Norwich academy Under-16s
goalkeeper Jed Steer followed in the footsteps of Robert
Green, Joe Lewis and Declan
Rudd when he was called by England's Under-16 squad for the
Vicory Shield international against Northern Ireland at Blackpool
on October 11th 2007 with the game being covered live by Sky Sports.
Jed Steer flew out to France with the England Under-16 squad
on Monday 17th March 2008 to take part in the Montaigu tournament.
England's group games in the tournament are against Japan on Wednesday
19th March, Germany on Thursday 20th March and USA on Easter Saturday.
Jed kept a clean sheet in a 1-0 win against Germany on Thursday.
Although England lost 1-0 to the USA with Adam Davies (Everton)
in goal, an earlier victory against Japan was enough to see England
joint top of their group together with Germany. Both teams finished
with exactly the same record but England's victory over the Germans
gave the Young Lions the spot in the final.
Steer was the English hero when he produced the matchwinning
save in a penalty shoot-out as England beat hosts France 5-4 in
the final on spot-kicks after a goalless draw.England netted all
five of their spot-kicks through skipper José Baxter, Ryan
Tunnicliffe, Jonjo Shelvey, Emmanuel Frimpong and Ezekiel Fryers
to win the game and add a second honour for the season after lifting
the Victory Shield last November. Germany sealed third place in
the competition after beating Ivory Coast on penalties.
In August 2008, Jed was called up to the England Under-17 squad,
even though he is only 15, for an international tournament against
Israel, Italy and Portugal.