Meet our two young Sugar Boyz

[SwalePie]

Tee.nager Kieran Cooney may not have played a senior game of football yet, but he might be about to hit a surprising high note in his career by taking an unconventional leap straight onto the international stage.

The academy wing-back from Notts County, who was playing youth football for Racing Club Warwick just two years ago, has been called up alongside fellow Magpies 19-year-old Diego Edwards to represent tiny Caribbean country St Kitts and Nevis...

Continues at link...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/68580645

[SwalePie]

86' St. Kitts and Nevis substitution

Shade leaves the game and Cooney replaces him.

[SwalePie]

FT - San Marino 1-3 St. Kitts and Nevis

[Glad2BeAPie]

Diego Edwards and Kieran Cooney, came on in the 81st and 87th minutes for St Kitts & Nevis, in a 3-1 win vs San Marino. Well done to both.

[SwalePie]

Diego Edwards and Kieran Cooney, came on in the 81st and 87th minutes for St Kitts & Nevis, in a 3-1 win vs San Marino. Well done to both.

Brilliant! I posted on the other thread when Cooney came on but didn't realise Edwards had also got on. Nice one.

[Old_pie]

Brilliant! I posted on the other thread when Cooney came on but didn't realise Edwards had also got on. Nice one.

https://www.vavel.com/en-us/live/202...dly-match.html seems to indicate that Edwards was in the starting line-up. The report also has your cited:

86' St. Kitts and Nevis substitution!

Shade leaves the game and Cooney replaces him.

But no other mention of Edwards other than in the starting line-up.

Good experience for the lads and hope it rubs off here in the future.

[irishpete]

BBC Sport has a feature on the 2

[ShannockPie]

BBC Sport has a feature on the 2

A good read - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/68580645

Thanks G2BP for the alert

[Old_pie]

A good read - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/68580645

Thanks G2BP for the alert

Swale had already started a thread - bit surprised he didn't merge this into it.

Edit: ** and as if by magic he has in the middle of my posting **

Doesn't "Sugar Boyz" have some darker connotation.

[Elite_Pie]

Doesn't "Sugar Boyz" have some darker connotation.

A while ago maybe, but Demerara these days.