March 11 2002

Crystal Palace

Palace youth team player Wayne Routledge scored again for England as they ran out 4-0 winners against Lithuania.

The match took place on Sunday at Bristol Rovers' Memorial Stadium and Routledge had another exceptional game causing England's opponents all sorts of problems with his skill and pace.

Routledge's goal came after 53 minutes from a perfectly-delivered cross from fellow Palace academy team-mate, Gary Borrowdale.

Routledge, after receving the cross, dipped his shoulder, bought himself just an inch of space, and poked the ball under the body of the Lithuanian keeper to make the score 2-0.

The result means that England have easily qualified for the UEFA U-17 Championship which takes place in Denmark between 27th April and 10th May this year.