End of Season Tour match
103	Monday, 31 May 1909 - Hungary 2 England 8 [0-5] Millenáris Sportpálya, Buda-pesth (11,000)	Schlosser, Mészáros Fleming (2), Woodward (4), Holley (2)	AW

1928 Derek Ufton born in Crayford	1915 Alf Quantrill enlists with the 5th Dragoon Guards 1920 FA Tour of South Africa West.Province 1 England 5 1927 Sammy Day marries Dulce Morrision in Westminster 1929 FA Tour of South Africa East Province 3 England 4 1939 FA Tour of South Africa Cape Frontier 1 England 8 1952 Duncan Edwards signs amateur with Manchester Utd
1953 England's first visit to Montevideo Louis Page leaves as Swindon Town FC manager

Early Summer American Tour match
279	Sunday, 31 May 1953 - Uruguay 2 England 1 [1-0] Estadio Centenario, Montevideo (66,072)	Abbadie, Míguez Taylor	AL

1955 Jack Hacking dies in Haslingden aged 57	1956 FA Tour of South Africa West.Province 0 England 2 1958 Raich Carter leaves as Leeds United AFC manager 1961 FA Tour of Far East Otago 0 England 10
1962 Ron Flowers becomes England's record penalty-kick scorer (four)

World Cup Finals match
359	Thursday, 31 May 1962 - Hungary 2 England 1 [1-0] Estadio Braden Copper Company, Rancagua (7,938)	Tichy, Albert Flowers (pen)	NL

	1964 amateur England 0 West Germany 1 at Finale Ligure         Taça das Nações Argentina 2 Portugal 0 1967 under 23 Greece 0 England 0 in Athina 1969 FA Tour of Polynesia Otago/Southland 0 England 11 1973 youth Iceland 0 England 2 at Viareggio 1974 women Netherlands 0 England 3 in Groningen 1976 USA Bicentennial Team America 1 England 3         & Brazil 4 Italy 1
1977 Wales win at Wembley for the only time

British Championship
510	Tuesday, 31 May 1977 - England 0 Wales 1 [0-1] Wembley Stadium, Wembley (48,000)	L.James (pen)	HL

	1979 youth England 0 Bulgaria 1 in Vienna  very first semi-pro England 5 Scotland 1 in Stafford
1980 England's first visit to Australia The starting team have just 57 appearances between them

Friendly match
543	Saturday, 31 May 1980 - Australia 1 England 2 [0-2] Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney (30,000/c.45,000)	Cole (pen) Hoddle, Mariner	AW

	1981 under 21 Switzerland 0 England 0 at Neuchâtel 1983 semi-pro England 2 Italy 0 in Scarborough 1986 practice match Arawaks 5 England 5 1991 under 21 CIS 1 England 2 at Aix-en-Provence 1994 under 21 France 3 England 0 at Aubagne 1995 semi-pro Gibraltar 2 England 3
1997 Alan Shearer misses the first penaty kick for 13 years Jonathan Woodgate signs professional forms with Leeds United AFC

World Cup preliminary match
734	Saturday, 31 May 1997 - Poland 0 England 2 [0-1] Stadion Śląski, Chorzów (32,000)	Shearer, Sheringham	AW

	1998 England name their World Cup Finals squad
2000 England face Ukraine for the first time then England name their squad for the Euro 2000 finals Romania name their squad for the Euro 2000 finals

Friendly match
767	Wednesday, 31 May 2000 - England 2 Ukraine 0 [1-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley (55,975)	Fowler, Adams	HW

	2002 The FA secure a £400m loan to build Wembley
2005 Michael Owen's second hattrick is England's first in four years Warren Barton retires from playing Steve Howey retires from playing

End-of-season tour of United States match
828	Tuesday, 31 May 2005 - Colombia 2 England 3 [1-2] Giants Stadium, New Jersey (50,807)	Yepes, Ramirez Owen (3)	NW

2007 England for Germany in August  Owen Hargreaves joins Manchester United FC 2008 under 19 Belarus 0 England 0 in Minsk         C Grenada 1 England 1 in St. George's  David Beckham to captain England once more 2010 under 19 Ukraine 1 England 1 in Borodyanka 2011 under 19 England 1 Montenegro 0 in Yverdon  Paul Scholes retires, albeit for the first time 2014 Liverpool attempt to sign Adam Lallana for £25m  Uruguay name their squad for the 2014 World Cup Finals 2016 England name their Euro 2016 finals squad  Wales name their Euro 2016 finals squad 2017 under 20 England 2 Costa Rica 1 at Jeonju 2018 Frank Lampard appointed manager at Derby County 2019 Stuart Downing released by Middlesbrough FC  Rob Green announces his retirement from playing 2023 under 20 England 1 Italy 2 in La Plata 2024 women England 1 France 2 at St. James' Park

Opposition On This Day
BIRTHS		DEATHS & APPOINTMENTS
goalkeeper & official Robert Gardner (Scotland)  Tom Owen (Wales) in Nantwich  Billy Walsh (Ireland) Boleslav Tempowski (France) in Poland  goalkeeper Antti Niemi (Finland)  official Alessandro Griselli (Italy)  Mikael Antonsson (Sweden) Sandro Maierhofer (Liechtenstein)  Dequinha (Brazil) dies Joe Zerafa (Malta)  Bas Dost (Netherlands) Marco Reus (Germany) Daniel Wass (Denmark) goalkeeper Heorhiy Buschan (Ukraine)  Myrto Uzuni (Albania) Joachim Andersen (Denmark) Benjamin Šeško (Slovenia)	1847 1862 1921 1972 1974 1978 1981 1985 1987 1988 1989 1994 1995 1996 2003	José Falcón (Spain) dies

  

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