World Cup preliminary match
727	Sunday, 1 September 1996 - Moldova 0 England 3 [0-2] Stadionul Republican, Chişinău (9,500)	Barmby, Gascoigne, Shearer	AW

1999 Tyrick Mitchell born in Brent	2000 under 19 Israel 1 England 3 in Rishon LeZion  Alan Thompson joins The Celtic FC for £2¾m.
2001 England win in Germany for first time since 1965 UEFA Group 9 Albania 0 Finland 2 Brian Moore, football commentator, dies in Orpington aged 69

World Cup preliminary match
782	Saturday, 1 September 2001 - Germany 1 England 5 [1-2] Olympiastadion, München (63,000)	Jancker Owen (3), Gerrard, Heskey	AW

2002 David Beckham's son, Romeo, is born 2003 Franny Jeffers rejoins Everton FC on loan 2004 under 17 England 2 Italy 1 at Priestfields  England remain seventh in the rankings 2005 women Austria 1 England 4 in Amstetten 2006 under 17 England 6 United States 0 in Aldershot 2008 Fraizer Campbell joins Tottenham Hotspur FC on loan 2009 Nicky Shorey fails to join Portsmouth FC  David Nugent joins Burnley FC on loan 2011 under 21 England 6 Azerbaijan 0 at Vicarage Road         under 19 Netherlands 0 England 0 at Maaseikerweg 2013 under 17 England 1 Italy 2 in Burton-upon-Trent 2014 Nathaniel Chalobah joins Burnley FC on loan  Micah Richards joins AFB Fiorentina on loan  Danny Welbeck signs for Arsenal FC for £16m 2015 San Marino squad named for England  Nathaniel Chalobah joins SSC Napoli on loan  Matt Jarvis signs for Norwich Cirty FC on loan  Aaron Lennon signs permanently with Everton FC  Joleon Lescott signs for Aston Villa FC 2016 u/o under 20 England 1 Brazil 1 at St. George's Pk         under 19 England 1 Netherlands 1 in Wellington         youth England 2 Italy 1 in Fleetwood

2017 Ryan Bertrand is the 100th player to score a WC goal UEFA Group F Lithuania 0 Scotland 3 & Slovakia 1 Slovenia 0 under 21 Netherlands 1 England 1 at Doetinchem under 19 England 7 Poland 1 at St. George's Park youth England 0 Brazil U17 0 in Shrewsbury

World Cup preliminary match
969	Friday, 1 September 2017 - Malta 0 England 4 [0-0] Stadium Nazzjonali, Ħ'Attard (16,994)	Kane (2), Bertrand, Welbeck	AW

2020 Gerry Young dies in Walkley aged 83 years

2018 Steven Caulker is released by Millwall FC 2021 Andorra squad for World Cup matches announced 2022 Martin Kelly joins West Bromwich Albion FC  Ainsley Maitland-Niles joins Southampton FC on loan 2023 Andy Carroll joins Amiens FC  Mason Greenwood joins Getafe CF on loan  Callum Hudson-Odoi joins Nottingham Forest FC

Opposition On This Day

1895 Andy Kennedy (Ireland) born 1896 Ray Bennion (Wales) born 1900 Andrew McCluggage (Ireland) born 1911 Ede Rökk (Hungary) born 1927 Arturo Farías (Chile) born 1929 Antal Kotász (Hungary) born 1931 Hernâni (Portugal) born 1942 Terry Hennessey (Wales) born 1954 official Manuel Diaz Vega (Spain) born in Salas 1962 Ruud Gullit (Netherlands) born 1966 official Franck Leloup (France) born 1969 Henning Berg (Norway) born 1970 official Danny Huens (Belgium) born 1971 Hakan Şükür (Turkey) & Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi (Saudi Arabia) born 1976 Takashi Fukunishi (Japan) born 1977 David Albelda (Spain) born 1983 José Antonio Reyes (Spain) born 1989 Jefferson Montero (Ecuador) born 1993 Williem Troost-Ekong (Nigeria) born in Haarlem 2002 Illya Zabarnyi (Ukraine) & Heorhiy Sudakov (Ukarine) born

2010 Erik Hamrén (Sweden manager) appointed full-time

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