ENNIS’ Ben Lyne has been called up to train with the English U15 squad.
Lyne is also eligible to line out for the Republic of Ireland. Within the past week, Ben was called up to the England U15s ID camp, he was the seventh member of the Manchester United squad to link up with the national team.
Other footballers involved in the camp include Camden Schaper, Iago Silva, Malachi Patterson, Grandel Boateng. Iago is the son of Thiago Silva while Schaper who signed for Chelsea from Blackburn Rovers for £700,000 and has already secured a contract with Adidas.
Ben signed for Manchester United in August from Wolves when several Premier League clubs were eyeing up the promising attacker. While Brexit rules have prevented many young Irish footballers from signing with clubs in the UK until they turn eighteen, Ben has been able to navigate over this obstacle through the fact he was born in the Cayman Islands.
A son of Seán and Maeve, Ben joined Wolves from the Cayman Islands football academy, Total Soccer Cayman, where he caught the attention of Wolves scouts in an English youth tournament.
In May, he scored both goals for St Flannan’s College to help them win the FAI Schools First Year Boys National Cup 2-1 against Scoil Dara, Kilcock on a scoreline of 2-1. He was named as a Community Games All Star for U12 soccer in October 2022. He is a former player with Ennis Town FC.
Before heading to Manchester, Ben played a central role for Éire Óg’s U15 footballers, scoring a hat-trick as they defeated Kildysart/Coolmeen 7-11 1-9 to win the county championship.
