British Championship
183	Wednesday, 16 November 1932 - Wales 0 England 0 [0-0] The Racecourse, Wrexham (25,167)		AD

	1933 Harry Martin appointed Mansfield Town FC trainer 1935 Maurice Webster breaks his leg in a league match 1937 Joe Johnson signs for West Bromwich Albion FC
1938 Willie Hall scores a three minute hat-trick

British Championship
222	Wednesday, 16 November 1938 - England 7 Ireland 0 [4-0] Old Trafford, Manchester (40,386)	Lawton, Hall (5), Matthews	HW

1944 Colin Harvey born in Liverpool	1946 England team chosen to play Netherlands
1949 England qualify for their first World Cup Finals

British Championship & World Cup Preliminary match
251	Wednesday, 16 November 1949 - England 9 Ireland 2 [4-0] Maine Road, Manchester (69,742)	Rowley (4), J.Froggatt, Pearson (2), Mortensen (2) Smyth, Brennan	HW

1955 Bob Holmes dies in Preston aged 88 1962 Steve Bould born in Stoke-on-Trent	1950 England team chosen to play Yugoslavia 1953 No substitutions in next years World Cup Finals 1954 practice match West Bromwich Albion 3 England 6 1956 Jack Crayston appointed manager of Arsenal FC 1959 practice match Arsenal FC 1 England 1 1960 The England team is chosen to play Wales
1966 England's fourth home win in a row against the Welsh Home Championship & UEFA Group 8 Scotland 2 Northern Ireland 1

British Championship & European Championship Preliminary match
412	Wednesday, 16 November 1966 - England 5 Wales 1 [3-1] Empire Stadium, Wembley (75,380)	Hurst (2), R.Charlton, Hennessey OG, J.Charlton W.Davies	HW

1974 Paul Scholes born in Salford	1970 England name their squad for East Germany 1976 youth Yugoslavia 3 England 0 in Monaco
1977 England complete their qualification matches as group leaders

World Cup Preliminary match
517	Wednesday, 16 November 1977 - England 2 Italy 0 [1-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley (92,500)	Keegan, Brooking	HW

	1979 Tony Woodcock joins Nottingham Forest for £0.65m 1982 under 21 Greece 1 England 0 in Piraeus
1983 The only game England have played knowing qualification was impossible UEFA Group 3 Greece 0 Denmark 2

European Championship Preliminary match
584	Wednesday, 16 November 1983 - Luxembourg 0 England 4 [0-2] Stade Municipal, Stad Lëtzebuerg (5,418)	Robson (2), Mariner, Butcher	AW

1988 England's first meeting with Saudi Arabia

Friendly match
641	Wednesday, 16 November 1988 - Saudi Arabia 1 England 1 [1-0] King Fahd II International Stadium, Riyadh (8,000)	Majed Abdullah Adams	AD

	1993 youth England 3 France 3 in Yeovil
1994 England's first meeting with Nigeria under 16 Turkey 3 England 2 in Sakarya ili

Friendly match
708	Wednesday, 16 November 1994 - England 1 Nigeria 0 [1-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley (37,196)	Platt	HW

	1995 youth England 2 Latvia 0 in Irthlingborough 2000 under 19 England 3 Belgium 2 at Valley Parade         under 17 England 6 Wales 0 at Lilleshall (tbc) 2002 women France 1 England 0 in St. Étienne
2003 England lose to Denmark at home for first time in twenty years

Friendly match
809	Sunday, 16 November 2003 - England 2 Denmark 3 [2-2] Old Trafford, Manchester (64,159)	Rooney, J.Cole Jørgensen (2 (1 pen), Tomasson	HL

	2004 under 21 Spain 1 England 0 in Alcala de Henares 2005 under 19 England 2 Switzerland 0 in Wycombe
2007 England's first win in Austria for forty years under 21 England 2 Bulgaria 0 in Milton Keynes

Friendly match
859	Friday, 16 November 2007 - Austria 0 England 1 [0-1] Ernst Happel Stadion, Wien (39,432)	Crouch	AW

2010 under 21 Germany 2 England 0 in Wiesbaden         youth England 3 Poland 0 at Adams Park 2015 under 21 England 3 Switzerland 1 in Brighton 2019 under 19 England 5 North Macedonia 0 in Skopje         youth Norway 4 England 4 in Murcia 2021 under 19 Sweden 0 England 2 in Stockholm 2022 Gary Cahill announces his retirement from playing 2023 elite league England 0 Italy 3 in Doncaster

Opposition On This Day

1851 official & player William Morrow (Irish FA Pres.) born 1872 Tommy Jordan (Ireland) born 1874 goalkeeper Peter McBride (Scotland) born 1901 Marcel Domergue (France) born 1906 Pietro Serantori (Italy) born 1919 official Ron Lynch (England) born in Blackburn 1923 Rubén Bravo (Argentina) born 1944 Radu Nunweiller (Romania) born 1961 official Jantinus Meints (Netherlands) born 1962 German Martellotto (Argentina) born 1972 Adel Sellimi (Tunisia) born 1979 Shane Crawford (Jamaica) born 1990 Dénes Dibusz (Hungary) born 1992 Marcelo Brozović (Croatia) born 1996 Boulaye Dia (Senegal) born in France 1997 Bruno Guimarães (Brazil) born

1881 Hugo Meisl (official & Austria manager) born 1930 Orvar Bergmark (Sweden player & manager) born

 

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