England national football team results (unofficial matches)

This is a list of the England national football team's results from 1870 to the present day that, for various reasons, are not accorded the status of official International A Matches.[1]

  Win    Draw    Loss

1870s edit

5 March 1870 International Friendly England   1 – 1   Scotland London, England
Baker   89' Crawford   75' Stadium: The Oval Cricket Ground
19 November 1870 International Friendly England   1 – 0   Scotland London, England
Walker   10' Stadium: The Oval Cricket Ground
Attendance: 650
25 February 1871 International Friendly England   1 – 1   Scotland London, England
Walker   Nepean   15' Stadium: The Oval Cricket Ground
Attendance: >500
18 November 1871 International Friendly England   2 – 1   Scotland London, England
Walker     Tailyour   Stadium: The Oval Cricket Ground
24 February 1872 International Friendly England   1 – 0   Scotland London, England
Clegg   Stadium: The Oval Cricket Ground

1890s edit

19 December 1891 International Friendly[2] England   6 – 1   Canada London, England
G H Cotteril 
W Smith     
A G Henfrey  
[3] J C Warrick   Stadium: The Oval Cricket Ground
Referee: N L Jackson
Assistant referees:

The Football Association (FA) instigated a four-game tour of Germany and Austria by a representative England team in November 1899. The England team played a representative German team in Berlin on 23 November 1899, with the German side losing 1-0. Two days later a slightly altered German side lost 10–2. The third and fourth matches were played in Prague and Karlsruhe against a combined Austrian and German side, and England won 6–0 and 7–0.[4] Those games cannot be considered as "official" and are known as "proto-international matches" (Ur-Länderspiele) in Germany because they were organised by a regional federation from Berlin and the German Football Association (DFB) was not founded until 28 January 1900.

23 November 1899 International Friendly Germany   2 – 13   England Berlin, Germany
Walter Jestram  
Bock  
Report Edgar Chadwick      
Brown   
Geoffrey Wilson   
Frederick Forman   
Bassett   
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Stanley Taylor
Note: All but one of the German team played for local clubs
24 November 1899 International Friendly Germany   2 – 10   England Berlin, Germany
Walter Jestram  
Bock  
Report Rogers     
Frederick Forman   
Taylor   
Bassett  
Attendance: 512
Referee: John D. Cox
Note: A rematch was staged at 10 a.m. on the following day, so that the FA party could catch the afternoon train to Prague. The visitors made two changes and fielded six full internationals, whilst the Germans included six members of the previous day's team.
26 November 1899 International Friendly Austria   0 – 8   England Prague, Austria
Report Rogers  
Geoffrey Wilson   
Bassett  
Edgar Chadwick   
Brown   
Attendance: Unknown
Referee: Unknown
Note: The English visitors beat a team of players mostly made up from Bohemian clubs, with two from Vienna. At the time, Bohemia was part of the Austrian Empire.
28 November 1899 International Friendly Germany   0 – 7   England Berlin, Germany
Report Taylor   
Edgar Chadwick    
Rogers  
Brown  
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Walther Bensemann
Note: The FA party travelled to south-western Germany for the final game of the tour and played with six full internationals in the side. Germany fielded five of the team that had lost to them in Berlin, four days earlier

1900s edit

25 September 1901 International Friendly[a] England   10 – 0   Germany Manchester, England
Bloomer   
Wooldridge     
Calvey    
Wharton  
[5]: 11  Stadium: Hyde Road
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: J Lewis
5 April 1902 International Friendly[b] Scotland   1 – 1   England Glasgow
15:30 Brown   25' Report 1
Report 2
Settle   44' Stadium: Ibrox Park
Attendance: 68,114
Referee: J. Torrans
  1. ^ Germany also played a match against England Amateurs on 21 September 1901.[5]: 10 
  2. ^ This was scheduled as a full international and was the title decider in the 1901–02 British Home Championship. A capacity crowd was in attendance. During the first half, a new wooden stand collapsed, killing 25 and injuring 500. The match was played to a conclusion to mitigate any further crowd panic, but was not recorded as a full international fixture. The official match was replayed in England a month later.[6]

1910s edit

29 June 1910 Test Match[a] South Africa   0 – 3   England Durban
[5]: 11  Hibbert     Attendance: 5,000
23 July 1910 Test Match[a] South Africa   2 – 6   England Johannesburg
Messer  
Hartigan  
[5]: 11  Fleming   
Woodward   
Wall  
Holley  
Attendance: 13,000
30 July 1910 Test Match[a] South Africa   3 – 6   England Cape Town
Leeming (o.g.)
Lincoln  
Hartigan  
[5]: 11  Holley   
Woodward   
Fleming  
Berry  
Attendance: 5,000

World War I edit

13 May 1916 International Friendly[b] England   4 – 3   Scotland Liverpool
Smith   7'
Hampton   20'
Abrams   41'
Mosscrop   84'
Report Scott   40'
J. Reid  46' 
James Galt   52'
Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 22,000
8 June 1918 International Friendly[c] Scotland   2 – 0   England Glasgow
Archibald  
McLean  
[1] Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 45,000
12 October 1918 International Friendly[d] Ireland   0 – 0   England Belfast
Report Stadium: Windsor Park
Attendance: 20,000
26 April 1919 Victory International England   2 – 2   Scotland Liverpool
Turnbull  
Puddefoot   75'
Report 1
Report 2
Wright  2'
Bowie  
Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: A. Warner
3 May 1919 Victory International Scotland   3 – 4   England Glasgow
Wilson   50' (pen)  87'
Alan Morton   65'
Report 1
Report 2
Grimsdell   20'  35'
Puddefoot   37'  67'
Stadium: Hampden Park
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: A.A. Jackson
11 October 1919 Victory International Wales   2 – 1   England Cardiff, Wales
Meredith   22'
Wynn   85'
Report Puddefoot   77' Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 20,000
18 October 1919 Victory International England   2 – 0   Wales Stoke-on-Trent, England
Whittingham   6'
Smith   54'
Report Stadium: Victoria Ground
Attendance: 16,000
  1. ^ a b c Football Association XI tour of South Africa.
  2. ^ Fundraising benefit match for the Lord Mayor of Liverpool's War Scroll Fund.[5]: 12 
  3. ^ Fundraising benefit match for the Sir Douglas Haig Base Hospitals. Jimmy McMullan played for England after squad members had to pull out at short notice.[7][8][9]
  4. ^ Fundraising benefit match for the Prisoners of War Fund and the Ulster Volunteer Force Hospital. Newcastle United's Bill McCracken, an Ulsterman, helped to organise the event and was a guest player for England.[9][10]

1920s edit

19 June 1920 Test Match[a] South Africa   1 – 3   England Durban
Fitchat [5]: 13  Attendance: 16,000
26 June 1920 Test Match[a] South Africa   0 – 3   England Johannesburg
[5]: 13  Stadium: Wanderers
Attendance: 19,000
Referee: E G Williams
17 July 1920 Test Match[a] South Africa   1 – 9   England Cape Town
Mason [5]: 13  Stadium: Hartleyvale Stadium
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Tarbottom


27 June 1925 Test Match[b] Australia   1 – 5   England Brisbane
Bourke [5]: 14  Stadium: Exhibition Ground
Referee: W Donnellan
4 July 1925 Test Match[b] Australia   1 – 2   England Sydney
Smith [5]: 14  Stadium: Sydney Showground
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: W Wright
11 July 1925 Test Match[b] Australia   2 – 8   England Maitland
  • Lennard
  • Thompson
[5]: 14  Stadium: West Maitland Showground
Attendance: 10,000
18 July 1925 Test Match[b] Australia   0 – 5   England Sydney
[5]: 15  Stadium: Sydney Showground
Attendance: 14,000
25 July 1925 Test Match[b] Australia   0 – 2   England Melbourne
[5]: 15  Stadium: Fitzroy Cricket Ground
Referee: W Palmer


15 July 1926 Test Match[c] Eastern Canada  1 – 2   England Montreal
D Eadie [5]: 15  Attendance: 7,000
Referee: H S Lyons


15 June 1929 Test Match[d] South Africa   2 – 3   England Durban
  • Dick
  • Stuart
[5]: 16  Stadium: Kingsmead Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: P Miller
13 July 1929 Test Match[d] South Africa   1 – 2   England Johannesburg
Dick
Chandler 2 Stadium: Wanderers
Attendance: 30,000
17 July 1929 Test Match[d] South Africa   1 – 3   England Cape Town
Stuart [5]: 16 

1930s edit

12 March 1930 Trial Match England   1 – 6  The Rest Liverpool, England
Tunstall [12]
  • Jack 3
  • Strange
  • Marsden
  • Johnson
Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: W E Rycroft
4 March 1931 Trial Match England   3 – 2  The Rest London, England
Dean 3 [12] Burgess 2 Stadium: Highbury
Attendance: 14,282
Referee: G T Gould


15 July 1931 Test Match[a] National Soccer League  0 – 10   England Montreal
[5]: 16  Attendance: 2,500


16 March 1932 Trial Match England   1 – 4  The Rest Huddersfield, England
Bastin [12]
  • Waring 2
  • Hulme
  • Barclay
Stadium: Leeds Road
Attendance: 8,444
Referee: H Bateson
22 March 1933 Trial Match England   1 – 5  The Rest Portsmouth, England
Bastin [12]
  • Hulme 2
  • Hunt 2
  • Pickering
Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 15,103
Referee: E G Walliker
21 March 1934 Trial Match England   1 – 7  The Rest Sunderland, England
Willingham [12]
  • Carter 4
  • Gurney 2
  • Brook
Stadium: Roker Park
Attendance: 13,500
Referee: T J Thompson
27 March 1935 Trial Match[b] England   2 – 2  The Rest West Bromwich, England
Drake 2 [12]
  • Gurney
  • Brook
Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 12,846
Referee: [c]
21 August 1935 International Friendly[d] Scotland   4 – 2   England Glasgow
Report 1
Report 2
Stadium: Hampden Park
Attendance: 56,300
Referee: W. Webb
26 October 1938[e][f] International Friendly England   3 – 0 Rest of Europe[f] London, England
Report Stadium: Highbury Stadium
Attendance: 40,185
Referee: A. J. Jewell


17 June 1939 Test Match[g] South Africa   0 – 3   England Johannesburg
[5]: 18 
Stadium: Wanderers
Attendance: 34,000
24 June 1939 Test Match[g] South Africa   2 – 8   England Durban
  • Smethurst
  • Gibb
[5]: 18–19 
Stadium: Kingsmead Stadium
1 July 1939 Test Match[g] South Africa   1 – 2   England Johannesburg
Smethurst [5]: 19  Stadium: Wanderers
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: B T Head
  1. ^ Football Association XI tour of Canada.
  2. ^ Subsequent trial matches were billed as Probables versus Possibles.[12]
  3. ^ Trial of 2 referee system.[12]
  4. ^ King's Silver Jubilee Trust Fund International
  5. ^ 75th Anniversary of the Football Association.
  6. ^ a b As it did not take place against a standard national opponent, FIFA no longer considers this match to be valid as a full international; however, the FA still does so.[13]
  7. ^ a b c Football Association XI tour of South Africa.

World War II edit

11 November 1939 International Friendly Wales   1 – 1   England Cardiff, Wales
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 28,000
18 November 1939 International Friendly Wales   2 – 3   England Wrexham, Wales
Stadium: The Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 17,000
2 December 1939 International Friendly[a] England   2 – 1   Scotland Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Report 1
Report 2
Dodds   Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: H. Nattrass
  1. ^ After two English players were injured in a traffic accident on their way to the match, two players from the local club Newcastle United who had been in the crowd as spectators appeared for England, including Tommy Pearson, a Scot who later also appeared for his native country.[7]

1940s edit

13 April 1940 International Friendly England   0 – 1   Wales London, England
Stadium: Wembley
Attendance: 40,000
11 May 1940 International Friendly Scotland   1 – 1   England Glasgow
Dougal   Report 1
Report 2
Welsh   Stadium: Hampden Park
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: W. Webb
8 February 1941 International Friendly England   2 – 3   Scotland Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Report 1
Report 2
Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: T. Thompson
16 or 26 April 1941 International Friendly England   4 – 1   Wales Nottingham, England
Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 13,000
3 May 1941 International Friendly Scotland   1 – 3   England Glasgow
Venters   10' Report 1
Report 2
Stadium: Hampden Park
Attendance: 78,000
Referee: P. Craigmyle
7 June 1941 International Friendly Wales   2 – 3   England Cardiff, Wales
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 20,000
4 October 1941 International Friendly England   2 – 0   Scotland London
Report 1
Report 2
Stadium: Wembley
Attendance: 65,000
Referee: F.S. Milner
25 October 1941 International Friendly England   2 – 1   Wales Birmingham, England
Stadium: St Andrew's
Attendance: 25,000
17 January 1942 International Friendly England   3 – 0   Scotland London
Report 1
Report 2
Stadium: Wembley
Attendance: 64,000
Referee: W.E. Ross Gower
18 April 1942 International Friendly Scotland   5 – 4   England Glasgow
https://www.londonhearts.com/scotlandunoff/games/19420418.html Report 1]
Report 2
Stadium: Hampden Park
Attendance: 91,000
Referee: R. Calder
9 May 1942 International Friendly Wales   1 – 0   England Cardiff, Wales
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 30,000
10 October 1942 International Friendly England   0 – 0   Scotland London
https://www.londonhearts.com/scotlandunoff/games/19421010.html Report 1]
Report 2
Stadium: Wembley
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: P. Stevens
24 October 1942 International Friendly England   1 – 2   Wales Wolverhampton, England
Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 25,100
27 February 1943 International Friendly England   5 – 3   Wales London, England
Stadium: Wembley
Attendance: 75,000
17 April 1943 International Friendly Scotland   0 – 4   England Glasgow
Report 1
Report 2
Stadium: Hampden Park
Attendance: 137,363
Referee: P. Craigmyle
8 May 1943 International Friendly Wales   1 – 1   England Cardiff, Wales
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 25,000
25 September 1943 International Friendly England   8 – 3   Wales London, England
Stadium: Wembley
Attendance: 80,000
16 October 1943 International Friendly England   8 – 0   Scotland Manchester
Report 1
Report 2
Stadium: Maine Road
Attendance: 60,000
19 February 1944 International Friendly England   6 – 2   Scotland London
Stadium: Wembley
Attendance: 80,000
22 April 1944 International Friendly Scotland   2 – 3   England Glasgow
Report 1
Report 2
Stadium: Hampden Park
Attendance: 132,835
6 May 1944 International Friendly Wales   0 – 2   England Cardiff, Wales
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 50,000
16 September 1944 International Friendly England   2 – 2   Wales Liverpool, England
Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 38,500
14 October 1944 International Friendly England   6 – 2   Scotland London
Report 1
Report 2
Stadium: Wembley
Attendance: 90,000
Referee: G. Reader
3 February 1945 International Friendly England   3 – 2   Scotland Birmingham
Report 1
Report 2
Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 65,800
Referee: T. Smith
14 April 1945 International Friendly Scotland   1 – 6   England Glasgow
L. Johnston   38' Report 1
Report 2
Stadium: Hampden Park
Attendance: 134,479
Referee: J.S. Cox
5 May 1945 International Friendly Wales   2 – 3   England Cardiff, Wales
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 25,000
26 May 1945 International Friendly England   2 – 2   France London, England
Stadium: Wembley
Attendance: 60,000 or 65,000
21 July 1945 International Friendly[a] Switzerland   3 – 1   England[b] Bern, Switzerland
[14] Stadium: Stadion Neufeld
Attendance: 35,000
21 July 1945 International Friendly[a] Switzerland B   0 – 3   England[b] Zürich, Switzerland
[14] Stadium: Hardturm
15 September 1945 BVHC Ireland   0 – 1   England Belfast, Northern Ireland
Stadium: Windsor Park
Attendance: 45,100
20 October 1945 BVHC England   0 – 1   Wales West Bromwich, England
Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 54,600 or 56,000
19 January 1946 Victory International England   2 – 0   Belgium London, England
Stadium: Wembley
Attendance: 85,000
13 April 1946 BVHC Scotland   1 – 0   England Glasgow
Delaney   90' Report 1
Report 2
Stadium: Hampden Park
Attendance: 139,642
Referee: P. Craigmyle
11 May 1946 Victory International England   4 – 1    Switzerland London, England
Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 75,000
19 May 1946 Victory International France   2 – 1   England Paris, France
Stadium: Stade Olympique de Colombes
Attendance: 58,500
24 August 1946 International Friendly[c] England   2 – 2   Scotland Manchester
Welsh    pen' (45) Report 1
Report 2
Thornton    89' Stadium: Maine Road
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: G. Dutton
  1. ^ a b Swiss Football Association 50th anniversary.[14]
  2. ^ a b Originally considered to be an official England team. Later downgraded to Services XI.[14]
  3. ^ Fundraising match for the Burnden Park disaster.

1950s edit

19 June 1950 Test Match[a] United States   0 – 1   England New York
[5]: 30  Hancocks Stadium: Triborough Stadium
Attendance: 8,241


20 September 1950 1950 FA Charity Shield[b] England   4 – 2   England B / FA XI London, England
Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 38,468


9 May 1951 Test Match[c] American Soccer League  0 – 4   England New York
[5]: 31  Stadium: Croke Park
Attendance: 2,500
26 May 1951 Test Match[c] Australia   1 – 4   England Sydney
F Parsons [5]: 31  Stadium: Sydney Cricket Ground
Attendance: 46,000
Referee: Wright
30 June 1951 Test Match[c] Australia   0 – 17   England Sydney
[5]: 31  Stadium: Sydney Cricket Ground
Referee: McLeod
7 July 1951 Test Match[c] Australia   1 – 4   England Brisbane
H Robertson [5]: 31  Referee: Perotte
14 July 1951 Test Match[c] Australia   1 – 6   England Sydney
E Hulme [5]: 31  Stadium: Sydney Showground
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Chidgey
21 July 1951 Test Match[c] Australia   0 – 5   England Newcastle, New South Wales
[5]: 31 


21 October 1953 Friendly[d][e] England   4 – 4 Rest of Europe[f] London, England
Report
Stadium: Wembley
Attendance: 97,000
Referee: B. M. Griffiths  
9 May 1955 An Tóstal Festival All-Ireland   5 – 6  England[g] Dublin, Ireland
[5]: 35  Stadium: Dalymount Park
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: J Smith
7 May 1956 An Tóstal Festival All-Ireland   3 – 5  England[g] Dublin, Ireland
[5]: 36  Stadium: Dalymount Park
Referee: J Meighan
14 May 1956 [h] Ireland-Wales   3 – 3   England-Scotland Dublin, Ireland
  • J P Dunne
  • Allchurch 2
[5]: 36 
  • Thompson
  • Langton
  • Allen
Stadium: Dalymount Park
Referee: J Scully


23 June 1956 Test Match[i] South Africa   3 – 4   England Johannesburg
  • C Hurly 2
  • L Salton
[5]: 36–37  Stadium: Rand Stadium
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: J Speedie
30 June 1956 Test Match[i] South Africa   2 – 4   England Durban
  • D Le Roux
  • B K Gibson
[5]: 37  Stadium: Kingsmead Stadium
Attendance: 23,000
Referee: J Fitzgerald
9 July 1956 Test Match[i] South Africa   0 – 0   England Cape Town
[5]: 37  Stadium: Hartleyvale Stadium
Attendance: 12,500
14 July 1956 Test Match[i] South Africa   1 – 4   England Salisbury
C Hurly [5]: 37  Stadium: Police Ground
Attendance: 15,000
  1. ^ Football Association XI tour of Canada and United States.
  2. ^ Instead of being contested between the Football League champions and FA Cup winners, the 1950 Charity Shield was an exhibition match between the England squad of the 1950 FIFA World Cup and the FA representative team that concurrently toured Canada.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Football Association XI tour of United States and Australia.
  4. ^ 90th anniversary of the Football Association.
  5. ^ As it did not take place against a standard national opponent, FIFA no longer considers this match to be valid as a full international; however, the FA still does so.[13]
  6. ^ The opponent was officially the 'Rest of the World', but in practice all the players were from continental Europe.
  7. ^ a b Included Welsh international Trevor Ford.
  8. ^ Belgrove F.C. exhibition match.
  9. ^ a b c d Football Association XI tour of South Africa and Rhodesia.

1960s edit

13 May 1961 Test Match[a] Malaysia   2 – 4   England Kuala Lumpur
  • Koh
  • Choe
[5]: 44  Stadium: Nerdera Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: T Nadarajah
17 May 1961 Test Match[a] Singapore   0 – 9   England Singapore
[5]: 44  Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium
Attendance: 14,294
17 May 1961 Test Match[a] Hong Kong   2 – 4   England Hong Kong
  • Lau Chi-Lam
  • Yeung Wai
[5]: 44–45  Stadium: Government Stadium
Referee: Sammy Tsang
23 May 1961 Test Match[a] Combined Chinese 0 – 3   England Hong Kong
[5]: 45  Stadium: Government Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: I Petrie
5 June 1961 Test Match[a] New Zealand   0 – 8   England Wellington
[5]: 45 
Stadium: Basin Reserve
Referee: Dickie
10 June 1961 Test Match[a] New Zealand   1 – 6   England Auckland
McVey [5]: 45  Stadium: Epsom Showgrounds
Referee: Williams


12 August 1961 1961 FA Charity Shield Tottenham Hotspur F.C. 3 – 2   England[b] London, England
Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 36,593
23 May 1963 Friendly[c] England   3 – 3   Football League XI London, England
Stadium: Highbury Stadium
Attendance: 26,994
Referee: A. E. Moore
23 October 1963 International friendly[c] England   2 – 1 Rest of World[d] London, England
14:45
Match 373[d]
Report Law   82' Stadium: Wembley
Attendance: 48,350
Referee: Bobby Davidson (Scotland)


21 May 1969 Test Match[e] Tahiti   1 – 4   England Papeete
  • unknown
[5]: 58  Attendance: 4,000
2 June 1969 Test Match[e] New Zealand   1 – 7   England Wellington
  • Mears
[5]: 58  Stadium: Basin Reserve
Attendance: 6,000


4 June 1969 Friendly Mexico   0 – 4   England Guadalajara, Mexico
[5]: 58  Stadium: Jalisco Stadium
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: A Tejada (Peru)


7 June 1969 Test Match[e] New Zealand Squad XI   0 – 5   England Hamilton, New Zealand
[5]: 58  Attendance: 6,000
Referee: R Rump
11 June 1969 Test Match[e] New Zealand   0 – 5   England Auckland
[5]: 58  Stadium: Newmarket Park
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Coffman
14 June 1969 Test Match[e] Singapore   0 – 9   England Singapore
[5]: 58–59  Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: G Suppiah
16 June 1969 Test Match[e] Hong Kong   0 – 6   England Hong Kong
[5]: 59  Stadium: Happy Valley Stadium
Attendance: 20,647
Referee: Fred Pratlett
20 June 1969 Test Match[e] Thailand   0 – 4   England Bangkok
[5]: 59  Attendance: 40,000
  1. ^ a b c d e f Football Association XI tour of Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, New Zealand and United States.
  2. ^ Team billed as F.A. XI, assembled to take the berth vacated by Tottenham Hotspur's Football League and FA Cup Double.
  3. ^ a b Part of the Football Association's centenary celebrations.
  4. ^ a b As it did not take place against a standard national opponent, FIFA no longer considers this match to be valid as a full international; however, the FA still does so.[13]
  5. ^ a b c d e f g Football Association XI tour of Tahiti, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong and Thailand.

1970s edit

24 May 1971 Exhibition Match[a] Republic of Ireland   1 – 1   England Dublin
Heighway   Wagstaff   Stadium: Lansdowne Road
Attendance: 8,000
31 May 1976 1976 U.S.A. Bicentennial Cup Tournament Team America 1 – 3   England Philadelphia, United States
Scullion   87'
Stadium: John F. Kennedy Stadium
Attendance: 16,200

1980s edit

13 October 1981 Friendly[a] London XI 3 – 4   England London
Report Stadium: Highbury
Attendance: 5,007
  1. ^ Centenary commemoration match for the London Football Association.[16][17]
23 March 1982 Testimonial[a] Athletic Bilbao 1 – 1   England Bilbao
20:00 Sarabia   67' Keegan   37' Stadium: San Mamés
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: I. Urizar Azpitarte
  1. ^ Testimonial for retiring Athletic Bilbao player Txetxu Rojo. Served as a warm-up for the 1982 FIFA World Cup, as England would play their opening round matches at the same venue.[18][19][17]
28 May 1986 Exhibition Match C.F. Monterrey 1 – 4   England Monterrey, Mexico ?
Stadium: Estadio Tecnológico ?
4 June 1988 Exhibition Match Aylesbury United F.C. 0 – 7   England Aylesbury, England
Stadium: Buckingham Road Stadium
Attendance: 6,000

1990s edit

1995

  • The friendly match between England and the Republic of Ireland on 15 February 1995 in Dublin had to be abandoned after 27 minutes due to missile throwing and riotous disorder among extremist elements in the England support; caps were still awarded to the players and the match (along with David Kelly's goal for Ireland) is counted as a full international; it was never replayed.[21][22][23]

1996

1998

9 June 1998 Exhibition Match Caen XI 0 – 1   England Caen, France
[24] Scholes   84' Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano
Attendance: 200

2010s edit

7 June 2010 Exhibition Match Platinum Stars 0 – 3   England Moruleng, South Africa
Stadium: Moruleng Stadium
Attendance: 12,000

See also edit

References edit

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