Welsh サッカー heroes who were born in England! Captain Ashley Williams, Hal Robson-Kanu and Sam Vokes qualified to play for the country thanks to their grandparents?

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Just when England fans thought things couldn’t get any worse, it’s 現れるd the three むちの跡s goalscorers in their 勝利，勝つ against Belgium were all born in England.

Captain Ashley Williams, Hal Robson-Kanu and Sam Vokes were all raised east of the 国境 and were only 適格の to play for むちの跡s through their grandparents.

Robson-Kanu ? who 得点する／非難する／２０d the second goal for むちの跡s after a beautiful turn in the style of Dutch legend Johan Cruyff ? even played for England at Under-19 and Under-20 level before switching over to the Red Dragons.

Captain Ashley Williams, Hal Robson-Kanu and Sam Vokes (pictured 最高の，を越す) were all raised east of the 国境 and were only 適格の to play for むちの跡s through their grandparents

The 27-year-old was b orn in Acton, west London and 現在／一般に does not have a club after 存在 解放（する）d by Reading at the end of last season.

Robson-Kanu 以前 played for the younger England teams growing up.

But in 2010 he decided to change 忠誠 and joined むちの跡s’s Under-21 味方する. He is 適格の to do so thanks to his maternal grandmother, Elizabeth Robson, from Caerphilly, むちの跡s.

Robson-Kanu grew up in Kensington, west London and is also 適格の to play for Nigeria, through his father.

Ashley Williams, 31 ? who 長，率いるd in their first-half equaliser ? was born in Wolverhampton and 現在／一般に plays for Swansea. 船長／主将 Williams qualified to play for むちの跡s through his Welsh grandfather 法案 Rowlands, who was his mother Lyn’s father.

Ashley Williams, 31 ? who 長，率いるd in their first-half equaliser ? was born in Wolverhampton and 現在／一般に plays for Swansea

Williams grew up supporting England and was only spotted when former むちの跡s 青年 coach, Brian Flynn, saw him playing and asked if his Welsh surname meant he had any 関係s to the country. Williams made his debut under ex-経営者／支配人 John Tosha ck in 2008 against Luxembourg.

事前の to the Euro 2016 tournament beginning last month, he said: ‘My granddad on my mother’s 味方する was Welsh and I am very 感謝する for that. It is all I have known for ages.

‘Mum and dad are really proud. I have lived in むちの跡s for nine years now and every time I play for むちの跡s and the 国家の 国家 is played, my mother gets emotional.

‘A few of my English friends now support むちの跡s and then there are a few who support England.’

Robson-Kanu ? who 得点する／非難する／２０d the second goal for むちの跡s after a beautiful turn in the style of Dutch legend Johan Cruyff ? even played for England at Under-19 and Under-20 level

Striker Sam Vokes was also capped by むちの跡s through his Welsh grandfather マイク Finch.

Vokes has 以前 認める he did not realise his grandfather was Welsh until he was also approached by Brian Flynn.

He then made his 上級の debut against アイスランド in May 2008.

And Vokes ? who 得点する／非難する／２０d the team’s third goal against Belgium in the 3-1 勝利，勝つ ? had been born and raised in Southampton. The 26-year-old will be starring for newly 促進するd Burnley in the Prem ier League this coming season.

Of the 23-man むちの跡s squad, nine were born in England and only Gareth Bale, who plays for Real Madrid, and Inverness goalkeeper Owain Fon Williams played outside the English game last season.

Vokes has 以前 認める he did not realise his grandfather was Welsh until he was also approached by Brian Flynn

一方／合間, it has 現れるd the wife of むちの跡s 経営者／支配人 Chris Coleman may have to 行方不明になる the biggest game in the country’s history because she is ひどく 妊娠している.

Charlotte Jackson, a Sky Sports TV presenter, is eight months 妊娠している with the couple’s second child and is understood to be worried about making a second long-distance trip to フラン.

The 37-year-old was in the Stade Pierre-Mauroy in Lille on Friday when her husband’s team （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 Belgium. But she is thought to be nervous about making a second trip wi thin a week.??

船長／主将 Williams (pictured with wife Vanessa) qualified to play for むちの跡s through his Welsh grandfather 法案 Rowlands, who was his mother Lyn’s father