CAPPED CRUSADER

Superhero Pickford on mission to top Shilts

- by ANDY DUNN

THAT is Joe Hart and David Seaman in the wing mirrors... with only the small matter of Peter Shilton to pass. Only another 50 caps to go.

In the overwhelming tedium of England's 1-0 win against Andorra in Barcelona, a significant landmark passed a lot of people by.

As he kept another clean sheet, Jordan Pickford was making his 76th England appearance - surpassing the number made by Hart and Seaman.

Now, the only keeper ahead of Pickford in the England appearance list is Shilton, with his 125 caps.

That looks a monumental gap but it is not beyond the bounds of possibility that Pickford will bridge it.

Shilton was two months shy of his 41st birthday when he won his 125th and final cap in the World Cup third-place play-off match against Italy in July, 1990.

And Seaman was 38 when he won his last cap.