York's Lewis Cook's England debut nets grandfather £17,000

A York grandfather has won a 17 thousand pound bet after his grandson played for England for the first time last night.

Bournemouth's Lewis Cook - who went to Tadcaster Grammar School - made his debut at Wembley - four years after his grandad placed a bet on it happening.

Trevor Burlingham placed a bet at 33-1 in 2014, in his local William Hill shop in Tadcaster, that Cook would make his debut before reaching his 26th birthday, and the 21-year-old came on as a substitute in the 1-1 draw with Italy at Wembley on Tuesday.

He was a 71st minute replacement for Jesse Lingard, in what was the final friendly before manager Gareth Southgate names his provisional squad for this summer's World Cup in Russia.

Lewis Cook, Senior England international. Another @LUFC academy success. #LUFC #MOT pic.twitter.com/1VZukrdxrT

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Bookmaker William Hill said it was their biggest payout of its type since Harry Wilson secured his grandfather a £125,000 win for making his Wales debut in 2013.

Peter Edwards had put the bet on when Wilson was just 18-months-old, at mammoth odds of 2,500-1.

Cook had earned his first England call-up back in November, just months after leading the Young Lions to glory at the Under-20s World Cup, but did not make an appearance.

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