1881–82 in English football

England played Ireland for the first time. Their 13–0 victory is still the team's largest ever win.

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score*	Comp	England scorers	Scotland/Wales scorers
18 February 1882	Bloomfield, Belfast (A)	Ireland	13–0[1]	F†	Howard Vaughton (Aston Villa) (5), Arthur Brown (Aston Villa) (4), James Brown (Blackburn Rovers) (2), Charles Bambridge (Swifts) & Henry Cursham (Notts County)
11 March 1882	Hampden Park, Glasgow (A)	Scotland	1–5[2][3]	F	Howard Vaughton (Aston Villa) (35 mins)	George Ker (2), R McPherson, William Harrower, John L Kay
13 March 1882	Racecourse Ground, Wrexham (A)	Wales	3–5[4]	F	Billy Mosforth (The Wednesday) (30 mins), Edward Hagarty Parry (Old Carthusians) (35 mins) & Henry Cursham (Notts County) (48 mins)	Alfred Jones (o.g.), William Pierce Owen (2), John R Morgan, John Vaughan

* England score given first

^† This match constituted Ireland's international debut

Key

• H = Home match
• A = Away match
• F = Friendly

Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition

• "Report on Ireland v England match on thefa.com". thefa.com. Archived from the original on 29 October 2007.
• Report on Scotland v England match on thefa.com^{[dead link]}
• "Report on Wales v England match on thefa.com". thefa.com. Archived from the original on 29 October 2007.