I thought I would create a thread on the general performances of players in English youth football. Whilst I know this section is for Engand international football and England international youth football, I thought it would be good where we had a thread for general debate. So that... 1.) We don't mention England youth players performances for their clubs in the England youth threads and leave them for actual England games/squads and tournament discussion. 2.) We can see how our England youth footballers are getting on for those inside the squads and outside of them. 3.) We can even chat about foreginers involved in the sides as even though we are England football enthusiasts, a lot of us are also big followers of youth football in gerneral. 4.) We can maybe gather up goal-scoring stats for all players, match reports, lists of squads and logs and so on, in here.
Re: FA Academy Pemier League 2011/12 PAST WINNERS 1997–98Arsenal 1998–99West Ham United 1999-00West Ham United 2000–01Nottingham Forest 2001–02Arsenal 2002–03Blackburn Rovers 2003–04Southampton 2004–05Blackburn Rovers 2005-06Southampton 2006–07Leicester City 2007–08Aston Villa 2008–09Arsenal 2009–10Arsenal 2010–11Everton
Re: FA Academy Pemier League 2011/12 Great idea. Can't wait for the season to get started, wasn't able to make Chelsea's first Under-18 friendly but hope to get to at least one of the other two before the league starts in late August. Our Under-16 coach mentioned on TV the other day that seven U16s have already secured scholarships for next summer so I expect they'll be heavily involved throughout the season. Promising times (as I rate 2012's intake higher than 2011's).
Re: FA Academy Pemier League 2011/12 I can't wait for the season as well. Starts on the 20th of August. So the boys with the ENG U17's for the international tournament will miss the first couple of games. Interested to see the squads at many clubs when the season starts. Forest played their first season game on Saturday, beat Ilkeston 9-1. Second years played 1st half (without Lascelles who is with 1st team) and won 5-1 & our 1st years played the 2nd half and won 4-0. @Juni: You think many of your u16's will get into matchday squads for u18's ? At Forest our academy doesn't really like to promote youngsters to u18's from u16's no matter how good you are. But last season it happened...we had 5 u16's involved at various points. This year I can definitely see one of our boys being involved with u18's as an u16 but still hoping a few others will get a look in...but we do have a big u18 squad this season.
Re: FA Academy Pemier League 2011/12 Liverpool beat PNE today 7-0. Moli with a hattrick & Morgan with a brace.
Re: FA Academy Pemier League 2011/12 We used 19 last season! I expect the seven guys who they referred to are Alex Kiwomya, Mitchell Beeney, Jordan Houghton, Bertrand Traore, Reece Mitchell, Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Fankaty Dabo (although there's another Swedish lad in the squad who must have one if he's come over already). Certainly we'll see more of some than others; last season Alex Davey and Adam Nditi both played north of 20 matches. I'd expect Houghton and Beeney to see such time this year, maybe Traore if he stays here (some WP concerns, he scored in pre-season last week).
Re: FA Academy Pemier League 2011/12 Let's make sure this thread keeps the focus on the England players. If it turns into a Premier League discussion, it will be binned. Thank you
Re: FA Academy Pemier League 2011/12 SOUTHMAPTON'S U18 SQUAD GK Steven MOWTHORPE (Jan 94) Will BRITT (Mar 95) Chris JOHNS (May 95)......Northern Ireland DF Jack STEPHENS (Apr 94) Daniel Browman (Oct 93) Conor O' SULLIVAN (Nov 93) Matt YOUNG (Apr 94) Luke SHAW (July 95) Jordan TURNBULL (Oct 94) Fraser COLMER (Nov 94) MF Joe CURTIS (Feb 94) Corbey MOORE (Nov 93) James WARD-PROWSE (Nov 94) Calum CHAMBERS (Jan 95) Harrison REED (Jan 95) Omar ROWE (Oct 94) Sam McQUEEN (Feb 95) Dominic GAPE (Sep 94) Bevis MYGABI (May 95) Gregory ARIYIBI (Jan 95)......USA STR Jake SINCLAIR (Nov 94) Jamal BRANKER (Jan 95) The majority of the squad is England qualified. The players to watch out for are Luke Shaw, James Ward-Prowse, Calum Chambers & Jake Sinclair. The latter 3 played 20 plus matches as schoolboys last season. Ward-Prowse has a senior squad number & Jake Sinclair (brother of Scott Sinclair) scored 10 goals last season.
Re: FA Academy Pemier League 2011/12 LFC U18 vs Preston NE U18s. Pre-season Moli scores a hat-trick plus Morgan scores a couple. [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8czrj8aWKM&feature=player_embedded#at=11"]Liverpool U18 7 - 0 Preston U18, 20/7/11‏ - YouTube[/ame]
Re: FA Academy Pemier League 2011/12 ARSENAL U18 SQUAD GK Reice CHARLES-COOK (2nd) Josh VICKERS (U16) DF Martin ANGHA (2nd)...............................Switzerland Elton MONTEIRO (2nd).......................... Switzerland Steven SMITH (2nd) Ben GLASGOW (2nd)..............................Ireland Samir BIHMOUTINE (2nd).......................Morocco James CAMPBELL (2nd)..........................Scotland Zak FAGAN (1st) Brandon ORMONDE-OTTEWILL (u16) MF Kyle EBECILIO (2nd)..............................Holland Josh REES (2nd) Alban BUNJAKU (2nd) Jordan WYNTER (2nd) Callum WEBB (2nd)................................Ireland Jeffrey MONAKANA (2nd) Jon TORAL (1st).....................................Spain Serge GNABRY (1st)................................Germany Isaac HAYDEN (1st) Jack JEBB (u16) STR Zak ANSAH (2nd) Hector BELLERIN (1st).............................Spain Anthony JEFFREY (1st) Kristoffer OLSSON (1st)...........................Sweden Nigel NEITA (2nd) Phil ROBERTS (2nd)................................Ireland Chuba AKPOM (u16) Austin LIPMAN (u16)
Re: FA Academy Pemier League 2011/12 we have 50% claim to Jon Toral Harper i thought? out of that list...Ansah, Akpom, Lipman, BOO, Rees have been called up. waiting on Bunjaku. always wondered why we don't give the likes of Blackman at CFC or Charles-Cook a go in goal.
Re: FA Academy Pemier League 2011/12 Blackman has had a decent amount of caps but the coaches seem to prefer Johnstone over him for cover for Butland.
Re: FA Academy Pemier League 2011/12 They are either not England qualified (for the national team) or England isn't their main choice to play for at this moment in time.
Re: FA Academy Pemier League 2011/12 West Ham beat PSV 1-0, Fanimo getting the goal. Liverpool beat Wigan 4-2 - Dunn, Moli and Gainford each chipping in with a goal.
Re: FA Academy Pemier League 2011/12 Obviously it includese slighlty older players, but there are still some of the ENG youth players involved. ESPANYOL 2 MAN CITY 0 Manchester City: Lawlor (Karius h-t), Trippier (c), Meppen-Walter (Plummer h-t), Clowes, Kennedy, Rekik, Roman (Scapuzzi h-t), Benali (Drury 65), Cole (Hilwula h-t), Ibrahim, Helan (Henshall 80) A young City side lost to Espanyol on Saturday evening but gained some valuable European experience ahead of the start of the NextGen League. Goals either side of the break gave the hosts the win in Barcelona, with Pablo Zabaleta taking time off from a well-earned break to check out the talent coming through at both his former and current clubs. City’s best chances came from Devante Cole and Ahmad Benali. Loris Karius, on as a second half substitute, did well to keep out a penalty in the 73rd minute and coach Andy Welsh rang the changes to give most of the squad a chance to impress with competition hotting up as the season approaches. Andy told mcfc.co.uk, "It was a tough game, but we wanted a test for the lads and to make it feel like a proper European tie. Espanyol fielded two completely different sides with much older players, but we did not mind that, and our lads competed excellently with them. "Kieran Tripper was outstanding again, as was Karim Rekik. We had four 16-year-olds on the pitch for the last 30 minutes or so, and as a unit there is a lot we can take from this. "It was great to see Zaba as well, he needs a break after the Copa America but it was a nice touch of him to come along and see us." Next up is a visit to the Netherlands and a fixture against Nijmegan next Friday.
Re: FA Academy Pemier League 2011/12 Liverpool's u18 squad is still a work in progress as we have about half a dozen players on trial with us at the moment with about that number still to trial before the end of pre-season. At the moment it looks like this: GKs: Tyrell Belford (2nd) Conor Wearing (1st) Yusuf Mersin (1st)...Turkey DEFs: Peter Aylmer (2nd) Jack Robinson (2nd) Matty Regan (2nd) Joe Rafferty (2nd)...Ireland Brad Smith (2nd) Tom King (2nd)...Australia Ryan McLaughlin (1st)...Northern Ireland Michael Wilson (1st) MIDs: Lewis Hatch (2nd) Toni Silva (2nd)...Portugal Josh Sumner (2nd) Tom Walsh (2nd) Henoc Mukendi (2nd) Yalany Baio (1st)...Portugal Jack Dunn (1st) Sam Gainford (1st) Jordan Lussey (1st) Kristoffer Petersson (1st)...Sweden Raheem Sterling (1st) Nathan Quirk (1st) FWs: Adam Morgan (2nd) David Moli (1st) Those in bold are the ones I don't think will feature much, if at all for the 18s this season. Robinson will be with the first team most of the time and occasionally with the reserves while the others will be with the reserves and also play a part in our u19 Next Generation tournament squad so they'll have enough games without having to feature in the 18s. I reckon Morgan will probably move up to the reserves/19s at some point before Christmas as well. The trialists we've had have been mostly forwards as we're a little light in that position. We've already agreed a deal with an American kid Villyan Bijev but he's due to go on loan to Genk. Another American Marc Pelosi is due over for a trial, Marco Bueno who featured for Mexico at the under 17 World Cup is coming this week and we've had a Spaniard called Nacho from Atletico Madrid who got 4 goals and 3 assists in his two trial games. We've also 3 Senegalese kids and a Peruvian CB over at the moment too. Judging from pre-season it looks like this year's squad will take up where last year's left off and be very strong. I've been pretty impressed with some of the first years in pre-season. At the back Wilson looks very good, he's been playing mostly at RB but is usually a CB, looks good on the ball and has contributed well to the attack. In midfield Baio is a classy DM reminiscent of Makelele, he plays with more maturity than any other 15-year-old I've seen in that position. Lussey and Dunn are both excellent technical footballers, both are on the short side but they each move the ball well, make great runs and get their fair share of goals. Sam Gainford has been very impressive as well, he's a bit of a throw-back winger, reminds me a bit of Waddle with a bit of McManaman thrown in, scored a lot from wide positions as well. Up front Moli looks a threat, he has obvious physical attributes but he seems like a good finisher and his movement has been good too. We've played him on the right a bit too so he's not just a target man.
Re: FA Academy Pemier League 2011/12 just a quick note on Liverpool - looks like you've got a fair few Yanks coming in as well to try and stake a claim (just what i've been picking up in the news). also - would this be the best place to post about the Milk Cup as well? http://www.nimilkcup.org/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&layout=item&id=93&Itemid=162
Re: FA Academy Pemier League 2011/12 Yeah we've another lad Andrew Oliver coming over on trial next week apparently. Don't know how we're getting work permits for them. Maybe we're going to send them all to Genk.
Re: FA Academy Pemier League 2011/12 CHELSEA UNDER-18 SQUAD GK Jamal BLACKMAN (Professional) Mitchell BEENEY (Schoolboy) Matt TOMLINSON (Unknown) DF Nathan AKÉ (First Year)................Netherlands Samuel BANGURA (First Year) Alex DAVEY (First Year) Ali GORDON (First Year) Adam NDITI (First Year).................Tanzania Archange NKUMU (Professional) Nortei NORTEY (First Year) Fankaty DABO (Schoolboy) Jordan HOUGHTON (Schoolboy) MF Amin AFFANE (Professional)...........Sweden Lewis BAKER (First Year) Tom HOWARD (First Year) Reece LOUDON (Second Year) MESCA (Professional)...................Portugal Anjur OSMANOVIC (First Year)........Sweden Danny STENNING* (Second Year) John SWIFT (First Year) Ruben LOFTUS-CHEEK (Schoolboy) George COLE (Schoolboy) FW Walter FIGUEIRA (First Year) Ismail SEREMBA (First Year) Philipp PROSENIK (Professional)......Austria Reece MITCHELL (Schoolboy) Alex KIWOMYA (Schoolboy) * = out injured for pretty much the entire season
Re: FA Academy Pemier League 2011/12 We've spoken about this before Juni, but you are going to have a young squad this year with all the schoolboys. Going to be interesting how they come along this season.
Re: FA Academy Pemier League 2011/12 i'm liking what i see from the Chelsea side of things. much more encouraging from the HG pov.
Re: FA Academy Pemier League 2011/12 Aston Villa u18's GK Callum BARRETT (2nd)............Scotland Mattew COTON (2nd) Bradley WATKINS (1st) Craig HILL (1st) DF Richard BRYAN (2nd)..............Ireland Sebastien JENKINS (2nd) Bradley LEWIS (1st) Joshua WEBB (1st) Oliver STEVENSON (1st) Liam BATEMAN (1st) Mason WATKINS (1st) Lewis KINSELLA (1st) MF Josh BARTON (2nd)...............Northern Ireland Juan SERRANO (2nd).............Spain Jordan GRAHAM (1st) Charlie WARD (1st) Jack GREALSIH (Schoolboy) Malcolm MELVIN (1st) Michael NELSON (1st) STR Graham BURKE (2nd)..............Ireland Callum ROBINSON (1st) Michael DRENNAN (2nd)...........Ireland Darious DARKIN (2nd) Umit EMINOGLU (1st)..............Turkey Daniel WILLIAMS (1st)
Re: FA Academy Pemier League 2011/12 Pity Rothwell & Wilson missed out on starting for United. Starting XI v FC Zamora (Milk Cup): Coll, Hendrie, Blackett, Eckangamene, McCullough, Rudge, Daehli, Van Velzen, Barmby, Pearson, Lawrence Van Velzen with the goal...won 1-0.