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As part of the Festival of Britain, friendly matches were arranged at the end of this season between British clubs and teams from other parts of the British Isles and from continental Europe.
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As part of the Festival of Britain, friendly matches were arranged at the end of this season between British clubs and against teams from continental Europe.
The stadium is able to hold 17,000 people and it officially opened on 4 August 2006 with a friendly against Arsenal.
On 4 August 2008 Aduriz became the first player to score at the Colchester Community Stadium, in a friendly match with Colchester United.
He made his senior debut for Honduras in a May 2000 friendly match against Canada and has earned a total of 2 caps, scoring no goals.
He made his youth international debut on 25 March 2009 in the under-18 team's friendly match against Germany in Markranstädt.
He unofficially debuted in a friendly match against Argentinos Juniors, that was lost in a penalty shoot-out after he failed the last penalty.
The following players were named in the squad for the friendly match against Hungary.
His unofficial debut was in 2009 in a friendly match against Argentinos Juniors that Universidad de Chile lost on penalties.
The stadium was opened on 17 May 2000, and was celebrated with a friendly match between Middlesbrough F.C. and A.S. Bari.
His only goal came in a friendly match against Honduras on January 29, 1993, when he opened the score in the 3–1 in the Estadio Felix Capriles, Cochabamba.
Sandy made his international debut on January 29, 1993 in a friendly match against Honduras (3-1 win) in Cochabamba.
His debut came on 1 March in a friendly match with Côte d'Ivoire, played in Valladolid.
A player from The Strongest he obtained a total number of nine caps for the Bolivia national football team in 1997, scoring two goals; both in a friendly match against Jamaica on 1997-03-23 at his debut in the Estadio Jesús Bermúdez in Oruro, Bolivia.
He is the son of player Roberto Vieri and brother of Italian star Christian Vieri, and made his international debut for Australia against Turkey in a friendly match in 2004.
He made his debut for the national side on April 20, 1994 in a friendly match in Bucharest against Romania.
Ronan made his Equatorial Guinea national team debut on 26 February 2006 in a friendly match against Benin in Cotonou.
He made his international debut on 25 March 1992 against Switzerland in a friendly played at Lansdowne Road, Dublin.
He made his debut for Chelsea in their friendly match against touring Soviet side FC Dynamo Moscow in November 1945, scoring with a powerful header in a 3-3 draw.
Woodley briefly resumed his playing career with Chelsea after the War, playing in their famous friendly match against Soviet side, Dynamo Moscow, but left on a free transfer shortly afterwards and joined Bath City.
The Zamalek disaster occurred on 17 February 1974 when fans were crushed before a football friendly match at the Zamalek Stadium in Cairo between Zamalek SC of Egypt and Dukla Prague of Czechoslovakia.
He made his debut for Latvia at full international level on 15 November 2009 in a friendly match against Honduras, coming on as a substitute in the 80th minute and replacing Genādijs Soloņicins.
His first game was at Brno on 20 April 1955, a 3-0 win over Czechoslovakia in a friendly match.
Andrew av Fløtum made his debut for the Faroe Islands in a January 2001 friendly match against Sweden, coming on as a substitute for Uni Arge.
He scored his first goal in a friendly match against Hapoel Be'er Sheva F.C. in a 1–0 victory for AEK Athens.
The stadium officially opened on 13 December 1962 on a friendly match between Hapoel and Dutch club Sportclub Enschede.
First match after the recovery from long-time injury came on 14 January 2014, in a friendly match against MSV Duisburg.
Carlovich's legend rose during a friendly match between a team formed by some prominent Rosarino players, such as Daniel Killer, Mario Kempes, Mario Zanabria and Carlovich, and the Argentina national football team which was to dispute the 1974 World Cup.
On 15 October 2013, the South Korea national football team used the stadium for the first time in the friendly match against Mali, which ended in a 3-1 victory for Korea.
Høgni Jacobsen made his debut for the Faroe Islands in a January 2001 friendly match against Sweden, coming on as a substitute for Todi Jónsson.
He could only play the few last minutes of the friendly match against Haiti, at the Estadio Cuscatlán.
Blenkinsop caught the eye of the Football Association selectors who choose him to play for England in a friendly match in France on 17 May 1928, at the Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes, Paris, it turned out to be a debut to remember as the English taught the French a lesson in football, beating them by a resounding 5–1 scoreline.
The opening match was between Bargh Shiraz and CD Castellón in a friendly match, held on 20 January 1946 which Bargh won 1-0.
He made his debut for Nigeria on 20 August 2003, in a friendly match which Nigeria lost 0–3 to Japan in Tokyo.
On July 28, 2008, Hassan played the first half as part of a Singapore Selection side in a friendly match against the Brazil Olympics Team and made outstanding saves against Diego and Alexandre Pato's shots, letting in only two goals.
On January 4, 1997, in a friendly match between Espérance and French side Olympique Lyon at Stade Chedli Zouiten, Berkhissa had a heart attack on the field in the last minutes of the game and died.
Aku was on his way from Jos to Lagos to watch a friendly match between the Nigerian and Kenyan national teams.
The first friendly match that he took charge of was Hull City's fixture against Notts County on the 1 September 1904.
Buckland made one first-class appearance during the 1948 season, playing in an early season friendly match at Rodney Parade, Newport, against Glamorgan in which both teams tried out new players.
On 13 October 1976, he made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland national football team in a friendly match against Turkey in Ankara.
Vázquez received his first international call up for the Mexican national football team on January 23, 2014, under coach Miguel Herrera for a friendly match against South Korea held in the United States in preparation for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
The following month, Mwape was in goal for Zambia in 1-1 draw in a friendly match against Malawi in Lusaka, with his elder brother Emmanuel on the bench as the reserve goalkeeper.
Beckerman's first appearance for the Senior National Team came January 20, 2007 in a friendly match against Denmark.
He is most memorable for participating the friendly match South China Athletic Association (Lee is loaned from Eastern for that match, along with Dale Tempest) versus São Paulo, the Brazilian team with national representatives Cafu, Leonardo Araújo and Zetti at that time.
Londrina was founded by a group of sportsmen who, after watching a friendly match between Nacional and Vasco da Gama in Rolândia, decided that they did not want to go to Rolândia to watch football.
He consequently gained his first cap for the Italian national team in a friendly match 18 August 2004 lost 2–0 to Iceland in Reykjavík, which also marked Marcello Lippi's debut at the helm of the Azzurri.
Hasebe made his senior national team debut on 11 February 2006, in a friendly match against the USA at AT&T Park in San Francisco.
On 24 January 2012, he featured for the senior national team in a friendly match against Icheon Citizen FC, wherein he scored the equalizer to end the match 1–1 in regulation time, forcing a penalty shoot-out that eventually led them to a 2–4 loss.
Born in Pastida, Avgenikou began playing football with Asteras Pastidas.On 11 April 2012, he made his debut for the Greece U19 in a friendly match against Slovenia U19.
In 2002, Kritikopoulos died from cardiac arrest while playing in a friendly match for Olympiacos' veterans in Andros.
In September 1979 the Women's Football Association (WFA) enlisted Rawding to take charge of the managerless England women's national football team for a friendly match against Denmark at Boothferry Park in Hull.
Vulićević made his international debut for Serbia in a friendly match, on 14 December 2008, against Poland in Antalya.
He got his international debut for Bosnia and Herzegovina on 31 May 2012 in a friendly match against Mexico on Soldier Field in Chicago which Bosnia and Herzegovina lost 2–1 in the dying minutes of the match due to a catastrophic mistake by Stojan Vranješ.
Suárez made his debut for the Bolivian national team on November 3, 1999 in a friendly match against Paraguay, as a substitute for Gonzalo Galindo.
He made his international debut for Sierra Leone on November 16, 2009 in friendly international friendly match against Dutch club Willem II in Tilburg, Netherland.
At age 17, Paoli was called by coach Theo Bücker for the Lebanon national football team during a friendly match against the Australia on 6 September 2012 in which he comes into play in the 59th minute.
On May 18, 2011 he was reserved to play a friendly match against Germany in Sinsheim.
He made his debut for Bolivia in a friendly match against Guyanain 16 August 2012 playing the whole 90 minutes starting the match.He is also in the Bolivian squad for the World Cup qualifiers becoming an undisputed starter.
Reynolds has played in several international exhibitions including in July 2005 with Portland Timbers in a friendly against Sunderland of the English Premier League; friendly matches with Chivas USA against Mexican Primera A sides Necaxa in October 2006 in Aguascalientes, Mexico, and Chivas Guadalajara at Estadio Jalisco in November 2007; and on August 2, 2008 for Miami FC in a friendly match against the Haiti national football team in Miami.
In 2013, Indian cricket team skipper Mahendra Singh Dhonidisplayed his footballing skills as he scored a goal during a friendly match.
During a friendly match between Canada and Italy on August 1, 2009, Mancinelli elbowed Canadian national team player Aaron Doornekamp in the back of the head.
On May 31, 2012, Vranješ was at the center of a media storm for a mistake he made in a friendly match in Chicago against Mexico, which resulted in a last-minute goal for Mexico.
His first match was a 59-3 loss to France, at the 4 May 1924, for the 1924 Olympic Tournament, and his last came at the 6-0 loss to Germany, at 19 May 1927, in Heidelberg, in a friendly match.
It was presented to Ivo Bligh, the captain of the England cricket team, after a friendly match hosted at Rupertswood mansion in Sunbury, during the 1882–83 tour in Australia, as a personal gift, and after his death was presented to the Marylebone Cricket Club, which has it on display at Lord's cricket ground.
Whitmore made his debut in a November 1993 friendly match against the United States, coming on as a late substitute for Hector Wright.
He started to play for the Croatian under-21 team and eventually progressed to his country's senior national team, for which he soon made his debut in the friendly match against world champions Italy on 16 August 2006 in Livorno, Italy.
On 15 August 2012, he made his debut with the Slovak senior team in the friendly match win 3–1 against Denmark in Odense.
Gil made his debut on 21 August 2002, coming on as a substitute for Justo Ruiz in a 3–0 friendly match defeat against Iceland.