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29th May

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1863
Tom Danks born in Basford








1930
Frank Bradshaw dies in Winford aged 77 years



1950
Bill Townley dies in Blackpool aged 84 years
1852 William Clegg baptised in Sheffield

1877
Francis Birley's daughter, Margaret, is born
1882
Tom Dank's father, Samuel, dies
1895
Billy Beats joins Wolverhampton Wanderers for £80
1896
Billy Bett's son, Leonard, is born
1899
Edgar Chadwick signs for Burnley FC for £40
1920
AGM meeting confirms qualification of players
1925
FA Tour of Australia New South Wales 2 England 3
1927
Frank Buckley appointed Wolves manager

1931
FA Tour of Canada Toronto 1 England 4
1946
Bobby Gurney appointed as a Sunderland trainer
1947 Stan Cullis announces his retirement
1950
FA Tour of Canada British Colombia 4 England 4
 
World Cup Final fixtures announced
1951
FA Tour of Australia Northern Districts 1 England 7
1953 postponed England due to play Uruguay
1955
FA Tour of Bermuda Trinidad & Tobago 0 England 6
1957 under 23 Czechoslovakia 0 England 2 in Bratislava
 Ken Armstrong emigrates to New Zealand
1958 USSR name their World Cup Finals party
1962 First Phase Group 4 Argentina 1 Bulgaria 0
1964 Pelé scores his only goal against England
Taça das Nações match
380 Saturday, 30 May 1964 - Brazil 5 England 1 [1-0]
Estádio Municipal, Rio de Janeiro
(77,000)
Rinaldo (2), Pelé, Julinho, Roberto Dias
Greaves
AL





1975
Fred Mitchell dies in Leicester aged 79
& Ken Willingham dies in Sheffield aged 62

1980
Steven Gerrard born in Prescot
1967 Ron Flowers new manager of Northampton Town
1968
under 23 Hungary 1 England 0 at Népstadion
1971
youth Portugal 0 England 3 in Prague
       
FA Tour of Australia New South Wales 0 England 1


1978
B Tour Malaysia A 1 England 1 in Kuala Lumpur
1981 Terry McDermott scores England's first goal for nearly eight hours

World Cup preliminary/England Summer Tour match
555 Saturday, 30 May 1981 - Switzerland 2 England 1 [2-0]
Sankt Jakob Stadium, Basel (40,000)
Scheiwiler, Sulser
McDermott
AL



1995
Ted Drake dies in Raynes Park aged 82



1999 Eddie Nketiah born in Lewisham
1989 Don Revie funeral in Warriston, Edinburgh
1994 semi-pro Finland U21 2 England 0 in Äänekoski

1996
under 21 Portugal 3 England 1 at Arles
1997 under 21 Poland 1 England 1 in Katowice
1998 youth Cyprus 0 England 1 in Clemacy

2004
FA Summer Tournament Japan 3 Iceland 2
2006 Theo Walcott becomes the youngest player to play for England
Andrew Johnson joins Everton FC for £8.6m

Friendly match
836 Tuesday, 30 May 2006 - England 3 Hungary 1 [0-0]
Old Trafford, Manchester (56,323)
Gerrard, Terry, Crouch
Dárdai
HW

2010 Frank Lampard misses England's 100th penalty kick
A record eight BME players start
under 17 final England 2 Spain 1 in Vaduz

Friendly match
884 Sunday, 30 May 2010 - Japan 1 England 2 [1-0]
UPC-Arena, Graz (15,326)
Tanaka
Tanaka OG, Nakazawa OG
NW

  2012 under 19 Switzerland 0 England 1 at Deepdale
2014 Peru come to England for their fisrt time
under 20 England 1 Colombia 1 in Toulon

Friendly match
929 Friday, 30 May 2014 - England 3 Peru 0 [1-0]
The National Stadium, Wembley
(83,578)
Sturridge, Cahill, Jagielka HW

  2015 under 20 England 2 Côte D'Ivoire 1 in Toulon
 
Rio Ferdinand announces his retirement
 Jonathan Woodgate marries Natalie Downing
2016 Slovakia name their Euro Finals squad
 
Stephen Warnock to join Wigan Athletic FC
2017 C Jersey 1 England 1 in St.Helier
 Dominic Solanke set to join Liverpool FC
2018 Panama name their World Cup Finals squad
 
Nigeria name a 25-man World Cup Finals squad
 Michael Dawson rejoins Nottingham Forest FC
2023 under 17 England 4 Switzerland 2 in Budaörs
2024 under 17 Italy 1 England 1 in Larnaca

Opposition On This Day
BIRTHS DEATHS & APPOINTMENTS
Zoltán Rónay (Hungary)
Ferdinand Wesely (Austria)
André Cheuva (France)
Ferdinand Daučík (Czechoslovakia)
 Roger Courtois (France)
Odd Andersen (Norway)

 Slava Metrevelli (USSR)
 Ebelle Ekéké (Cameroon)
 official Heiner Müller (Germany)
 Thomas Häßler (Germany)
official Alvaro Mesquita (Portugal) in Vila Real
official Martin Balko (Slovakia)
official David Fernández Borbalán (Spain)
 official Ivan Bebec (Croatia)
 official Hakim Ben El Hadj (France)
official István Vad (Hungary)
 Joachim Standfest (Austria)
 Krisztián Vadócz (Hungary)
 Nikolay Bodurov (Bulgaria)
goalkeeper Badra Ali Sangaré (Côte d'Ivoire)
Aleksandr Golovin (Russia)
Dario Šarić (Bosnia & Herzegovina)
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Federación Ecuatoriana de Fútbol founded
















Cesare Prandelli (Italy manager) appointed
England's Record on 30th May
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts % W/L
Home 2 2 0 0 6 1 +5 0 1 3.00 0.50 100.0 +2
Away 2 0 0 2 2 7 -5 0 0 1.00 3.50 0.00 -2
Neutral 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 0 0 2.00 1.00 100.0 +1
Total 5 3 0 2 10 9 +1 0 1 2.00 1.80 60.0 +1
 

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