British Championship
291	Saturday, 2 October 1954 - Northern Ireland 0 England 2 [0-0] Windsor Park, Belfast (59,000)	Haynes, Revie	AW

1955 England's policy of one player from one club is used for only time Bill Pease dies in Redcar aged 56

British Exhibition Friendly
298	Sunday, 2 October 1955 - Denmark 1 England 5 [0-3] Idrætsparken, København (>50,000)	Lundberg Revie (2 (1 pen)), Lofthouse (2), Bradford	AW

	1956 private practice Wolves 3 England 2 at Lilleshall 1957 youth Netherlands 2 England 3 in Amsterdam  UEFA Group 1 Denmark 0 Republic of Ireland 2
1965 England fail to score against Wales for first time since 1932

British Championship
392	Saturday, 2 October 1965 - Wales 0 England 0 [0-0] Ninian Park, Cardiff (35,000)		AD

1966 Fred Titmuss dies in Plymouth aged 71 1972 Syd Puddefoot dies in Southend-on-Sea aged 75 1979 Michael Ball born in Crosby 1997 Tammy Abraham born in Camberwell 2023 Francis Lee dies in Wilmslow aged 79 year

1968 under 23 Wales 1 England 3 at the Racecourse 1970 amateur ch'ship England 4 Northern Ireland 1 1998 under 16 Wales 2 England 4 in Wrexham  England name squad for Bulgaria & Luxembourg  They also cancel next months match with Yugoslavia 2000 Finland name squad for Greece and England 2002 Slovakia name their squad for England 2005 England name squad for Austria & Poland 2007 Estonia name squad for England & Montenegro 2008 women Spain 2 England 2 in Zamora 2009 under 20 Uzbekistan 1 England 1 in Suez 2011 England name squad for Montenegro  Steve McClaren resigns as Nottingham Forest manager 2014 England to play Italy next March  England name squad for San Marino and Estonia 2016 Gareth Southgate names his first squad 2017 Rickie Lambert retires from playing

Opposition On This Day

1865 Bobby Kelso (Scotland) born 1877 John Campbell (Scotland) born 1885 Frank Thompson (Ireland) born 1910 goalkeeper Aldo Olivieri (Italy) born 1928 Carlos Rojas (Chile) born 1957 official Lutz Michael Frohlich (Germany) born in Berlin 1959 Luis Fernandez (France) born in Spain 1963 Ceri Evans (New Zealand) born 1972 official Cyril Gringore (France) born in Riom 1975 Obeid Al-Dossary (Saudi Arabia) born 1976 Delio Toledo (Paraguay) born 1977 Carlos Bonet (Paraguay) born 1984 Humberto Mendoza (Colombia) born 1988 Jack Collison (Wales) born 1991 Roberto Firminho (Brazil) born 1992 goalkeeper Alisson Becker (Brazil) born 1993 Michy Batshuayi (Belgium) born

1975 Michele Marcolini (Malta manager) born in Italy 2004 Jelle Goes (Estonia manager) appointed

  

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