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1838 Major Francis Marindin born in Weymouth

1871 Ben Garfield born in Raunds



1897
Joe Beverley dies in Blackburn aged 40

1865
Joe Lofthouse baptised in Blackburn

1885
Joe Lofthouse marries Elizabeth Proudlove
 
Alf Lyttelton marries Laura Tennant in London
1891
Percy de Paravicini marries Marcia Cholmondeley

1919
Joe Lofthouse admitted into Blackburn Infirmary
1920
Danny Shea joins West Ham United FC for £1000
1921 England's first visit to, and against, Belgium

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 FC
1931
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 Lëtzeburg
1952 England team chosen to play Austria
1954
England team chosen to play Hungary
 
B team chosen to play Switzerland
1955
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 FC
1985
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 rankings

2008
Trevor Sinclair released by Cardiff City FC
2010 under 17 Greece 0 England 1 in Vaduz
2013
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 & Slovenia
2016 Russia announce their squad for Euro Finals
2018 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 Debrecen
2024 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
 
England's Record on 21st May
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts % W/L
Home 3 2 1 0 6 3 +3 0 1 2.00 1.00 83.3 +2
Away 7 4 2 1 17 10 +7 0 1 2.429 1.429 71.4 +3
Total 10 6 3 1 23 13 +10 0 2 2.30 1.30 75.0 +5
 

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