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18th May

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19th May

20th May
England On This Day
  1889 John Maynard's daughter, May, is born
1890
Harold Morse's daughter, Mabel, is born
1911
Tim Coleman rejoins Fulham FC
1912
Tom Baddeley's son, also a Tom, is born
1926
Billy Marsden marries Nancy Creighton in Silksworth
 
Billy Pease signs for Middlesbrough FC for £2000
1927
Tommy Graham joins Nottingham Forest FC for £50
1928 England's fifth visit to Belgium and fourth victory
End of Season Tour match  
161 Saturday, 19 May 1928 - Belgium 1 England 3 [1-1]
Olympisch Stadion, Antwerpen
(25,000)
Moeschal (pen ????)
Dean (2), Matthews
AW




1935
Steve Smith dies in Ploughley aged 61
1930 Jimmy Hampson marries Elizabeth Davies in Walkden
1933
England team chosen to play Switzerland
1934
Horace Burrows marries Kathleen Butler in Mansfield

1939
Jack Haines signs for Cheltenham Town AFC
1946
victory France 2 England 1 at Stade Olympique
1947
unofficial B FC Schaffhausen 0 England 6
 England team chosen to play Portugal
 B team chosen to play Switzerland
1948 B Switzerland 1 England 5 in Bellinzona
1950
England B team named for Luxembourg
1951 Bill Nicholson oldest scoring post-war debutant
FA Tour of Australia New South Wales 1 England 8

Festival of Britain Celebration Match
264 Saturday, 19 May 1951 - England 5 Portugal 2 [2-1]
Goodison Park, Liverpool
(52,686)
Nicholson, Milburn (2), Finney, Hassall
Patalino, Albano
HW

  1952 Austria name team to play England
1953 amateur Norway 1 England 1 at Ullevål Stadion
1956
FA Tour of South Africa Natal Province 0 England 4
1957 a single point ensured England qualified for the 1958 World Cup
under 23 Bulgaria 2 England 1 at Stadion Vasil Levski
amateur West Germany 1 England 1 in Offenburg

World Cup preliminary match  
314 Sunday, 19 May 1957 -
Republic of Ireland
1 England 1 [1-0]
Dalymount Park, Dublin
(47,000)
Ringstead
Atyeo
AD

1961 Tony Coton (unused goalkeeper) in Tamworth
1967
interlevel England 0 Young England 5 at Highbury
1970
Cliff Britton is now general manager at Hull City AFC
1971 First time England have had a home scoreless draw with Wales
Jimmy Armfield appointed player-manager of Bolton Wanderers FC

British Championship
454 Wednesday, 19 May 1971 - England 0 Wales 0 [0-0]
Empire Stadium, Wembley
(70,000)
  HD

   
1973 England's first Wembley clean sheet against Scotland since 1959
George Ashmore dies in Handsworth aged 75

British Championship
470 Saturday, 19 May 1973 - England 1 Scotland 0 [0-0]
Empire Stadium, Wembley (95,950)
Peters HW

  1974 under 23 France 2 England 2 in Valence
1975 youth Finland 0 England 1 at Wankdorfstadion
1977
youth Belgium 0 England 1 in Lokeren
1979 England beat an English-based Ireland team
UEFA Group 1 Bulgaria 1 Republic of Ireland 0
women Denmark 3 England 1 in København

British Championship
528 Saturday, 19 May 1979 -
Northern Ireland 0 England 2 [0-2]
Windsor Park, Belfast (35,000)
Watson, Coppell AW

  1984 Italy awarded the 1990 World Cup Final tournament
1986
England World Cup Finals squad submitted to FIFA
1987 Three lions appear on the socks for first time

Rous Cup match
625 Tuesday, 19 May 1987 - England 1 Brazil 1 [1-1]
Wembley Stadium, Wembley (92,000)
Lineker
Mirandinha
HD

  1988 under 17 Sweden 0 England 2 in Sion
1989
B tour Iceland A 0 England 2 in Reykjavík
1993
UEFA Group 2 San Marino 0 Poland 3
1995
semi-pro England 3 Highland Lge 4 in St.Albans
1996
women England 3 Portugal 0 at Griffin Park
1999
England drop to eleventh in rankings
2000 Ukraine 26-man squad named for England
2002 women England 0 Germany 1 at Selhurst Park
 
Nigeria name their World Cup Finals squad
2003 under 19 Republic of Ireland 0 England 1 in Dublin
        women Canada 4 England 0 in Lachine
2009
C England 0 Belgium U21 1 at Kassam Stadium
2010
Ben Foster signs for Birmingham City FC for £4m
 Algeria name provisional squad for World Cup Finals
2011 C England 0 Portugal 1 at Sixfields Stadium
2014 under 21 Wales 1 England 3 at the Liberty Stadium
2015 under 17 Spain 0 England 0 in Sliven

2016 under 21 England 1 Portugal o at Toulon
2017 under 17 FINAL Spain 2 England 2 in Varaždin

2021 Scotland name their Euro 2020 squad
2022 Germany name their Nations League prelim. squad

Opposition On This Day
BIRTHS DEATHS & APPOINTMENTS
William Miller (Scotland)
 Michel Vanderbauwhede (Belgium)
 František Kloz (Czechoslovakia)
 Frans Bouwmeester (Netherlands)
Bert van Marwijk (Netherlands manager)
 official Heinz Helmut Krug (Germany)
official Primoz Arhar (Slovenia)
 Andrea Pirlo (Italy)
 
Diego Forlán (Uruguay)

Daniel Ngom Kome (Cameroon)
 official Felix Zwayer (Germany) in West Berlin
official José Luis Munuera Montero (Spain)
 Waldemar Sobota (Poland)
Walker Zimmerman (United States)
 Alex Král (Czech Republic) in Slovakia
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England's Record on 19th May
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts % W/L
Home 4 2 2 0 7 3 +4 1 2 1.75 0.75 75.0 +2
Away 3 2 1 0 6 2 +4 0 1 2.00 0.667 83.3 +2
Total 7 4 3 0 13 5 +8 1 3 1.857 0.714 78.6 +4
 

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