England on 20th October
British Championship 137 Saturday, 20 October 1923 - Ireland 2 England 1 [1-1] Windsor Park, Belfast (25,000) Gillespie, Croft Bradford AL 1926 England gone three home matches without victory British Championship 151 Wednesday, 20 October 1926 - England 3 Ireland 3 [1-2] Anfield Road, Liverpool (20,000) G.Brown, Spence, Bullock Gillespie, Davey, Irvine HD 1930 England put five past Ireland for first time since 1912 Jack Tresadern appointed manager of Crystal Palace FC British Championship 173 Monday, 20 October 1930 - England 5 Ireland 1 [5-0] Bramall Lane, Sheffield (25,000) Burgess (2), Hampson, Crooks, Houghton Dunne HW 1943 Chris Lawler born in Liverpool1945 Sam Wolstenholme dies in Bolton aged 68 1931 Fred Fox signs with Truro City FC 1934 Home Championship Ireland 2 Scotland 11937 Sam Cowan's son, David, is born1938 Billy Walker resigns as Chelmsford City FC manager 1945 victory England 0 Wales 1 at The Hawthorns Stanley Rous proposes an England manager 1951 England fail to beat Wales for first time since the war British Championship 266 Saturday, 20 October 1951 - Wales 1 England 1 [1-1] Ninian Park, Cardiff (51,500) Foulkes Baily AD 1957 Kevin Reeves born in Burley 1953 The Rest of the World team chosen to play England 1954 representative FA XI 3 RAF 1 at Highbury 1956 Home Championship Wales 2 Scotland 21960 Spain team chosen to play England Chris Lawler signs pro forms with Liverpool FC1961 Colin Grainger signs for Port Vale FC for £6000 1962 Mick O'Grady scores two goals on his debut Peter Brabrook signs for West Ham United FC for £33,000 British Championship 364 Saturday, 20 October 1962 - Northern Ireland 1 England 3 [0-1] Windsor Park, Belfast (39,000) Barr Greaves, O'Grady (2) AW 1965 England lose to Austria at home for the only time Frank Hartley dies in Shipton-under-Wychwood aged 69 Friendly match 393 Wednesday, 20 October 1965 - England 2 Austria 3 [1-0] Empire Stadium, Wembley (65,000) R.Charlton, Connelly Flögel, Fritsch (2) HL 1973 Warney Cresswell dies in South Shields aged 75 1977 Matt Jansen (unused) born in Carlisle1978 official Anthony Taylor born in Wythenshawe 1980 Garry Birtles joins Manchester United for £1¼m1981 Terry Cooper sacked as Bristol Rovers FC manager1983 Stuart Pearce signs for Coventry City FC for £25,000 2000 under 16 Northern Ireland 1 England 0 in Belfast Ugo Ehiogu signs for Middlesbrough FC for £8m 2006 under 16 Wales 1 England 1 in Carmarthen2009 Middlesbrough sack Gareth Southgate as manager 2010 under 17 Georgia 1 England 1 in Tbilisi England remain sixth in rankings Darius Vassell signs for Leicester City FC2011 Stuart Pearce appointed manager of Team GB 2012 women France 2 England 2 in Paris2014 Jack Butland signs for Derby County FC on loan 2015 youth England 0 Brazil 1 in La Serena2016 England remain twelfth in the rankings 2017 women France England 0 in Valenciennes Brazil announce their squad for England2022 Steven Gerrard sacked as Aston Villa FC manager Opposition On This Day 1869 Abel Hughes (Wales) born 1881 Alex Bennett (Scotland) born 1888 Evan Jones (Wales) born 1905 Jacques Wild (France) born 1918 goalkeeper Erwin Ballabio (Switzerland) born 1945 Romeo Benetti (Italy) born 1970 Edwin van der Sar (Netherlands) born 1983 Luis Saritama (Ecuador) born 1991 Serghei Gheorghiev (Moldova) born 1992 Mattio Di Sciglio (Italy)& John Egan (Republic of Ireland) born
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