"Luke Who?" was the question most people asked when Charlton's right-back Luke Young was first called up into the England squad.
Now, though, the Addicks skipper could have a crucial role in Sven-Goran Eriksson's plans for next summer's World Cup finals in Germany.
The 26-year-old - capped many times at youth level - first broke into the full international squad during the 2005 summer tour of America as injuries and withdrawals limited England's defensive options.
Gary Neville's subsequent groin problem meant Young then started in September's World Cup qualifiers against Wales and Northern Ireland, impressing in both. He went on to produce even more consistent displays during the 1-0 win over Austria and the 2-1 success against Poland.
Now, after helping to secure England's passage into next summer's finals in Germany, the full-back has no intentions of being content just warming the bench.
"Gary Neville is a great player and he is England's number two - but if I'm in the squad I want to do the best I can and put some pressure on him," Young declared.
It is Young's ability to maintain such a high performance level which his club manager Alan Curbishley believes makes the defender more than an able deputy for Neville, who is now back to his best in the red of Manchester United.
"For a manager, when you lose such a stalwart like Gary Neville, who plays basically every game, you have got a big decision to make," said Curbishley, who has often been touted as a potential successor to the Swede.
"Do you bring someone into that position who does not play there? Do you shuffle it around a little bit? Or do you give someone a chance who is playing their natural position? That is what I think he did with Luke.
"Luke is the sort of player who just gets on with it and is never really spectacular, but puts in a performance every week.
"He has got pace, he likes to get forward, and so I thought he would be quite comfortable there [with England].
"Luke has grown every year - there is not many times that your player of the year is a full-back, and he won it last season [2004/2005].
"I think his consistency has got him where he is now."
Young himself hopes more solid performances with Charlton will help book his ticket on the plane to Germany. | 
