TEENAGER Adam Bennett made his England soccer debut on Saturday.
Adam, of Coundon near Bishop Auckland, was playing in the Football Association's first ever England Learning Disabilities Under-17 squad against a Northern Ireland team.
A pupil at Warwick Road School in Bishop Auckland, it is Adam's ambition to play for Newcastle United.
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