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4th November

England on
5th November

6th November
England On This Day
1874 Joe Rogers (unofficial) born



1897
Warney Cresswell born in South Shields
1909
Frank Moss born in Leyland
1914
Walpole Vidal dies in Abbotsham aged 61
1917
James Taylor born in Hillingdon

1875
Blackburn Rovers FC founded at Leger Hotel
1893
Jimmy Forrest's son, Annie, is born
1894
Ernest Needham's daughter, Florence, is born




1926
Sid Bishop joins Leicester City FC for £3500
1930 Jim Barrett's son, also James, is born
1934 England team chosen to play Italy
1937 Ray Bowden joins Newcastle United FC for £5000
1938 William Pickford, the FA Chairman, dies
1947 England fail to beat Ireland at home for first time since 1927
then England team chosen to play Sweden
Henry Wace dies in Bath aged 94

British Championship
237 Wednesday, 5 November 1947 -
England
2
Ireland 2
[0-0]
Goodison Park, Liverpool (67,980)
Mannion, Lawton
Walsh, Doherty
HD

  1951 England and Ireland teams chosen to play each other
1952
representative FA XI 4 The Army 1 at Elland Road
 
       Home Championship Scotland 1 Ireland 1
1955 youth England 3 Netherlands 1 in Carrow Road
1956
amateur Arsenal 3 Great Britain 2 at Highbury
 England team chosen to play Wales
1960
amateur England 6 Wales 1 at Goldstone Ground
1969 England's first win in Netherlands since 1935

Friendly match  
436 Wednesday, 5 November 1969 -
Netherlands 0 England 1 [0-0]
Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam
(35,000)
Bell AW

1971 Rob Jones born in Wrexham
1977
Richard Wright born in Ipswich


1982
David Bardsley signs professional with Blackpool FC
1988
UEFA Group 2 Albania 1 Sweden 2
1997 Steven Gerrard signs his first professional contract
2001 England name squad for Sweden,
 
as Sven-Göran Eriksson wins Personality of the Year
2002 under 19 Moldova 0 England 9 at Irthlingborough

2009 under 16 England 2 Northern Ireland 0 in Chester
2015
England up to ninth in the rankings

 England name squad for Spain and France
 France name their squad for England and Germany
2020 England squad named for their November matches
 Republic of Ireland also name their squad

Opposition On This Day
1868 Ted Williams (Wales) born
1893 Raymond Dubly (France) born
1912 Leonardo Cilaurren (Spain) born
1914 Karl-Erik Grahn (Sweden) born
1931 Laurent Robuschi (France) born
1936 Uwe Seeler (West Germany) born

1960 official Vladimir Eniutin (Russia)
& Alain Geiger (Switzerland) born
1963 Jean-Pierre Papin (France)
& Jan Gillhaus (Netherlands) born
1968 official João Ferreira (Portugal) born in Porto
1973 Christian Alverdi (Luxembourg) born
1976 Oleh Shelayev (Ukraine) born
1980 Christophe Metzelder (Germany) born
1986 goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel (Denmark) born
1990 Luis Garrado (Honduras) born
1992 Marco Verratti (Italy) born
& Matteo Marcenaro (Italy) born in Genoa
1997 Chris Mapham (Wales) born in Hammersmith
1999 Connor Metcalfe (Australia) born
2003 Wilfried Gnonto (Italy) born






1952
Oleh Blokhin (Ukraine manager) born















2013
Martin O'Neill (Rep. Ireland manager) appointed

England's Record on 5th November
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts % W/L
Home 1 0 1 0 2 2 =0 0 0 2.00 2.00 50.0 =0
Away 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 0 1 1.00 0.00 100.0 +1
Total 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1 0 1 1.50 1.00 75.0 +1

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