England ’ s Young Lions booked their place in May ’ s Under 17 European Championship with an impressive 3-1 win over Slovenia at Chesterfield . John Peacock ’ s team , the defending European champions , surged into a three-goal lead by half-time courtesy of goals from Reece Oxford and Nathan Holland followed by an own goal by Matija Rom . Although Slovenia pulled a goal back through Jan Mlakar in the 65th minute , England were worthy winners and advanced to May ’ s finals in Bulgaria with a match to spare . England 's Under 17 squad secured a place at the European Championships on Monday after beating Slovenia . Reece Oxfoed ( centre ) headed the England team into the lead after 20 minutes against Slovenia . Oxford ( centre ) , the England Under 17 captain , celebrates putting his side ahead . England ( 4-2-3-1 ) : Paul Woolston ( Newcastle United ) ; James Yates ( Everton ) , Reece Oxford ( C ; West Ham United ) , Easah Suliman ( Aston Villa ) , Jay DaSilva ( Chelsea ) : Tom Davies ( Everton ) , Daniel Wright ( Sunderland ) ; Nathan Holland ( Everton ) , Chris Willock ( Arsenal ) , Layton Ndukwu ( Leicester City ) ; Kazaiah Sterling ( Tottenham Hotspur ) Substitutions : Will Patching ( Manchester City ) for Willock 48 ; Marcus Edwards ( Tottenham Hotspur ) for Ndukwu 54 ; Lukas Nmecha ( Manchester City ) for Holland 64 . Scorers : Oxford 20 ; Holland 36 , Rom own goal 38 . Booked : Suliman , Oxford . Slovenia ( 4-3-2-1 ) : Rok Vodisek ; Matija Rom , Luka Gucek , Oscar Cvjeticanin , Sven Karic Sostaric ; Vitja Malencic , Sandi Ogrinec , Kristjan Sredojevic ; Jacob Novak , Timi Max Elsnik ; Jan Mlakar ( C ) Substitutions : Rok Buzinel for Rom 40 ; Dejan Petrovic for Ogrinec 40 ; Gaber Petric for Sredojevic 67 . Scorer : Mlakar 65 . Boosted by Saturday ’ s 3-1 win over Norway at Burton-upon-Trent , England made the short trip north to Chesterfield full of confidence ahead of the second of three Elite Round qualifiers held this week . And they were soon on the offensive , with visiting goalkeeper Rok Vodisek pushing away a fierce shot from the Leicester striker Layton Ndukwu , who was chasing his fifth goal in Euro qualifying , inside two minutes . Slovenia , who had easily beaten Romania 3-0 in their first game of the qualifying mini-group on Saturday night , threatened when Timi Max Semic cut inside and forced England goalkeeper Paul Woolston into a low fingertip save . But England took the lead on 20 minutes and it was all the work of young Everton winger Holland . He helped win a corner with a purposeful run and then swung in a delivery that Oxford , the captain , headed into the top corner . Back came Slovenia and Newcastle stopper Woolston excelled with a one-handed save to keep out Jacob Novak ’ s thunderbolt . While the away side failed to take their chances , England were clinical and were in total command by half-time . Holland gained a goal that was just reward for his efforts on 36 minutes , playing a one-two with Arsenal man Chris Willock inside the box before drilling the ball into the bottom corner from 10 yards . And Holland was involved in the third too , which arrived two minutes later . Having advanced into space down the right , his cut-back was sliced by full-back Rom into his own net . Peacock was allowed the luxury to make changes in the second period and Manchester City duo Will Patching and Lukas Nmecha were given a run-out , as was Tottenham ’ s Marcus Edwards . Nathan Holland celebrates adding England 's second goal of the game in the 36th minute . Holland celebrates his strike with his international team-mates as England cruised to victory . England 's victory meant they qualified with five wins from five and still have a group game remaining . And the latter came close to scoring the fourth following some nifty footwork but his shot from a tight angle was blocked at the near post . Slovenia deserved something on the balance of play and pulled one back 15 minutes from time when Fiorentina man Mlakar , the skipper , looped home a back post header . But a comeback never looked likely and England complete their qualifying campaign against Romania at Burton on Thursday knowing their place in the finals is already rubber-stamped .
England Under 17 captain Reece Oxford scored as England beat Slovenia . The match was played at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales and saw a crowd of more than 50,000 watch England win 3-0.