England 0 Italy 3
(Half Time 0-1)
England received a standing ovation at the end of the game from the spectators as well as the other teams, especially South Africa.
This could have been a magical night if the referees hadn’t influenced the result.

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U20’s World Championships – Bassano, Italy
England 5 South Africa 0
(Half Time 1-0)
England controlled the first half with a good man to man defence and we scored the only goal of the half from a very good attacking move although the team were not playing well in attack.
The players always seemed to be trying to score [...]

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England 1 Chile 10 – (Half Time 1-7)
The first 15 minutes against one the best teams in this Championship was very good, with man to man restricted pressuring the man with the ball working very well.
Chile scored one goal but we reacted very well and we scored from a very good counter attack.
The score line [...]

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England Under 20 team is in Bassano-Italy to participate in the World Championship
England Under 20 Team:
1- Sam Cayley (Peterborough)
2- Tom White (Herne Bay)
3- Peter Marshall (Farnham)
4- Sam Kay (Middlesbrough) Captain
5- Rupert Charles (Halifax)
6- Jon Taylor (Kings Lynn)
7- Sergio Hutson (Peterborough)
8- Owen Stewart (Middlesbrough) Vice-Captain
9- Grant Bradfield (Norwich)
10- Jamie Williamson (HBU)
Head Coach – Carlos Amaral
Manager [...]

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England 2 Switzerland 0
(Half Time 0-0)
England beat Switzerland for the first time and Portugal won the Championship
As in the group stage, both teams played with an organised defence in the first half.
With England starting the game pressuring the half way line which caused some upset to Switzerland as they expected us to play restricted pressuring [...]

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England 3 Germany 6 (Half Time 1-4)
A bad team performance in the first half resulted in a missed opportunity to beat Germany
England started the game and within the first minute had a great goal opportunity and scored first goal, however, the teamwere not as solid as in previous games, our restricted man to man did [...]

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The Boys showed good attitude against the strongest team in the competition
England in the first half played very solid, our man to man restricted pressuring man with the ball worked very well as the players played close to each other creating a lot of problems to the Portugal carousel.
As mentioned in my last report we [...]

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England 1 Switzerland 1 (half time 0-0)
Another very competitive game from our Under 17 National Team, the game we deserved to win.
First half both teams were very solid in defence trying to use the counter attack which was most of the time stopped by good defence position moving to triangle until 4th player arrived in [...]

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England played a very competitive in their opening game of the Under 17 European Championships against Italy
England 1 Italy 3 (half time 1-3)
England created the initial goal opportunities before Italy had their first shots on target, however Italy were the ones that found the back of the net first and scored two goals in the [...]

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Carlos Amaral NRHA Head Coach has announce the final squad to participate in the World U20 Championship, to be held in Bassano, Italy 27th September – 3rd October 2009:
1 – Sam Cayley (Peterborough)
2 – Tom White (Herne Bay)
3 – Peter Marshall (Farnham)
4 – Sam Kay (Middlesbrough) captain
5 – Rupert Charles (Halifax)
6 – Jon Taylor (Kings [...]

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