England on 16th November
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 trainer1935 Maurice Webster breaks his leg in a league match1937 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 881962 Steve Bould born in Stoke-on-Trent 1950 England team chosen to play Yugoslavia1953 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 £0.65m1982 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 Stockholm2022 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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