TWO young Ilkley footballers have been enjoying a taste of European football.

Eleven-year-old Thomas Dover and ten-year-old Woody Luffman have been playing in international tournaments for Blackburn Rovers Academy teams.

Dover, who attends Ilkley Grammar School, travelled to Portugal to play in an event which featured teams from clubs such as Paris St Germain.

Luffman, a pupil at All Saints School, came up against opponents from Helsinki and Bayer Leverkusen at a competition in Holland.

Both boys have been part of the Blackburn Rovers Academy for five years.