Callum Connolly in dreamland after his brace downs Holland

The Everton defender lined-up as left-back in a back four for Neil Dewsnip’s Young Lions, but it was his efforts at the other end of the pitch that had a crowd of over 2,500 inside Bury’s JD Stadium buzzing.

He said: “It was a dream night. Playing for England is a great achievement, but scoring for them is something else…and scoring twice - wow!

“I was made up with that, but more made up that we got the win.

“My family were all there and I’ll remember this for a long-time. It’s the most memorable night of my life.”

And it was not just luck that the 17-year-old found himself on the scoresheet, it was down to work on the training pitch with a manager he holds in high regard.

Connolly said: "We’ve been working on set-pieces in training and I’m glad as it's paid off for my first goal when I met Taylor’s [Moore] knock down.

"For the second, I saw Simsy [Josh Sims] running down the right and I knew he was going to beat his man, so I got myself in the box and luckily it fell to me and I put it away."

He added: “Neil’s a great manager and he’s really helped me this week. I’ve been playing left-back, so he’s helped me with where to go and my positional play. I was pleased I could reward him with a couple of goals for the faith he’s shown in me.”

Connolly defends against a Dutch attack

Connolly’s first goal gave his side the lead on the stroke of half-time, but it was his second and England’s third that proved to be the final blow for the Dutch who had had their hopes raised after Alessio da Cruz reduced the deficit to 2-1.

Connolly said: “It was a bit nervy when they got one back, but we were still a goal up.

“We have a tight defence and we know we’ve got some great attackers who can score goals, so we were always confident.

"It’s been a good week. I thought I was only going to start one game, but I’m pleased to have started both and to have done well in each of them.

“I’m just made up – scoring twice and getting two victories.”