Barton in Egremont 2011 women England 2 Sweden 0 at Kassam Stadium2012 Michael Owen to leave Manchester United FC2016 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 rankings2023 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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