England v Australia at the New Meadow
Played at The New Meadow, Shrewsbury Town FC
Sunday 27 January 2008 KO 10:30am
This was the fifth match of the Australian SFA tour of the
The game started brightly for
The second half, fuelled by numerous early substitutions, remained competitive but provided no further goals although the Australian keeper was required to perform heroics on a number of occasions and the visitors went very close with the
Jack Thorley (Staffordshire) was presented with the Premier Travel Inns ‘Man of the Match’ award following the game.
This was a good start to the English Schools’ FA International Season with the team showing great promise.
The Australians now play against the Midland Counties U18s in their 75th Anniversary match on Tuesday 25 January at Hinckley United FC, kick-off 7.00 pm
Starting players:
Ben Lewis, Ashley Ulph, Alex Duffy, Christopher Smalling, Aaron Martin, Jack Thorley, Matthew Bloor (Capt), Harry Hambleton, Tom Siddons, Lucas Pickett, Tom Grice.