This list
contains the results of matches not accorded status as official internationals
and where:
-
one of the teams was selected
by the Football Association (or a member of).
-
the entire team representing
England was eligible to play for England at
full international level at the time (except for emergency replacements).
-
the team opposing England was representing a geographical area
or league outside of
England (not necessarily a separate or complete nation or consisting
entirely of players from the same nation).
For ease of reference, teams that
played as 'FA XI' are labelled 'England'.
The list does not include:
-
games against club sides.
-
testimonial matches.
-
games against other England
teams.
-
games against teams from the
armed forces.
-
official trial matches.
-
all-amateur England teams
after 1906 (when the England amateur team was formed).
However, details of these games
can be found by clicking here.
Season 1946-47 |
|
Walter Winterbottom |
Charity International |
186 |
24 August 1946
- England 2 Scotland 2
[2-1]
Maine
Road, Manchester
(70,000) |
Welsh
(2 (1
pen))
Thornton (2) |
HD |
£12,000 was raised for the Mayor of Bolton's Relief Fund for the victims of the Burnden Park disaster of March 9,
1946. 33 people had died and more than 500 injured after a crush caused by an
overcrowded terrace at a
sixth-round FA Cup tie between Bolton Wanderers and Stoke City. Scotland
returned to the scene of their heaviest defeat, three years earlier, but
they had gone five matches without losing and their new-found confidence
brought them an equaliser, with five minutes remaining. They had made three
changes from their last match, but only two from the side that beat England,
at Hampden, four months previously. Only Willie Miller, in goal, was making
his debut. An experimental England side included only three members of the
team that lost in Paris at the end of the previous season. Five players made
their debut, not one of which ever won a full cap, despite full
internationals resuming the following month.
This match also featured the unheralded introduction of England's first-ever
team manager, Walter Winterbottom (without the power
to select the team). He was also the Football Association's first Director
of Coaching. |
Season 1948-49 |
x |
Harry Hughes |
Football Association Tour of Channel Islands |
Two games were played, one on each of the two
largest islands, with the first game coinciding with LIberation Day,
marking the four-year anniversary of the islands being freed from
Nazi occupation at the end of World War II. The 14-man squad
included future international, Jim Taylor, Joe Bacuzzi, who had
played for England during the war, and Guernsey-born, Len Duquemin,
but most of the squad were non-league amateurs (three had been
capped at amateur level and one was a future amateur international).
Details supplied by John Treleven. |
187 |
9 May 1949
- Jersey 1 England 0
[0-0]
Springfield
Stadium, Saint Helier, Jersey
(4,000) |
Drew |
AL |
188 |
11 May 1949
- Guernsey 0 England 1
[0-0]
The Track, Saint
Sampson, Guernsey |
Bridge |
AW |
Season 1949-50 |
x |
Harry Hughes
and Joe Richards |
Football Association Tour of Canada |
The
timing of the Football Association's first post-war tour of Canada
was a little odd, as it was to end just before the World Cup began
in Brazil, and there were three other FA tours all taking place in
the same month. The full international squad went to Portugal and
Belgium, whilst the B squad went to Italy, the Netherlands and
Luxembourg, and the amateur squad was in Scandinavia (Denmark and
Sweden). England's club
sides were also in great demand. Manchester United were already in
North America and the FA were to meet them in Toronto towards the
end of the tour. The Canadian tour squad numbered 18 players, seven
of whom were full internationals, whilst the captain, Reg Flewin, had played for England
during the war, six years earlier, and had just led Portsmouth to
their second successive League Championship. There were also four future
internationals. Two of the party (Stan Matthews and Jim Taylor) were
to join up with the World Cup squad after the tour. The squad was to
play in twelve matches in total, but two were against touring club
sides, one was over the border, against the United States and one
was a friendly match in Winnipeg on 10 June, in which English and
local players appeared on both sides. |
189 |
20 May 1950
- Montreal 0 England 7
[0-5]
Delorimier Stadium, Montreal
(13,000) |
Hancocks (2),
Lofthouse (3),
Bowyer (2) |
AW |
Nat Lofthouse
got the tour off to a great start with a hat-trick on his first
appearance in an England shirt. All eight internationals played,
plus one of the future caps (Lofthouse). |
190 |
24 May 1950
- Ontario 1 England 4
[ - ]
Exhibition Stadium,
Toronto |
nk
Vaughan
(2), Sewell, Wainwright |
AW |
191 |
27 May 1950
- Saskatoon 1 England 19
[0-11]
Griffiths Stadium,
Saskatoon
(3,000) |
Rivett
Hagan
(4), Bowyer (4), Sewell
(3), Vaughan
(4), Taylor, Hancocks
(3) |
AW |
The local
team could only muster nine players, so Nat Lofthouse and Tim Ward
were loaned to them and played against England, but they could not
stop the visitors racking up their highest-ever score. Four
internationals played for the tourists, alongside two of the future
caps. |
192 |
30 May 1950
- British Columbia 4 England 4
[ - ]
Callister Park, Vancouver |
nk
Hancocks
(4) |
AD |
After forty
successive victories in Canada, the tourists were held in an
eight-goal thriller. |
193 |
1
June 1950
- Victoria 2 England 3
[1-1]
Victoria, British
Columbia |
nk
Vaughan (2), Wainwright |
AW |
The FA squad
arrived on Vancouver Island and faced another tough test before
securing a victory with Charlie Vaughan's winner, ten minutes from
time. |
194 |
3
June 1950
- British Columbia 1 England 7
[ - ]
Callister Park, Vancouver |
nk
Hagan
(3),
Bowyer
(3),
Lofthouse |
AW |
Back on the
mainland, the tourists gained their revenge against the BC
'All-Stars' that had held them, four days earlier. |
195 |
7
June 1950
- Alberta 0 England 9 [0-6]
Mewata Stadium, Calgary |
Medley, Vaughan
(2), Wainwright
(3), Sewell
(3) |
AW |
Four full
internationals were in the side, plus three of the future caps. The visitors
then returned to Toronto, where they beat a Manchester United side,
4-2. |
196 |
17 June 1950
- Ontario 2 England 9
[1-3]
Jackson Park, Windsor
(4,200) |
Campbell (2)
Vaughan
(2), Wainwright (3),
Hancocks (3), Hagan |
AW |
The FA
fielded five full internationals, but it was the home side that
scored first. This was the
last of the eight fixtures in four weeks against Canadian sides,
though England returned to Montreal, five days later and beat a
Swedish team. Many thanks to Daniel Gellatley for finding the
missing England scorers. |
Football Association Tour |
|
197 |
18 June 1950
- United States 0 England 1
[0-0]
Triborough Stadium, Randalls Island
(8,241) |
Hancocks |
AW |
The touring
side left Canada and beat a side containing ten of the team that
created one of the biggest shocks in World Cup history, only ten
days later. None of the English team in New York went to Brazil and
only five of them had won full international caps (with two later
going on to play full internationals). Eight of the side, plus a
substitute, had played in Ontario, the previous night. The US team (which contained
only eight Americans) went on to destroy the reputation of the World
Cup favourites in a never-to-be-forgotten encounter in Belo
Horizonte that left England heading for an early exit from the
competition. |
Season
1950-51 |
x |
David Wiseman
and Frank Adams |
Football Association Tour |
198 |
9 May 1951
- American Soccer League 0 England 4
[0-1]
Croke Park, New York City
(2,500) |
Smith (2), Shaw, Langton |
AW |
Whilst the
Festival of Britain was matching a number of teams back home with
foreign opponents and, on the day that England beat Argentina at
Wembley, the Football Association touring squad, en route to Australia, were back in
New York, defeating a representative team at a floodlit Gaelic
football ground. Only Bobby Langton had been previously capped by
England, but two other players would go on to win full caps and
goalkeeper, Sam Bartram had played for England during the war. |
Football Association Tour of Australia |
|
Eighteen players arrived in Australia, for
twenty matches on a two-month tour. Only three full internationals
could be persuaded to give up most of their summer to play on the
other side of the world, though two others were wartime
internationals and another two were future England caps. Unlike the
previous tour of Australia, 26 years earlier, the squad did not
spend two months at sea, having this time flown to New York and then
across the Pacific Ocean to land in Sydney on May 12. |
199 |
16 May 1951
- South Coast 0 England 7
[0- ]
Wollongong, New
South Wales |
nk |
AW |
200 |
19 May 1951
- New South Wales 1 England 8
[ - ]
Sydney Cricket
Ground,
Sydney |
nk |
AW |
201 |
22 May 1951
- Sydney 2 England 6
[ - ]
Sydney
Cricket Ground, Sydney |
nk |
AW |
First Test |
|
202 |
26 May 1951
- Australia 1 England 4
[1-3]
Sydney Cricket Ground,
Sydney
(46,014) |
Parsons
Sewell (2),
Clarke, Hurst |
AW |
The first
test saw the tourists win comfortably with two full internationals,
both wartime internationals and a future cap. |
203 |
30 May 1951
- Northern Districts 1 England 7
[ - ]
Cessnock, New South Wales |
nk |
AW |
204 |
2 June 1951
- New South Wales 1 England 3
[ - ]
Newcastle
Showground, New South Wales |
nk |
AW |
205 |
6 June 1951
- Victoria 0 England 5
[0-2]
Melbourne Cricket Ground,
Melbourne
(12,437) |
Hagan, Smith (2), Broome,
Langton |
AW |
206 |
9 June 1951
- Victoria 0 England 7
[ - ]
Melbourne Cricket Ground,
Melbourne |
nk |
AW |
207 |
11 June 1951
- Australia 1 England 6
[ - ]
Richmond Football Ground, Melbourne
(29,000) |
Flewin OG
Clarke
(3), Sewell (2),
Smith |
AW |
An
unofficial international match, as far as both teams were concerned,
saw England with one full international, one wartime international
and one future cap. The Australians fielded five players from their
first test line-up, two weeks earlier. |
208 |
16 June 1951
- Tasmania 0 England 11
[ - ]
Hobart, Tasmania |
nk |
AW |
The
tourists travelled across to the island of Tasmania for the first
time, but their hosts provided weak opposition. |
209 |
19 June 1951
- Tasmania 0 England 17
[ - ]
Launceston, Tasmania |
nk |
AW |
210 |
23 June 1951
- Australia 1 England 13
[ - ]
The Oval, Adelaide
(15,000) |
MacKenzie
Clarke
(4), Hagan (4), Broome (2), Sewell (2),
Langton |
AW |
England
returned to the mainland and continued to bang in the goals with
alarming regularity against a side containing only three members of
the team beaten at Melbourne. The visitors fielded all three of
their full internationals (who all scored), plus a wartime
international and a future cap. |
Second Test |
|
211 |
30 June 1951
- Australia 0 England 17
[0-7]
Sydney
Cricket Ground,
Sydney
(14,146) |
Clarke (4), Sewell (6),
Hagan (3), Broome (3), Hurst |
AW |
The
ironically-named, Norman Conquest, in goal for Australia, suffered
his own personal invasion and managed to concede thirty goals in two
games, as the tourists hit double figures for the fourth match in
succession. At the time, it was the biggest ever victory in
international football and it was a humiliating experience for a
side that had only made four changes from the first test, five weeks
earlier. England fielded two full internationals, a future
international and both of their wartime internationals. The pitch
was a major factor in the deluge of goals, as it was quite
waterlogged and provided conditions much more suited to English
playing experiences than to those of their hosts, who struggled to
keep their feet. |
212 |
4
July 1951
- Queensland 1 England 7
[ - ]
Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane |
nk |
AW |
Third Test |
|
213 |
7 July 1951
- Australia 1 England 4
[ - ]
Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane
(23,216) |
Robertson
Clarke
(2), Hagan,
Langton |
AW |
The home
side made seven changes from the previous week's debacle in Sydney
and kept the score down to a respectable total, though they did
concede three goals in the first fifteen minutes. England made only
one change, but still had the same complement of internationals. |
214 |
11 July 1951
-
Central Queensland 1 England 13
[ - ]
Bundaberg, Queensland |
nk |
AW |
Fourth Test |
|
215 |
14 July 1951
- Australia 1 England 6
[ - ]
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
(7,894) |
Hulme (pen)
Webster (3), Sewell,
Hurst, Clarke |
AW |
Harry
Webster came on as a substitute and scored a hat-trick. The Aussies
only made two changes from the previous week's defeat, whilst the
tourists began with two full internationals (one went off injured),
both future internationals and one of the wartime England players. |
216 |
18 July 1951
- Granville 2 England 5
[ - ]
Parramatta, New South Wales |
nk |
AW |
Fifth Test |
|
217 |
21
July 1951
- Australia 0 England 5
[0-2]
The Showground,
Newcastle
(7,165) |
Sewell,
Smith, Clarke (2), Hurst |
AW |
The final
test saw seven changes in the Australian side, whilst the visitors
fielded only one full international, one future international and
one of the wartime internationals. They rounded off the tour on the
following day with an astonishing 153 goals scored, averaging 7.65
per game. Financially, it was a successful tour for both countries,
but it highlighted a massive gulf in class. |
218 |
22 July 1951
- South Coast 0 England 2
[ - ]
Wollongong, New
South Wales |
nk |
AW |
Season
1952-53 |
x |
Walter Winterbottom |
England Tour of South
America |
219 |
14 May 1953
- Argentina 3 England 1
[1-1]
Estadio Monumental,
Buenos Aires
(120,000) |
Grillo (2), Micheli
Taylor |
AL |
As the first
match of England's tour was against a team selected only from clubs
in Buenos Aires, the Football Association considered it a warm-up
match for the full international at the same venue, three days
later. However, it was attended by a capacity crowd, including
President Perón. England
scored first through debutant, Tommy Taylor, but they were
well beaten in the end. Argentina fielded the same starting eleven
in the full international, with England making seven changes, but
they were unable to exact their revenge as the game was abandoned
after 21 minutes play, because of a waterlogged pitch. England then
moved on to Chile before a rematch could be staged and it transpired
that Argentina had declared the first game a full international. The
FA did not agree, and they were left with the curious task of only
awarding England caps for the abandoned game that lasted 21 minutes,
rather than for the game that consisted of ninety minutes in a full
stadium. |
Season
1954-55 |
x |
Joe
Richards
and Harry
Wright |
Football Association Tour of Bermuda and the Caribbean |
An
eighteen-man squad flew to Bermuda on May 9 for an eleven-match
island-hopping tour. Only three players had previously been capped by England,
whilst four were future internationals (including future manager,
Bobby Robson). The squad also included Robson's Fulham team mate, Jimmy Hill, who went on to
become more famous as a television presenter. |
220 |
12 May 1955
- Bermuda 1 England 11
[1-6]
Bermuda National Stadium, Devonshire Parish |
Russell
Jezzard
(4), Robson (3), Bradford (2), Kelly, Hoskins |
AW |
221 |
14 May 1955
- Bermuda 1 England 14
[1-6]
Bermuda National Stadium, Devonshire Parish |
Emery OG
Jezzard
(3), Pearson (3), Heckman (3), Hill (2),
Groves (2), Nutt |
AW |
The home side fielded
three English-born players. |
222 |
18 May 1955
- Jamaica 0 England 7
[0-4]
Sabina Park, Kingston
(10,000) |
Robson (3 (1 pen)),
Hamilton
OG,
Bradford, Hoskins (2) |
AW |
This game was the first
to be played in the West Indies under floodlights and the visit
coincided with the 300th year of English rule in Jamaica. The FA fielded
two of their full internationals and all four of their future caps. |
223 |
21 May 1955
- Jamaica 2 England 4
[ - ]
Sabina Park, Kingston |
nk
Bradford (3),
nk |
AW |
224 |
23 May 1955
- Jamaica 0 England 7
[0-4]
Sabina Park, Kingston
(7,000) |
Bradford (3), Hoskins,
Hill, Jezzard
(2) |
AW |
225 |
26 May 1955
- North Trinidad 0 England 1
[0-0]
Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain
(12,000) |
Jezzard |
AW |
A controversial winner,
five minutes from time, as Beddy Jezzard bundled the ball and the
goalkeeper into the net. |
226 |
30 May 1955
-
Trinidad and Tobago 0 England 6
[0-4]
Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain
(20,000) |
Bradford (2), Robson (2),
Groves, Jezzard |
AW |
227 |
2 June 1955
-
Trinidad and Tobago 1 England 8
[ - ]
Skinner Park, San Fernando |
Charleau (pen)
Bradford (3),
Robson (2), Heckman (2), Pearson |
AW |
228 |
4 June 1955
-
Trinidad and Tobago 0 England 8
[0- ]
Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain |
nk |
AW |
229 |
7 June 1955
- Curaçao
2
England 2
[ - ]
Rifstadion,
Willemstad |
nk |
AD |
The tourists' last two
games ended in draws against sides from the Netherlands Antilles,
though the football team still played under the old name of Curaçao, the largest of the six Dutch islands. |
230 |
10 June 1955
- Curaçao
1 England 1
[ - ]
Rifstadion,
Willemstad |
nk |
AD |
The squad returned to
Jamaica to watch a cricket test match between the West Indies and
Australia, and then flew back to England on June 15. |
Season
1955-56 |
x |
|
Football Association Tour of South Africa and Rhodesia |
The
Football Association's fifth tour of South Africa, and their first
since the war, was also their last, owing to the policy of apartheid
in the country, which eventually led to South Africa being barred
from all international football. This tour party flew to
Johannesburg on May 8 to play eighteen games in two months. There
were eighteen players in the squad. Five were full internationals
and another three would go on to win full caps. |
231 |
12 May 1956
-
Southern Transvaal 1 England 2
[ - ]
Rand Stadium,
Johannesburg |
nk |
AW |
The
visitors began by returning to the city of their only previous
defeat in South Africa, back in 1939, but this time they were
victorious. |
232 |
16 May 1956
- Natal Province 1 England 2
[ - ]
Pietermaritzburg, Natal Province |
nk |
AW |
233 |
19 May 1956
- Natal Province 0 England 4 [0-0]
Kingsmead Cricket Ground,
Durban |
nk |
AW |
234 |
23 May 1956
- Border 0 England 10
[0- ]
Jan Smuts Ground, East London |
nk |
AW |
The
Football Association team were due to field two of their England
internationals, plus a future international. |
235 |
26 May 1956
- Eastern Province 3 England 8
[2-2]
Crusader Ground,
Port Elizabeth |
Fairley, Roos, Bentley
Ayre, J.King,
Hitchens (5), Perry |
AW |
The
home side proved to be quite a handful for the tourists, and they
scored first, but they eventually succumbed to Gerry Hitchens' five
second-half goals, with Bill Perry (born in South Africa) also
scoring for the FA. |
236 |
31 May 1956
- Western Province 0 England 2
[0-1]
Hartleyvale Stadium,
Cape Town |
Jezzard, Harris |
AW |
237 |
2 June
1956
-
Northern Transvaal 0 England 3
[0-0]
Pretoria, Transvaal Province |
Perry, Ayre (2) |
AW |
238 |
6 June 1956
- Griqualand West 0 England 5
[0- ]
De Beers Stadium,
Kimberley |
nk |
AW |
This was
the FA's first visit to, what is now, Zambia, followed by a return
trip to the southern part (now Zimbabwe) of the three-year-old
semi-independent state. |
239 |
9 June 1956
- Northern Rhodesia 0 England 4
[0- ]
Kitwe, Rhodesia |
nk |
AW |
240 |
13 June 1956
- Southern Rhodesia 0 England 3
[0- ]
Police Ground,
Salisbury |
nk |
AW |
241 |
16 June 1956
- Southern Rhodesia 1 England 3
[ - ]
Queens Sports Club,
Bulawayo |
nk |
AW |
242 |
20 June 1956
-
Orange Free State Province 2 England 7
[1-4]
Bloemfontein, Orange Free State Province |
Pretorious, Calder
Robson
(2), Petherbridge (3), Hitchens, Quested |
AW |
Bobby
Ayre had to leave the field with a thigh injury during the second
half, but it made little difference, though the home side had scored
first, in the sixth minute. |
First Test |
|
243 |
23 June 1956
- South Africa 3 England 4 [1-2]
Rand Stadium,
Johannesburg
(28,000) |
Hurly (2), Salton
Harris
(pen),
J.King, Robson, Perry |
AW |
For their
first meeting with the national side, the tourists fielded all five
of their full internationals and two of their future caps, but still
found it a struggle to emerge victorious. |
244 |
27 June 1956
-
Southern Transvaal 2 England 5
[ - ]
Vereeniging, Transvaal Province |
nk |
AW |
Second Test |
|
245 |
30 June 1956
- South Africa 2 England 4 [0-1]
Kingsmead Cricket Ground,
Durban
(23,000) |
Le Roux, Gibson
Harris
(2),
Robson, Hitchens |
AW |
South
Africa only made one change from the previous week's defeat in
Johannesburg. The FA started with four full internationals and two
of their future caps, but this became three full and all three
future, when Gerry Hitchens came on for Beddy Jezzard. |
246 |
7
July 1956
- Eastern Transvaal 1 England 1
[ - ]
Willowmoore Park,
Benoni |
nk |
AD |
Third Test |
|
247 |
9 July 1956
- South Africa 0 England 0 [0-0]
Hartleyvale Stadium,
Cape Town
(12,000) |
|
AD |
The home side made
three changes from Durban and gave a side containing three England
internationals and three future caps a strong challenge. Ted Burgin,
at least, kept a clean sheet by saving a penalty. |
After one defeat and eighty wins in
Africa, the FA side suddenly found themselves held twice in three
days. It would be another 47 years before an FA side returned to
South Africa, to play a full international for the first time. |
Fourth Test |
|
248 |
14 July 1956
- South Africa 1 England 4 [0-3]
Police Ground,
Salisbury
(15,000) |
Hurly
Hitchens
(2), McGarry, Ayre |
NW |
Unsurprisingly, South Africa stuck
with the same team that had secured a historic goalless draw, five
days earlier, in Cape Town. The FA only made two changes, and still
had three full internationals and three future caps, but this time
they made certain that the tour would end on a high note for them. |
The tour ended with a fourth test,
for the first time, but this time it was over the border into
Rhodesia. |
Season
1957-58 |
x |
|
Football Association Tour of Nigeria and Ghana |
Just as
the World Cup squad were in Europe preparing for Sweden, the
Football Association sent a touring party to west Africa for the
first time. The 17-man squad arrived in Lagos on 10 May, captained
by Second Division, Liverpool's Johnny Wheeler, the only full
international in the party, having made a single appearance in
Belfast, four years earlier. Only seven members of the squad were
Football League players and only four were from the First Division.
The rest of the squad were amateurs, with the majority having played
for England at that level. They were to play seven games in three
weeks. |
249 |
14 May 1958
- Lagos 2 England 7
[1-2]
King George V
Stadium,
Lagos Island
(10,000) |
nk
Hannah (3), Saunders, Neil, Littlejohn,
Heckman |
AW |
With thanks to Gary Parle for
providing the scorers. |
250 |
17 May 1958
- Western Nigeria 1 England 5
[ - ]
Ibadan, Nigeria |
nk
Mortimore
(3), nk |
AW |
251 |
21 May 1958
- Eastern Nigeria 0 England 1 [0-0]
Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium, Enugu |
Heckman (pen) |
AW |
Ron
Heckman's penalty, seven minutes from the end of the game, gave the
tourists a victory that they had to work extremely hard for. |
252 |
24 May 1958
- Nigeria 0 England 5
[0-2]
King George V
Stadium,
Lagos Island |
Anakwe
OG,
Mortimore, Neil, Littlejohn, Heckman |
AW |
Six of
the English side were Football League players (including their
international captain), but all of the goals were scored by
amateurs. |
The squad
headed west to Ghana for the first time and played two games before
returning to Nigeria for the last game of the tour. |
253 |
27 May 1958
- Ashanti 3 England 5
[ - ]
Kumasi, Ghana |
nk |
AW |
254 |
1 June
1958
- Ghana 0 England 7
[0- ]
Accra, Ghana |
nk |
AW |
The
former Gold Coast had been a British colony and had only been
independent for a year, but they would have to wait until 2011 to
face England in a full international. |
255 |
3
June 1958
- Northern Nigeria 2 England 2
[ - ]
Kano, Nigeria |
nk |
AabD |
Match abandoned
after 70 minutes: Torrential Rain |
Season
1960-61 |
x |
Tom
Finney |
Football Association Tour of Far East and New Zealand |
Tom
Finney came out of retirement to lead an 18-man squad around the
world, primarily on a ten-game tour of the Far East and New Zealand,
but also taking in a fixture in San Francisco on the way home. They
left on 11 May and returned six weeks later. The party included
three full internationals, three future internationals (including
Bobby Moore) and six members of Great Britain's amateur Olympic team
that had performed admirably in Italy, the previous year. |
256 |
13 May 1961
- Malaya 2 England 4
[1-2]
Stadium Merdeka,
Kuala Lumpur
(20,000) |
Koe,
Choe
Charnley
(3), Lindsay |
AW |
The tour
began with all three England internationals in the side (including
Finney) and two of the future caps, one of whom (Ray Charnley)
scored a hat-trick. Two of the Olympic team started the match, with Hugh
Lindsay scoring, and another, goalkeeper, Mike Pinner came
on as a substitute. |
257 |
17 May 1961
- Singapore 0 England 9
[0-5]
Jalan Besar Stadium, Kallang
(14,294) |
Charnley
(2), Fantham
(2), Hannah (3), A'Court, Finney |
AW |
This
time, all six past, current and future England internationals played
(Moore had missed the first game). There were no amateurs in the side,
but there was one member of the Olympic team, who was now a
professional
(Laurie Brown). |
258 |
21 May 1961
- Hong Kong 2 England 4 [2-4]
Government Stadium, Wan Chai |
Lau,
Yeung
Charnley
(2),
Moore, Hannah |
AW |
The
visitors were unchanged from the side that had won in Singapore. |
259 |
23 May 1961
- Hong Kong 0 England 3
[0-0]
Government Stadium, Wan Chai
(20,000) |
Charnley
(pen), Fantham, Hannah |
AW |
The hosts
kept six players that had finished the first game, two days earlier,
and recruited from China to field a combined Chinese eleven. England
made two changes, including replacing one of their full
internationals (Graham Shaw). |
260 |
31 May 1961
- Otago 0 England 10
[0-3]
Caledonian Ground, Dunedin
(7,500) |
Hannah, A'Court, Appleton (2),
R.Brown (3), Lindsay (3) |
AW |
The squad
then flew almost six thousand miles to visit New Zealand for the
first time. They made five changes from their last game in Hong Kong
and fielded their three full internationals, but none of their
future caps. Three of the Olympic team were in the side; two of them
scoring hat-tricks against a team representing one of the largest
areas of the South Island. |
261 |
3
June 1961
- Canterbury 1 England 11
[1-6]
English Park, Christchurch, South Island
(12,500) |
Durant
Hannah, Fantham
(4), Lewis (2),
Charnley,
Finney (2), L.Brown |
AW |
The
largest area of the South Island fared little better than their
neighbours. England made six changes, including their three future
internationals coming back in and one of the full internationals
(Alan A'Court) left out. Two of the Olympic team played and both
scored. |
262 |
5
June 1961
- New Zealand 0 England 8
[0-2]
Basin Reserve, Wellington, North Island
(19,000) |
Charnley
(2), Fantham
(3), Lewis, Finney,
Middleton
OG |
AW |
The
tourists made three changes to face the national side as they
arrived on the North Island for the first time. A'Court returned to
the side to bring back a full complement of six full internationals
(previous and future), alongside three of the Olympic team. |
263 |
7 June 1961
- Minor Provinces 0 England 13
[0-4]
McLean Park, Napier, Hawke's Bay
(6,000) |
Finney (3), R.Brown (3), Fantham
(2), Lewis
(2), Lindsay, L.Brown, Shaw |
AW |
A third
game in five days didn't stop England hitting double figures once
again. They had scored 42 goals in a week. |
264 |
10 June 1961
- New Zealand 1 England 6
[0-3]
Epsom Showgrounds, Auckland
(15,000) |
McVey
Lewis (pen),
Charnley,
A'Court, Finney (2),
Fantham |
AW |
Both
sides made only two changes from their meeting in Wellington, five
days earlier. England had one less Olympian in the side, as a
result. |
265 |
14 June 1961
- Auckland 0 England 8
[0-4]
Epsom Showgrounds, Auckland(8,000) |
Finney (4), R.Brown (2), L.Brown,
OG |
AW |
England
made two changes for their final match in New Zealand, giving them
three full internationals, two future caps and three Olympians. |
Football Association Tour |
|
266 |
18 June 1961
- San Francisco 1 England 2
[ - ]
San Francisco, USA (10,000) |
nk
Lindsay, Charnley |
AW |
Another
six and a half thousand miles took the squad to San Francisco, where
they played one last game, before heading for home. |
Season
1963-64 |
x |
Alf
Ramsey |
Friendly matches |
New
Zealand were on a world tour and had already visited Hong Kong,
Thailand, Iran, West Germany and Switzerland. They had lost every
game, but this was the first time that they had failed to score. Three days later, the England
amateur team were beating the New Zealanders, 4-1 at Dulwich, when
the game was abandoned due to torrential rain. |
267 |
13 April 1964
- England 4 New Zealand 0
[3-0]
County Ground, Northampton (1,942) |
Lindsay (3), Charnley |
HW |
The home team fielded two former
internationals and three players that had been capped at amateur
level. |
Season
1964-65 |
In-between the European tours conducted by the full and under-23
international squads, the England manager took a fourteen-man party
to Gibraltar for the weekend to play two matches. He was accompanied
by Wilf McGuinness, as trainer. The squad contained three former
internationals, one future international (David Sadler) and three
amateur internationals (including Sadler). The first
game, on the Saturday, was against the Gibraltar national team. 24
hours later, the representative 'Rock' eleven included members of
the UK military that were stationed in Gibraltar. |
268 |
22 May 1965
- Gibraltar 1 England 7
[0-2]
Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar |
Ramos (pen)
Kendall, Sadler (2),
Hateley (2),
Melia, Rogers |
AW |
269 |
23
May 1965
- Gibraltar 0 England 6
[0-1]
Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar |
Lindsay
(2), Kendall, Sissons
(2), Sadler |
AW |
Thanks to Roger
Hillier for providing match reports. |
Season
1965-66 |
Jersey Football Association Diamond
Jubilee Match |
|
270 |
6
October 1965
- Jersey 0 England 10
[0-6]
Springfield
Stadium, Saint Helier, Jersey
(3,500) |
Sammels (4),
Townsend, Martin (3),
Figg, Le Flem |
AW |
In the
most important season of his career, Alf Ramsey took time out to
take a young side to Jersey to celebrate the sixtieth anniversary of
organized football on the island. There were two full internationals
in the side, including current first-choice goalkeeper, Ron
Springett. Goalscorers, Roger Figg and Charlie Townsend were amateur
internationals.
Thanks to John
Treleven for providing match details. |
Season
1968-69 |
x |
Sir Alf
Ramsey |
Guernsey Football Association 75th Anniversary Match |
271 |
10 September 1968
- Guernsey 0 England 4
[0- ]
The Track, Saint
Sampson, Guernsey |
Chilton (3),
Piper |
AW |
Having
visited the largest of the Channel Islands three years earlier, the
now Sir Alf Ramsey repeated the favour for the second-largest island
on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Guernsey FA. It was
again a young side, with two future internationals in Peter Shilton
and Colin Todd. The side was captained by Chris Chilton, who scored
a hat-trick. |
|
x |
Jimmy
Armfield |
Football Association Tour of Tahiti, New Zealand
and Far East |
33-year-old Jimmy Armfield took charge of a 17-man
FA squad that toured New
Zealand for the first time since 1961, following a Polynesian
stop-over and followed by three games in the Far East before the long journey home. They
were joined by the trainer to the England amateur team, Jack
Jennings, who must have treated Armfield for the hairline fracture
in his left ankle, that kept him on the sidelines for the first
three weeks of the tour. There were two other former internationals in the
party, one future international (Keith Weller) and even a future
Scottish international, Bruce Rioch, who scored against England, at
Wembley, six years later. |
272 |
21
May 1969
- Tahiti 1 England 4
[ - ]
Stade Hamuta, Pape'ete
(4,600) |
nk
Hateley
(3), Knighton |
AW |
With
Armfield out injured, Don Megson captained the side in the first match
of the month-long, eleven-match tour. The two other former
internationals, plus the future England international, were in the
team that beat what was, effectively, French Polynesia, represented
by the largest island of the territory. Tony Hateley, whose son,
Mark was to win 32 full England caps, scored a hat-trick on this
historic first visit to the South Pacific. |
273 |
25 May 1969
- Auckland 1 England 8
[ - ]
Carlaw Park, Auckland |
Guildea
Eastham (5), Payne (2), Weller |
AW |
The
tourists travelled over two thousand miles to begin their New
Zealand tour, four days later, though they'd only actually had a
three-day
break, due to them crossing the International Date Line. George
Eastham (one of the two former internationals in the side) found
goals easy to come by and the future cap (Weller) also got on the scoresheet. The side was unchanged, but the future Scottish
international (Rioch) came on as a substitute. |
274 |
28 May 1969
- Canterbury 2 England 6
[ - ]
English Park, Christchurch |
Griffiths, Madrussan
Rioch
(3), Piper, Eastham, Hateley |
AW |
England
made three changes for their first match on the South Island, with
Rioch (the future Scottish cap) making an impressive first start.
Eastham was the only former international in the team, though future
cap, Weller also played. |
275 |
31 May 1969
-
Otago and Southland 0 England 11
[0- ]
Caledonian Ground, Dunedin |
Weller (3), Hateley
(3),
Rioch
(2), Morgan, Knighton,
Eastham |
AW |
The
visitors returned to the Caledonian Ground, exactly eight years to
the day since their last visit, and they scored one more goal. They
were unchanged from the game in Christchurch. |
276 |
2 June 1969
- New Zealand 1 England 7
[0-3]
Basin Reserve, Wellington
(6,000) |
Mears
Hateley
(4),
Rioch, Weller, Piper |
AW |
England
were back on the North Island and made two changes for this
unofficial international (for both countries). Goalkeeper, Alan
Hodgkinson returned and brought the former international contingent
back up to two, alongside both future internationals, though Weller
was substituted during the game. |
|
x |
Sir
Alf
Ramsey |
England Tour of Latin
America |
277 |
3
June 1969
- Mexico 0 England 4
[0-3]
Estádio Jalisco, Guadalajara
(45,000) |
Clarke (2), Astle (2) |
AW |
Mario Pérez
Alan Mullery |
Two days
after a goalless draw between the two countries in Mexico City in
front of 105,000 in the first match of the full international tour,
England travelled to, what was to be their home, for their first
defence of the World Cup, in twelve months' time. The Mexicans
fielded four members of the defence that had kept out the
first-choice England attackers, and they added two more of the team
as second-half substitutes, but they were unable to resist a
patched-up England side that contained only three members of the
Mexico City team (Ball, Moore and Peters) plus Tommy Wright, who had been
a late substitute, two days earlier. It was not an official
international and three uncapped players were in the side; most
notably Allan Clarke, who scored twice, and their only fit
goalkeeper, Peter Shilton. Alan Mullery, who had become the first
player sent off for England, twelve months earlier, achieved an
unwanted double, when he was dismissed again, five minutes before
the end, following a scuffle with Mario
Pérez. |
|
x |
Jimmy
Armfield |
Football Association Tour of New Zealand
and Far East |
278 |
4 June 1969
- Central League 2 England 3
[ - ]
Palmerston North Showgrounds, Manawatu-Wanganui |
Francis, Bruce
Rioch, Hateley,
Morgan |
AW |
After
nineteen Football Association Tour games (amateur and professional) in New Zealand
where none of the hosts had gotten within four goals of their
opponents, England found themselves twice behind against the
representative league team of the lower North Island. The visitors
made only one change from two days earlier; in goal, leaving
Eastham, once again, as the only former international in the side. |
279 |
7 June 1969
- New Zealand 0 England 5
[0-3]
Seddon Park, Hamilton, Waikato
(5,000) |
Eastham (3), Hateley, Weller |
AW |
England
played a New Zealand squad eleven in another unofficial
international on their first visit to Hamilton. The hosts kept five
players from their defeat in Wellington, five days earlier, whilst
the tourists brought back Hodgkinson in goal, thus reverting back to
the side that had won in Wellington. |
280 |
11
June 1969
- New Zealand 0 England 5
[0-3]
Newmarket Park, Auckland
(5,000) |
Weller
(2), Hateley (3) |
AW |
The New
Zealand leg of the tour ended back in Auckland, with a game against
the full-strength national team, though there were only three
changes to the side that they had beaten in Hamilton, four days
earlier. England were a settled side. They were unchanged and the
result was the same. Jimmy Armfield replaced Rioch at half-time to
make his first appearance of the tour, so they were able to field
all three of their former internationals for the second half. Nine
years later, an official England B squad toured New Zealand;
details, of which, can be found
here. |
281 |
14 June 1969
- Singapore 0 England 9
[0-3]
Jalan Besar Stadium, Kallang
(8,000) |
Hateley
(4), Weller
(2), Piper
(2),
Eastham |
AW |
The squad
moved on to Singapore and repeated the scoreline of their last
visit, in the same stadium, eight years earlier. They were unchanged
again, with Armfield, this time, replacing Weller at half-time. |
282 |
16 June 1969
- Hong Kong 0 England 6 [0-1]
Happy Valley Sports Ground, Wan Chai (20,647) |
Hateley, Morgan (2),
Eddy (pen), Piper
(2) |
AW |
England
made one change from the game in Singapore, just two days earlier,
but the player left out, Norman Piper, came on at half-time and
rounded off the victory with two goals in the last five minutes.
Armfield also came on at half-time, again replacing Weller. The home
crowd turned hostile towards the end, lighting fires on the terraces
and riot police escorted the players off the pitch (which was in the
middle of a racecourse) after the final
whistle. |
283 |
20 June 1969
- Thailand 0 England 4 [0-1]
Supachalasai Stadium, Bangkok
(40,000) |
Hateley, Weller
(2), Piper |
AW |
The
Football Association squad ended the tour with a first trip to
Thailand. They made one change again, to bring Piper back into the
side. Hateley opened the scoring with his 22nd goal in eleven
matches, only failing to score in one game, and Armfield made his
customary half-time appearance, for the fourth game in succession,
this time at the expense of Rioch. |
Season
1969-70 |
x |
Sir
Alf
Ramsey |
B International |
England's
defence of the World Cup was a little under two weeks away and to
help the players acclimatize to the high altitudes of Mexico City,
they attempted to give as many of the squad as possible some
international experience in similar conditions in nearby countries
in northern parts of South America. Against Colombia, a
double-header was arranged, with what was, effectively, a B
international being played in the same stadium, two hours before the
full international between the two countries. The players still had
everything to play for, because six of them had to be sent home
before the tournament began. |
284 |
20
May 1970
- Colombia 0 England 1
[0-0]
Estadio Nemesio
Camacho,
Bogotá
(35,000) |
Astle |
AW |
England's outfield substitutes were the
same for both games, but only two were used, and between them, they
conjured up the only goal, with fifteen minutes remaining. Ralph
Coates headed the ball on for Jeff Astle to score. Astle made the
final squad, but Coates did not. |
Season
1970-71 |
x |
|
Football Association of Ireland Golden Jubilee Match |
Two days
after England had beaten Scotland at Wembley to win the British
Championship, the Football Association sent its touring squad to
Dublin to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the FAI. |
285 |
24
May 1971
- Republic of Ireland 1 England 1
[0-1]
Lansdowne Road, Dublin
(8,000) |
Heighway
Wagstaff |
AD |
The home
team fielded ten of the side that was to lose, 4-1, to Austria, in a
European Championship qualifier, in Dublin, six days later. England
were headed for a tour of Australia and had one former international
(Barry Bridges) in the side, plus a future World Cup captain, in
Mick Mills. |
|
x |
|
Football Association Tour of Australia |
A squad
of sixteen comprised the Football Association's first tour of
Australia for twenty years. It was much shorter than previous tours
(nine games in five weeks). Only one full international (Barry
Bridges) was in the party, but there were two future internationals
(Mick Mills and Dave Watson) and a future European Cup-winning
captain (Dennis Mortimer). |
286 |
30 May 1971
- New South Wales 0 England 1
[0-1]
Sydney Sports Ground,
Sydney
(19,000) |
Chilton |
AW |
Chris
Chilton scored in the sixteenth minute, but this match was the first
indication that the standard in Australia had significantly improved
since the last visit. It was the first time that an FA side had
failed to score more than one goal in 56 Australian tour matches
(amateur and professional). The tourists fielded an uncapped
starting eleven, with one future international (Mills). Former
international, Bridges came on for the last fifteen minutes. |
287 |
2 June 1971
-
Northern New South Wales 0 England 3
[0- ]
Crystal Palace,
Newcastle
(5,000) |
McVitie, Eddy, Watson |
AW |
288 |
6 June 1971
- Victoria 1 England 3
[ - ]
Melbourne, Victoria |
nk
Keen (2),
Garland |
AW |
289 |
9 June 1971
- Tasmania 0 England 8
[0-4]
Hobart, Tasmania |
Chilton
(3), Keen (2),
Bridges, Garland, Piper |
AW |
First Test |
|
290 |
13 June 1971
- Australia 0 England 1
[0-0]
Sydney Sports
Ground,
Sydney
(16,775) |
Watson |
AW |
England
returned to Sydney and found the national side a tough nut to crack.
Bridges was not in the side, so they were again uncapped, but the
two future internationals were present; one of them (Dave Watson)
scoring the only goal in the 52nd minute. |
291 |
14 June 1971
- Queensland 0 England 6
[0- ]
Brisbane, Queensland |
McVitie
(3),
Wagstaff,
Eddy, Watson |
AW |
Only 24
hours after the test match, the tourists arrived in Brisbane and
found goals easy to come by. |
Second Test |
|
292 |
20 June 1971
- Australia 0 England 1
[0-1]
Olympic Park, Melbourne
(12,216) |
Watson |
AW |
Both
sides were unchanged from the previous week's meeting, so it was,
perhaps, not surprising that it had the same outcome, even down to
the same goalscorer, though this time in the 31st minute. |
293 |
23 June 1971
- South Australia 0 England 5
[0- ]
Adelaide, South Australia |
nk |
AW |
294 |
26 June 1971
- Western Australia 1 England 6
[ - ]
Perry Lakes Stadium, Perth |
Harrison
nk |
AW |
The squad
completed the tour with a hundred per cent record. It was the 54th
successive tour victory for an FA professional team in Australia.
England have only returned to Australia to play full internationals
since. |
Season 1972-73 |
x |
Sir
Alf
Ramsey |
Friendly match |
295 |
10 April
1973
- Gibraltar 0 England 9
[0-4]
Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar |
T.Francis (2),
Worthington (3),
Sulley (2),
Paine (2) |
AW |
Six
months after a car accident deprived him of the sight of his right
eye, and of his first-class career, England's World Cup-winning
goalkeeper, Gordon Banks captained an FA eleven, that included two
other full internationals, including fellow World Cup winner, Nobby
Stiles. Banks and Stiles were both substituted at half-time. There were also three future internationals in the team.
Thanks to Andy
Kelly for locating the match report. |
Season 1975-76 |
x |
Don Revie |
American Bicentennial Cup |
To commemorate the 200th
anniversary of the American Revolution, Brazil, England and Italy
were invited to the United States to compete in a four-team
tournament with the hosts. England's first two games had been full
internationals. |
296 |
31 May 1976
-
North American Soccer League 1
England 3
[0-2]
John F.
Kennedy Stadium,
Philadelphia
(16,239) |
Scullion
Keegan (2), Francis |
AW |
The home team included only three
Americans, but they also had two World Cup winners, in Brazil's
Pelé and England's Bobby Moore (who was
captain), as well as Northern Ireland's player-manager, Dave
Clements, three other English players, including a former
international (Tommy Smith), and a former Welsh international
captain (Mike England). To complete the United Kingdom influence in
'Team America', Scotsman, Stewart Scullion came on for the second
half and scored their only goal of the tournament. Only three of the starting
line-up had begun the game against Italy, in New York, three days
earlier. Brazil won the tournament, with England runners-up. |
Season 1985-86 |
x |
Bobby
Robson |
Friendly matches |
297 |
14 May 1986 -
Korea Republic 1
England 4
[0-2]
Fountain Valley School, Colorado Springs, USA
(3,000) |
Kang
Hateley, Robson, Dixon (2) |
NW |
An important match in
England's high-altitude preparations for the upcoming World Cup in
Mexico, against fellow qualifiers. Seventeen members of the squad
were used. Three of the four Everton players were left out, because
they had played in the FA Cup Final, four days earlier, and they
were behind the rest of the squad in acclimatizing themselves to the
altitude. |
Season 1987-88 |
298 |
9 June
1988 -
Heilbronn
0
England 4
[ - ]
Frankenstadion, Heilbronn, West Germany
(6,500) |
Waddle (2), McMahon, Hateley |
AW |
Four days before
England's opening match of the European Championship in Stuttgart,
they took on a team made up of the players from the two main clubs
in the city of Heilbronn. The highest ranked, VfR Heilbronn, was in
the fourth tier of West German football. |
Season 1989-90 |
299 |
5 June
1990 -
Sardinia 2
England 10
[1-5]
Oristano, Sardinia, Italy
(2,500) |
McMahon OG,
Tomasso
Webb (3),
Beardsley (3), Bull (2), Platt, McMahon |
AW |
England's final game
before their World Cup opener, six days later. Only three of the
side were to start against Ireland in Cagliari (Beardsley, Butcher
and Stevens). They played against a team representing the island of
Sardinia, where England were based for the first round of the World
Cup in Italy. Steve McMahon scored a deliberate own goal before any
Sardinians had touched the ball, in a symbolic gesture representing
the effect on the England team if any of their supporters committed
violent acts during the tournament. Gianfranco Zola, from Italian
Champions, Napoli, returned to his native Sardinia to play the first
hour. Seven years later, he would be England's Footballer of the
Year, after scoring the only goal of a World Cup qualifier against England at Wembley, whilst
with Chelsea. |
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