England v Holland
International U18 Friendly
Tuesday 27 March 2007
Huish Park, Yeovil Town FC

England U18s will take on their Dutch counterparts at Yeovil Town's Huish Park ground on Tuesday 27 March in front of a bumper crowd, after the club confirmed today that all tickets have been snapped up for the game.

With the club riding high in League One, the town is hoping that Russell Slade's side will at least make the end-of-season play-offs, contributing to the buzz around the club and this international fixture.

England Head Coach Brian Eastick applauded the area for getting behind his young Lions and told TheFA.com: "Yeovil should be congratulated on their achievements. Not so long ago they were playing in non-league football.

"They are a terrific example of what can be achieved with professionalism and hard work both on and off the pitch and it will be a great experience for my players to play in front of a large, vocal home crowd.

"In essence, this age group is starting to prepare for the Under-19 European Championships next year and games such as the one against Holland are important with regard to the players' development."

Plymouth Argyle's Scott Sinclair has got used to playing in front of fans decked out in green this season in his loan spell from Chelsea and Brian continued: "Scott has been doing very well for Plymouth under Ian Holloway.

"He has good pace and has the ability to run with the ball. I'm not surprised to see him doing well, scoring goals in their recent FA Cup run and I hope players like Scott, Daniel Sturridge at Manchester City and James Tomkins - a very highly rated centre back at West Ham United - can transfer their good form onto the international stage next week.

"Players need to make this type of progression and it is good to see them getting first team opportunities. International football is different though and we know Holland will have some excellent players and consequently will be tough opponents."