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Friendly match 126 Saturday, 21 May 1921 - Belgium 0 England 2 [0-1] Stade DC Bruxelles, Bruxelles (25,000) Buchan, Chambers AW 1922 Billy Hibbert signs for Oldham Athletic FC 1923 England's first visit to, and against, Stockholm Jimmy Moore becomes the oldest scoring debutant End-of-Season Tour match 135 Spring Bank Holiday Monday, 21 May 1923 - Sweden 2 England 4 [1-3] Stockholms Olympiastadion, Stockholm (14,500) H.Dahl (2) Walker (2), Thornwell, J.Moore AW 1925 England finish the match with nine men Friendly match 146 Thursday, 21 May 1925 - France 2 England 3 [0-1] Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Paris (35,000) Boyer, Dewaquez Gibbins, Bonnardel OG, Dorrell AW 1927 England's first visit to, and against, Luxembourg Harold Pearson signs for West Bromwich Albion FC End-of-Season Tour match 155 Saturday, 21 May 1927 - Luxembourg 2 England 5 [2-2] Stade de la Frontière, Esch-sur-Alzette (3,789) Hubert, Lefevre Dean (3), Kelly, Bishop AW 1930 Jack Butler joins Torquay United FC1931 Dick Pym joins Yeovil & Petters United FC 1938 England's first successful penalty since 1931 Frank Jefferis dies at Millwall FC aged 53 End-of-Season Tour match 217 Saturday, 21 May 1938 - Switzerland 2 England 1 [1-1] Hardturm Stadion, Zürich (25,000) Aeby, Abegglen (pen) Bastin (pen) AL 1947 B Switzerland 0 FA XI 0 in Genève 1948 B team chosen for to play Schaffhausen 1950 B Luxembourg A 1 England 2 at Stad Lëtzeburg1952 England team chosen to play Austria1954 England team chosen to play Hungary B team chosen to play Switzerland1955 England team chosen to play Portugal FA Tour of Bermuda Jamaica 2 England 4 1958 FA Tour of Nigeria Eastern Nigeria 0 England 1 1960 B team chosen to play Israel 1961 England's first draw with Portugal FA Tour of Far East Hong Kong 2 England 4 World Cup preliminary match 348 Sunday, 21 May 1961 - Portugal 1 England 1 [0-0] Estadio Nacional, Lisboa (65,000) Âguas Flowers AD 1966 youth Czechoslovakia 3 England 2 in Rijeka amateur Netherlands 0 England 0 in Deventer 1969 FA Tour of Polynesia Tahiti 1 England 4 1975 Johnson first player to score twice against Wales since Hurst in 1966 British Championship 492 Wednesday, 21 May 1975 - England 2 Wales 2 [1-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley (53,000) Johnson (2) Toshack, Griffiths HD 1977 youth Iceland 0 England 0 at Turnhout 1982 Testimonial Fulham FC 0 England 3 1984 Frank Worthington joins Brighton & Hove Albion FC1985 under 21 Finland 3 England 1 in Mikkeli 1988 Bryan Robson captains his country for the fortieth time under 17 GDR 0 England 1 at Monthey England Football Team's All The Way enters the chart Rous Cup match 633 Saturday, 21 May 1988 - England 1 Scotland 0 [1-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley (70,480) Beardsley HW 1990 under 21 Portugal 1 England 0 at Six-Fours-les-Plages 1991 England beat USSR at Wembley for first time since 1958, in this, their final meeting England Challenge Cup match 671 Tuesday, 21 May 1991 - England 3 USSR 1 [2-1] Wembley Stadium, Wembley (23,789) Smith, Platt (2 (1 pen)) M.Wright OG HW 1999 semi-pro England 1 Highland League 1 in Chesham Seth Johnson signs for Derby County FC for £3m.2001 Joe Royle sacked as Manchester City FC manager 2002 England's first match in, and against, the Korea Republic England name squad for the 2002 World Cup Finals Friendly match 789 Tuesday, 21 May 2002 - Korea Republic 1 England 1 [0-1] Jeju World Cup Stadium, Seogwipo (39,876) Ji-Sung Owen AD 2005 Beddy Jezzard dies in Alton aged 77 2003 under 20 Italy 3 England 0 in Lucce under 19 England 3 Slovakia 0 at Dalymount Park England remain seventh in rankings2008 Trevor Sinclair released by Cardiff City FC 2010 under 17 Greece 0 England 1 in Vaduz2013 Carlton Cole released by West Ham United FC Wayne Rooney's son, Klay, is born 2014 under 17 FINAL Netherlands 1 England 1 in Ta'Qali England name squad for Ireland & Slovenia2016 Russia announce their squad for Euro Finals2018 Belgium name their squad for the World Cup Finals 2019 youth Slovakia 2 England 2 in Žiar nad Hronom 2023 under 17 Netherlands 1 England 4 in Debrecen2024 England's Euro 2024 provisional squad named under 17 France 0 England 4 in Larnaca Oppoistion On This Day 1903 Ludwig Leinberger (Germany) born 1904 Jimmy Crawford (Scotland) born 1913 Zvonimir Požega (Yugoslavia) born 1925 Serafim Batista (Portugal) born 1940 Robert Budzinski (France) born 1942 goalkeeper Ivo Viktor (Czechoslovakia) born 1959 Edo Ophof (Netherlands) born 1966 François Omam-Biyik (Cameroon) born 1971 Antonio Folha (Portugal) born 1981 Edson Buddle (United States) born 1986 Mario Mandžukić (Croatia) born 1989 Hal Robson-Kanu (Wales) born in Acton 1990 Rene Khrin (Slovenia) born 1991 Fedor Černych (Lithuania) born in Moscow& Yevhenii Makarenko (Ukraine) born
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