England on 22nd 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) MoreelMorris (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 Haifa1965 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 Hateley1988 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 rankings2000 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) 18931897192219381939194619481962 1985198819911993199719982001
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