England on 8th October

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7th October

England on
8th October

9th October

England On This Day
Herbert Morley born in Rotherham Jack Harrow born in Beddington Kirke Smith dies in Boxworth aged 77 years Alf Underwood dies in Stoke-on-Trent aged 59 years Gerry Hitchens born in Rawnsley Gerry Harris born in Claverley Peter Swan born in South Elmsall	1853 1880 1882 1888 1915 1923 1927 1928 1930 1932 1934 1935 1936 1938 1949 1951 1955 1956 1958	Frank Heron is baptised in Uxbridge Bill Ashurst's daughter, Edith, is born charity shield Professionals 2 Amateurs 0 then England teams chosen to play Ireland & Belgium Bobby Gurney breaks his left leg in a reserve match Bill Dean in court charged with dangerous driving Burnley FC appoint Tom Bromilow as manager George Mills' son, John, is born England team chosen to play Ireland Home Championship Ireland 0 Scotland 2 England team chosen to play Wales Wales team chosen to face England Home Championship Northern Ireland 2 Scotland 1 Olympic trial Luton Town FC 2 Great Britain 3 representative FA XI 1 RAF 4 at Ashton Gate youth Spain 2 England 4 at Santiago Bernabéu

British Championship
342	Northern Ireland 2 England 5 [1-2] Windsor Park, Belfast (58,000-60,000)	1960	McAdams (2) Smith, Greaves (2), Charlton, Douglas	AW
			England win in Belfast for first time in six years youth England 4 Switzerland 3 at Brisbane Road

Jackie Milburn dies in Ashington aged 64 years
Albert Geldard dies in Bury aged 75 years

Ben White born in Poole

1961
1964
1969
1970
1978
1981
1988
1989
1994
1996
1997
1999

2004

World Cup preliminary match
832	England 1 Austria 0 [1-0] Old Trafford, Manchester (64,822)	2005	Lampard (pen)	HW
			David Beckham
			David Beckham becomes the first player to be sent off twice UEFA Group 6 Northern Ireland 2 Wales 3

2008

2010

2015

under 19 England 3 Albania 0 in Coleraine
England are up to fourteenth in the FIFA rankings
2010 UEFA Group G
Wales 0 Bulgaria 1 & Montenegro 1 Switzerland 0
under 21 England 2 Romania 1 at Carrow Road
under 19 England 6 Albania 1 in Visé
under 19 England 2 FYR Macedonia 0 in Skopje

World Cup preliminary match
961	England 2 Malta 0 [2-0] The National Stadium, Wembley (81,781)	2016	Sturridge, Alli	HW
			Southgate is the ninth successive manager to win first match UEFA Group F Scotland 1 Lithuania 1 & Slovenia 1 Slovakia 0

World Cup preliminary match
972	Lithuania 0 England 1 [0-1] LFF stadionas, Vilnius (5,400)	2017	Kane (pen)	AW
			Kane becomes the first captain to score in his first four matches UEFA Group F Slovenia 2 Scotland 2 & Slovakia 3 Malta 0 youth Chile 0 England 4 in Bidhannagar

2018
2019

Friendly match
1004	England 3 Wales 0 [1-0] The National Stadium, Wembley (bcd)	2020	Calvert-Lewin, Coady, Ings	HW
			England score their 250th goal against Wales under 19 England 3 Scotland 1 abandoned at St. George's Park

2023
2024

DC United FC manager Wayne Rooney leaves
The FA appoint Thomas Tuchel as England manager
AFC Fylde appoint Kevin Phillips as manager

Opposition On This Day
BIRTHS		DEATHS & APPOINTMENTS
John Barry (Ireland) Johnny McDonnell (Ireland) André Rollet (France) Hans Stubb (Germany) Ferdinand Fabra (Finland manager) in Prussia Charles Napier (Scotland) Frederic Chaves (Belgium) René Thirifays (Belgium) Nils Liedholm (Sweden) Rune Emanuelsson (Sweden) Didi (Brazil) goalkeeper Billy Brown (Scotland) official Stephane Cuhat (Switzerland) Zvonimir Boban (Croatia) official Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain) Philippe Felgen (Luxembourg) Roland Kollman (Austria) Kasper Bøgelund (Denmark) Rəşad Sadıqov (Azerbaijan) Vytautas Andriuškevičius (Lithuania) Felipe Gutiérrez (Chile) goalkeeper Karl Darlow (Wales) in Northampton Adam Ståhl (Finland) Vencent Sierro (Switzerland) Michael Battistini (San Marino) Steven Bergwijn (Netherlands) goalkeeper Đorđe Petrović (Serbia)	1867 1885 1905 1906 1910 1918 1920 1922 1923 1928 1930 1963 1968 1973 1975 1976 1980 1983 1990 1994 1995 1996 1997 1999	Sabará (Brazil) dies

England's Record on 8th October

Venue

FTS

FAv

AAv

Pts%

W/L

Home

2.00

0.00

100.0

Away

3.00

1.00

100.0

+10

2.4

0.4

100