England u 20s in World Cup final

After beating Italy 3 - 1 the young lions have made it to the final in Korea tomorrow. They'll play a strong Venezuela side in a bid to be the first England side at any level to win an international trophy since '66. Match starts at 11 am bst. 

England win the World Cup 

1-0 against Venezuela and they are already being proclaimed the Golden Generation.

finlaymcdanger wrote:Will be interesting to see how many of these name s feature next season. TBH I have only heard of a couple of them and have no idea of their age other than being under 20 (presumably). Anyone have any insight into how close they are to regularly playing in their club's first teams?
England U20: Woodman (Newcastle), Clarke-Salter (Chelsea), Tomori (Chelsea), Walker-Peters (Tottenham), Kenny (Everton), Cook (Bournemouth), Calvert-Lewin (Everton), Onomah (Tottenham), Solanke (Chelsea, joining Liverpool on 1 July), Lookman (Everton), Dowell (Everton).
Substitutes: Henderson (Manchester United), Southwood (Reading), Connolly (Everton), Maitland-Niles (Arsenal), Armstrong (Newcastle), Konsa (Charlton), Fry (Middlesbrough), Chapman (Middlesbrough), Ojo (Liverpool), Ejaria (Liverpool).

[th]Player[/th][th]Club[/th][th]Apps[/th][th]Starts[/th][th]Minutes[/th]

Dean Henderson	Grimsby Town (loan)	7	7	630
Freddie Woodman	Kilmarnock (loan)	14	14	1260
Jake Clarke-Salter	Bristol Rovers (loan)	12	9	841
Callum Connolly	Wigan Athletic (loan)	17	14	1302
Dael Fry	Rotherham (loan)	10	10	900
Jonjoe Kenny	Everton	1	0	12
Fikayo Tomori	Brighton (loan)	9	2	390
Ezri Konsa Ngoyo	Charlton	32	30	2547
Lewis Cook	Bournemouth	6	4	431
Ovie Ejaria	Liverpool	2	0	6
Ainsley Maitland-Niles	Arsenal	1	0	1
Josh Onomah	Tottenham	5	0	18
Adam Armstrong	Barnsley (loan)	34	21	1922
Adam Armstrong	Newcastle	2	0	27
Dominic Calvert-Lewin	Everton	11	5	345
Harrison Chapman	Sheffield United (loan)	12	0	280
Ademola Lookman	Charlton	21	15	1426
Ademola Lookman	Everton (signed in January)	8	3	290

Whilst it's easy to write this off as insignificant - and it may turn out to be - we have to bear in mind that every u20 England team in the past including the so-called"golden generation" has failed to achieve what these kids have achieved. 

We should enjoy it whilst we can.

Yesterday the England U19s beat the Czech Republic to claim a place in the U19s European final against Portugal.
With the U20s winning the World Cup, the U17s getting to the European final and the U21's getting to the European semi final (before losing to Germany on penalties!) these are the best results any England youth set up has had for donkey's years.
Whether or not their success is likely to be replicated by the senior team any time soon is another story but at least the youth players are showing promise. 
Finally a cause for optimism in the England camp.

Most of them will never be heard of again. There's little place in the Premier League for young English players.

Natasha Whittam wrote:Most of them will never be heard of again. There's little place in the Premier League for young English players.

And therein lies the problem.