The final squad of 18 Schoolboys is released
The ESFA have concluded their search for this season’s most talented Schools’ Footballers to represent their country in the 2018-2019 Schools’ Football season. The selectors chose the final 18 players following a friendly match against the RAF at RAF Cosford on Saturday 26 January, in which the ESFA enjoyed a 2 – 1 victory. You can read the match report here.
Following a series of trials for schoolboys in England, the final 20 squad headed to the friendly match in Cosford last weekend, for ESFA selectors to decide on the final 18 members that would represent England Schoolboys throughout the remainder of the 2019 season. Only the very best trialists were given the privilege of representing their country on an international level.
The players, who were first nominated for trials by their own counties, have now been whittled down via the ESFA’s international trial process to the final, successful 18 squad members.
Please find the ESFA England Schoolboys squad below:
| Name | County | Position |
| SAM TICKLE | Greater Manchester | GK |
| JACK MARTIN | Hampshire | GK |
| ROB MALILA | Sussex | RB |
| CARTER LYCETT | Staffordshire | LB |
| JOSHUA STOREY | Cornwall | CB |
| LEVI TARBOTTON | Humberside | CB |
| ADAM CROWTHER | Hertfordshire | CB |
| LUKE MANLEY | Somerset | RMF |
| ETHAN CARTWRIGHT | Staffordshire | CMF |
| ROSS JOHNSTONE | Gloucestershire | CMF |
| SAM HARDING | Manchester | CMF |
| OWEN WINDSOR | Buckinghamshire | LW |
| JAMES DICKSON | Surrey | CMF |
| DEAN RULE | Surrey | CF |
| DECLAN ARBOR | Staffordshire | CF |
| ISAAC SINCLAIR | Lancashire | LMF |
| CONNOR TAYLOR | Staffordshire | CB |
| JAMES RICHARDSON | Buckinghamshire | RW/LW |
The ESFA send their congratulations to all 18 of the selected players, and also thank the parents and all players who have been involved in this season’s international trial process.
The squad now look forward to their first official friendly as a team of 18 against Australia Schoolboys at Stafford Town FC on Saturday 26 January.
Tickets available on the gate and priced at £5 adults and £2 concessions.
Good luck to the new squad and we hope to welcome a good crowd along to Stafford Town later this month!
The National Governing Body for Schools’ Football in England.
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