Jonathan Rowe: From England mascot to England Under 21s matchwinner

When a nine-year-old Jonathan Rowe was walking out alongside England and Brazil at a packed Wembley he was living every football-mad child's dream.

An AFC Wembley youth player, he was picked to be mascot for the visit of the five-time world champions in 2013. He later watched on as Frank Lampard's second-half goal gave the Three Lions a memorable 2-1 victory.

Skip forward 12 and a half years, it was now Rowe's turn to be England's matchwinner.

The Marseille forward came off the bench to give his country a dramatic 3-2 extra-time win over Germany in the final of the European Under-21 Championship.

A senior call-up may yet be some way off, but this was a night the 22-year-old will never forget.

With England boss Thomas Tuchel watching on from the stands, Rowe told Channel 4: "I came into the game with [the mindset of] anything I could do to help the team.

"I'm so happy I managed to do that in front of some important people tonight."

But who exactly is England's new U21 hero - and how did he end up in France at Marseille?

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