On this day in 1934 – The "Battle of Highbury": England defeated world champions Italy 3–2 in a notoriously ill-tempered friendly at Arsenal's Highbury stadium. England's starting line-up featured a record seven Arsenal players (Bastin, Bowden, Copping, Drake, Hapgood, Male, and Moss)—a record for the most players from a single club in an England starting XI that still stands. The match resulted in multiple severe injuries, including a broken foot, a broken arm, and a broken nose., BUT to whom!!
- 1990 – Ireland vs. England: The sides drew 1–1 in a tense international fixture in Dublin, which was marred by post-match clashes on O'Connell Street.
- 2001 – Latvia’s 200th Match: Latvia played their 200th official international match in Rīga against Russia.
- 2012 – Steven Gerrard’s Century & Zlatan’s Four Goals: Liverpool midfielder Steven Gerrard earned his 100th cap for England during a 4–2 friendly defeat against Sweden at the newly inaugurated Friends Arena in Stockholm, where Sweden's Zlatan Ibrahimović scored all four goals (including an iconic overhead bicycle kick from 30 yards out REALLY!!!).
- 2012 – Turkey’s 500th Match: The Turkey national team played the 500th match in their history in Istanbul against Denmark.
- 2019 – England’s 1000th Match: England faced Montenegro at Wembley Stadium in what marked the 1000th international match in the history of the England national team. Score: Montenegro 1–5 England (March 25, 2019) Goalscorers: Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (opened the scoring), Harry Kane (scored a first-half hat-trick) Marcus Rashford, Tammy Abraham (scored his first international goal), Dušan Šofranac (Montenegro own goal!!)
- 2024 – Slovenia’s 300th Match: Slovenia played their 300th official international match in Ljubljana against Norway.
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