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England on
26th May

27th May

England On This Day
Stan Mortensen born in South Shields	1892 1910 1914 1919 1921 1924 1926	Sam Widdowson's son, Phillip, is born FA Tour of South Africa West.Province 1 England 7 Joe McCall's son, Joseph, is born Vince Matthews' son, Maurice, is born Merthyr Town FC appoint Harry Hadley as manager Billy Watson marries Mary Chippendale in Ormskirk FA Tour of Canada Hamilton 0 England 3

End-of-Season tour match
156	France 0 England 6 [0-2] Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Paris (25,000)	1927	G.Brown (1 or 2), Dean (2), *Rollet* OG, Rigby (1 or 2)	AW
			The third French own goal in three years

1928

Vivian Gibbins marries Frances Ashworth in Brighton

End-of-Season tour match
218	France 2 England 4 [2-3] Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Paris (46,920)	1938	Jordan, Nicolas Broome, Drake (2), Bastin (pen)	AW
			England win in Paris for first time since 1929 Lewis Stoker joins Nottingham Forest FC for a substantial fee

1945
1950
1951
1955

victory England 2 France 2 at Wembley
youth Switzerland 1 England 2 in Stockerau
FA Tour of Australia Australia 1 England 4
FA Tour of Bermuda North Trinidad 0 England 1

End-of-Season Scandinavian/European tour match
306	West Germany 1 England 3 [0-1] Olympiastadion, Berlin (92,000)	1956	F.Walter Edwards, Grainger, Haynes	AW
			England's fifth victory in red out of five played FA Tour of South Africa Eastern Province 3 England 8

1957
1958
1970
1971
1977

under 23 Romania 0 England 1 at Stadionul 23 August
youth Switzerland 0 England 3 in Zürich
Bobby Moore appears in a Bogotá court
youth Poland 0 England 0 in Prešov
under 21 Finland 0 England 1 at Olympiastadion
UEFA Group 2 Luxembourg 0 Finland 1

British Championship
530	England 3 Scotland 1 [1-1] Wembley Stadium, Wembley (98,000/100,000)	1979	P.Barnes, Coppell, Keegan Wark	HW
Lewis Stoker dies in Birmingham aged 69 years			Ray Clemence perfoms the greatest save at Wembley youth Malta 0 England 3 in Salzburg

1982

women Sweden 1 England 1 in Kinna

British Championship
588	Scotland 1 England 1 [1-1] Hampden Park, Glasgow (73,064)	1984	McGhee Woodcock	AD
			The last ever Home International match to be played

Don Revie dies in Edinburgh aged 61 years

1986
1987
1989
1992
1994
1995
1996
1999
2000
2001

Friendly match
790	England 2 Cameroon 2 [1-1] Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium, Kobe (36,424)	2002	Vassell, Fowler Eto'o, Geremi	ND
			England's first visit to Japan Bubble & Deano's Standing Tall released

2004
2005
2007
2008
2009
2010

Friendly match
904	Norway 0 England 1 [0-1] Ullevål Stadion, Oslo (21,496)	2012	Young	AW
			Martin Kelly becomes the latest player with the shortest career

2013
2014
2018
2018
2024

under 19 Belgium 1 England 1 in Geel
under 19 England 2 Scotland 1 at Pirelli Stadium
under 20 Korea Republic 0 England 1 in Suwon
under 21 England 2 China 1 in Aubagne
under 18 England 2 Morocco 1 at St Georges Park

Opposition On This Day
BIRTHS		DEATHS & APPOINTMENTS
William Turner (Ireland) Albert Pryce-Jones (Wales) Sir Matt Busby (Scotland manager & player) Alfred Aston (France) Tommy Walker (Scotland) goalkeeper Iowerth Hughes (Wales) Simon Tamahata (Netherlands) João Pinto (Portugal) Simion Bulgaru (Moldova) Olcay Şahan (Turkey) Juan Cuadrado (Colombia) Tomáš Pekhart (Czech Republic)	1866 1870 1909 1912 1915 1925 1956 1973 1985 1987 1988 1989 2002	the site of the FIFA Hall of Fame to be in Valencia

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