Haydon Roberts started for England U-16s today in a 2-0 win over Cameroon in the Montaigu Tournament. (England beat Russia 2-0 on Tuesday).
The final group match is against Brazil on Saturday.
Aaron Connolly gets two yellow cards in as many minutes and gets himself sent-off. The Irish U-19s still trail Portugal 2-0 with about 20 minutes left.
The Norwegian U-21s lead Israel 2-0. UEFA gave the first Norwegian goalscorer as Bjordal but the Norewegian FA have credited it to Runar Espejord. Then Norway were awarded a penalty (for a foul on Bjordal, according to the Norwegian FA).
Then Norway were awarded a second penalty (for a foul on...
Confirmation that Haydon Roberts is in the 20-man England U-16 squad for the Montaigu tournament that gets underway this evening: England face those pesky Russians:-
Aaron Connolly has started for the ROI U-19s in their crucial qualifier against hosts Portugal:-
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Ireland need to beat the Portuguese to qualify for the finals tournament this summer. Rian O'Sullivan is on the bench.
Currently 1-0 to Portugal after 20 minutes.
It finished 0-0 between Northern Ireland U-21s and the Icelandic U-21s. Ben Hall played the whole match and Stefan Ljubicic came on as a 78th minute substitute.
Looks like Ljubicic got booked for fouling his Albion colleague :lolol:
Ben Hall started for the Northern Ireland U-21s in their home qualifier against Iceland. 0-0 at half-time. Stefan Alexander Ljubicic is on the subs bench for Iceland.
Aaron Connolly and Rian O'Sullivan both came on as subs in Ireland U-19s 3-0 win over Kosovo (or 2608698 as the Irish report refers to them!) today. The Irish will need to beat hosts Portugal on Tuesday to qualify for the 2018 UEFA European U-19 Championship finals in Finland in July.
I know he is due to sign permanently with Rangers in the summer and most Albion fans have probably already cast him aside from their memories, but it would be wrong not to acknowledge the international full debut of Jamie Murphy this evening:-
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Nope; he played in two matches for the Serbian U-19s against Bulgaria on March 6th and 8th and then finally headed over to England (I don't think he had been over before).
He made his debut for the Albion U-23s as a very late sub in the 3-0 win over Everton in the U-23 Premier League Cup round...
You can make that 3 academy players scoring international goals in two days:-
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Stefan Alexander Ljubicic has scored for the Icelandic U-21s in their friendly against the ROI U-21s.
Ben Hall started for the Northern Ireland U-21s in their qualifier at home to Spain this evening:-
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Spain currently lead 3-2 about six minutes into the second half.
Actually, perhaps he did. Whilst the Italian FA twitter account reported the goal as being scored by him, the Norwegian FA twitter account and website initially reported it as being scored by Morten Thorsby:-
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However, the Norwegian FA website has just been updated to show...