England 1993 GK player shirt by Umbro believed to have been issued to Sheppard for the 1993 World Youth Championships held in Australia.
Despite being the number one Sheppard did not make any appearances at the tournament with Barnsley keeper David Watson preferred. Things did not start well when the side struggled to come back from a Steve Watson own goal in the opening match with South Korea, finally finding an equaliser in the 82nd minute through Ian Pearce.
After that USA and Turkey were both dispatched 1-0 to put them in the Quarter Finals where an England team incredibly won a penalty shoot-out, seeing off Mexico 4-3 on spot-kicks. Surprise package Ghana proved too hot to handle though and a dream Final with Brazil in Sydney was not to be. Still, David Burnside's men did beat the hosts to take third place. Many future England internationals were part of this squad, unfortunately Sheppard himself was not one of them, after making 23 appearances for Watford between 1991-94 he moved to Reading before eventually dropping down to non-league football by '96.
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Correct player size flock print professionally heat pressed, fully embroidered crest, Umbro logo and World Youth Championships Australia 1993 detail, different collar label to commercial replica version, given to an England team-mate as a gift and comes from their personal collection - a signed letter verifying this will be provided.
