The Newcastle U18 side fought through to the quarter finals of the FA Youth Cup last night, after they beat QPR 2-1 after extra time. Steve Logan in action last night The Newcastle lads gave a fighting display and Newcastle manager Alan Pardew was there at St. James' Park to watch his youngsters come from behind to win the game.

A ruthless ten minute bombardment saw this determined group of United youngsters stun their opponents into submission just before the break at The Liberty Stadium in Swansea on Thursday night. With this tricky looking fixture away from home and key players missing from the squad, the game was far from a foregone conclusion, but an [.

Renowned for never doing things the easy way, Manchester United's U18′s had to produce a performance of quality and strength to overcome a Derby County side boasting England U17 internationals, in-form strikers and a notable physical advantage not to mention the early initiative with an opening goal on 20 minutes.

Newcastle United U18s beat Watford 2-1 at St. James' Park in the 4th round of the FA Youth Cup to go through to the next round. Newcastle youngsters celebrate goal last night In the next round Newcastle will play QPR at St. James Park. There were two excellent goals in a couple of minutes in [...]

By Chris Wright

Manchester City's U18s whupped their Swindon Town counterparts 4-1 in the FA Youth Cup last night, with the game playing host to a trio of excellent (for one reason or another) goals.

After going two-nil up early on, City's third goal started the ball rolling when a 25-pass tippy-tappy (it's the English version of tiki-taka, i.

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How often does an FA Youth Cup game get national coverage?

I'm not talking ages old clips of a young Wayne Rooney or David Beckham or John Terry replayed in some 'before they were famous' programme while non-entity talking heads try to be witty, I mean actual coverage of the events of a game.

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Some time ago I wrote an article slightly jokingly about the vines that Arsene had planted and how we were now seeing them produce some wonderful fruits. A few months on and with another trophyless season under the belt there is a serious question to be asked.

So? What did we learn at Bramall Lane last Tuesday night? Well, I think we learnt that after disposing of Aston Villa in the semi-final we were right not to underestimate Sheffield United's young Blades. Did United's players underestimate them? I don't think so. But, I do believe they were a tad shocked when they woke up from the dead after thirty five minutes!

The most startling stat surrounding the 1st leg of this FA Youth Cup final is that more than 29,977 expectant fans turned up to watch the match. The attendance is even more startling given that it's Sheffield United's highest gate of the season (yes, including all competitions at all levels) beating the previous highest by fully 6,000 (cue the chant "Come to see United, you've only come to see United.

A record 19 League titles, another record 11 FA Cups and with a great chance of lifting a tenth FA Youth Cup which will keep Manchester United ahead of Arsenal on seven. How can anyone possibly argue...
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Football's increasingly global nature means Manchester United will approach the FA Youth Cup final with Sheffield United pledging to continue their worldwide search for talent.
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So ends a great run for the youth team.

It was a fun ride, but the youth team crashed out of the Youth Cup last night after apparently forgetting to turn up for the second leg of the semifinal. The scoreline is a little harsh on the boys, but the usual desire seemed to be missing.

While you are watching the first-teamers take on the Brummies at the Bridge tomorrow, please spare a thought for the youth boys as they play the second leg of the FA Youth Cup semifinal against the Mancs.

Or, you can try to multitask like me put the first team on the television and mute it, then pull up Chelsea TV on the laptop to watch the Youth Cup.

So, amidst all this furor over some matches against Manchester United in this little tournament called the Champions League, there was the exciting matter of the FA Youth Cup semifinal.

I hope some of you were able to watch the match, as the kids were much more exciting and inspiring to watch than the first team have been lately.

The Youth team has just kicked off against the Mancs at Stamford Bridge.

Can the young guys give us a bit of good news against the Red Devils? Young Josh is captain as Danny Pappoe is still suspended after a red card in a reserves match against Blackpool a couple weeks ago.

The good news is that Yossi Benayoun played 20 minutes for Israel yesterday, Alex has returned to full training with the squad, and it seems that our first teamers emerged unscathed from the international break.

The bad news is that one of our star players in the Youth Cup run, Billy Clifford, injured his knee in training yesterday.

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The reasons for doing so may not be illuminated in the end.

There's just so, so much potential out there today. A European home leg coming up, the second leg of the first elimination round, tied nil-nil. A soft, vulnerable West Ham on the weekend, a side that even under Roy Hodgson Liverpool blew the doors off back in the fall.

The Newcastle United U18 side was knocked out of the FA Youth Cup last night by the Red Devils in Manchester 1-0. Joe Joyce Newcastle Academy manager Last year the lads reached the semi-finals and have done that twice before too, over the last 5 years, but the lads were knocked out in round [.

Sterling pounds Southend Fresh from his appearance in OTP's Ten Premier League stars of the future list, Liverpool youngster Raheem Sterling proved precisely why he had been included with a five-goal haul in his side's 9-0 FA Youth Cup demolition of Southend United. Granted Sterling will probably face tougher challenges in his career than The [.

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The next match of the FA Youth Cup for our U18 side is rapidly approaching, as the date for the fifth round has finally been announced!

The youth boys will take on Barnsley on Friday, February 11th at Stamford Bridge at 7pm GMT here's hoping for another turnout of 7,000 fans!

Chelsea manager donates to Help the Aged It will please Chelsea fans that Carlo Ancelotti is interested in the youth players that his club is bringing through, and that the Italian manager wanted to take in the FA Youth Cup game between his side and Arsenal. Ancelotti was, however, put in his place. With 15,000 [.

Truly Reds needs your help. While doing a Google image search I came across this photo of the 1982 Manchester United Youth team. The problem is that only a couple of the youngsters can be identified....
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