England U21's Hammer Israel At Oakwell!

England’s stars of the future romped to a comfortably friendly win over Israel 

under the bright lights of Oakwell last night.

Stuart Pearce’s men who started their Euro 2013 qualifying campaign with a

 6-0 hammering of Azerbaijan last week saw off the young Israelis 4-1- 

meaning they have actually won more games at Oakwell this season than

 the stadium’s residents Barnsley who have lost three out of three.

The Under 21’s did fall behind thanks to a fine effort from Mohammad Kilbat

 but the young Lions roared back with second half strikes from Watford’s Marvin

 Sordell, Hull City’s new recruit from Leicester Martyn Waghorn, Aston Villa’s 

Nathan Delfouneso  with a penalty and Arsenal’s Henri Lansbury who has just 

joined  West Ham on loan.

It also keeps up Pearce’s unbeaten record at Oakwell having come here as a 

player with Newcastle in 1997 (2-2 draw) and with Manchester City in 2001 

when the former full back scored in a 3-0 win for the Blues. He also appeared in

 the Newcastle sides that defeated Barnsley 3-1 in the FA Cup and 2-1 in the

 Premier League in 1998, and the City side that thumped The Reds 5-1 in front

 of the SKY cameras in April 2002- a win which sealed City’s return to the Premier

 League and virtually condemned Barnsley to relegation to the Second Division.