Our development squad defender Sam McClelland made his maiden appearance for the senior Northern Ireland international team in this evening’s friendly against Ukraine.

The achievement comes having been called up to represent his country for the first time last week. McClelland came off the bench in the 89th minute to replace Ciaron Brown against the nation managed by former Blue Andriy Shevchenko. Eventually, Ian Baraclough’s side were defeated in Kyiv by a solitary Oleksandr Zubkov goal in the 10th minute.

Elsewhere this evening, Michy Batshuayi came off the bench at half-time to replace Romelu Lukaku as Belgium drew with Greece. Thorgan Hazard's goal in the 20th minute was cancelled out by Georgios Tzavellas as Roberto Martinez's side prepare for the start of the European Championships this month.