Many thought that Yankey's England days were numbered when she was left out of the squad for Euro 2009, where Hope Powell's team finished as runners-up.Yankey and Stoney will be out to complete a rapid double over Canada as England's preparations for the Euro finals start building momentum with Sunday's friendly international. But she bounced back with style and now looks as certain as anyone of claiming a place in the squad for July's Euro 2013 in Sweden.But what the very top teams do is produce consistent performances and results, and that's what we have to start doing. It's not something I thought I would ever achieve," 33-year-old Yankey says of drawing level with Shilton. Everyone pretty much told me it was the end of my career when I missed out on selection for Euro 2009," said the Arsenal winger.A superb strike from Yankey saw England clinch the Cyprus Cup with a 1-0 win when the two sides met in March. Peter Shilton is a legend, it will be absolutely amazing to say I've played as many England games as he did.It was obviously a massive disappointment, but I felt that I was playing well and I certainly didn't feel I had anything to prove when I got back into the squad.
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