Dylan Cross

Sport:

Footballer

Biography:

I started playing football when i was 10 and got scouted by Burnley when I was 12. This only lasted 6 months but I went on to play for local teams; Rishton and Great Harwood.

Having played for Blackpool and Manchester City disability teams. I then got told about trials for England and desided to go along.

I started playing deaf football in 2015, at 20 years of age. The trials were held in Wolverhampton and I got selected before going on to play in my first European deaf championship in Crete.

I then signed for Doncaster Deaf, where I played my first ever Deaf Champions League game near London, before playing for Darwen Deaf. From then I’ve played in a World Cup in Malaysia and another European Championship in Turkey.

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