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25th May

England on
26th May

27th May
England On This Day





1921
Stan Mortensen born in South Shields
1892 Sam Widdowson's son, Phillip, is born
1910
FA Tour of South Africa West.Province 1 England 7
1914
Joe McCall's son, Joseph, is born
1919
Vince Matthews' son, Maurice, is born
 
Harry Hadley appointed manager at Merthyr Town FC

1924
Billy Watson marries Mary Chippendale in Ormskirk
1926
FA Tour of Canada Hamilton 0 England 3
1927 The third French own goal in three years

End-of-Season Tour match
156 Thursday, 26 May 1927 - France 0 England 6 [0-2]
Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Paris (25,000)
G.Brown (1 or 2), Dean (2), Rollet OG, Rigby (1 or 2) AW

  1928 Vivian Gibbins marries Frances Ashworth in Brighton
1938 England win in Paris for first time since 1929
Lewis Stoker joins Nottingham Forest FC for a substantial fee

End-of-Season Tour match  
218 Thursday, 26 May 1938 - France 2 England 4 [2-3]
Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Paris (46,920)
Jordan, Nicolas
Broome, Drake (2), Bastin (pen)
AW

  1945 victory England 2 France 2 at Wembley
1950 youth Switzerland 1 England 2 in Stockerau
1951
FA Tour of Australia Australia 1 England 4
1955
FA Tour of Bermuda North Trinidad 0 England 1
1956 England's fifth victory in red out of five played
FA Tour of South Africa Eastern Province 3 England 8

End-of-Season Scandinavian/European Tour match  
306 Saturday, 26 May 1956 -
West Germany 1
England 3 [0-1]
Olympiastadion, Berlin (92,000)
F.Walter
Edwards, Grainger, Haynes
AW

  1957 under 23 Romania 0 England 1 at Stadionul 23 August
1958
youth Switzerland 0 England 3 in Zürich
1970
Bobby Moore appears in a Bogotá court
1971
youth Poland 0 England 0 in Prešov
1977
under 21 Finland 0 England 1 at Olympiastadion
       
UEFA Group 2 Luxembourg 0 Finland 1
1979 Ray Clemence perfoms the greatest save at Wembley
youth Malta 0 England 3 in Salzburg
Lewis Stoker dies in Birmingham aged 69

British Championship
530 Saturday, 26 May 1979 - England 3 Scotland 1 [1-1]
Wembley Stadium, Wembley (98,000/100,000)
P.Barnes, Coppell, Keegan
Wark
HW

1982 women Sweden 1 England 1 in Kinna
1984 The last ever Home International match

British Championship
588 Saturday, 26 May 1984 - Scotland 1 England 1 [1-1]
Hampden Park, Glasgow (73,064)
McGhee
Woodcock
AD



1989
Don Revie dies in Edinburgh aged 61
1986 semi-pro England 2 Rep.Ireland 1 in Nuneaton
1987
Rous Cup Scotland 0 Brazil 2 at Hampden Park

1992 under 21 Czechoslovakia 2 England 1 at Le Seyne
1994 Ray Wilkins joins Crystal Palace FC
1995
under 16 Oman 1 England 1 in Muscat
1996
unofficial Hong Kong Select XI 0 England 1
1999
women Italy 4 England 1 in Lugo di Romagna
2000
Portugal complete their Euro Finals squad
2001
Teddy Sheringham rejoins Tottenham Hotspur FC
2002 England's first visit to Japan
Bubble & Deano's Standing Tall released

Friendly match
790 Sunday, 26 May 2002 - England 2 Cameroon 2 [1-1]
Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium, Kobe (36,424)
Vassell, Fowler
Eto'o, Geremi
ND

  2004 Alan Smith joins Manchester United FC for £7m
2005 Nat.Game XI England 1 Wales 0 in Cork
2007 England name squad for Brazil & Estonia
2008 under 19 England 2 Poland 0 in Barysaw
2009 Kazakhstan name squad for England & Belarus
2010 under 19 England 1 Republic of Ireland 0 in Kiev
        C Rep.Ireland 1 England 2 in Waterford
 England remain eighth in rankings
2012 Martin Kelly becomes the England player with the shortest career

Friendly match
904 Saturday, 26 May 2012 - Norway 0 England 1 [0-1]
Ullevål Stadion, Oslo
(21,496)
Young AW

  2013 under 19 Belgium 1 England 1 in Geel
2014
under 19 England 2 Scotland 1 at Pirelli Stadium
2017 under 20 Korea Republic 0 England 1 in Suwon
2018
under 21 England 2 China 1 in Aubagne

Opposition On This Day
1866 William Turner (Ireland) born
1870 Albert Pryce-Jones (Wales) born

1912 Alfred Aston (France) born
1915 Tommy Walker (Scotland) born
1925 goalkeeper Iowerth Hughes (Wales) born
1956 Simon Tamahata (Netherlands) born
1973 João Pinto (Portugal) born
1985 Simion Bulgaru (Moldova) born
1987 Olcay Şahan (Turkey) born
1988 Juan Cuadrado (Colombia) born
1989 Tomáš Pekhart (Czech Republic) born


1909
Sir Matt Busby (Scotland manager & player) born









2002
the site of the FIFA Hall of Fame will be in Valencia

 

England's Record on 26th May
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts % W/L
Home 1 1 0 0 3 1 +2 0 0 3.00 1.00 100.0 +1
Away 5 4 1 0 15 4 +11 0 2 3.00 0.80 90.0 +4
Neutral 1 0 1 0 2 2 =0 0 0 2.00 2.00 50.0 =0
Total 7 5 2 0 20 7 +13 0 2 2.857 1.00 85.7 +5
 

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