On June 5th 1968 with Alf Ramsey as manager, Alan Mullery was sent off against Yugoslavia in the semi-final of the European Nations' Cup in Florence. He became the first England player to be sent off in a full international. 60,000 watched this failure having beaten Spain in the quarter-final 3-1 over two legs.
Team v Yugoslavia; Banks, Newton K, Wilson, Mullery, Labone, Moore, Ball, Peters, Charlton R, Hunt, Hunter.
Here is a little explanation of his behaviour;
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/17899534
In the 3rd place match v USSR England won 2-0 with Charlton and Hunt scoring.
In 1999, on the same date, Paul Scholes was cautioned twice for tackles during the first 51 minutes of the game and he was sent off. This was against Sweden in an European 2000 qualifier at the old Wembley. Scholes was the first English international player to be sent off at the old Wembley.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7kqfVjzIZ8
On June 6th 1986 England played Morocco in a World Cup group tie in Mexico. This was the first meeting of England and an African country in the World Cup finals. Ray Wilkins was sent off and was the first England player to suffer in a World Cup finals tie. The score ended 0-0. Wilkins threw the ball at the Paraguayan referee, Gabriel Gonzalez, his second offence.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aa2EplzQ7xA
Morocco won the group (the first time an African country had got through the Group stages), England came second, having lost to Portugal 0-1 and beaten Poland 3-0 (Lineker 3).
In the Second round England beat Paraguay 3-0 (Lineker 2, Beardsley) and lost to Argentina and Maradona in the quarter-final in Mexico City.
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