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England On This Day
1885
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1916		 Jack Cox is baptised in Everton
 Cuthbert James Burnup's son, James, is born
 Andy Ducat joins the army

Friendly match
141 France 1 England 3 [0-2]
 Stade Pershing, Paris (20,000)		 1924
 Dewaquez
Gibbins (2), Baumann OG		 AW
Roy Bentley born in Bristol
 		England benefit from an own goal for first time since 1909
Billy Marsden signs for The Wednesday FC

     

End of Season tour match
160 France 1 England 5 [1-3]
 Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Paris (40,000)		 1928
 Langiller
Jack, Stephenson (2), Dean (2)		 AW
England's fifth win in five matches in France
Rugby School appoint Joe Tate as an assistant coach
 Tommy Roberts signs for Tottenham Hotspur FC for £1000

  1929 Frank Barson to captain Hartlepools United FC

End of Season tour match
210 Sweden 0 England 4 [0-4]
 Råsunda Fotbollstadion, Solna (34,119)		 1937
 Steele (3), J.Johnson AW
England's first visit to Sweden for 14 years
Teddy Sandford marries Lily Smith in Handsworth

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

End of Season tour match
277 Argentina 0 England 0
 Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires (85,000)		 1953

suspended after 23 minutes.
abandoned after 36 minutes.

AabD
England's first of two matches to be abandoned

  1955
1957
1958		 England team is chosen to play Spain
B team is chosen to play Bulgaria
 FA Tour of Nigeria Western Nigeria 1 England 5
 Arsenal FC manager Jack Crayston resigns

End of Season tour match
332 Peru 4 England 1 [2-0]
 Estadio Nacional Coloso de José Díaz, Lima (50,306)		 1959 Seminario (3), Joya
 Greaves		 AL
England wear royal blue for first time

  1961 FA Tour of Far East Singapore 0 England 9

End of Season friendly match
377 Portugal 3 England 4 [1-2]
 Estadio Nacional, Lisboa (40,000)		 1964
 Torres (2), Eusébio
 R.Charlton, J.Byrne (3)		 AW
England win in Portugal for first time in 14 years
under 23 Israel 0 England 4 in Tel Aviv

  1968
1972		 inter-level England 1 Young England 4 at Highbury
youth England 1 Yugoslavia 0 in Barcelona

British Championship
491 Northern Ireland 0 England 0 [0-0]
 Windsor Park, Belfast (36,500)		 1975   AD
England equaled their record of six consecutive clean sheets

     

British Championship
540 Wales 4 England 1 [2-1]
 Racecourse Ground, Wrexham (24,236)		 1980 Thomas, Walsh, L.James, Thompson OG
Mariner		 AL
England's first defeat in Wales since 1955

Leon Osman born in Wigan
 1981
1983
1984
youth England 0 USSR 2 at Villa Park
 under 21 Final Spain 0 England 1 in Seville

Friendly match
612 Mexico 0 England 3 [0-3]
 LA Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles (45,000)		 1986 Hateley (2), Beardsley NW
England's first victory over Mexico for 20 years

Harold Hobbis dies in Eastbourne aged 78 years 1991 semi-pro England 1 Wales 2 in Stafford

Friendly match
684 England 1 Brazil 1 [0-1]
 Wembley Stadium, Wembley (53,428)		 1992
 Platt
Bebeto		 HD
Parreira first to manage three different countries against England
women England 4 Iceland 0 at Huish Park

     

Friendly match
704 England 5 Greece 0 [3-0]
 Wembley Stadium, Wembley (23,659)		 1994
 Anderton, Beardsley, Platt (2 (1 pen)), Shearer HW
England's first home win over Greece since 1971
England up to fifteenth in the FIFA rankings

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2025		 Mexico announce their Confederations Squad
under 21 England 2 Switzerland 1 in Zürich
 under 20 Japan 0 England 0 in Toulon
 under 17 England 0 Austria 0 in Santa Comba Dão
 women United States 6 England 0 in Birmingham
Testimonial Arsenal 6 England 0
 England name a 24-man ECF squad
 Steve Howey leaves Bolton Wanderers FC
England remain tenth in the FIFA rankings
Sydney FC appoint Terry Butcher as manager
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
Scott Carson marries Amiee Barton in Egremont
women England 2 Sweden 0 at Kassam Stadium
 Michael Owen to leave Manchester United FC
Portugal name ECF squad
Australia name squad to play England
Richard Wright retires from playing
under 17 England 0 Netherlands 0 in Chesterfield
England remain thirteenth in the FIFA rankings
Liverpool FC to release Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
 Ivan Toney banned from football for eight months
Everton FC to release Ashley Young

Opposition On This Day
BIRTHS DEATHS & APPOINTMENTS
 John Vaughan (Wales)
 George Gaffikin (Ireland)
Hugh Gordon (Ireland)
goalkeeper Billy Scott (Ireland)
 Johnny Houston (Ireland)
 Branko Zebec (Yugoslavia)
 Emídio Graça (Portugal)
Hugh Barr (Northern Ireland)
 José Ufarte (Spain)
Phillipe Gondet (France)
Mike McGarry (New Zealand)
José Chamot (Argentina)
 Ergün Penbe (Turkey)
Edward Lewis (United States)
Damiano Tommasi (Italy)
 official Guillaume Debart (France)
 David Jarolim (Czech Republic)
official Tomasz Wajda (Poland)
 Christian Bolaños (Costa Rica)
Bojan Jokić (Slovenia)
Martin Olssen (Sweden)
Iñigo Martínez (Spain)
 Rafa Silva (Portugal)		 1863
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first ever penalty kick shootout is Korea vs. Thailand

England's Record on 17th May
Venue P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
Home 2 1 1 0 6 1 +5 0 1 3.00 0.50 75.0 +1
Away 8 4 2 2 18 13 +5 2 3 2.25 1.625 62.5 +2
Neutral 1 1 0 0 3 0 +3 0 1 3.00 0.00 100.0 +1
11 6 3 2 27 14 +13 2 5 2.455 1.273 68.2 +4
 
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