My final full day in Paris was one of the most memorable as I enjoyed the tremendous atmosphere of the fanzone for England vs. Wales before returning to the Stade de France to watch another of the most highly anticipated group games of the tournament, Germany v Poland.
England began their warm-up for next month’s Euro 2016 with a 2-1 victory over Turkey at Manchester City’s Etihad Stadium.
England failed to follow up on Saturday night’s impressive victory in Germany as they were defeated at Wembley Stadium 2-1 by Holland in their first loss at the national stadium since 2013.
England Under-17’s got their European Championship Elite Round campaign off to the perfect start with a comfortable 3-1 victory over Turkey at Chesterfield’s Proact Stadium.
Arsenal youngster Reiss Nelson put the Three Lions ahead two minutes before half time and two minutes after the restart, the hosts advantage was doubled courtesy of 16-year-old Jonathan Leko.
Nelson doubled his tally from the penalty spot six minutes later to put England out of sight and despite Furkan Korkut scoring a late consolation for the visitors, it was a good start for two-time Under-17 European champions as they look to qualify for the finals in Azerbaijan.
England defeated France 2-0 on a poignant and memorable evening at Wembley Stadium.
Dele Alli’s first ever England goal opened the scoring before all-time scorer and captain Wayne Rooney secured the victory early in the second half.
But the result was secondary as the 129 victims of last week’s Paris attacks were honoured in a touching show of solidarity between the two nations.
On Tuesday 13th August 2013, I went to Bramall Lane to watch an under-21 international friendly between England and Scotland.
On Monday 22nd July 2013, I went to Sandygate, the oldest football ground in the world, to watch Hallam play Chesterfield in a pre season friendly.
On Monday 16th July 2012 I went to the oldest football ground in the world, Sandygate, to watch Hallam FC play Manchester City Under 18’s in a Pre Season Friendly match.
On Saturday 17th March I was at the B2Net Stadium to watch Chesterfield play MK Dons.
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On Saturday 29th October I went to the Etihad Stadium to watch Premiership leaders Manchester City play Wolves.
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