An added-time penalty denied England Women’s Under-17s a 100 per cent record in their Euro 2016 first qualifying round campaign.
After registering consecutive 13-0 wins over Croatia and host nation Estonia, John Griffiths’s side took the lead in their final qualifier against Poland courtesy of Niamh Charles’s strike midway through the first half.
Manchester City midfielder Georgia Stanway doubled the lead from the penalty spot shortly after the break with her eighth goal in three matches.
England 2-2 Poland
UEFA Women's U17 Championship
First Qualifying Round
Tuesday 6 October
Rakvere, Estonia
But the Young Lionesses were pegged back through two Marcjanna Zawadzka penalties, the first on 69 minutes and the latter in the 83rd.
Despite the late setback, England topped qualifying Group 4 on goal difference and will be in the hat for the elite qualifying round draw which will take place on 10 December.
The last round of qualifiers will take place next spring and the top-placed nation in each of the six groups will make it to the eight-team finals which will be staged in Belarus next May.
England: 1 Ellie Roebuck (Manchester City), 3 Taylor Hinds (Arsenal), 4 Hollie Olding (Brighton & Hove Albion), 6 Lotte Wubben-Moy (C; Arsenal), 7 Hannah Cain (Sheffield United), 9 Alessia Russo (Chelsea), 10 Georgia Stanway (Manchester City), 11 Niamh Charles (Liverpool), 12 Anna Patten (Arsenal), 14 Flo Allen (Bristol Academy), 15 Laura Hooper (Arsenal).
Substitutes: 17 Ella Toon (Blackburn Rovers) for Cain 68, 16 Tinaya Alexander (Arsenal) for Hooper 76
Substitutes not used: 13 Katie Startup (Gillingham), 2 Lois Joel (Chelsea), 5 Riva Casley (Oxford United), 8 Jessica Jones (South West Regional Excellence Camp), 18 Isabella Sibley (Chelsea).
Goals: Charles 26, Stanway (pen) 45
Bookings: Cain, Stanway, Russo, Allen
Head coach: John Griffiths
