After Glenavon Under 12's went to see the England v Poland U21 International at Wolverhampton Wanderers ground (Molineux Stadium), spirits were high amongst the boys on a cold night with the whole team performing thier own Mexican wave.
Never before have I seen or heard such a noisy crowd with plenty of screaming and shouting, and that was just our lot!
This trip was designed to bring the boys out of thier shells and that is exactly what it did.
Friendships were sealed amongst several players, which, despite spending very little time together on matchday and on the pitch, certainly made up for it off it! Lets hope we can carry on the brilliant vocal performance during the remaining games for the rest of the season.
Team manager John Killen would like to extend his thanks to the volunteers, Gary O'Keefe, Dave Hurst and Andy Howe, who offered thier services to take the lads in thier cars. Without them this trip would not have happened.
Also, our thanks go to the F.A who let Glenavon JFC, as a chartrer Standard Club, have 25 tickets free of charge.
Glenavon U12's Manager - John Killen.
Here's how Sky Sports reported the game:
"England Under 21s were held to a goalless draw in their international friendly against their Polish counterparts at Molineux.
Neither side was able to break the deadlock in a tight and fragmented fixture on Tuesday evening.
England began the brighter, and Poland goalkeeper Przemyslaw Tyton was forced into a double save early on after he parried Craig Gardner's fizzed free-kick into the path of Luke Moore.
Pearce's side continued to build, and Cameron Jerome was denied in the 11th minute as his low strike was tipped to safety by Tyton before the Birmingham striker's tame header was easily dealt with.
Poland did impress when going forward, though, and Joe Hart was called into action after Szymon Pawlowski turned smartly and fired low.
A number of injuries restricted the flow of the remainder of the first half; however England did create just before the interval when Moore looked to run onto Hart's long ball, only to be beaten to the ball by onrushing Tyton.
The first chance of the second period came on 63 minutes when Radoslaw Majewski struck a dropping ball first-time with substitute shot-stopper Tom Heaton demonstrating excellent agility to palm over.
England struggled to break down Poland's defence, with a number of substitutions disrupting their shape, however in the 77th minute O'Hara burst onto a clever through ball from Fraizer Campbell and then drove a low cross into the box, which Campbell could not quite divert home.
Both sides pushed for the elusive winner, with Pawlowski going close in the dying stages as he dragged wide, but it never came and the encounter ended goalless."
Here is the link to the SkySports article: England U21 v Poland u21
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