In a total of 16 friendly internationals for England under Fabio Capello, France did the double on the Whites following a 2-1 win at Wembley last month.
The other France-England friendly with Italian Capello in charge of the Three Lions was played in Paris on March 26, 2008. On that occasion, David Beckham won his 100th cap for England but his team went down 1-0.
England’s friendly results under Capello:
2008
Home vs Switzerland - 2-1
Away vs France - 0-1
Home vs US - 2-0
Away vs Trinidad-Tobago - 3-0
Home vs Czech Republic - 2-2
Away vs Germany - 2-1
2009
Away vs Spain - 0-2
Home vs Slovakia - 4-0
Away vs Netherlands - 2-2
Home vs Slovenia - 2-1
Qatar vs Brazil - 0-1
2010
Home vs Egypt - 3-1
Home vs Mexico - 3-1
Graz vs Japan - 2-1
Home vs Hungary - 2-1
Home vs France - 1-2
Other items of news for November:
• Scottish First Division side Dundee handed a massive 25-point deduction for entering administration.
• In a Champions League group match, Tottenham Hotspur topple cup holders Inter 3-1 at White Hart Lane.
Other outcomes: Bursaspor-Manchester United 0-3, Valencia-Rangers 3-0, Chelsea-Spartak Moscow 4-1, Shakhtar Donetsk-Arsenal 2-1.
• The only two survivors in the Europa League experience different fortunes as Manchester City go down 1-3 at Lech Poznan, while Liverpool defeat Napoli 3-1 at Anfield.
• FA Cup first round shock results: Rochdale-FC United of Manchester 2-3, Darlington-Bristol Rovers 2-1, Gillingham-Dover 0-2, Tamworth-Crewe 2-1. MK Dons go down at home to Stevenage 6-7 on penalties and York beat Rotherham at home 3-0 in a replay.
• David Moyes, of Everton, is named manager of the month for November and the player’s award goes to Rafael van der Vaart, of Tottenham.
• For the 2011 U-21 Championship finals in Denmark, England are drawn in Group B along with Spain, Czech Republic and Ukraine.
• Tottenham announce record revenue of £119.8 million for the year ending June 30, 2010.
• Chelsea sack assistant manager Ray Wilkins.
• Liverpool’s new owner John W. Henry says there will be ‘no quick fix’ to the players’ problems he had inherited at Anfield.
• In an U-21 friendly, England lose 0-2 to Germany away in Wiesbaden.
• England manager Fabio Capello hands debut to strikers Andy Carroll, of Newcastle, and Jay Bothroyd, of Cardiff, and to Sunderland midfielder Jordan Henderson in the 1-2 (Crouch) loss to France at Wembley.
Other internationals: Northern Ireland-Morocco 1-1 (Patterson penalty), Ireland-Norway 1-2 (Long penalty), Scotland-Faroe Islands 3-0 (Mackie, Wilson, Commons).
• Chelsea promote Nigerian Michael Emenalo to the role of assistant manager.
• Jose Mourinho, now at Real Madrid, is inducted into the League Managers Association’s Hall of Fame, joining Alex Ferguson, Matt Busby, Bob Paisley and Arsene Wenger.
• In an FA Cup second round tie, Dover claim a giant-killing act after their home 2-0 win over Aldershot.
• £67.1m pass hands between the 20 top-flight clubs and agents for the period October 2009 to September 2010 − £3.5m less than the previous year.
• League Cup holders Manchester United eliminated away at West Ham United 0-4 in the quarter-finals.
Leading marksmen
Premier League
11 − Berbatov (Manchester United)
10 − Tevez (Manchester City)
09 − Carroll (Newcastle)
08 − Nasri (Arsenal), Cahill (Everton), Elmander (Bolton)
The Championship
13 − Bothroyd (Cardiff)
11 − Commons (Derby)
10 − Becchio (Leeds)
09 − Iwelumo (Burnley), McGugan (N. Forest), Taarabt (QPR)
Scottish Premier
18 − Miller (Rangers)
11 − Sammon (Kilmarnock), Rooney (Inverness)
10 − Blackman (Motherwell)
09 − Hooper (Celtic)
Average attendances
01. Man. United - 75,065
02. Arsenal - 60,036
03. Man. City - 46,285
04. Newcastle - 45,314
05. Liverpool - 43,277
06. Chelsea - 41,504
07. Sunderland - 39,005
08. Aston Villa - 37,314
09. Everton - 36,516
10. Tottenham - 35,764
11. West Ham - 33,290
12. Wolves - 27,499
13. Stoke City - 26,675
14. Fulham - 25,276
15. Birmingham - 24,533
16. Blackburn - 24,097
17. West Brom - 23,711
18. Bolton - 21,860
19. Blackpool - 15,795
20. Wigan Athletic - 15,747