Anyone have any news on any players eligible for the 2017 U20 world cup?
I have a few:
Henry Cameron - Blackpool FC (Born 1997)
Dylan Burns - Nottingham Forest FC (Born Jan 1997)
Michael Woud - Sunderland FC (Born 1999)
Hunter Ashworth - Pateadores FC and University of San Francisco (Born 1998)
Anymore? thats all could think off the top of my head.
Below is a story of a player I once played with who is supposedly at Gillingham, but I can't confirm this as I am unsure on whether or not he has a contract or not.
Unreliable source:
Matt Blackmore (Born 1997) - Gillingham FC
I played football with Matt Blackmore at Glenfield Rovers in the U19s in 2014. I am friends with him on Facebook, and in 2015, I was asking around where players had gone and that as it was a new squad in the U19s, and when I asked where Matt Blackmore went, a lot of people were saying "He's gone to Brentford". So I continually checked Brentford's youth side on their website but there was no mention of him. A few months past on his slightly in-active Facebook and then all of a sudden he updated his cover photo. It was a picture of the Gillingham FC youth side with him wearing a Gillingham kit. I checked the website on their Academy and development squad and there is no mention of him. Development squad page is "Under construction" and I tried messaging him on Facebook, but there isn't much of a response as he doesn't really go on it.
It doesn't surprise me if its true, how he got this gig to go overseas, I mean he is a very good player, we played Western Springs U19s and my coach said that Neil Emblem was really interested in him. I know he went with Westlake Boys on an overseas Europe trip and they played some sides in England and Spain, so he probably was spotted there, but at this time, I can't confirm whether he has a solid youth contract or not as all I have seen is just a photo.