Josh Landers in Scotland U19s squad for Italy double-header

PEEBLESSHIRE football star Josh Landers has been picked for Scotland’s U19s as they prepare for a double-header with Italy.

The striker, from Innerleithen, is part of head coach Neil MacFarlane’s squad of 23.

Eighteen-year-old Landers, who has already bagged five goals for West Ham United’s U21s in Premier League 2 this season, will be hoping to pick up where he left off in the last Scotland camp.

The former Peebles High School pupil scored one against Kazakhstan before finding the net four times in a 7-1 win against United Arab Emirates during the Slovenia Nations Cup in September.

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The first match with Italy takes place on Friday (October 10).

It is a 3.30pm kick off UK time at the Antonio Molinari Stadium, Campobasso.

The youngsters will then face each other again on Monday at 10am at the

Stadio Mario Lancellotta, Isernia.

It is an important camp for Scotland, serving as preparation for the qualifiers for next summer’s European Championships.

Those get under way next month.

Scotland are in a group with England, Lithuania and Latvia. They play all three between November 12 and November 18.

Scotland’s squad for the Italy double-header

Calum Adamson (Rangers); Daniel Armer (Manchester United); Aidan Borland (Aston Villa); Fletcher Boyd (Aston Villa); Ben Brannan (Kilmarnock); Caelan Cadamarteri (Manchester City); Scott Constable (Dundee United); Tyler Fletcher (Manchester United); Matthew Gillies (Stranraer, on loan from Hearts); Finlay Hale (Celtic); Alfie Halliwell (Rangers); Callan Hamill (Arsenal); Josh Landers (West Ham United); Sean McArdle (Celtic); Aiden McGinley (Queen’s Park); Joseph McGrath (Hibernian); Rydnn McGuire (Rangers); Evan Mooney (St Mirren); Alfie Osborne (Hearts); Lewis Stewart (Rangers); John Tod (Dunfermline Athletic); Archie Traynor (Kilmarnock); Rory Whittaker (Southampton)