ENGLAND v SPAIN

It would have been half term when I was at home as a 9 year old watching England play Spain in a friendly international at Wembley. I remember the 4-2 victory which seemed to be relatively easy, considering that England had lost conclusively 0-3 in Madrid in May. 80,000 witnessed the win as Jimmy Greaves, Bryan Douglas and Bobby Smith (2) scored our goals. Greaves scored 9 goals in England internationals out of 27 in 1960. Here's Bobby.....

The team also included; Springett, Armfield, McNeil, Robson (Bobby), Swan, Flowers, Haynes (capt) and Charlton (Bobby). Here's another Bobby...

Surprisingly the two sides have only met 25 times with England winning 3 and drawing 3 since the first meeting in May 1929 (Spain won 4-3).
In 1931 England won 7-1 and then a gap before 1950 in a World Cup group game which England lost 1-0, a tournament in which England had lost to the USA amateurs.

There were then several matches involving the two nations with England winning 7 times through to 1980. Most recently England and Spain drew 2-2 in a friendly on the 15th November 2016. Lallana after 9 mins from the pen spot and Vardy after 48 scored at perfect times only for England to throw the win away in the 88 and 90 minutes.
The starting XI was Hart, Clyne, Stones, Cahill, Dier, Rose, Henderson, Lingard, Lallana, Sterling and Vardy.

Tonight in the UEFA Nations League the two meet at Wembley.