• Burnley keeper hopes for England debut against the Netherlands
Nick Pope has embraced the challenge of establishing himself within the England set-up after completing a remarkable rise from part-time work as a milkman and games in the seventh tier of non-league football to the senior national squad within eight years.
The Burnley goalkeeper had been released by Ipswich Town at 16 and, having taken on a milk round to provide an income, turned out for Bury Town’s reserves in the Essex and Suffolk Border Football League while studying at West Suffolk College. Pope was subsequently signed by Charlton Athletic but was still playing only at Conference level, on loan at Aldershot, a little more than four years ago. On Friday he hopes to make his international debut against the Netherlands in Amsterdam.
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