25th July 1993 The (future) Class of '93 did England proud at the UEFA Under 18 tournament finals, hosted in England. Two groups participated, with hosts England topping their group with victories over France, Netherlands and Spain to qualify for the final against Turkey. Turkey played in a group with Hungary, Romania and Portugal. The Final, the match, played in front of a 23,381 crowd at the City Ground home of Nottingham Forest saw England take the honours 1-0 - a Darren Caskey penalty - to win the competition for the ninth time.
The 1948 FIFA Youth Tournament, was the first edition of what would later be called the UEFA Tournament, an annual international men's football tournament organised by FIFA. This venture was held in England from 15 to 17 April 1948 with five different venues holding the matches, at Loftus Rd, Selhurst Pk, Vicarage Rd, The Boleyn Ground with White Hart Lane hosting the final stages i.e the Final (first place), the third place and fifth place ties. (three games in ONE DAY!!) Eight teams competed in a straight knockout competition with England defeating Wales 4-0 in th4 Quarter-Final, Belgium 3-1, in Semi and the Netherlands 3–2 in the Final. Belgium came third.
In 1993, many considered that Julian Joachim was the player of the tournament and would develop into a major star. He didn't ever play for the full England side, although four members of the England winning side did - Sol Campbell, Robbie Fowler, Gary Neville and Paul Scholes as did Nicky Butt who was a squad member, who didn't play in the 1993 final. A player named David Beckham - remember him? - didn't even make the England squad!
The winning England team - Chris Day (Tottenham); Gary Neville (Manchester United), Kevin Sharp (Leeds), Darren Caskey (Tottenham), Chris Casper (Manchester United), Sol Campbell (Tottenham), Mark Tinkler (Leeds), Julian Joachim (Leicester), Paul Scholes (Manchester United), Robbie Fowler (Liverpool), Kevin Gallen (QPR). Substitute: Noel Whelan (Leeds) for Gallen, 71st minute. We all thought that these players would be helping England winning the World Cup soon......
ENGLAND'S Group B
| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 England | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 6 |
 Spain | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 4 |
 Netherlands | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | –4 | 1 |
 France | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | –5 | 1 |
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