The first international break since the World Cup sees qualifying get underway for the Euro next year, and England vs Italy is first up at the infamous Stadio Diego Armando Maradona in Naples, before they return to Wembley to face Ukraine in a tricky double-header.
Italy vs England: The Last Time Three Lions Won Away
As England prepare to face Italy this evening for matchday one of their Euro 2024 qualifying campaign, Gareth Southgate and his side will be all too aware of their torried record against the Azzuri over the years.
Recent history has resulted in tight, tense affairs with England losing the Euro 2020 final on penalties, before failing to win either of their head-to-heads in the Nations League group games last year (0-0 and 1-0).
However, if you are eager to find out when England last won on Italian soil, you have to wind the clocks back a whole 62 years to the 24th May 1961.
A Three Lions side featuring the likes of Bobby Robson, Bobby Charlton and Ron Flowers claimed a late 3-2 friendly win in Rome courtesy of an 86th minute goal from Jimmy Greaves.
To Put That Into Context…
- Russian astronaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space a month earlier.
- US Cuban Exiles and CIA mount an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow Castro known as the Bay of Pigs in April.
- The Sunday Telegraph newspaper is published for the first time in February.
- The Beatles make their debut appearance at The Cavern Club in Liverpool.
- Tottenham win their second First Division Title – their last league triumph to this day.
- The Apartment wins the Oscar for Best Picture – it would be the final black-and-white Best Picture recipient until Schindler’s List in 1993.
- Just two days prior to England’s win, President Kennedy announced his intention of putting an American man on the moon before the close of the decade.
- Betting shops are permitted to open in the United Kingdom for the first time.
- Diana Spencer, the future Princess of Wales, is born.
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