A handful of Sutton players were in action around the globe during the final international break of the year.

Academy players Jay Coombes and Mikey Charvetto Parody featured for Gibraltar’s opening few Euro 2026 qualifiers, while on-loan forward Dillon De Silva received a Sri Lanka recall as the Golden Army looked to close the gap on group leaders Turkmenistan with an important penultimate Asia Cup qualifier against Thailand.

Read on to see how the U’s fared on the international stage.

Dillon De Silva played 90 minutes in a do or die clash against Thailand, with Sri Lanka’s hopes of advancing to the final round of the AFC Asian Cup 2027 (Saudi Arabia qualifiers) were dashed after a 4-0 defeat against a strong Changsuek side.

Both sides needed a win to be in contention to qualify for the Asian Cup, and it was Thailand who got off to a great start, taking the lead after seven minutes thanks to a stunning Thanawat Suengchitthawon long range striker that swerved past a fully-stretched Kaveesh Fernando and nestled in the top corner.

Sri Lanka came close to an equaliser when the Sutton winger, currently on loan at Tamworth, followed up on a Jason Thayaparan low shot from outside the box which Patiwat Khammai had to push away, sending his effort wide of the target, with Thailand holding onto their slim advantage at the break.

However, despite Sri Lanka initially coming out for the second half looking hungrier, the South Asian side’s inability to create during their period of dominance was punished by Thailand in the 65th minute when Supachok Sarachat produced a teasing cross to an unmarked Jude Soonsup-Bell to power a header home.

Anthony Hudson’s side went on to romp past Sri Lanka, as the visitors made sure of the points with another header 12 minutes later, this time Look Saa Mickelson providing the cross from the right flank with Pansa Hemviboon towering over Garrett Kelly to nod past a rooted Fernando.

Soonsup-Bell claimed a second goal in the 90th minute, sweeping home Suphanan’s cross to seal a dominant win for Thailand, and their fate will be decided when they face Turkmenistan in their final Group D fixture.

Sri Lanka meanwhile, despite having one remaining second-leg match against Chinese Taipei on 31st March, 2026, have already eliminated from the tournament as the lowest-ranked team in South Asia, sitting six points from the top spot in Group D.

Photo Credit: Sri Lanka Football Association

Jay Coombes and Mikey Charvetto Parody featured for Gibraltar Under-19’s, with Los Llanas kick-starting their qualifying campaign for the 2026 UEFA Under-19 European Championships in Wales.

While Charvetto Parody appeared once – an 8-0 defeat to Croatia – Coombes captained the side and played every minute for Team 54, who began proceedings with a 4-0 defeat to Serbia. Srđan Borovina scoring a brace either side of a Uroš Djorđević goal to give Orlovi a 3-0 advantage at the break, before Aleksa Damjanović made the win safe with 16 minutes remaining.

This was followed by an 8-0 loss against Croatia, with Vatreni scoring four goals in each half to breeze past the ten men of Gibraltar, who lost Owen Fortunato after his red card on the stroke of half time.

Luka Vrzić scored a hat-trick including two in the final 13 minutes, setting Croatia on their way with further goals from Lovro Chelfi, Bruno Durdov, Karlo Šimić and Marko Aščić securing the romp.

This was followed by a 1-0 defeat against Georgia courtesy of a second half Halid Doltmourziev strike, in a match that ended in controversial fashion as a total of seven players were sent off in the final minutes, including Sutton’s Mikey Charvetto Parody, as well as Georgia manager Vasil Maisuradze.

With tensions high as they arrived into the final minutes, the red cards flew as they entered stoppage time with Georgia receiving a total of five red cards and Gibraltar three, two of them to Gibraltar goalkeepers, resulting in the referee signalling the end of the match immediately.