England on 23rd May
End-of-Season East-European Pre-World Cup Tour match 287 Sunday, 23 May 1954 - Hungary 7 England 1 [3-0] Népstadion, Budapest (92,000) Lantos, Puskás (2), Kocsis (2), Toth, HidegkutiBroadis AL 1961 Frank Robert dies in Bolton aged 68 1955 FA Tour of Bermuda Jamaica 0 England 7 1956 FA Tour of South Africa Border 0 England 101959 Mexico team is chosen to play England1961 FA Tour of Far East Hong Kong 0 England 3 1965 unofficial Gibraltar XI 0 England 6 at Victoria Stdm 1966 youth France 1 England 2 at Rijeka 1968 amateur England 0 Italy 0 in Enfield1970 England announce squad for the World Cup Finals 1972 First England match not to feature a World Cup winner British Championship 462 Tuesday, 23 May 1972 - England 0 Northern Ireland 1 [0-1] Empire Stadium, Wembley (64,000) Neill HL 1976 Roberto becomes only the third substitute to score against England USA Bicentennial Cup Team America 0 Italy 4 at RFK Memorial Stadium women England 5 Scotland 1 in Enfield United States Bicentennial Cup match 501 Sunday, 23 May 1976 - Brazil 1 England 0 [1-0] LA Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles (32,495) Roberto NL 1977 youth England 1 Greece 1 in Beveren 1979 Laurie Cunningham becomes the second BME player in a full international British Championship 529 Wednesday, 23 May 1979 - England 0 Wales 0 [0-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley (70,220/74,000) HD 1980 youth Netherlands 0 England 1 at Halle 1981 England now gone four matches without scoring British Championship 554 Saturday, 23 May 1981 - England 0 Scotland 1 [0-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley (90,000) Robertson (pen) HL 1983 John Hollins rejoins Chelsea FC 1987 First scoreless draw betwen the auld enemy since 1970 semi-professional Scotland 1 England 2 in Dunfermline Rous Cup match 626 Saturday, 23 May 1987 - Scotland 0 England 0 [0-0] Hampden Park, Glasgow (64,713) AD 1989 record international low attendance for Wembley preceded by women England 0 Sweden 2 Rous Cup match 645 Tuesday, 23 May 1989 - England 0 Chile 0 [0-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley (15,628) HD 1990 under 21 France 3 England 7 in Aix-en-Provence 1991 England Challenge Cup Argentina 1 USSR 1 1995 under 16 Qatar 3 England 2 in Doha England name their Umbro Cup squad Paul Bracewell rejoins Sunderland AFC 1996 England's only meeting with China Friendly match 721 Thursday, 23 May 1996 - China 0 England 3 [0-1] Workers' Stadium, Beijing (65,000) Barmby (2), Gascoigne AW 1997 Joe Gomez born in Lewisham 1998 England's second meeting with the Saudi's, and second draw women Netherlands 2 England 1 at Waalwijk Friendly match 744 Saturday, 23 May 1998 - England 0 Saudi Arabia 0 [0-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley (63,733) HD 2003 Ray Parry dies in Bolton aged 67 1999 semi-pro England 2 Wales 1 at St.Albans2002 England to play Yugoslavia in June 2003 2003 under 19 England 1 Switzerland 0 at Drogheda 2004 Nat. Game XI Scotland 1 England 3 in Banff 2006 Nat. Game XI England 2 R. Ireland 0 in Eastbourne2008 Tom Heaton joins Cardiff City FC on loan2011 England squad named for Switzerland Jay Bothroyd leaves Cardiff City FC2012 Chris Kirkland signs for Sheffield Wednesday FC2014 Matthew Upson signs for Leicester City FC 2016 under 21 England 7 Guinea 1 at Aubagne 2017 under 20 Guinea 1 England 1 at Jeonju Joey Barton released by Burnley FC 2018 youth Uruguay 2 England 2 in Chengdu 2019 youth England 2 Mexico 0 in Zlate Moravce2021 England remain fourth in rankings Opposition On This Day 1914 David Drok (Netherlands) born 1915 official Herminio Soares (Portugal) born in Lisboa 1928 Manuel Álvarez (Chile) born 1932 Dino Sani (Brazil) born 1942 José Maria (Spain) born 1954 Gerry Armstrong (Northern Ireland) born 1965 Manuel Sanchis (Spain) born 1968 Jozsef Somogyi (Hungary) born 1970 official Martin Wilczek (Czech Republic) born 1976 Andy Selva (San Marino) born 1984 Hugo Almeida (Portugal) born 1988 Angelo Ogbonna (Italy) born 1989 Alexandru Antoniuc (Moldova) & Ezequiel Schelotto (Italy) born 1996 Răzvan Marin (Romania) born 2001 Brennan Johnson (Wales) born
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