BOLTON defender Ben Chatburn has been selected in a 19 strong Greater Manchester Under 16s squad for their challenge match against North East Wales at Flint FC on Tuesday (7pm).
The local youngster, who attends Turton School, skippered Bolton Under 15s last season and he has come through a set of early season trials to make it into the county squad.
Bury's Jonathan Derby has also been selected in the Greater Manchester line up.
The full squad is: Tim Deasy, Ben Brookes, Jason Talbot, Anthony Kilbourn (Salford), Jonathan Derby (Bury), Chris Davies, Luke Horrocks, Steve Taylor, Abdinasir Hassan (Manchester), Andrew Smart, Liam Fitzsimmonds, Steven Lunt, Jon D'Layea, Nathan D'Layea, Michael Bailey (Trafford), Ben Chatburn (Bolton), Dean Crowther, Matthew Davis, Matthew Haley (Stockport).
County boss Gary Joplin will be using the match to warm up for the Northern Counties competition which starts later this month.
Greater Manchester will play matches against Merseyside, Cheshire, Lancashire and West Yorkshire with the two winners going into the semi finals.
Northumberland, Durham, Cleveland, South Yorkshire and North Yorkshire make up the other group.
Meanwhile, at inter school level, Sharples Under 16s beat Priestnall School 2-0 in the first round of the Greater Manchester Schools' champions cup.
Goals from Gordon Howarth and Nicky Adams gave Sharples, who won the Bolton Cup last season, their win against the Stockport cup winners, who started the game with a two-year unbeaten record.
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