AN ASPIRING teenage footballer has been chosen to represent Scotland’s Under-17s team in their upcoming European qualifying matches.
Neve McDonald, from Stalybridge, has recently received her GCSE results from Longdendale High School.
Now, after attending a four-day selection camp in Scotland, the 16-year-old is looking forward to games against Northern Ireland, Iceland and Poland.
Her proud dad Stuart said: “We are so thrilled for Neve to get this call-up as she really worked hard in the recent selection camp to earn her place.”
Neve now plays for Liverpool’s Under-21s team, having recently been given a two-year contract, which includes attending higher education on site at their Melwood training base.
She is part of a 20-player pool preparing for the trio of qualifiers, ahead of next summer’s European Championship in Faroe Islands.
Scotland will host Iceland on Tuesday, October 1, at 11.30am before taking on Northern Ireland three days later at the same time. The final match against Poland takes place on Monday, October 7, with kick-off scheduled for 3pm.
All three matches will take place at Broadwood Stadium in Cumbernauld and will be streamed live on the Scotland National Team YouTube channel.
As we reported recently, Neve – who has ambitions to be a professional footballer – started playing around six years old and attended Dukinfield Youth Soccer School on Saturdays.
She played for them at Under-8s and Under-9s level, before moving to Stalybridge Celtic Juniors in the East Manchester Junior Football League.
After attending trials for Manchester City’s Under-10s Girls Academy, she successfully earned a place and stayed at the club for six seasons before making the switch to Liverpool’s Under-16s last year.