On This Day – 28th October

It was on this day back in 2017 that the England Under 17s won the World Cup, beating Spain 5-2 in Kolkatta, India.

It was by no means an easy task and was made much harder when Spainraced into a two-goal lead. Hower the Three Lions came back to record a convincing 5-2 win thanks to goals from Rhian Brewster and Morgan Gibbs-White, a double from Manchrster City’s Phil Foden and Marc Guehi.

The victorious England side that day was: Curtis Anderson (Manchester City); Steven Sessegnon (Fulham), Joel Latibeaudiere (Manchester City), Marc Guehi (Chelsea), Jonathan Panzo (Chelsea); Tashan Oakley-Boothe (Tottenham Hotspur), George McEachran (Chelsea); Phil Foden (Manchester City), Morgan Gibbs-White (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Callum Hudson-Odoi (Chelsea); Rhian Brewster (Liverpool).

Crystal Palace’s Nya Kirby, Chelsea’s Conor Gallagher and Manchester United’s Angel Gomes came on for Gibbs-White, McEachron and Oakley-Boothe respectively.

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