End-of-Season Tour match
136	Thursday, 24 May 1923 - Sweden 1 England 3 [1-1] Stockholms Olympiastadion, Stockholm (12,000)	H.Dahl W.Moore (2), Miller	AW

1926 Osborne scores England's first hattrick for 14 years FA Tour of Canada Montreal 3 England 5

Friendly match
150	Monday, 24 May 1926 - Belgium 3 England 5 [1-1] Olympisch Stadion, Antwerpen (35,000)	Thys, R.Braine (2) F.Osborne (3), Johnson, Carter	AW

	1929 FA Tour of South Africa West.Province 0 England 4 1932 George Thornewell fined following his car accident 1934 Jackie Crawford signs for Queen's Park Rangers FC  Jack Crayston joins Arsenal FC for £5250 1935 funeral of Steve Smith in Benson 1938 England team chosen to play France
1939 England's first visit to Bucharest in their final pre-war fixture

End-of-Season Tour match
226	Wednesday, 24 May 1939 - Romania 0 England 2 [0-1] Stadionul ANEF, Bucureşti (40,000)	Goulden, Welsh	AW

	1950 FA Tour of Canada Ontario 1 England 4
1953 Billy Wright becomes Britain's most capped player

End-of-Season Tour match
278	Sunday, 24 May 1953 - Chile 1 England 2 [0-0] Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago (56,398)	Rojas Taylor, Lofthouse	AW

	1956 West German team chosen to play England 1957 B team is chosen to play Romania 1958 FA Tour of Nigeria Nigeria 0 England 5
1959 England wear all white for the first time in their first visit to Mexico amateur FLF jubilee Luxembourg 3 England 1 at Stad Lëtzebuerg

End-of-Season Tour match
333	Sunday, 24 May 1959 - Mexico 2 England 1 [1-1] Estadio Olímpico Universitario, ciudad de México (83,000)	Cardenas, Reyes Kevan	AL

1961 England beat Italy for first time since 1949

End-of-Season Tour match
349	Wednesday, 24 May 1961 - Italy 2 England 3 [1-1] Stadio Olimpico, Roma (62,000)	Sivori, Brighenti Hitchens (2), Greaves	AW

	1963 interlevel England 3 Football League 3 at Highbury
1964 England win in Dublin for first time since 1946 amateur England 4 Liguria 2 in Genova

End-of-Season Tour match
378	Sunday, 24 May 1964 - Republic of Ireland 1 England 3 [1-2] Dalymount Park, Dublin (45,000)	Strahan Eastham, J.Byrne, Greaves	AW

1967 Jimmy Greaves scores his final England goal

End-of-Season Tour match
414	Wednesday, 24 May 1967 - England 2 Spain 0 [0-0] Empire Stadium, Wembley (97,500)	Greaves, Hunt	HW

1970 Gordon Banks wears red for the first time in England's first visit to Ecuador preceded by B unofficial Liga Deportiva Universitaria 1 England 4 in Quito

End-of-Season Pre-World Cup match
444	Sunday, 24 May 1970 - Ecuador 0 England 2 [0-1] Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito (29,706)	Lee, Kidd	AW

	1971 FAI Jubilee Rep. Ireland 1 England 1 in Dublin         youth England 1 Sweden 0 in Poprad 1973 under 23 Denmark 1 England 1 in Nøstved
1975 England score five against Scotland for second time in over two years

British Championship
493	Saturday, 24 May 1975 - England 5 Scotland 1 [3-1] Wembley Stadium, Wembley (98,241)	G.Francis (2), Beattie, Bell, Johnson Rioch (pen)	HW

1978 England put four past Hungary for first time since 1936

Friendly match
523	Wednesday, 24 May 1978 - England 4 Hungary 1 [3-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley (74,000)	P.Barnes, Neal (pen), T.Francis, Currie Nagy	HW

	1979 youth England 3 Czechoslovakia 0 in Salzburg
1980 Steve Coppell scores against the Scots for the third match in a row England name a 25-man provisional squad for Euro Finals

British Championship
542	Saturday, 24 May 1980 - Scotland 0 England 2 [0-1] Hampden Park, Glasgow (85,000/88,000)	Brooking, Coppell	AW

	1984 under 21 Final England 2 Spain 0 at Bramall Lane
1986 England's first and only visit to Canada semi-professional England 2 Republic of Ireland 1 at Aggborough

Friendly match
613	Saturday, 24 May 1986 - Canada 0 England 1 [0-0] Swangard Stadium, Burnaby (8,150)	Hateley	AW

1988 Colombia's first visit to Wembley

Rous Cup match
634	Tuesday, 24 May 1988 - England 1 Colombia 1 [1-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley (25,756)	Lineker Escobar	HD

1992 Marcus Bettinelli (uncapped) in Southwark	1991 Tony Dorigo joins Leeds United AFC 1992 under 21 Mexico 1 England 1 at Six-Fours-les-Plages 1996 under 21 Belgium 0 England 1 at Toulon
1997 England's first meeting with South Africa

Friendly match
733	Saturday, 24 May 1997 - England 2 South Africa 1 [1-1] Old Trafford, Manchester (52,676)	R.Lee, I.Wright Masinga	HW

1998 Paul Konchesky signs for Charlton Athletic FC 2001 under 21 England 3 Mexico 0 at Filbert Street  Kevin Keegan appointed Manchester City FC manager 2003 Nat. Game XI England1 Scotland 1 in Carmarthen 2004 Iceland name their FA Summer Tournament squad  Funeral of Dennis Wilshaw in Newcastle-under-Lyme 2005 Nat. Game XI. Rep. Ireland U21 0 England 1 in Cork  Graeme Le Saux announces his retirement 2006 Peter Davenport appointed Colwyn Bay FC manager  This Is It's Champions of the World released  Jamaica finalise their squad for Ghana & England 2008 C Wales 0 England 3 in Rhyl 2009 England name squad for Kazakhstan & Andorra

2010 a record sixteenth match played on this day under 17 Turkey 1 England 2 in Vaduz

Friendly match
883	Monday, 24 May 2010 - England 3 Mexico 1 [2-1] The National Stadium, Wembley (88,638)	King, Crouch, G.Johnson Franco	HW

2011 Nick Pope joins Charlton Athletic FC 2012 Goalline technology to be tested at Wembley 2013 under 19 England 1 Georgia 1 in Bornem  James Beattie appointed Accrington Stanley FC manager  Colin Cooper appointed manager of Hartlepool United FC  Nicky Shorey released by Reading FC 2014 under 19 England 6 Montenegro 0 in Walsall         C Slovakia U21 1 England 0 in Poprad 2015 Sam Allardyce released as West Ham Utd manager 2016 Joey Barton signs for Rangers FC 2019 youth Spain 1 England 1 in Žiar nad Hronom 2023 England squad named to face Malta & N. Macedonia  under 17 England 0 Switzerland 0 in Debrecen 2024 Plymouth Argyle FC appoint Wayne Rooney  under 17 Portugal 4 England 1 in Larnaca

Opposition On This Day
BIRTHS		DEATHS & APPOINTMENTS
Andrew Watson (Scotland) in British Guinea  Carlo Annovazzi (Italy)  goalkeeper Claude Abbes (France) Markku Kanerva (Finland manager) official Guido Woldhaber (Switzerland)  Éric Cantona (France)  Vladimir Smicer (Czech Republic) Ioannis Goumas (Greece) Victor Bernárdez (Honduras)  DaMarcus Beasley (United States) Viktor Pečovský (Slovakia)  official Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen (Denmark) Dimitri Kruglov (Estonia) Vasyl Kobin (Ukraine) Dennis Praet (Belgium) Strahinja Pavlović (Serbia)	1856 1912 1925 1927 1962 1966 1973 1975 1982 1983 1984 1985 1994 2001	Canada Soccer Association founded

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