Where are they now? England's 2009 Euro U21 finalists

The Three Lions have had promising young cubs before. Did the last bunch of U21 hopefuls raise a roar – or disappear with a whimper?

Theo Walcott
Theo Walcott of England goes round Kristijan Naumovski of Macedonia during the UEFA U21 Championship qualifier
(Image credit: Jamie McDonald/Getty Images)

Urban legend has it that ​Ernest Hemingway was responsible for the shortest tragedy ever, a six-word story reading: “For sale, baby shoes, never worn.” Fans of the England football team, though, will have shivers running down their collective spines at an entirely different, more evocative handful of words.

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