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21st November

England on
22nd November

23rd November
England On This Day
1845 John Cockerell (unofficial) born
1875 Harry Johnson born in Ecclesfield
1877 Herbert Smith born in Witney
1895
James Prinsep dies in Nairn aged 34 years

1898 Fred Fox born in Swindon

1908
Tommy Grosvenor born in Rowley Regis





1899
Billy Pease is baptised in Hunslet Moor
1908
Vivian Woodward signs for Chelsea FC
1918 Sam Wolstenholme is repatriated in England
1928 George Thornewell becomes a landlord in Duffield
1929 Arthur Rigby signs for Everton FC for £2000
1930 Hibbs prevents a first opposition penalty kick from being scored for over 21 years

British Championship
174 Saturday, 22 November 1930 - Wales 0 England 4 [0-2]
The Racecourse, Wrexham (11,282)
Hampson (2), Hodgson, Bradford AW

  1941 war charity FA XI 2 RAF 7 at Ashton Gate
1949
Teams chosen for the England~Italy fixture
1950 Compton scores an England own goal for first time in 23 years

Friendly match
261 Wednesday, 22 November 1950 -
England 2 Yugoslavia 2 [2-1]
Arsenal Stadium, Highbury (61,454)
Lofthouse (2)
Compton OG, Zivanov
HD

   
1961 England's first home draw with Northern Ireland

British Championship
354 Wednesday, 22 November 1961 -
England 1 Northern Ireland 1
[1-0]
Empire Stadium, Wembley (30,000)
R.Charlton
McIlroy
HD

  1962 youth England 1 Switzerland 0 at Highfield Road
1967 England keep a clean sheet against Ireland at home for first time since 1955
Home Championship & UEFA Group 8 Scotland 3 Wales 2

British Championship & European Championship Preliminary match  
417 Wednesday, 22 November 1967 -
England 2
Northern Ireland 0 [1-0]
Empire Stadium, Wembley
(83,969)
Hurst, R.Charlton HW

   
1979 England play their first home match on a Thursday since 1961

European Championship Preliminary match  
536 Thursday, 22 November 1979 -
England
2 Bulgaria 0 [1-0]
Wembley Stadium, Wembley (71,491 to 85,621)
Watson, Hoddle HW

1989 Chris Smalling born in Greenwich








2020 Maurice Setters (reserve) dies in Doncaster aged 85

1994
England up to sixteenth in the rankings

2001 under 20 England 1 Portugal 0 at St. Mary's Stadium
        under 17 England 6 Poland 0 at London Road
2006
England remain fifth in the rankings

2007 Steve McClaren sacked as England coach
2008 Glen Johnson scores the Goal of the Season
2010 Nicky Butt signs for South China AA
2012 Patrick Bamford joins MK Dons on loan

2023
under 18 England 1 Uzbekistan 2 in North Jakarta

Opposition On This Day
1853 William Somers (Scotland) born
1861 Ned Spiller (Ireland) born
1906 Jørgen Juve (Norway) born
1910 Bill Mitchell (Ireland) born
1913 official Nikolay Latyshev (USSR) born
1928 Willie Fernie (Scotland)
& Walter Haummer (Austria) born
1936 Alex Scott (Scotland) bron
1961 official Cristos Gennaios (Greece) born

1968 Frank Lebœuf (France) born
1971 official Stefan Johannsson (Sweden) born in Täby
1980 official Mustafa Emre Eyisoy (Turkey) born
1981 Zoltán Szélesi (Hungary) born
1985 Asamoah Gyan (Ghana) born
1987 Marouane Fellaini (Belgium) born
1999 Matt Smith (Wales) born in Redditch
& Bendegúz Bolla (Hungary) born









1966
Goran Stevanović (Ghana man.) born in Yugoslavia

 
England's Record on 22nd November
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts % W/L
Home 4 2 2 0 7 3 +4 0 2 1.75 0.75 75.0 +2
Away 1 1 0 0 4 0 +4 0 1 4.00 0.00 100.0 +1
Total 5 3 2 0 11 3 +8 0 3 2.20 0.60 80.0 +3

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