MATCH! -julkaisun 3 October 2023 -irtonumeron sisällysluettelo

MARY FOWLER MAN. CITY The Australia forward is now properly settled in England and could have a banging 2023-24! MAYA LE TISSIER MAN. UNITED The 21-year-old centre-back has the quality and leadership to be a future Red Devils captain! LAURA BLINDKILDE BROWN ASTON VILLA The midfielder was Villa’s 2022-23 Young POTY! KATIE ROBINSON BRIGHTON The Lionesses baller impressed gaffer Sarina Wiegman enough to make her final WWC squad! CARRIE JONES BRISTOL CITY The Wales CM joined from Man. United in the summer after last season’s Leicester loan!…

HOW TO VOTE! Go to the MATCH social media channels now and you’ll see two shortlists – one for Player Of The Month and one for Goal Of The Month. Then just vote for your choice. Well easy! FERNANDES The Man. United captain’s volley versus Burnley was from another planet. Unreal technique! HUDSON-ODOI The wicked winger’s equaliser against Burnley on his Nottingham Forest debut was absolutely glorious. Worldie! HAALAND Yet another Haaland hat-trick (v Fulham) started what was a sick September for the Man. City goal machine! FERGUSON The brilliant Brighton wonderkid’s hat-trick against Newcastle included a stunner from distance! THE RESULTS! We’ll reveal the winners in our next issue!…

SPAIN v SCOTLAND Thursday 12 October, 7.45pm Scott McTominay scored twice on a glorious night at Hampden Park to secure a historic victory over Spain back in March! It would be out of this world if the underdogs can do the double over the 2023 Nations League winners, but we think it’s going to be much tougher this time. Plus, La Roja have been stewing over that loss for seven months! ENGLAND v ITALY Tuesday 17 October, 7.45pm The Three Lions earned their first victory over Italy in more than a decade in March, with Declan Rice and a Harry Kane penalty helping them to a 2-1 win, despite Luke Shaw’s red card late on. The Italians view this as a chance to reach Gareth Southgate’s side at the top…

AMARA DIOUF 15 YRS 94 DAYS The 15-year-old forward made his Senegal debut last month in AFCON qualifying. Wow! MARTIN ODEGAARD 15 YRS 253 DAYS The Norway captain was at Stromsgodset at the time of his 2014 debut against the UAE! SAMUEL ETO’O 15 YRS 364 DAYS The legendary striker made his Cameroon debut the day before he turned 16 years old. Epic! DIEGO MARADONA 16 YRS 120 DAYS The all-time legend would later go on to captain his nation to World Cup success! KENDRY PAEZ 16 YRS 131 DAYS Kendry made his senior debut for Ecuador last month, not long after signing for Chelsea! HARRY WILSON 16 YRS 207 DAYS Wales gave a debut to then Liverpool winger Wilson before he had played a club match!…

I AM LENNY BROWN BOOK MATCH has got ten copies of the brilliant I Am Lenny Brown book to give away to some very lucky readers. Don’t miss out, peeps! I Am Lenny Brown is out now. For more information, visit www.puffin.co.uk CLOSING DATE: NOV.3 Lenny loves listening to his friend Layla, the captain of the school’s team, talk about her passion for football, watching his class as they play, and practising with his dog after school! Football is a gateway for Lenny to feel much more comfortable at school while he navigates selective mutism! HOW TO ENTER! HEAD TO… SHOP.KELSEY.CO.UK/WIN Then just click on the competition image and enter your details. Full terms and conditions are available online. FOLLOW MATCH! FOR FOOTY NEWS, TRANSFER GOSSIP, VIDEOS & EPIC LOLS!…

The midfielder was handed a signature silo from adidas to celebrate his Real Madrid move! He has gained over two million followers on Instagram since joining the Spanish giants! Even Wimbledon champion Carlos Alcaraz is copying his celebration! He went on a recent mini-holiday with his Real team-mates Tchouameni and Camavinga! Real Madrid fans have started signing classic Beatles hit “Hey Jude” in his honour!…

LUTON v TOTTENHAM Saturday 7 October, 12.30pm Luton’s last victory over Tottenham was way back in 1987, so a home win here would be a momentous occasion! ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA Friday 13 October, 7.45pm Just like the women’s team did earlier this year, The Three Lions are hosting Australia in a “friendly”. Yeah, right! WALES v CROATIA Sunday 15 October, 7.45pm Wales need to go one better than their 1-1 draw with Croatia from March in this huge clash at the Cardiff City Stadium! FRANCE v SCOTLAND Tuesday 17 October, 7.45pm This fascinating friendly is another good chance for Scotland to test themselves against one of the top sides in Europe! BRIGHTON v LIVERPOOL Sunday 8 October, 2pm We can’t wait for this! Liverpool have only beaten Brighton once in…

JARELL QUANSAH At Liverpool’s academy since he was five, the CB made his PL debut v Newcastle in August! JAMIE DONLEY The left-footed Spurs U21 CAM got six assists in his first four PL2 games of 2023-24! MARK O’MAHONY Following in Evan Ferguson’s footsteps, he’s another exciting Irish striker! RONNIE STUTTER The pacy striker made the bench v Bournemouth last month in the Premier League! JACK WELLS-MORRISON The all-action midfielder was a Player of the Year candidate in last season’s PL2!…

RULE 1 Players must be owned by a Premier League club…sorry, Ansu Fati! RULE 2 They must have been 21 or at the start of the 2023-24 Prem campaign! 45 Jarrad Branthwaite Everton Position: Centre-back ★ Age: 21 Last season’s loan at PSV was a huge help in his development and he’s finally getting a chance to prove himself at Everton! 44 Cameron Archer Sheffield United Position: Striker ★ Age: 21 A dream start for The Blades saw Archer score the equaliser v Everton! Aston Villa made sure to include a buy-back option… 43 Milos Kerkez Bournemouth Position: Left-back ★ Age: 19 Still a teenager, the LB already has ten caps for Hungary and is getting regular minutes in the Prem for The Cherries! 42 Matheus Franca Crystal Palace Position:…

6 On making his debut, Bellingham became the sixth English outfield player to feature for Real Madrid! 3 Jude is their youngest player in the 21st century to score in three straight league matches! 4 He became the fourth player to score in his first four La Liga games in the 21st century! 12 No other player won more fouls in La Liga in August than Real Madrid’s midfield bossman! 90 He’s the youngest Englishman ever to score a 90th-minute winning goal in the Champo League! TURN OVER FOR HOW TO PLAY LIKE BELLINGHAM!…

WALES v GIBRALTAR This friendly is a chance for The Dragons to boost squad morale! MATCH SAYS 3-0 YOU SAY SPAIN v SCOTLAND It would take a mammoth effort for Scotland to beat Spain twice! MATCH SAYS 2-0 YOU SAY NETHERLANDS v FRANCE France’s sizzling streak is going to suffer a mini setback in this game! MATCH SAYS 1-1 YOU SAY N. IRELAND v SANMARINO Northern Ireland will get three points v bottom side San Marino! MATCH SAYS 3-0 YOU SAY CROATIA v TURKEY Luka Modric and men want a win to keep the pressure on Turkey! MATCH SAYS 2-1 YOU SAY ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA You would expect England to get a convincing win over Australia! MATCH SAYS 3-0 YOU SAY REP. OF IRELAND v GREECE Republic of Ireland will…

Happy birthday! Jack received this awesome MATCH inspired birthday card! We hope you had a buzzing day celebrating, pal! Top-quality kits! Max designed two new kits for Chelsea! They’d be awesome 2024-25 designs! Cristiano cartoon! Check out this cool Cristiano Ronaldo drawing from his superfan Maggie! Around the grounds! Brothers Noah and Sonny took MATCH to watch their local club Exeter City! Messi magic! We were super impressed by Cristiano cartoon! Charlie’s cartoon of Lionel Messi! Statue snap! Paul got snapped by the Johan Cruyff statue outside Ajax's epic stadium in Amsterdam! SEND YOUR PICTURES TO… Email: match.magazine@kelsey.co.uk Facebook: www.facebook.com/matchmagazine Twitter: www.twitter.com/matchmagazine…

2 England U20 star Malcolm Ebiowei played twice for Netherlands’ U15 side! Germany Women’s wonderkid Jule Brand says her football idol is her international team-mate Sara Dabritz. Awesome! 3 Evan Ferguson is only the fourth player to score a PL hat-trick aged 18 or younger! 17 Sheffield United striker Cameron Archer was directly involved in 17 league goals in 22 games for Middlesbrough last season! Netherlands wonderkid Esmee Brugts told MATCH that if she could swap places with a TV character it would be Dora the Explorer! Spain starlet Lamine Yamal could also have played for Equatorial Guinea or Morocco! Burnley wonderkid Aaron Ramsey scored in the final of the 2022 U19 Euros for England! 10 Brighton star Katie Robinson was involved in ten goals in 22 WSL games last…