Youth footballers at Haverhill Rovers got the chance to put questions to England Euro 24 players during a live filming session for a YouTube channel with almost 2.7 million subscribers.
The youngsters grabbed their chance to put questions to Aston Villa's Ezri Konsa and Crystal Palace's Eberechi Eze when presenter Liam MacDevitt and a film crew visited the New Croft on Saturday to record a live episode of Lion's Den, which is broadcast on the England national football team's official YouTube channel.
The show is livestreamed every day during the Euros, with part of the programme seeing England squad members take questions from players at community clubs in different parts of England.
Presenter Liam MacDevitt interviewing Lois Balfour for the Lion's Den YouTube show. Picture: Mecha Morton Rovers caught the eye of the show's producers, said committee member Mark Rogers, because of its youth teams' successes last season, including the U16s winning the EJA (Eastern Junior Alliance) league title and the U18s winning the Veo Suffolk Under-18 Midweek Cup Final.
They then got in touch with Mark to ask if the club would be interested in taking part in the show, which culminated in the presenter and crew spending at least five hours at the New Croft.
Mark, whose 14-year-old son Isaac was one of the Rovers youth players chosen at random on the day to ask a question, said: "Essentially it was just a reward for all of their efforts.
The players from various Haverhill Rovers U14 boys teams that took part in the day at the New Croft. Picture: Mark Rogers
Lions Den presenter Liam MacDevitt interviewed Haverhill Rovers U16 and U18 captain Milo Barton and Lois Balfour as part of the live show filmed at The New Croft. Picture: Mecha Morton "All of the U14 boys that were there have been at the club since they were six years old. It was just an experience to have a training session in front of the cameras."
Rovers invited its Girls U10 and U11 teams, plus a selection of players from four U14 boys teams to take part in a training session that was caught on camera during the 46-minute show.
Some of them were then asked if they would like to take the chance to put a question to Eze and Konsa.
Rovers' football development officer Lois Balfour and Milo Barton, skipper of the club's U16 and U18 teams, were also interviewed live by Liam MacDevitt.
Presenter Liam MacDevitt interviewed U16 and U18 captain Milo Bartonwho then put a question to Eberechi Eza and Ezri Konsa. Picture: Mecha Morton
Daily England live show 'Lion's Den' was filmed live from The New Croft, with players from the Haverhill Rovers U14 sides invited along to take a training session. Picture: Mecha Morton Mark added: "The boys and the girls were buzzing on the day and of course, it's on YouTube so they can look back at it again and again."
Isaac asked the two Premier League stars 'what's the mood like in the England camp', and afterwards his dad said: "He was proud and privileged to do so.
Haverhill Rovers U14 players and coaches held a training session as part of the Lion's Den programme. Picture: Mecha Morton "He's got no ego about him. He was just his usual self.
"It's just nice to see local boys are being given that sort of platform."
The England YouTube channel has 2.69 million subscribers.