Cauley Woodrow

Early life and career

Woodrow was born in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, where he attended Hemel Hempstead School. His father, Martin Patching, was a professional footballer. As a young boy, Woodrow trained with Tottenham Hotspur. He joined Buckhurst Hill ahead of the 2007–08 season. He scored eight goals in one of his early games, and played in the team that represented the South of England in the national finals of the Tesco Cup in 2008. Although his team lost in the semi-final, Woodrow received the award for best forward in the competition. He went on to join Conference Premier club Luton Town. In the summer of 2010, he was part of their under-15 team that reached the final of a 40-team tournament involving several major European clubs' youngsters, and in September he scored six goals in an FA Youth Cup qualifying match against Cogenhoe United. While still 15, he was an unused substitute for the FA Cup match at Corby Town, and he made his senior debut on 14 December, twelve days after his 16th birthday, as Luton won an FA Trophy first-round replay at Welling United. Woodrow played twice more in the FA Trophy: against Uxbridge, he set up the third goal in a 4–0 win, and against Gloucester City, he won the free kick from which Luton scored the only goal of the game to progress to the quarter-final. He was called up to the England under-17 team for a tournament in Portugal in February 2011.

Fulham

Early Fulham career

In March 2011, Woodrow…

Woodrow was called up to the England under-17 team for the 2011 Algarve Tournament in February. When he made his debut, scoring the equalising goal in a 1–1 draw with Romania, he became the first non-League footballer to play for an England youth team since Bob Oates of Ashley Road in 1974. He played in England's other two matches in the tournament, against Germany and Portugal, as a second-half substitute. Woodrow's next England callup came in May 2014; he was included in a mixed under-20/under-21 squad to face Wales U21 in a European Championship qualifier and to compete in that summer's Toulon Tournament. He was not involved with the U21 match, but played in all five of England U20's matches at Toulon, and scored twice, in 1–1 draws with South Korea and Colombia. England lost to Portugal in the third-place play-off. After forwards Patrick Bamford, Saido Berahino and Callum Wilson withdrew through injury from the England U21 squad for friendlies against the Czech Republic and Germany, Woodrow was called up, and made his U21 debut on 27 March 2015, playing the first hour of a 1–0 win against the Czechs. He was selected in the provisional squad for the 2015 Championship, but did not make the cut. Woodrow made three more appearances for England U21 later in 2015, and was included in the squad for the 2016 Toulon Tournament, which the Football Association were treating as an under-21 competition. He made three appearances in the group stage and scored twice, against Guinea,…

As of match played 5 September 2026

Barnsley

EFL League One runner-up: 2018–19 England U21

Toulon Tournament: 2016