England's and its Amateurs' series of 18 matches unbeaten each

NB: the list below only includes those matches of the England Amateur side which were
    considered official by the opponents, so not those against the Amateur sides of
    Wales and Ireland.

Game Date       Venue          Opponent         Score    Remark
  -.  7- 4-1906 Glasgow        Scotland          1-2     [Home Championship]
A 1.  1-11-1906 Paris          France           15-0
  1. 16- 2-1907 Liverpool      Ireland           1-0     [Home Championship]
  2. 18- 3-1907 London         Wales             1-1     [Home Championship]
A 2.  1- 4-1907 Den Haag       Netherlands       8-1
  3.  6- 4-1907 Newcastle      Scotland          1-1     [Home Championship]
A 3. 21-12-1907 Darlington     Netherlands      12-2
  4. 15- 2-1908 Belfast        Ireland           3-1     [Home Championship]
  5. 16- 3-1908 Wrexham        Wales             7-1     [Home Championship]
A 4. 23- 3-1908 Ipswich        France           12-0
  6.  4- 4-1908 Glasgow        Scotland          1-1     [Home Championship]
A 5. 18- 4-1908 Brussel        Belgium           8-2
A 6. 20- 4-1908 Berlin         Germany           5-1
  7.  6- 6-1908 Wien           Austria           6-1
  8.  8- 6-1908 Wien           Austria          11-1
  9. 10- 6-1908 Budapest       Hungary           7-0
 10. 13- 6-1908 Praha          Bohemia           4-0
A 7.  8- 9-1908 Göteborg       Sweden            6-1
A 8. 20-10-1908 London         Sweden           12-1     [Olympic Games]
A 9. 22-10-1908 London         Netherlands       4-0     [Olympic Games]
A10. 24-10-1908 London         Denmark           2-0     [Olympic Games]
 11. 13- 2-1909 Bradford       Ireland           4-0     [Home Championship]
 12. 15- 3-1909 Nottingham     Wales             2-0     [Home Championship]
A11. 16- 3-1909 Oxford         Germany           9-0
 13.  3- 4-1909 London         Scotland          2-0     [Home Championship]
A12. 12- 4-1909 Amsterdam      Netherlands       4-0
A13. 17- 4-1909 London         Belgium          11-2
A14. 20- 5-1909 Bern           Switzerland       9-0
A15. 22- 5-1909 Paris          France           11-0
 14. 29- 5-1909 Budapest       Hungary           4-2
 15. 31- 5-1909 Budapest       Hungary           8-2
 16.  1- 6-1909 Wien           Austria           8-1
A16.  6-11-1909 Hull           Sweden            7-0
A17. 11-12-1909 London         Netherlands       9-1
 17. 12- 2-1910 Belfast        Ireland           1-1     [Home Championship]
 18. 14- 3-1910 Cardiff        Wales             1-0     [Home Championship]
A18. 26- 3-1910 Brussel        Belgium           2-2
  -.  2- 4-1910 Glasgow        Scotland          0-2     [Home Championship]

Matches preceded by an A and with the opponent in italics concern the English
Amateur side.  

Taken together, England and England Amateurs were thus unbeaten for 36
matches; the matches A5 to A17 constitute a series of 23 consecutive wins.

Of those, the matches 7 to 16 constitute a series of 10 consecutive wins
for the full squad.

The English Amateur side had a series of 17 consecutive wins, consisting of
the matches A1 to A17 above.  Including matches against the Amateur sides of
Ireland and Wales, the winning series runs to 21 matches: matches A1 to A16
above and:
     15-12-1906 Dublin         Ireland Amateur   2-1
      7-12-1907 London         Ireland Amateur   6-1
     22- 2-1908 Stockport      Wales Amateur     1-0
     21-11-1908 Dublin         Ireland Amateur   5-1
     20- 2-1909 Aberdare       Wales Amateur     5-2
ended by
     20-11-1909 Leeds          Ireland Amateur   4-4

Moreover, the English Amateur side was unbeaten for 20 matches, a series
consisting of A1 to A18 above plus additionally:

A19.  9- 4-1910 London         Switzerland       6-1
A20. 16- 4-1910 Brighton       France           10-1

and ended by:

A -.  5- 5-1910 København      Denmark           1-2

Including matches against the Amateur sides of Ireland and Wales, the unbeaten
series runs to 27 matches: matches A1 to A20 above plus additionally:
     15-12-1906 Dublin         Ireland Amateur   2-1
      7-12-1907 London         Ireland Amateur   6-1
     22- 2-1908 Stockport      Wales Amateur     1-0
     21-11-1908 Dublin         Ireland Amateur   5-1
     20- 2-1909 Aberdare       Wales Amateur     5-2
     20-11-1909 Leeds          Ireland Amateur   4-4
     19- 2-1910 Huddersfield   Wales Amateur     6-0



Note that all above matches concerning the English Amateur side (bar those
against Ireland and Wales) are considered full internationals by the opponents.

Also note that matches A8 to A10 (at the London Olympics) were officially played
as Great Britain representatives.


List of England Amateur Internationals at englandfootballonline

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