England Under-19s 1 Turkey Under-19s 0

The Young Lions made it three consecutive warm-up wins ahead of May's European qualifying campaign at the New Bucks Head last night.

The 18-year-old is likely to be loaned out by Sir Alex Ferguson after the occasional taste of first-team duty at Manchester United since his £4million move from Crewe last summer.

But among his peers, Powell stands out a mile. He terrorised the Turkish defenders and kept keeper Onurcan Piri on his toes.

The only blot on his copybook was a casually-taken penalty in added time which Piri saved easily.

That would have put a seal on England's triumph after Calum Chambers embarrassed the visiting keeper in the first half.

Blake will consider Telford a lucky charm for his side after they registered their second victory in five months in front of an enthusiastic 2,200 crowd.

Last November a John Lundstram penalty secured a 1-0 win over Finland. Injury ruled the Everton midfielder out this time and there were a couple of other absences. But it gave Blake the chance to examine other prospects for the forthcoming Belgian qualifiers, such as Crewe's Max Clayton.

Powell's work with Birmingham City livewire Nathan Redmond kept England in the boss seat. Okay Yokuslu threw himself in front of Redmond to block an early effort after a surging run from Powell.

Then Powell had the favour returned when Redmond threaded a pass down the right flank, allowing the United ace the chance to cut inside and drive inches over.

Piri's error of judgement handed England the only goal of the game in the 31st minute.

Southampton's Chambers charged to the byline and drove a shot-cum-cross from the right which sneaked past the off-guard Turk at his near post.

It was the signal for Blake's youngsters to up the ante and Powell, in particular, was always prepared to shoot on sight.

England were rarely in trouble at the back, but they were indebted to keeper Jordon Pickford for preserving their lead when Ibrahim Yilmaz's far-post header looked bound for the corner of the net.

But the Turks could have fallen further behind with skipper James Ward-Prowse almost capitalising on a weak punch from Piri before centre-half Jack O'Connell's header was cleared off the line.

The sides were more equally matched in the second half as the snow began to fall.

Powell's clever flick with the inside of his boot released substitute Josh Murphy, but Piri anticipated the danger and blocked the Norwich City youngster's shot.

And the goalkeeper made amends for his first-half blooper when he parried Powell's tame spot-kick after the striker was tripped by Hakan Cinemre.

After the game, England coach Blake praised AFC Telford for showcasing his talented youngsters again despite extreme weather conditions.

Blake had promised to bring his Young Lions back to Shropshire after a 1-0 win over Finland in November. He was rewarded with a healthy 2,200 gate on a wintry evening.

And the England coach, who highlighted the performances of strikers Nathan Redmond and Nick Powell, was pleased with the hosts.

He said: "Telford have looked after us well and considering the weather conditions they have done well to get the game on.

"Nathan Redmond started the game really bright and looked really purposeful. And Nick Powell was terrific. But I was pleased with the work ethic of them all.

"This is what the learning curve is for our young players. They have got to play these games and tournaments otherwise they don't get the experience.

"It was a very hard game and we were a bit disjointed in the first 15 minutes. But once we got our footing we looked threatening.

"The only disappointment for me was that we could have had more goals."

England: Pickford (Dawson), Chambers (Pennington), Webster (Leigh), O'Connell, Browning, Potts, Ward-Prowse, Baker (Hope), Redmond (Campbell), Clayton (Murphy), Powell.

Turkey: Piri, Durmus, Calik, Karpuz (Tokmak), Cinemre, Sahin, Yokuslu, Karaman (Ari), Ucan, Calhanoglu, Yilmaz (Unsal).

Attendance: 2,269.