Childs Play

Soffo The Greek belled me last Wednesday with an invite of a freebie at The Emirates to watch Arsenal V Liverpool. I arrived to a packed Stadium but couldn't help but wonder if I'd been sucked into a May 09 Emiratian time warp. Wasn't most of this side on the pitch for the FA youth Cup final in spring?

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They say lightening never strikes twice. But it did, sort of. 20 years ago as every Gunner knows, we famous won the title when Liverpool were conquered by 2 clear goals. The odds may not have been against the Arsenal youngsters yesterday but nevertheless, they were professional enough to win at Anfield, thereby winning the FA Youth Cup outright. Click to continue reading...

Today sees the Arsenal youth team visit Anfield, 20 years after the memorable and most dramatic of all title winning games in the history of English football.

Arsenal hold a 4-1 lead from the first leg, a game in which they withstood some early Liverpool pressure but then dominated the game.

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Gooood morning everyone. It's pouring for like the 10th day straight here in what is supposed to be sunny Florida. Shite is insane in the membrane. I do have some good news though. I got an email this morning telling me that the ArseNole.com domain was expiring in July, so I went and renewed it for another year, so I can at least guarantee you pretty average Arsenal coverage until July 22nd, 2010. Click to continue reading...

Hello everybody and welcome to this fascinating discussion of Arsenal's new away kit for the 2009/2010 season. I am writing about away kits simply for the fact that I don't want to talk about transfers yet, which is all the newspapers are talking about already. So you're stuck with away kits today. Click to continue reading...

Arsenal's youth team face Liverpool tonight in the 1st leg of the FA Youth Cup at the Emirates. Arsenal won their Academy division and then went on to win the Academy title beating Manchester City in the semi-final and arch-rivals Tottenham in the final at White Hart Lane 1-0, thanks to a goal from Rhys Murphy.

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How good is the next crop of youngsters coming through the ranks at Hale End and London Colney? We have been waiting for OUR golden generation of youngsters for some time, the club has invested millions in training young boys and hoping they will be the real deal. We have had several false dawns, namely the back to back FA Youth cup winning teams of 2000 and 2001.

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Arsenal's youth team took a massive step towards the FA Youth Cup final when they beat Manchester City 2-1 at the City of Manchester Stadium. Arsenal were trailing 1-0 at half time, but in the second half Arsenal turned the game around.   Late goals by captain Jay Emmanuel-Thomas and Gilles Sunu ensured that Arsenal are favourites [. Click to continue reading...

Check it, you know how I be. Hello everyone. How is everyone doing today? That's fantastic I'm actually doing ok but I'm a little sick, sore throat and all that fun stuff. Not a whole lot going on in the world of Arsenal today, but I did watch the FA Youth Cup game Arsenal versus Sp*rs last night and it was great, so I figured I'll talk about that a little today. Click to continue reading...

Arsenal progressed to the semi-finals of the FA Youth Cup where they will face either Manchester City or Norwich City. Arsenal beat a very good and skillful Tottenham side 3-1 at White Hart Lane. At this level Arsenal have some very good talented young players, one or two of whom will probably get their first team [. Click to continue reading...

Arsenal's impressive youth team visit White Hart Lane in what promises to be a closely contested FA Youth Cup quarter final.    Arsenal have beaten Aston Villa, Wolves and Sunderland in earlier rounds and in all honesty did not need to come out of 2nd gear.   Tonight's encounter will prove to be a tougher test. Click to continue reading...

Chelsea travelled to Merseyside for the second time in a week. And, once again, the Blues left empty-handed.

Chelsea's Under-18 side crashed out of the FA Youth Cup on Thursday, suffering a 1-0 defeat to Liverpool in a nip-and-tuck affair on a brisk night at Anfield. Liverpool scored the night's only goal on 16 minutes, David Amoo heading past Blues keeper Niclas Heimann.

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We'll have to wait at least another year before we can win the FA Youth Cup again as the bairns were beaten 4-2 at holders Manchester City (at Eastlands) last night. Haris Vuckic - played for Newcastle Under-18s against City However, Richard Money's side gave a good account of themselves in the end and Manchester's 4th goal [. Click to continue reading...

Manchester City's youth squad continues down the FA Youth Cup road tonight as the club faces Newcastle United. A place in the final eight is a stake this evening at Eastlands.
The Blues are now unbeaten in 19 games this season including 17 league victories. They sit six points clear of the second-place club in the table. Click to continue reading...

The Newcastle United Under-18 side play holders Manchester City tonight away in the 5th round of the FA Youth Cup. Richard Money - Man City are the role models for Newcastle Academy Manchester City are probably the best youth team in the land right now, so it will be a good test of our boys, not only [. Click to continue reading...

The impressive Newcastle United Under-18 side travel to holders Manchester City tomorrow night (kick-off 7pm) in the very prestigious FA Youth Cup, to try to get into the quarter finals. Richard Money - very tough tie for the bairns Newcastle have so far beaten Oldham Athletic and Queens Park Rangers on their way to the Fifth Round, [. Click to continue reading...

Richard Money was pleased with the perofrmance of the Newcastle Under 18 side last night when they rather easily beat QPR 3-1 in London even though the score hardly represents just how much the youngsters were on top at Loftus Road. Richard Money - has done well with kids at Newcastle Goals from Jeff Henderson, James Taylor [. Click to continue reading...

Good news last night as the strong Newcastle United Under-18 side stormed through to the 5th round of the FA Youth Cup after a terrific display from Richard Money's boys at QPR, where they easily advanced to the 5th round of the FA Youth Cup with a convincing 3-1 win. Richard Money - had bairns well [. Click to continue reading...

The strong Newcastle United Under-18 side continue their FA Youth Cup campaign on Thursday night with a Fourth Round trip to Queens Park Rangers in London. 17 year-old Nile Ranger - 18 goals for Newcastle sides this season The lads have done very well this season, and we are hoping they can do extremely well in this [. Click to continue reading...

News today that Newcastle United Under-18s have been drawn away to Queens Park Rangers in the Fourth Round of the FA Youth Cup. Richard Money - Newcastle Juniors have 10 wins on the trot The Newcastle Under-18s had a good 2-1 victory over Oldham Athletic at St. James' Park on Tuesday evening, with two good opportunist goals [. Click to continue reading...

Kazenga LuaLua signaled his return to full fitness and form on Tuesday night with two well taken goals to take the bairns through to the 4th round of the FA Youth Cup in front of watching Newcastle manager Joe Kinnear. Kazenga LuaLua - two goal hero on Tuesday night The Newcastle Academy product and younger brother of [. Click to continue reading...

It was Kazenga LuaLua who was the hero last night as Newcastle United booked their way into the Fourth Round of the FA Youth Cup with a 2-1 victory over Oldham Athletic at St. James' Park. Kazenga LuaLua - birthday boy scored both goals against Oldham LuaLua scored both goals for the home side, and hit the [. Click to continue reading...

Newcastle United Under-18s head into Tuesday's FA Youth Cup Third Round tie against Oldham Athletic tonight, at St. James' Park with a full-strength squad. Kazenga LuaLua - in the squad for Oldham game tonight Kazenga LuaLua and Ryan Donaldson, both of whom are now part of the Newcastle first team squad, return after injuries, and of course [. Click to continue reading...

Manchester City's defense of the FA Youth Cup went off without a hitch two days ago as the City prospects defeated the physically imposing Welsh side Swansea City by a score of 3-0.
With the win, the City youngsters have run up their unbeaten streak this season to 15 matches and remain the only unbeaten U-18 side in the Academy system. Click to continue reading...

A former Manchester United youth player, described by manager Sir Alex Ferguson as an "outstanding" player, has been awarded £4.5 million after a tackle broke his leg in two places and ended his career. Ben Collett was awarded the damages at the High Court in London. Collett, 23, joined United's youth team when he was just [. Click to continue reading...

We talk a lot about the senior version of the world's oldest domestic tournament, but the FA Youth Cup goes largely unnoticed in the media and I don't think that's a good thing.
More and more, the big teams in England are importing their players from overseas or buying already established or up-and-coming stars from smaller clubs within Britain. Click to continue reading...

Manchester City's and Chelsea's first leg of the FA Youth Cup Final ended 1-1 last evening in front of 11,000 at Stamford Bridge. The scoring came in the second half of play as City landed on the score sheet first in the fifty-first minute courtesy of Daniel Sturridge. Sturridge has become the brightest star on City's Youth Cup team during the 2008 tournament. Click to continue reading...

By: Alan
Soccer City FC Contributor
FA Youth Cup Final Preview: Manchester City vs Chelsea
Time to take a step back from the recent struggles of the first-team to the talented Under 18s who are playing the First Leg of the FA Youth Cup Final against Chelsea on Thursday.

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