England on 15th October
British Championship & World Cup Preliminary match 250 Saturday, 15 October 1949 - Wales 1 England 4 [0-3] Ninian Park, Cardiff (61,079) Griffiths Mortensen, Milburn (3) AW 1971 Andrew Cole born in Nottingham 1979 Paul Robinson born in Beverley 1957 youth England 4 Romania 2 at White Hart Lane 1958 under 23 England 3 Czechoslovakia 0 at Carrow Rd 1973 Brian Clough sacked as Derby County FC manager 1977 UEFA Group 2 Italy 6 Finland 1 1979 B England 4 New Zealand A 1 at Leyton Stadium 1980 Ray Clemence becomes the only England player to wear an adidas shirt World Cup Preliminary match 548 Wednesday, 15 October 1980 - Romania 2 England 1 [1-0] Stadionul 23 August, Bucureşti (75,000/80,000) Răducanu, Iordănescu (pen) Woodcock AL 1985 under 21 England 3 Turkey 0 at Portman Road 1986 Bryan Robson's thirtieth match as captain European Championship Preliminary match 620 Wednesday, 15 October 1986 - England 3 Northern Ireland 0 [1-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley (35,304) Lineker (2), Waddle HW 1991 under 21 England 2 Turkey 0 at Elm Park under 16 Scotland 3 England 1 in Comune di Alassio 1999 under 16 England 2 Northern Ireland 1 in York2001 funeral of Reg Matthews in Kenilworth 2002 under 21 England 3 FYR Macedonia 1 in Reading England's match against France in February cancelled2003 England to play Denmark next month Dennis Wise appointed as Millwall FC manager 2008 England's first meeting with Belarus UEFA Group 6 Croatia 4 Andorra 0 World Cup Preliminary match 869 Wednesday, 15 October 2008 - Belarus 1 England 3 [1-1] Dinamo Stadion, Minsk (29,600) Sitko Gerrard, Rooney (2) AW 2009 under 16 England 1 Wales 0 in Yeovil 2010 under 16 Wales 4 England 0 in Haverfordwest2011 Peter Beardsley appointed at Newcastle United 2013 England beat Poland for the seventh home match in a row UEFA Group H San Marino 0 Ukraine 8 & Montenegro 2 Moldova 5 under 21 England 5 Lithuania 0 at Portman Road under 19 England 1 Switzerland 0 in Ptuj World Cup Preliminary match 925 Tuesday, 15 October 2013 - England 2 Poland 0 [1-0] The National Stadium, Wembley (85,186) Rooney, Gerrard HW 2014 under 19 England 4 Belgium 2 in Beggen 2018 Chalobah becomes England's least used player under 20 Czech Republic 1 England 1 in Budějovice under 19 England 6 Macedonia 2 at St. George's Park youth England 2 Czech Republic 2 at St. George's Park Nations League Preliminary match 989 Monday, 15 October 2018 - Spain 2 England 3 [0-3] Estádio Benito Villamarín, Sevilla (60,000) Alcácer, Ramos Sterling (2), Rashford AW 2019 under 19 England 5 Austria 1 at Stadium MK2022 Mason Greenwood charged with sexual assault Opposition On This Day 1865 James Kelly (Scotland) born 1891 Jiroslav Jirkovský (Bohemia) born 1905 Angelo Schiavio (Italy) born 1920 Miguel Busquéts (Chile) born 1921 Fernando Roldán (Chile) born 1926 Sven Axbom (Sweden) born 1932 Bert McCann (Scotland) born 1969 official Andrea Stefani (France) & goalkeeper Vitor Baía (Portugal) born 1971 Niko Kovač (Croatia) born in West Germany 1972 Hironari Yanagimoto (Japan) born 1973 Per Nielsen (Denmark) born 1975 official Peter Rasmussen (Denmark) born in Odense 1977 David Trezeguet (France) born 1983 Andreas Ivansčić (Austria) born 1986 Nolito (Spain) born 1988 Mesut Özil (Germany) born 1989 Ola Kamara (Norway) born 1991 Hansell Rioja (Peru) born 1968 Didier Deschamps (France player & manager) born
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