Town midfielder Teddy Bishop has been named in the England U19 squad for their European Championships elite round qualifying group games next week. It’s the first time the 18-year-old academy product has received an international call.
Sean O’Driscoll’s side will travel to France for the matches and first face Denmark on Thursday 26th March, then Azerbaijan two days later and finally the hosts on Tuesday 31st March. The winners of the group will qualify for the finals in Greece in July.
Having made his senior debut in the Capital One Cup tie at Crawley in August, Bishop quickly broke into the first team and has now made 16 senior starts and 10 sub appearances, scoring one goal.
Talking about the Cambridge-born youngster yesterday, manager Mick McCarthy said: "Ted’s a proper player. I think I’ve waxed lyrical about him before.
"He was pushing last year. He would have got his debut when we went to Burnley, I’d have played him but he was injured.
"And sadly he’s had a few this season but he looks fitter and stronger and he’s doing really well.”
England U19s: Angus Gunn (Manchester City), Freddie Woodman (Newcastle United), Ben Chilwell (Leicester City), Ashley Smith-Brown (Manchester City), Joshua Aina (Chelsea), Brendan Galloway (Everton), Joe Gomez (Charlton Athletic), Kean Bryan (Manchester City), Teddy Bishop (Ipswich Town), Ruben Loftus-Cheek (Chelsea), Charlie Colkett (Chelsea), Harry Winks (Tottenham Hotspur), Lewis Cook (Leeds United), Brandon Barker (Manchester City), Demarai Gray (Birmingham City), Patrick Roberts (Fulham), Bradley Fewster (Middlesbrough), Izzy Brown (Chelsea).