September 29, 2004

England trounce Bulgaria in opening match of Group 4 in UEFA European Under-19 Championship Qualifying Round

England 6 Bulgaria 0

Bootham Crescent, York City FC

Tuesday, September 28, 2004

Scoring

England Houghton, 6

England Holtham, 17

England Houghton, 36

England Bird, 47

England Sanderson, 54

England Kemp, 56

England

Telford

Emmanuel, (Clough, 60)

Darel Poole

Kemp

Evans

Carney (Horwood, 62)

Holtham

Scheuber

Houghton

Sanderson (Smith, 74),

Bird

Substitutes not used

Hobbs

Kane

Lawrence

Parry

Head Coach Mo Marley

Bulgaria

Mincheva

Davidova

Koleva

Stzezova

Dyankova

Bossolova

Hristova

Ivanova (Voyskova, 56)

Echeva (Boycheva, 58)

Traykova (Maleshkova, 81)

Kostova

Game

England in complete control of the game from goal one.

Post game quotes

England Head Coach Mo Marley

I am delighted with that performance. Our pre-match preparation was not great because the team coach got stuck in traffic and we were late arriving at the ground, but the girls were bang on their game right from the kick-off. The players had been told that if we did get control of the game they had to be professional and not only keep possession but also to use that possession to hurt the opposition , and that is exactly what they did.

They overplayed it a little bit at times, but generally they kept their discipline very well. They played some very good football and took their goals well, and they never really gave the opposition an opportunity to get into the game. One or two people said to me after the game that that was the best England display they had seen at Under-19 level. That is high praise, but now we have to focus on Thursday's game against Romania and aim for the same level of performance.

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Group 4 Standings after first day

...............Game Won lost Draw GF GA GD  Points

England    1        1      0    0       6    0  +6    3

Wales      1        1      0    0       4    1  +3    3

Romania   1        0      1    0      1     4 - 3     0

Bulgaria    1        0      1   0       0     6 -6      0