England cruised to a resounding 8-0 win over Georgia in their opening UEFA Women’s U17 elite round qualifier.
Gemma Grainger’s side sauntered through the first stage of qualifying, defeating Moldova, Azerbaijan and Iceland last September.
And they picked up where they left off with Emma Harries’s first-half double setting the tone for another comfortable victory.
A Gvantsa Kadagishvili own goal extended the Young Lionesses’ advantage before a Melisa Filis penalty made it 4-0 at half-time.
And goals from Fran Stables, Alisha Ware, Eleanor Dale and Rebecca May after the break completed an emphatic result.
England face elite round hosts Hungary on Sunday and then Greece next Wednesday.
The seven elite round group winners will qualify to join hosts Bulgaria in the finals between 5-7 May.
England (4-4-2): 13 Emily Orman (Brighton & Hove Albion RTC); 18 Sophie Quirk (Reading), Gracie Pearse (Arsenal), 6 Maya Le Tissier (capt; Brighton & Hove Albion), 5 Mia Cruickshank (Reading); 11 Charlotte Fleming (Chelsea), 10 Ruby Grant (Arsenal), 8 Melisa Filis (Arsenal), 3 Alisha Ware (Southampton RTC); 19 Fran Stables (Manchester United RTC), 17 Emma Harries (Reading).
Substitutes: 1 Emma Bradley (Manchester City) for Orman 46, 20 Ellen Jones (Bristol City RTC) for Fleming 46, 12 Rebecca May (Manchester United) for Grant 46, 15 Katie Robinson (Bristol City) for Stables 68, 9 Eleanor Dale (Middlesbrough) for Harries 76.
Substitutes not used: 2 Ella Morris (Southampton RTC), 4 Ellie Hack (Brighton & Hove Albion), 7 Keri Matthews (York City RTC), 14 Lucy Johnson (Leicester City).
Goals: Harries 25, 28, Kadagishvili (o.g) 34, Filis (pen) 38, Stables 52, Ware 66, Dale 81, May 90+3.
Head coach: Gemma Grainger
Referee: Vera Onică (MDA)
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