Euro report: England Women's U17s 9-0 Moldova

Sunday 26 Oct 2014
Ashleigh Plumptre was amongst the scorers for England on Sunday

England Women's U17s helped themselves to a hatful on Sunday afternoon, beating Moldova by 9-0 in Euro qualifying.

The Young Lionesses are in Bulgaria for the First Qualifying Round of the Euros and did their goal difference no harm with this result in their first of three games this week.

England 9-0 Moldova

UEFA Euro Women's U17 Championship
First Qualifying Round
1pm, Sunday 26 October 2014
Albena, Bulgaria

First-half strikes from Ashleigh Plumptre, Chloe Kelly and Megan Finnigan put John Griffiths' side in control, before six more goals followed after the break.

Plumptre and Kelly both scored a second strike apiece to tally up with goals from Danielle Brown, Myumi Pacheco, Mahlah Catline and Georgia Stanway.

England's next game will be against hosts Bulgaria on Tuesday afternoon, before they play their third and final group match against Russia next Friday.

England Women U17s (4-3-3): 1 Sian Rogers; 12 Danielle Brown, 15 Grace Fisk, 6 Megan Finnigan, 3 Myumi Pacheco; 18 Zoe Cross, 4 Chloe Peplow, 17 Georgia Stanway; 8 Alessia Russo, 9 Chloe Kelly, 14 Ashleigh Plumptre.

Substitutions: 8 Russo replaced by 7 Kess Elmore (60), 18 Cross replaced by 16 Georgia Allen (68), 14 Plumptre replaced by Mahlah Catline (56). 

Goals: Plumptre (19, 54), Kelly (31, 65), Finnigan (33), Brown (51), Pacheco (53), Catline (77), Stanway (80).

By FA Staff