Newcastle United youngster Lewis Miley has followed in the footsteps of Sean Longstaff after being presented with the Jack Hixon award at Sport Newcastle's annual dinner.
On a night where Elliot Anderson won the Wor Jackie trophy, Miley was named Tyneside's most promising youngster after taking home the Jack Hixon award. Miley, in the process, joined Longstaff, Freddie Woodman and Adam Armstrong as winners of the gong, which is named after the legendary scout who discovered Alan Shearer.
It is the latest milestone for the teenager, who signed a full-time scholarship last July. Miley has already trained with Newcastle's first team and the highly-rated 16-year-old was named among the substitutes for the Magpies' pre-season friendlies against Atalanta and Athletic Bilbao last summer.
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Miley has also been called up by England under-17s and the Durham-born attacking midfielder even scored for the Young Lions against Finland in the Nordic Championships before going on to make his full debut for Newcastle's under-21s alongside talented older brother Jamie last month. After such a memorable 12 months, perhaps, it was not a surprise that Miley was handed the Jack Nixon award on Thursday night.
"It's an honour to win an award like this, which has been won by successful professionals playing the game now," he told the club's website. "When I've had the chance to train with the first-team, Sean [Longstaff] has welcomed me and shows an interest in how I'm developing.
"So far this season, the biggest highlight for me is being selected for England under-17s and also being on the bench for the first-team's pre-season friendlies against Atalanta and Athletic Club.
"I'd like to keep being involved in and out of first-team training so I am getting more experience and to be in the England squad for next year's European under-17 championship."
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