Hull City goalkeeper Harvey Cartwright recounts 'surreal' England experience

Hull City goalkeeper Harvey Cartwright has described his appearance for England under-20s during the international break as a 'surreal experience'. The outing gave him his first cap at under-20 level having previously featured for the Three Lions under-18s and came less than two months after making his professional debut with the Tigers.

England fell to a 2-0 defeat and the 19-year-old lamented a lack of cutting edge, but the result seemingly failed to dampened the spirits of the young goalkeeper. Speaking to the official Hull City website, he said: "To receive my first cap for the under-20s is just amazing.

“When I found out I was starting, I was buzzing and I just couldn’t wait to play for my country. It was a surreal experience to play the game. To sing the national anthem was probably the most incredible part, because you hear it all the time when the seniors are playing, so to be a part of a starting XI and sing and represent my country was an unbelievable feeling.

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“It was a tough game, because it was away in Poland and their fans came in their numbers to support their national team. Plus, they were a really good side. We just didn’t have that cutting edge on the day and we didn’t take our chances, but it was a good experience and good learning curve for us.

"The team took that result into the Germany game and we managed to right our wrongs from that game and get the win.”

Competition from Matt Ingram and Nathan Baxter in the first-team at Hull City has limited the teenager to just two league appearances this season, both of which came when injury struck the aforementioned senior pair. Although he has not yet made a breakthrough at the KCOM