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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]

1870s

5 March 1870 International Friendly England  1 – 1  Scotland London, England
Stadium: The Oval Cricket Ground
19 November 1870 International Friendly England  1 – 0  Scotland London, England
Stadium: The Oval Cricket Ground
Attendance: 650
25 February 1871 International Friendly England  1 – 1  Scotland London, England
Stadium: The Oval Cricket Ground
Attendance: >500
18 November 1871 International Friendly England  2 – 1  Scotland London, England
Stadium: The Oval Cricket Ground
24 February 1872 International Friendly England  1 – 0  Scotland London, England
Stadium: The Oval Cricket Ground

1890s

19 December 1891 International Friendly[2] England  6 – 1  Canada London, England
[3] J C Warbrick Stadium: The Oval Cricket Ground
Referee: N L Jackson
Assistant referees:

1900s

25 September 1901 [a] England  10 – 0  Germany Manchester, England
  • Bloomer 2
  • Wooldridge 4
  • Calvey 3
  • Wharton
[4]: 11  Stadium: Hyde Road
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.[4]: 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.[5]

1910s

29 June 1910 Test Match[a] South Africa  0 – 3  England Durban
[4]: 11  Hibbert 3 Attendance: 5,000
23 July 1910 Test Match[a] South Africa  2 – 6  England Johannesburg
  • Messer
  • Hartigan
[4]: 11  Attendance: 13,000
30 July 1910 Test Match[a] South Africa  3 – 6  England Cape Town
[4]: 11  Attendance: 5,000

World War I

13 May 1916 International Friendly[b] England  4 – 3  Scotland Liverpool
Report
Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 22,000
8 June 1918 International Friendly[c] Scotland  2 – 0  England Glasgow
[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
Report 1
Report 2
Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: A. Warner
3 May 1919 Victory International Scotland  3 – 4  England Glasgow
Report 1
Report 2
Stadium: Hampden Park
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: A.A. Jackson
11 October 1919 Victory International Wales  2 – 1  England Cardiff, Wales
Report Puddefoot 77' Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 20,000
18 October 1919 Victory International England  2 – 0  Wales Stoke-on-Trent, England
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.[4]: 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.[6][7][8]
  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.[8][9]

1920s

19 June 1920 Test Match[a] South Africa  1 – 3  England Durban
Fitchat [4]: 13  Attendance: 16,000
26 June 1920 Test Match[a] South Africa  0 – 3  England Johannesburg
[4]: 13  Stadium: Wanderers
Attendance: 19,000
Referee: E G Williams
17 July 1920 Test Match[a] South Africa  1 – 9  England Cape Town
Mason [4]: 13  Stadium: Hartleyvale Stadium
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Tarbottom


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


15 July 1926 Test Match[c] Eastern CanadaCanada 1 – 2  England Montreal
D Eadie [4]: 15  Attendance: 7,000
Referee: H S Lyons


15 June 1929 Test Match[d] South Africa  2 – 3  England Durban
  • Dick
  • Stuart
[4]: 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 [4]: 16 

1930s

12 March 1930 Trial Match England  1 – 6 EnglandThe Rest Liverpool, England
Tunstall [11]
  • Jack 3
  • Strange
  • Marsden
  • Johnson
Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: W E Rycroft
4 March 1931 Trial Match England  3 – 2 EnglandThe Rest London, England
Dean 3 [11] Burgess 2 Stadium: Highbury
Attendance: 14,282
Referee: G T Gould


15 July 1931 Test Match[a] National Soccer LeagueCanada 0 – 10  England Montreal
[4]: 16  Attendance: 2,500


16 March 1932 Trial Match England  1 – 4 EnglandThe Rest Huddersfield, England
Bastin [11]
  • Waring 2
  • Hulme
  • Barclay
Stadium: Leeds Road
Attendance: 8,444
Referee: H Bateson
22 March 1933 Trial Match England  1 – 5 EnglandThe Rest Portsmouth, England
Bastin [11]
  • Hulme 2
  • Hunt 2
  • Pickering
Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 15,103
Referee: E G Walliker
21 March 1934 Trial Match England  1 – 7 EnglandThe Rest Sunderland, England
Willingham [11]
  • Carter 4
  • Gurney 2
  • Brook
Stadium: Roker Park
Attendance: 13,500
Referee: T J Thompson
27 March 1935 Trial Match[b] England  2 – 2 EnglandThe Rest West Bromwich, England
Drake 2 [11]
  • 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
[4]: 18 
Stadium: Wanderers
Attendance: 34,000
24 June 1939 Test Match[g] South Africa  2 – 8  England Durban
  • Smethurst
  • Gibb
[4]: 18–19 
Stadium: Kingsmead Stadium
1 July 1939 Test Match[g] South Africa  1 – 2  England Johannesburg
Smethurst [4]: 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.[11]
  3. ^ Trial of 2 referee system.[11]
  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.[12]
  7. ^ a b c Football Association XI tour of South Africa.

World War II

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.[6]

1940s

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
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
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
[13] Stadium: Stadion Neufeld
Attendance: 35,000
21 July 1945 International Friendly[a] Switzerland B  0 – 3  England[b] Zürich, Switzerland
[13] 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.[13]
  2. ^ a b Originally considered to be an official England team. Later downgraded to Services XI.[13]
  3. ^ Fundraising match for the Burnden Park disaster.

1950s

19 June 1950 Test Match[a] United States  0 – 1  England New York
[4]: 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 LeagueUnited States 0 – 4  England New York
[4]: 31  Stadium: Croke Park
Attendance: 2,500
26 May 1951 Test Match[c] Australia  1 – 4  England Sydney
F Parsons [4]: 31  Stadium: Sydney Cricket Ground
Attendance: 46,000
Referee: Wright
30 June 1951 Test Match[c] Australia  0 – 17  England Sydney
[4]: 31  Stadium: Sydney Cricket Ground
Referee: McLeod
7 July 1951 Test Match[c] Australia  1 – 4  England Brisbane
H Robertson [4]: 31  Referee: Perotte
14 July 1951 Test Match[c] Australia  1 – 6  England Sydney
E Hulme [4]: 31  Stadium: Sydney Showground
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Chidgey
21 July 1951 Test Match[c] Australia  0 – 5  England Newcastle, New South Wales
[4]: 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 Wales
9 May 1955 An Tóstal Festival All-IrelandRepublic of IrelandNorthern Ireland 5 – 6 EnglandEngland[g] Dublin, Ireland
[4]: 35  Stadium: Dalymount Park
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: J Smith
7 May 1956 An Tóstal Festival All-IrelandRepublic of IrelandNorthern Ireland 3 – 5 EnglandEngland[g] Dublin, Ireland
[4]: 36  Stadium: Dalymount Park
Referee: J Meighan
14 May 1956 [h] Ireland-WalesRepublic of IrelandWales 3 – 3 EnglandScotlandEngland-Scotland Dublin, Ireland
  • J P Dunne
  • Allchurch 2
[4]: 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
[4]: 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
[4]: 37  Stadium: Kingsmead Stadium
Attendance: 23,000
Referee: J Fitzgerald
9 July 1956 Test Match[i] South Africa  0 – 0  England Cape Town
[4]: 37  Stadium: Hartleyvale Stadium
Attendance: 12,500
14 July 1956 Test Match[i] South Africa  1 – 4  England Salisbury
C Hurly [4]: 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.[12]
  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

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


23 May 1963 Friendly[c] England  3 – 3 England 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
[4]: 58  Attendance: 4,000
2 June 1969 Test Match[e] New Zealand  1 – 7  England Wellington
  • Mears
[4]: 58  Stadium: Basin Reserve
Attendance: 6,000


4 June 1969 Friendly Mexico  0 – 4  England Guadalajara, Mexico
[4]: 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
[4]: 58  Attendance: 6,000
Referee: R Rump
11 June 1969 Test Match[e] New Zealand  0 – 5  England Auckland
[4]: 58  Stadium: Newmarket Park
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Coffman
14 June 1969 Test Match[e] Singapore  0 – 9  England Singapore
[4]: 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
[4]: 59  Stadium: Happy Valley Stadium
Attendance: 20,647
Referee: Fred Pratlett
20 June 1969 Test Match[e] Thailand  0 – 4  England Bangkok
[4]: 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.[12]
  5. ^ a b c d e f g Football Association XI tour of Tahiti, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong and Thailand.

1970s

1980s

  1. ^ Centenary commemoration match for the London Football Association.[15][16]
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.[17][18][16]

1990s

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.[20][21][22]

1996

1998

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

2010s

See also

References

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  16. ^ a b England matches: Testimonials, Clubs and Forces, England Football Online
  17. ^ Históricos de San Mamés VIII: Athletic - Brasil, la fiesta del centenario (Histories of San Mamés VIII: Athletic - Brazil, the centenary party), Vavel, 6 May 2013 (in Spanish)
  18. ^ Athletic Club 1–1 Inglaterra, Athletic Bilbao
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  21. ^ "England v Republic of Ireland: Riot marred Lansdowne Road friendly". BBC Sport. 28 May 2013. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
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