Town striker Connor Wickham netted a debut goal for England’s U19s as they defeated Albania 6-1 in the opening game of their European Championships qualifying group in Belgium this afternoon.

Wickham added the third goal just before half-time, having come close on a number of earlier occasions.

The 17-year-old was replaced with 20 minutes remaining, presumably as a precaution with a match against Cyprus on Sunday and against the hosts on Wednesday.

Town could have three players involved in full internationals later this evening.

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Norwichbeater added 15:27 - Oct 8 good this will get him going!! well done wickham
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onlyone added 15:37 - Oct 8 Well done Connor !
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Fatboy added 16:16 - Oct 8 Strikers thrive on confidence, so it will have down him good to find the back of the net, as well as getting 70 minutes under his belt. Well done, Connor.
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jas0999 added 16:31 - Oct 8 Good stuff. All good for his fitness and match sharpness.
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Wallingford_Boy added 16:31 - Oct 8 Just one goal in 70 mins of boys football?? Oh dear, he isn't turning out to be the star we all hoped..
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WickedBlue added 16:38 - Oct 8 @Wallingford Boy but you are turning out to be the ar$ehole we have come to expect....
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Big_Foot_Blue added 17:01 - Oct 8 Good stuff Connor, the goal collumn now has a little 1 in it for the season, the 1st is always the hardest, push on for CLUB aswell as country and get that into double figures by May ;) Good lad
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BlueJewells added 18:21 - Oct 8 good on him :)
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rockstar1981 added 18:24 - Oct 8 well done Connor good on ya son. Wallingford Boy you my friend are a grade A w@nk3r
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meekreech added 19:50 - Oct 8 Not bad for a lad playing above his age group ! Different to playing in the leagues so good on him and lets hope his season starts now ! It will only do him good to get time on the pitch at a lower level of physical intimidation from defenders . At this age they do not yet know all the nasty ways of getting players riled so he will not react so readily to foul play against him as it will be more obvious and hopefully seen by refs and punished !

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wellhungphil added 20:33 - Oct 8 At 10 million per goal I fully expect the lad to score thrice between now and Wednesday! Yay Connor!!
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Guthrum added 21:42 - Oct 8 Interesting point meekreech. As far as I can see, only Wickham, Bostock and Shelvey (at least until he joined Liverpool) are regular first-team players for their respective clubs. I reckon that should stand them in good stead, as they're used to playing League-level, adult football. May even develop his leadership skills, being more experienced than the average.
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haynes_is_a_ledgend added 22:34 - Oct 8 Welldone son :)
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Suffolk_n_Good added 22:53 - Oct 8 Well done Connor, 99.9% of of people are fully behind you (you always get one don't you!) (wallingford_boy!!) as others have said, lets hope he kicks on from here for Town & Country!!
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Dolly2.0 added 00:46 - Oct 9 Wallingford_Boy is clearly mucking about. Some of you are a bit thick aren't you?
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Back_The_Boss added 07:50 - Oct 9 Great stuff, COYB!
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Acen added 18:04 - Oct 9 YES!! Well Done!
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