Internationals | Moore and Feeney enjoy winning start to U19 EURO qualifiers

Mikey Moore and George Feeney both made winning starts to their UEFA Under-19 European Championship 2026 qualifying campaigns for England and Northern Ireland respectively on Wednesday.

Mikey, fresh off the back of opening his account for loan side Rangers at the weekend, started for England Under-19s as they began with a 2-0 win over Lithuania in Group 8.

The attacker put in a full shift for the Young Lions as a goal in either half from Shumaira Mheuka was enough to see them claim all three points to top the table after the first qualifying round for the tournament.

Will Antwi’s young side play two more games in Lithuania during the November international break, playing Latvia on Saturday 15 November (10am UK) before facing Scotland three days later (10am UK).

Young forward Feeney also completed the 90 minutes to help Northern Ireland Under-19s beat hosts Malta 1-0 in Group 13.

James Simpson scored the decisive goal on 25 minutes to claim all three points with Gareth McAuley's young side staying in Malta for the two remaining group games against Azerbaijan and Czech Republic.

On Tuesday afternoon, youngster Armend Muslika was in action for Albania Under-17s in a European Under-17 Championship qualifier against the Netherlands in Croatia.

The attacking midfielder, who has nine goals in nine league games for our Under-18s so far this term, started and played 74 minutes in a 1-1 draw.

Sticking with Under-17 competition, England duo Luca Williams-Barnett and Malachi Hardy have been drawn against South Korea in the round of 32 stage at the FIFA Under-17 World Cup in Qatar.

Luca started and provided a superb assist in their impressive 3-0 success over Egypt last time out which sealed their place in the knockouts after finishing in second spot in their group.

Opponents South Korea also came runners-up in the group stage and this first knockout round tie will be played on Saturday 15 November at 12.30pm (UK).