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Former team-mates give their verdict on Jordan Pickford ahead of England’s Euro 2020 final

A decade before reaching the final of Euro 2020 and becoming a national hero, Pickford was cutting his teeth in the Conference as a 17-year-old loanee at Darlo.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
11 July 2021

By Chris Dunlavy

IF JOSE Mourinho thinks Jordan Pickford needs to chill out, he should have seen the England stopper at Darlington!
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A decade before reaching the final of Euro 2020 and becoming a national hero, Pickford was cutting his teeth in the Conference as a 17-year-old loanee at Darlo.
Drafted in from Sunderland with the cash-strapped Quakers on the brink of liquidation, he made his professional debut in a 1-0 defeat to Fleetwood Town and ended the season with 17 appearances.
Pickford has since established himself as one of the Premier League’s elite keepers at Everton an...

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