Aaron Hughes
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PUBLISHED
06:30 9th September 2014
by James Hilsum
Aaron Hughes and Christian Walton have both played 90 minutes for Northern Ireland and England under-20s respectively while away on international duty.Hughes lined up in the heart of the Irish defence, as they claimed their first away win in four years on Sunday night with a 2-1 victory over Hungary in Budapest.
The defender will be hoping to keep his place in the side for the next qualifier against the Faroe Islands in Belfast on 11th October.
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Walton featured between the sticks for Aidy Boothroyd’s first game in charge of England under-20s and kept a clean sheet in their 6-0 victory over Romania at Telford last Friday.
Elsewhere, Albion skipper Gordon Greer was an unused substitute in Scotland’s narrow 2-1 defeat to Germany on Sunday, while Jake Forster-Caskey also remained on the bench for the England under-21s in a 1-0 European Championship qualifying victory over Lithuania.
Forster-Caskey still has the chance to feature in Gareth Southgate’s side when they take on Moldova in Chisinau tonight, 5pm kick-off.
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Vitalijs Maksimenko, currently out on loan at Dutch side VVV Venlo, played the first 45 minutes in Latvia’s 2-0 friendly win over Armenia last Wednesday and will face Kazakhstan in a European Championship qualifier today.
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