User:England U18 Schoolboys

The England national schoolboy U-18s team also known as England schoolboys or England U18s is the Schoolboy national team for England run by the ESFA on behalf of the Football Asociation. It is the highest level of Schoolboy football in England. The team competes annually in the centenary shield, ( a under-18 international competition between the 4 home nations of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland). The players eligible for this team must still remain in full time education, although recently players affiliated to professional clubs and academies have been eligible as well.

'Selection The selection for the England U18 team is through the traditional model of players being selected through County SFA teams affiliated to the ESFA. The best County players will be scouted and put forward for regional and then national trials which take place at various venues with the final national trial taking place at either Lilleshall or St. George's Park. Here the final 32 boys still in the selection process, will be reduced to a squad of 16-20 boys, who will go on to represent the England schoolboys.