Friendly match
198	Saturday, 18 May 1935 - Netherlands 0 England 1 [0-0] Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam (33,000)	Worrall	AW

	1936 Jack Bowers marries Edith Mason in Derby 1937 England team chosen to play Finland
1939 England's first meeting with Yugoslavia Charley Dobson dies in Brentford aged 76

End-of-Season Tour match
225	Thursday, 18 May 1939 - Yugoslavia 2 England 1 [1-0] Stadion Beogradski SK, Beograd (35,000)	Glišović, Perlić Broome	AL

1942 Nobby Stiles born in Manchester	1946 Frank Buckley appointed manager of Hull City AFC
1947 first England match to be played on a Sunday

End-of-Season Tour match
233	Sunday, 18 May 1947 - Switzerland 1 England 0 [1-0] Hardturm Stadion, Zürich (30,000)	Fatton	AL

	1948 B team chosen to play Switzerland B
1949 Frank Swift makes his final England appearance B Netherlands A 1 England 4 at Olympisch Stadion Kenneth Wilson (withdrawn player) dies in Hillingdon aged 87

End-of-Season Tour match
247	Wednesday, 18 May 1949 - Norway 1 England 4 [0-2] Ullevål Stadion, Oslo (36,000)	Andresen Mullen, Finney, Spydevold OG, Morris	AW

1950 Roy Bentley scores the 100th goal in the Winterbottom era and Jimmy Mullen is the first ever England substitute in a full international

End-of-Season Tour match
255	Thursday, 18 May 1950 - Belgium 1 England 4 [1-0] Stade du Heysel, Bruxelles (55,750)	Mermans Mullen, Mortensen, Mannion, Bentley	AW

1952 Billy Elliot is Winterbottom's 75th player amateur Germany 2 Great Britain 0 at Nürnberg

End-of-Season Tour match
270	Sunday, 18 May 1952 - Italy 1 England 1 [0-1] Stadio Comunale di Firenze, Firenze (93,000)	Amadei Broadis	AD

1955 Winterbottom's seventieth match is 'The Battle of Madrid' FA Tour of Bermuda Jamaica 0 England 7 in Kingston

End-of-Season Tour match
296	Wednesday, 18 May 1955 - Spain 1 England 1 [0-1] Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid (125,000)	Rial Bentley	AD

	1956 England team chosen to play Finland
1958 England's first meeting with USSR and the first of three in under a month

End-of-Season Tour match
321	Sunday, 18 May 1958 - USSR 1 England 1 [0-1] Lenin Stadium, Moskva (102,000-110,000)	V.Ivanov Kevan	AD

1973 Joe Tate dies in Old Hill aged 68	1960 under 23 Poland 2 England 3 in Warsaw 1962 England team chosen to play Peru 1963 youth Scotland 1 England 3 in Dumfries         amateur England 0 W.Germany 1 at Ayresome Park 1969 youth England 6 Malta 0 in Wolfen
1974 England beaten by two own goals for the first time

British Championship
481	Saturday, 18 May 1974 - Scotland 2 England 0 [2-0] Hampden Park, Glasgow (93,271/94,487)	Pejic OG, Todd OG	AL

1977 Danny Mills born in Norwich  Lee Hendrie born in Solihull	1980 youth Portugal 1 England 1 in Rosslau 1982 Testimonial Aston Villa FC 3 England 2  Mark Walters signs as an Aston Villa FC apprentice 1987 semi-pro Italy 2 England 1 in Dunfermline 1990 David Seaman joins Arsenal FC 1992 England name their squad for Euro Finals
1996 Anderton the first to score twice at Wembley against Hungary

Friendly match
720	Saturday, 18 May 1996 - England 3 Hungary 0 [1-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley (34,184)	Anderton (2), Platt	HW

1998 under 21 Argentina 2 England 0 in Manosque 2001 Sammy Lee appointed as England assistant 2002 Nat. Game XI England 2 Scotland 0 at Kettering  Cameroon name their squad for the World Cup Finals 2003 Jomo Sono to manage South Africa against England 2004 Nat. Game XI Rep. Ireland U21 3 England 2 in Banff  Emile Heskey to join Birmingham City FC on 1 July 2005 England remain sixth in the rankings 2006 under 19 England 1 Belgium 2 in Tournoi 2010 under 17 England 3 Czech Republic 1 in Vaduz 2011 England remain sixth in the rankings 2012 Jamie Vardy signs for Leicester City FC for £1m 2014 under 17 Portugal 0 England 2 in Ta'Qali 2015 Adam Johnson appears before Peterlee Magistrates 2016 Turkey name their provisional squad for the Euros 2017 France name squad for England 2018 Darren Bent released by Derby County FC  Steve McClaren manager of Queen's Park Rangers FC 2020 Nigel Clough leaves Burton Wanderers FC 2021 Roy Hodgson announces his retirement  Theo Walcott signs for Southampton FC 2023 under 17 Croatia 0 England 1 in Balmazújváros

Opposition On This Day

1897 Henri Larnoe (Belgium) born 1915 Eino Lahti (Finland) born 1954 Eric Gerets (Belgium) born 1956 José Alexanko (Spain) born 1969 Antonio Carlos (Brazil) born 1972 official Bertino Miranda (Portugal) born 1974 official Bruno Paixão (Portugal) born in Setúbal & Daniel Hasler (Liechtenstein) born 1978 Ricardo Carvalho (Portugal), goalkeeper Helton (Brazil) & Genís Garcia (Andorra) born 1979 Milivoje Novaković (Slovenia) & Mariusz Lewandowski (Poland) born 1980 Diego Pérez (Uruguay) born 1982 official Niko Simović (Serbia) born 1991 David Pavelka (Czech Republic) born 1992 Brian Idowu (Nigeria) born in St. Petersburg 1997 Filippo Berardi (San Marino) born

1929 Uruguay chosen to host the 1930 World Cup Finals 1949 Georges Leekens (Belgium manager) born

 

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