this was a list that was compiled on another forum a few months ago of all 24 and under players currently in europe, and ive gradually added a few players just to keep track, like that gk at boro, and the players that went to pompey

England
GK   Dean Bouzanis      19   Liverpool
GK   ???????       15 Middlesbrough
GK   Liam Jacob      15   Manchester United
GK   Alex Baird      16   Newcastle United
GK   Adam Federici      24   Reading
GK   Alex Cisak      19   Accrington Stanley
GK   Daniel Ireland      19   Coventry City
DF   Shane Lowry      20   Aston Villa
DF   Trent McClenahan   24   Scunthorpe United
DF   Bailey Wright      17   Preston North End
DF   Rhys Williams      21   Middlesbrough
DF   Billy Tsovolos      17   Portsmouth
DF   Alexander Grant      16   Portsmouth
MF   Chris Herd      20   Aston Villa
MF   Andrew Higgins      16   Portsmouth
MF   Jordan Fitzharris   16   Portsmouth
MF   Ryan Williams      16   Portsmouth
MF   James Wesolowski   22   Peterbrough United
MF   Bradden Inman      19   Newcastle United
MF   Neil Kilkenny      24   Leeds United
MF   Cameron Parrish      17   Preston North End
MF   Patrick Meehan      19   Sheffield Wednesday
ST   Jamie Maclaren      17   Blackburn Rovers
ST   Patrick Antelmi      16   Portsmouth
ST   Dylan Tombides      16   West Ham United
ST   Matthew Fletcher   18   Sunderland
ST   Ryan Gazet      18   Portsmouth

Italy
DF   Nick Modaffari      18   Vicenza
MF   Stephen Maselli      19   Vicenza
MF   Francesco Stella   18   Siena
MF   Adrian Ucchino      18   Frosinone
MF   Carl Valeri      24   Sassuolo
ST   Antony Carter      15   Vicenza
ST   Chritian Esposito   19   Novara

Spain
MF   Theo Markelis      18   Valencia
MF   Kearyn Baccus      17   Real Mallorca
ST   Robert Tall      18   Espanyol

Germany
GK   Mitch Langerak      21   Borussia Dormund
DF   Matthew Spiranovic   21   Nuremberg
DF   Ante Drazina      18   Hertha BSC
DF   Peter Cvenatovski   21   Borussia Mochengladbach
MF   Julis Davies      15   Bayern Munich
MF   Dario Vidosic      23   Nuremberg
ST   Nikita Rukvavystya   23   Hertha BSC

Portugal
DF   Jason Davidson      19   Pacos de Ferreira
ST   James Georgeff      17   Arouca

Netherlands
DF   Jimmy Downey      21   Sparta Rotterdam
MF   James Holland      21   AZ Alkmaar
MF   Adam Sarota      21   FC Utrecht
MF   Tommy Oar      18   FC Utrecht
MF   Michael Zullo      21   FC Utrecht

Turkey
GK   Daniel Vukovic      23   Konyaspor
DF   Ersan Gulum      23   Besiktas
MF   Harry Kewell      31   Galatasaray
MF   James Troisi      21   Keyserispor
ST   Bruce Djite      23   Genclerbirligi

Greece
MF   Nathan Burns      22   AEK Athens
MF   Harris Gaitatzis   23   Panserraikos
MF   Paul Giannou      20   Kavala
MF   Andreas Govos      20   Kavala
ST   Robert Stambolziev   19   Panathinaikos

Belgium
DF   George Lambadaridis   18   Club Brugge

Denmark
ST   Brent McGrath      18   Brondby IF

Czech Republic
ST   Kerem Bulut      18   Mlada Boleslav

Croatia
DF   Daniel Georgievski   22   Medimurje

Serbia
MF   Aleksandr Jovanovic   20   Vojvodina

Romania
MF   Spase Dilevski      24   Universitatea Craiova

Scotland
DF   Dylan McGowan      20   Hearts
MF   Ryan McGowan      18   Hearts

Japan
DF   Mark Milligan      24   JEF United

Any match reports from the Turkey game?

From the England match the keepers positioning and decision making for all the goals was poor.
The Newcastle keeper was invited but didn't attend for some reason.

Edited by bolter: 1/9/2010 05:11:56 PM

We actually had 5 o/s players take part in the pre tournament, 2 keepers and 3 outfield players.
The out field players were given limited game time, not all in their respective positions.

the keeper at Newcastle is the one that was at Derby.

Thanks for that. Quite a lot really and there just the ones you guys know, I've heard about 1 at Bolton, 1 Aston Villa, 2 Liverpool.

Dylan Tombides, a young striker from the west ham Academy, played in a few games in the actual tournament.

As for how many players in the uk qualify for the u17's we have 5 at Portsmouth alone, then Tombides, we have a 16 y.o CF at Blackburn, the goalkeeper at Man U, the gk at Newcastle United, and another gk at Derby I think, plus there are one or two more in the championship, we have one or two midfielders in Serie B who still qualify, and Julius Davies at Bayern Munich.

It is a scholarship system grizz. You cant make everyone happy when it comes to any sort of selection for representative honours, some one always misses out. I just hope the best possible team is selected and its not agenda driven.
I only know of the three lads in the UK mate, although there are possibly others around Europe.

If they do qualify then the AIS will still have that same problem, using the English based boys won't sit very well with alot of people if AIS lads are benched to make room for the English. Is the AIS a user pays system or are the boys on scholarships similar to the English Academy setup. Don't suppose you know how many lads there are in England and other countries that would qualify for our U17's. I wouldn't envy the person who was given the job of having to put together Australia's strongest team, as comparing the overseas boys to the ones still in Australia without them competing against each other on a regular basis would be a nightmare.

Im not sure exactly what the reason was. But I believe that the AIS has to justify its program and to do that they must pick the players in the current program. Although there were only 3 UK based players that were looked at as I said, 2 GK and an outfield player. It is possible though that the UK based players will be selected for the U/17 World Cup if the boys from the AIS can qualify through coming top 4 in the Asian U/16 championships.

Was there any reason for that? Were they only allowed to nominate a certain size Squad for the tournament, so they just went with the boys that made the trip or were the English based lads no better than what we have.

They only played in the friendlies mate.

Did any of the English based lads play for us or did they just play the friendly games.

Well the English lads have won the friendly tournament by defeating Portugal 3-1. Even though Turkey beat Australia the English lads had a better goal difference in the end.
Australia's boys lost 2-0 to Turkey ending their tournament with, 0 wins, 0 draws and 3 losses and with a goal difference of 3 goals for and 10 against. Maybe the Australian goalies based in the UK need to be looked at a bit more closely? Only the AIS based keepers were used for the tournament.

grizzwold,, this may have been the case in the past but I can assure you that the players that were on the park for England were the players that the coach picked. The clubs can not refuse a player of national team selection.

Was talking to my pommie mate he believes the best English players don't play for their country they are encouraged not to by their clubs. hoping this isn't true as that puts Australia along way behind alot of countries in Europe as many are very competitive when playing England.

That English team looks like absolute quality going by the highlights. Sure some of these 16 year olds will be only a little while off. The number 7 for their team ripped us a new hole and our GK had one to forget.

I wish i knew how to post links :-k :-k :-k

To see the goal highlights for the Joeys vs England match visit the following website

http://www.thefa.com/video/England/Mens-U17s/2010-11/England-4-0-Australia

England won their first game of The FA International U17 Tournament with a convincing 4-0 win over Australia in Grimsby tonight to leapfrog Portugal at the top of the group.

Goals from Matthias Fanimo, Courtney Meppen Walters, Raheem Sterling and Nick Powell secured victory for John Peacock’s team and all four strikes were memorable.

A healthy crowd of more than 2,000 got behind the England youngsters from the start and the home team had an early chance to test their Antipodean visitors when Fanimo tried his luck with a shot from distance that rose just too high over the bar a few minutes in.

Manchester United youngster Luke Hendrie went a lot closer on nine minutes, however, just unable to twist his neck enough to direct a header from eight yards into the top corner.

West Ham United starlet Fanimo proved a real handful for the Australians, while the visitors were kept largely quiet by England’s back-line - their first real effort on 18 minutes when Dylan Tombides lashed a long-distance effort over Ben Garrett’s bar.

At the other end, England caused problems again when some quick feet and trickery from Alex Henshall on the left wing bamboozled his marker before his dangerous low cross was hacked behind for a corner at the near post on 22 minutes.

England kept plugging away in an entertaining first half hour and Tibbles had to be alert at his near post again when Morgan fired a shot on the turn.

The Blundell Park crowd sensed a goal might be coming and it duly arrived six minutes before half-time. England had their goal and it was a superb strike from Fanimo.

He picked up the ball on the right, cut inside on his left foot and unleashed a rasper that beat Tibbles and crashed in off the far post. It was no more than the wide man had deserved after a lively first-half.

Peacock’s boys doubled their lead just two minutes later and it was an equally impressive strike from Meppen Walters.

A free-kick from the right by Hendrie wasn’t dealt with and ended up with the unmarked Meppen Walters, who still had work to do, but finished with an unerring low left-footer from an acute angle to beat the retreating defenders on the line.

Both sides made changes for the second half, England bringing on Sterling, Powell and Max Clayton for Fanimo, Nat Chalobah and Jordan Cousins.

And it could have been 3-0 just 90 seconds after the restart, had Henshall’s dipping free-kick not glanced off the top of the bar instead of finding the top corner.

Two minutes later, it was three and it was a fine individual goal by Sterling with virtually his first touch as he ran from 35 yards to drill a fine effort across Tibbles from just inside the box.

The Liverpool midfielder showed he has pace to burn with a similarly electric run to play a one-two with Meppen Walters, but this time Tibbles did well to dive and block Sterling’s shot close in.

Two more changes on 56 minutes for Peacock’s side saw Ellis Plummer and Robbie Cotton on for Matty Regan and Jake Caskey. Then, Hallam Hope replaced the hard-working Morgan up front for the final 16 minutes.

Seconds later, and England could have had a fourth – again the top of the bar coming to Australia’s rescue from Sam Magri’s towering header from a corner.

They may have been largely on the back-foot but credit goes to Jan Versleijen’s team who kept going and almost had a goal back on 67 minutes but Anthony Proia’s close-range header went narrowly wide of the mark.

England also continued to create chances and another fine save from Tibbles saw him tip over Powell’s header with five minutes remaining.

Then the substitute did get his name on the scoresheet with a sweet free-kick from 20 yards in stoppage time to seal the win.

It’s now perfectly set up for final game against Portugal, who lost 3-2 to Turkey earlier in the day, in Scunthorpe on Sunday.

England U17: Garrett, Regan (Plummer 56), Cousins (Clayton 46), Magri, Chalobah (Powell 46), Hendrie, Caskey (Cotton 56), Walters,
Morgan (Hope 64), Fanimo (Sterling 46), Henshall. Subs not used:- Pickford.

Head Coach: John Peacock.

Australia U17: Tibbles, Monaco, Chapman, Morton (Gallifuoco 80), Brown, Perkatis, Espindola (Degenek 46), Boahene (Melling 56), Proia, Patterson, Tombides (Makarounas 46). Subs not used:- Chapple, Remington, Izzo.

Head Coach: Jan Versleijen.

Referee: Rob Shoebridge (Derbyshire FA)

Attendance: 2,040.

i heard on The World Game website, saying that England beat the Joeys 4-0! that aint good at all!

Yes I do know someone on the tour but I will do a Slater and not reveal my source :lol: Any results that I can get will be posted though ;)

Will be interesting to see how the boys go against England, England have been turning over alot of different players of late but seem to be going with players that are a bit more established this tournament.

Spathi do you know some of the boys in the Australian team you seem to have knowledge that is not available over the Net

From the reports ive had, and they are not my reports,,2 of Australia's goals were scrappy 6 yard box conversions but the other was a very good goal and that Portugal should have had 6 goals.

we lead the game 3 times. sounds like a decent performance even though we lost

not bad result me thinks!

Australia lost 4-3 to Portugal.

Sorry just found England Turkey result 2 all can't find anything on Australia Portugal anyone know?

Is it tomorrow the FA Tournament starts, Have the boys played anymore lead-up games

More news to hand. The Aussie boys beat Tottenham academy 2-1 yesterday in preparation for the tournament against England, Portugal and Turkey starting on the 25th October. Not sure who the scorers were, but as soon as I do it will be on here. Not sure whether that is a good result or not, being an academy squad. I guess we will see what the results will be in the coming days.

I have no idea my friend.

Also where is Joshua Da Silva... :-k Heard he is decent and went well last yar for the u15's.

It's probably a bit like the young African refugee, Julius Doe Davies, who is a midfielder at Bayern Munich (I think he was on the bench during the AFC u16's in late 2008, in which we choked). He only turns 16 early next month and was already involved in the Bayern Munich u17's last season.

I'm guessing he'd have a similar problem to Danning? Though he was in the squad in late 2008 I am pretty sure.