Match Dates
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21st May

England on
22nd May

23rd May
End-of-Season Tour match
248 Sunday, 22 May 1949 - France 1 England 3 [1-2]
Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Paris (61,308)
Moreel
Morris (2), Wright
AW





1953
Paul Mariner born in Farnworth
1950 Draw for the 1950 World Cup Finals made in Rio
 Sammy Crooks appointed manager of Shrewsbury Town
1951 FA Tour of Australia Sydney 2 England 6
1952 unofficial B France Espoirs 7 England 1 in Le Havre
1953
England team chosen to play Chile
1954 B Switzerland 2 England 0 at St. Jakob Park
1955 Albert Quixall becomes England's second substitute

End-of-Season Tour match  
297 Sunday, 22 May 1955 - Portugal 3 England 1 [1-1]
Estádio do FC Porto, Oporto
(55,000)
Águas (2), Matateu
Bentley
AL

  1959 The team is chosen to play Mexico
1960 England have still not beaten Hungary since 1936
under 23 Israel A 4 England 0 at Ramat Gan

End-of-Season Tour match  
341 Sunday, 22 May 1960 - Hungary 2 England 0 [0-0]
Népstadion, Budapest (90,000)
Albert (2) AL



1967
Willie Hall dies in Newark aged 55
1962 youth Israel 2 England 1 at Haifa
1965
unofficial Gibraltar 1 England 7 at Victoria Stadium
1968 Only the second opposition goal scored by a substitute

Friendly match  
422 Wednesday, 22 May 1968 - England 3 Sweden 1 [2-0]
Empire Stadium, Wembley
(72,000)
Peters, R.Charlton, Hunt
R.Andersson
HW

  1969 under 23 Netherlands 2 England 1 in Deventer
        youth GDR 4 England 0 in Magdeburg
1971 Sir Alf Ramsey's ninetieth match in charge
youth Yugoslavia 0 England 1 at Bardejov

British Championship
455 Saturday, 22 May 1971 - England 3 Scotland 1 [3-1]
Empire Stadium, Wembley
(91,469)
Peters, Chivers (2)
Ball OG
HW

  1972 youth West Germany 0 England 2 in Barcelona
1974 England's first match with Argentina since the infamous battle of '66

Friendly match
482 Wednesday, 22 May 1974 - England 2 Argentina 2 [1-0]
Empire Stadium, Wembley (68,000)
Channon, Worthington
Kempes (2 (1 pen))
HD

  1976 women England 4 Wales 0 in Bedford
1983
youth England 1 Italy 1 at Vicarage Road
        women England 2 Scotland 0 at Elland Road
1985 England fail to beat Finland for the first time

World Cup preliminary match
599 Wednesday, 22 May 1985 - Finland 1 England 1 [1-0]
Olympiastadion, Helsinki (30,311)
Rantanen
Hateley
AD

1986 Matt Jarvis born in Middlesbrough

1987
Bayern Munich fail an attempt to sign Mark Hateley
1988
under 17 France 2 England 1 in Monthey
1989 B Norway 0 England 1 at Stavenger
1990 This loss ends a 17-match unbeaten streak
preceded by under 17 England 1 France 3 at Wembley

Friendly match
656 Tuesday, 22 May 1990 - England 1 Uruguay 2 [0-1]
Wembley Stadium, Wembley (38,751)
J.Barnes
Ostolaza, J.Perdomo
HL

1991 Stan Mortensen dies in Blackpool aged 69 1991 youth England 3 Wales 0 in at Huish Park
1994 First ever scoreless draw with Norway

Friendly match
705 Sunday, 22 May 1994 - England 0 Norway 0 [0-0]
Wembley Stadium, Wembley (64,327)
HD

  1996 England drop to 24th in the rankings
2000 Germany name their squad for the Euro Finals
 Portugal name half of their squad for the Euro Finals
2002
under 21 Portugal 3 England 1 in Zürich
2003 England win the International Launch Trophy in their first visit to South Africa
National Game XI Wales 0 England 2 at Merthyr Tydfil
women Canada 4 England 0 in Ottawa

Friendly match
802 Thursday, 22 May 2003 -
South Africa 1 England 2 [1-1]
ABSA Stadium, Durban (48,000)
McCarthy (pen)
Southgate, Heskey
AW








2013
Brian Greenhoff dies in Rochdale aged 60
2006 under 19 Serbia & Mont. 1 England 0 in Tournoi
 
Dennis Wise appointed Swindon Town FC manager
 
Joe Hart joins Manchester City FC for £1.5m
 
Joe Fagin's That's England Alright released
2007 Nat.Game XI England 5 Rep. Ireland U21 0 in Cork
2008 C England 1 Scotland 0 in Old Colwyn
2010 C East Scotland League 0 England 1 in Edinburgh

2014
under 20 England 3 Qatar 0 in Toulon
 
Peru name squad for match against England
2016 England play away from Wembley for first time since its inauguration

Friendly match
953 Sunday, 22 May 2016 - England 2 Turkey 1 [1-1]
Etihad Stadium, Manchester
(44,866)
Rashford, Rooney
Dier OG
HW

  2017 Scotland squad named for England
2023 under 20 England 1 Tunisia 0 in La Plata
2024 under 18 England 4 Northern Ireland 2 at SGP

Opposition On This Day
BIRTHS DEATHS & APPOINTMENTS
Erik Hjelm (Sweden)
Julien Cnudde (Belgium)
Stellan Nilsson (Sweden)
Johann Buzek (Austria)
official Thomas Park (Scotland) dies
George Best (Northern Ireland)
Florea Dumitrache (Romania)
 official Yoshikazu Hiroshim (Japan)
José Pedro Fuenzalida (Chile)
 Tranquillo Barnetto (Switzerland)
 
official Richard Martens (Netherlands)
Ryan Cammileri (Malta)
 Fatos Bećiraj (Montenegro)
 Joel Obi (Nigeria)
 Odise Roshi (Albania)
 Tomáš Kalas (Czech Republic)
Roland Sallai (Hungary)
Dženis Burnić (Bosnia & Herzegovina)
Joshua Zirkzee (Netherlands)
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England's Record on 22nd May
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts % W/L
Home 6 3 2 1 11 7 +4 1 1 1.833 1.167 66.7 +2
Away 5 2 1 2 7 8 -1 1 0 1.40 1.60 50.0 =0
Total 11 5 3 3 18 15 +3 2 1 1.636 1.364 59.1 +2
 

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