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1846 Evelyn Freeth (unofficial) born
1848 John Owen born in Aston Clinton
1880
Alf Common born in Sunderland





1938
Edward Hansell (reserve) died in Norwich aged 77



1891
John Maynard's son, William, is born
1898
George Ashmore is baptised in Plymouth
 
Arthur Lowder's daughter, May, is born
1911
amateur Switzerland 1 England 4 in Bern
1931
FA Tour of Canada London 1 England 4 in Ontario
1938
Blackburn Rovers appoint Bob Crompton as manager
1947 Tommy Lawton scores the quickest ever England goal
End of Season Tour match
234 Sunday, 25 May 1947 - Portugal 0 England 10 [0-5]
Estadio Nacional, Lisboa (62,000)
Lawton (4), Mortensen (4), Finney, Matthews AW

1948 Ernest Wilson (withdrew) dies in Scarborough aged 87

1949
Eric Houghton retires from playing
1950
youth Luxembourg 2 England 1 in Wien
1952 England wear blue numbers for the first time.

End of Season Tour match  
271 Sunday, 25 May 1952 - Austria 2 England 3 [2-2]
Praterstadion, Wien (65,500)
Huber, Dienst
Lofthouse (2), Sewell
AW

1954 Jimmy Harrop (reserve) dies in Sheffield aged 70






1975
Horace Colclough dies in Bournemouth aged 87

1956
England team chosen to play West Germany
1965
under 23 West Germany 1 England 0 in Freiburg
1966 youth Italy 1 England 1 in Rijeka
1968 under 23 Italy 1 England 1 in Trieste
1969
under 23 Belgium B 0 England 1 in Oostende
       
FA Tour of Polynesia Auckland 1 England 8

1980
youth England 2 Poland 1 at Leipzig
1981 youth Spain 2 England 1 at Siegen
1982 Peter Shilton is Greenwood's eighth different captain

Friendly match
561 Tuesday, 25 May 1982 - England 2 Netherlands 0 [0-0]
Wembley Stadium, Wembley (69,000)
Woodcock, Mariner HW

  1984 youth GDR 1 England 1 in Moscow
 
Paul Bracewell joins Everton FC for £425,000
1985 England lose at Hampden Park for first time since 1976
women Northern Ireland 1 England 8 at Antrim

Rous Cup match
600 Saturday, 25 May 1985 - Scotland 1 England 0 [0-0]
Hampden Park, Glasgow (66,439)
Gough AL

  1990 under 21 USSR 1 England 2 in Toulon
        semi-pro Rep.Ireland 1 England 2 in Dublin
1991 Gary Lineker lifts the Challenge Cup
preceded by under 19 England 1 Spain 1 at Wembley
women England 1 United States 3 in Hirson

England Challenge Cup match
672 Saturday, 25 May 1991 - England 2 Argentina 2 [1-0]
Wembley Stadium, Wembley (44,497)
Lineker, Platt
García, Franco
HD

   
2001 England's first visit to Derby since 1911

Friendly match
779 Friday, 25 May 2001 - England 4 Mexico 0 [3-0]
Pride Park Stadium, Derby
(33,597)
Scholes, Fowler, Beckham, Sheringham HW

  2005 women England 4 Czech Republic 1 at Walsall
2006
B England 1 Belarus A 2 at Madejski Stadium
        Nat.Game XI England 1 Wales 1 in Eastbourne
 Hungary name squad for England
2007 B England 3 Albania A 1 at Turf Moor
        Nat.Game XI Scotland 0 England 3 in Dingwall
2011
Sol Campbell released by Newcastle United FC
2012
under 19 England 5 Slovenia 0 at Deepdale
2015
Nigel Clough sacked as Sheffield United FC manager
 
Steve McClaren sacked as Derby County FC manager
2016
under 21 England 4 Paraguay 0 at Six-Fours
 Jamie Vardy marries Rebekah Nicholson in Tarporley
2018 youth China 1 England 0 in Chengdu
2019 women England 2 Denmark 0 in Walsall
2020 C England vs. Nepal postponed
2021 Euro 2021 squads
 England name provisional squad, Czech Rep name squad
2023 under 20 Uruguay 2 England 3 in La Plata

Opposition On This Day
1855 official Thomas Hindle born in Darwen
1924 Gordon Smith (Scotland) born
1928 Ubaldo Faina (Argentina) born
1953 Gaetano Scirea (Italy) born

1975 Blaise Nkufo (Switzerland) born in Zaire

1979 Carlos Bocanegra (United States) born
1980 Jóhannes Guðjónsson (Iceland) born
1982 Daniel Braaten (Norway) born
1984 Sergei Skorykh (Kazakhstan) born
1985 goalkeeper Ernestas Šetkus (Lithuania) born
1986 James Morrison (Scotland) born in Darlington
1987 Danial Mladenov (Bulgaria) born
1992 Jón Daði Böðvarsson (Iceland) born
1993 goalkeeper Danijel Petković (Montenegro)
& Zsolt Nagy (Hungary) born
2000 Arthur Theate (Belgium) born



1953
Daniel Passarella (Argentina manager) born
1961 Tite (Brazil manager) born

1976 Magnus Pehrsson (Estonia man.) born in Sweden











2021 Hans Flick (Germany manager) appointed
England's Record on 25th May
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts % W/L
Home 3 2 1 0 8 2 +6 0 2 2.667 0.667 83.3 +2
Away 3 2 0 1 13 3 +10 1 1 4.333 1.00 66.7 +1
Total 6 4 1 1 21 5 +16 1 3 3.50 0.833 75.0 +3
 

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