Friendly match
235	Sunday, 21 September 1947 - Belgium 2 England 5 [1-3] Stade du Heysel, Bruxelles (62,500)	Mermans, Lemberecht Lawton (2), Mortensen, Finney (2)	AW

	1948 Cliff Britton joins Everton FC as their manager
1949 England fail to score at home for first time since April 1938

Friendly match
249	Wednesday, 21 September 1949 - England 0 Republic of Ireland 2 [0-1] Goodison Park, Liverpool (51,847)	Martin (pen), Farrell	HL

1963 Trevor Steven born in Berwick-upon-Tweed	1950 England team chosen for Ireland 1954 Northern Ireland team chosen for England  Reg Smith appointed manager at Dundee United FC 1956 Roy Bentley signs for Fulham FC for £8600 1960 under 23 England 5 Velje Bk 1 at Maine Road 1982 under 21 Denmark 1 England 4 in København and   under 21 final England 3 W Germany 1 at Bramall Lane
1983 Phil Neal makes his fiftieth and final appearance

European Championship Preliminary match
582	Wednesday, 21 September 1983 - England 0 Denmark 1 [0-1] Wembley Stadium, Wembley (79,323)	Simonsen (pen)	HL

1987 Peter Kippax dies in Lytham St. Annes aged 65

2000 England to wear red against Germany next month 2003 Glenn Hoddle sacked as Tottenham Hotspur manager 2006 youth England 0 France 2 in Hartlepool  Croatia name squad for Andorra & England 2009 Bobby Robson's memorial service Durham Cathedral 2010 Richard Wright signs for Sheffield United FC 2011 England drop to eighth in the rankings 2012 Emile Heskey signs for Newcastle Jets FC  Stephen Warnock joins Bolton Wanderers FC on loan 2013 women England 6 Belarus 0 in Bournemouth 2015 women Estonia 0 England 8 in Tallinn 2016 Wes Brown signs for Blackburn Rovers FC 2021 women Luxembourg 0 England 10 in Luxembourg 2022 under 20 England 3 Chile 0 in Pinatar         under 19 England 2 Montenegro 0 at Hobro         youth Netherlands 0 England 1 in Pinatar 2023 England remain fourth in the FIFA rankings

Opposition On This Day

1853 John McPherson (Scotland) born 1866 Bill Sellar (Scotland) born 1879 Peter McWilliam (Scotland) born 1911 John Warner (Wales) born 1913 Georges Aeby (Switzerland) born 1914 George Mutch (Scotland) & Karel Kolský (Czechoslovakia) born 1929 Sándor Kocsis (Hungary) born 1931 Ivan Toplak (Yugoslavia) born 1945 Eimert Drost (Netherlands) born 1962 official Bruno Faye (Germany) born in Bègles 1969 Radosław Michalski (Poland) born 1971 Zoran Mirković (Serbia & Montenegro) born 1973 official Manuel Gräfe (Germany) born in Berlin & goalkeeper Oswaldo Sanchez (Mexico) born 1975 Héctor Hurtado (Colombia) born 1984 Rinaldo Cruzado (Peru) born 1992 goalkeeper Alireza Beiranvand (Iran) born 1993 Ante Rebić (Croatia) born 1996 Thilo Kehrer (Germany) born

1875 Willie Maxwell (Scotland plyr/Belgium man.) born 1951 Bruce Arena (United States manager) born 2010 Lothar Matthaus (Bulgaria manager) appointed

  

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