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16th October

England on
17th October

18th October

England On This Day
Reginald Welch born in Richmond George Haworth born in Accrington Syd Puddefoot born in Limehouse official Jack Clough born in Bolton Percy Bates dies in London aged 61 Arthur Henfrey dies in Finedon aged 61	1851 1864 1894 1903 1909 1914 1919 1921 1924 1929	George Wall marries Isabella Headley in Sth Shields Ernie Scattergood signs for Bradford City AFC Billy Kirton signs for Aston Villa FC for £400 Billy McLeod signs for Notts County FC for £1250 Fulham FC appoint Fred Spiksley as a coach Ray Westwood signs for Brierley Hill Alliance FC

British Championship
178	Ireland 2 England 6 [1-3] Windsor Park, Belfast *(40,000)*	1931	Dunne, Kelly Smith, Waring (2), Hine, Houghton (2)	AW
			Dunne scores the third (maybe 4th) direct free-kick against England

182	England 1 Ireland 0 [1-0] Bloomfield Road, Blackpool *(25,000)*	1932	Barclay	HW
			England's only visit to Blackpool

Frank Blunstone born in Crewe
Johnny Haynes born in Kentish Town

1934

1935

Sam Cowan signs for Bradford City AFC for £2000

British Championship
205	Wales 2 England 1 [0-1] Ninian Park, Cardiff *(44,729)*	1936	Morris, Glover Bastin	AL
			England's fifth match in a row without a victory Darlington FC appoint George Brown as player-manager

Harry Davis dies in Sheffield aged 65

Bert Hall dies in Kidderminster aged 75 years

1938
1945

1955

1956
1957

England & Wales teams chosen to play each other
Burnley FC's Cliff Britton beginhs his managership
Tottenham Hotspur FC appoint Joe Hulme an assistant
practice England 4 England B 1 at Broughton Park
amateur Luton Town 2 Great Britain 1
under 23 England 0 France 0 at Ashton Gate

British Championship
335	Wales 1 England 1 [0-1] Ninian Park, Cardiff (63,000)	1959	Moore Greaves	AD
			Billy Wright is absent from the line-up for the first time in eight years

Graeme Le Saux born in St. Helier

1968

World Cup preliminary match
476	England 1 Poland 1 [0-0] Empire Stadium, Wembley (100,000)	1973	Clarke (pen) Domarski	HD
			England score their first penalty goal for nearly 2½ years

1976
1977

women Wales 1 England 2 in Ebbw Vale
The FA express an interest in hosting Euro '80

European Championship preliminary match
535	Northern Ireland 1 England 5 [0-2] Windsor Park, Belfast (17,755/25,000)	1979	Moreland (pen) T.Francis (2), Woodcock (2), J.Nicholl OG	AW
			Jimmy Nicholl's own goal is England's first for over 6 years UEFA Group 1 Republic of Ireland 3 Bulgaria 0 Stockport County FC manager Mike Summerbee resigns

1980
1981

Peter Osgood marries Philippa Cooke-Smith
under 20 England 0 Romania 1 in Adelaide

World Cup preliminary match
594	England 5 Finland 0 [2-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley (47,234)	1984	Hateley (2), Woodcock, Robson, Sansom	HW
			England keep a clean sheet against Fins for first time since 1966

1986
1989

Matt Le Tissier signs pro forms with Southampton FC
under 16 Italy 1 England 1 in Alassio

European Championship preliminary match
666	England 2 Poland 0 [1-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley (77,040)	1990	Lineker (pen), Beardsley	HW
			Lineker converts England's seventieth penalty kick UEFA Group 7 Republic of Ireland 5 Turkey 0

1991
1992
1995
1996
1997
1999
2001
2002

2003

under 16 Austria 1 England 3 in Cairo Montenetto
women Italy 3 England 2 in Solofra
England drop to 22nd in the FIFA rankings
Michael Ball signs pro forms with Everton FC
England remain seventh in the FIFA rankings
women Switzerland 0 England 3 in Zofingen
England remain ninth in the FIFA rankings
women England 0 France 1 at Selhurst Park
Glen Johnson joins Millwall FC on loan
under 16 England 4 Northern Ireland 0 in Nene Park

European Championship preliminary match
858	Russia 2 England 1 [0-1] Olimpiyskiy Kompleks Luzhniki Stadion, Moskva (84,700)	2007	Pavlyuchenko (2 (1 pen)) Rooney	AL
			England concede their first penalty goal in over 3 years UEFA Group E FYR Macedonia 3 Andorra 0 under 19 England 3 Belgium 1 at Oakwell

World Cup preliminary match
914	Poland 1 England 1 [0-1] Stadion Narodowy, Warszawa (43,000)	2012	Glik Rooney	AD
			rescheduled match from the previous evening

2013

2015
2017

England up to tenth in the FIFA rankings
England to play Germany & Chile next month
youth England 1 Guinea 1 in Coquimbo
youth England 0 Japan 0 in Bidhannagar

European Championship preliminary match
1049	England 3 Italy 1 [1-1] The National Stadium, Wembley (83,194)	2023	Kane (2 (1 pen), Rashford Scamacca	HW
			Harry Kane becomes top goalscorer at Wembley under 20 England 1 Portugal 2 in Milton Keynes under 19 Austria 0 England 0 in Podgorica youth England 1 Korea Republic 1 in Marbella UEFA Group C Malta 1 Ukraine 3

Opposition On This Day
BIRTHS		DEATHS & APPOINTMENTS
Jimmy Cowan (Scotland) Dion Örnvold (Denmark) Giacomo Mari (Italy) Len Graham (Northern Ireland) goalkeeper Sergio Goycochea (Argentina) Nicolas Funck (Luxembourg) official Guido Kleve (Germany) in Nordhorn goalkeeper David Aouate (Israel) official Marco Achmüller (Germany) official Rogier Honig (Netherlands) Adam Marušić (Montenegro) in Belgrade Kenneth Omeruo (Nigeria) Dimitrios Giannoulis (Greece)	1868 1921 1924 1925 1963 1972 1976 1977 1979 1982 1992 1993 1995 2007	Rabah Saādane (Algeria manager) appointed

England's Record on 17th October

Venue

FTS

FAv

AAv

Pts%

W/L

Home

+10

2.20

0.40

90.0

Away

2.50

1.50

50.0

+16

2.455

68.2