- England set an unwanted record in their clash against Iceland at Wembley
- The visitors surprisingly took the lead in the 12th minute thanks to Jon Thorsteinsson.
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England suffered the dubious distinction of equaling an unwanted 70-year-old record when they faced Iceland at Wembley.
In the early stages of Friday’s friendly, Gareth Southgate’s side quickly found themselves a goal down thanks to an early goal from Jon Thorsteinsson.
The former Fulham player found himself in space after just 12 minutes and quickly fired his shot beyond Aaron Ramsdale to the goalkeeper’s near post to give the visitors the lead.
Having once again conceded the opening goal at their home stadium, England repeated an unwanted feat dating back to Walter Winterbottom’s time in charge of the Three Lions.
In their last three games at the national stadium, England were the first to concede.
Jon Thorsteinsson’s first goal in England’s clash against Iceland equaled an unwanted record for the Three Lions.
The goal meant England conceded their first goal in three consecutive games at Wembley for the first time since 1954.
Against Brazil in March, young Endrick became the youngest international goalscorer in the stadium’s history when the Selecao won 1-0 in a friendly.
Youri Tielemans then scored first and Belgium took an early lead in a 2-2 draw later that month before Thorsteinsson’s opener on Friday made it three games in a row at Wembley.
The last time England conceded the first goal in three consecutive games at Wembley was between 1953 and 1954, during a period in which they drew with a FIFA representative team, suffered an infamous defeat to Hungary and beat Wales 3-2 .