Another week of U18 football saw another
goalful weekend with 38 goals across the 12 games with 5 goals taking place
with Stoke v Wolves, Chelsea v West Brom and West Ham v Southampton and there
being no goalless games, the first time this has happened over a weekend this
season.
North
Division
Manchester City continued their 100%
record for the season with a 1-0 win at home in the derby against Manchester United.
(highlights)
The only goal of the game coming from Manu Garcia with a brilliant curling
effort into the top corner following a free kick not being properly cleared.
Newcastle and Blackburn meanwhile
remained on 1 point, Newcastle falling 1-0 away at Middlesbrough whilst
Blackburn’s defence continued to be carved apart this season with a 4-0 loss at
home to Everton.
I managed to get down and watch
Blackburn v Everton. As I say the defence was pulled apart despite changes from
previous games and Blackburn had very little going forward. I personally think
it is very telling that Rovers two goals this season have come from one piece
of solo running and a punt forward from the half way line and questions must be
asked what is done in training. Also I felt first half especially they dropped
back so far that they only applied pressure on the ball when Everton were
around 35-40 yards out, far too late and it just meant when Blackburn did get
the ball they had to travel a long way to make any decent headway.
Stoke meanwhile fell down 4-1 at home to
Wolves whilst Bolton continued their up and down form with a 3-0 loss away at
Liverpool.
Results from Week 5
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Man City
|
1
|
0
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Man Utd
|
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Stoke
|
1
|
4
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Wolves
|
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Liverpool
|
3
|
0
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Bolton
|
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Blackburn
|
0
|
4
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Everton
|
|
Middlesbrough
|
1
|
0
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Newcastle
|
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Sunderland
|
0
|
2
|
Derby
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Table after Week 5 Games
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GD
|
PTS
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PL
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||
|
1
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Man City
|
11
|
15
|
5
|
|
2
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Middlesbrough
|
4
|
9
|
5
|
|
3
|
Everton
|
2
|
9
|
5
|
|
4
|
Derby
|
5
|
8
|
5
|
|
5
|
Liverpool
|
4
|
7
|
5
|
|
6
|
Stoke
|
3
|
7
|
5
|
|
7
|
Wolves
|
0
|
7
|
5
|
|
8
|
Bolton
|
-3
|
7
|
5
|
|
9
|
Man Utd
|
-3
|
7
|
4
|
|
10
|
Sunderland
|
-3
|
4
|
5
|
|
11
|
Newcastle
|
-5
|
1
|
5
|
|
12
|
Blackburn
|
-11
|
1
|
4
|
North Top Scorers
|
Jamie Thomas
|
Bolton
|
6
|
|
Junior Mondal
|
Middlesbrough
|
5
|
|
Will Marsh
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Liverpool
|
4
|
|
Demetri Mitchell
|
Man
Utd
|
4
|
|
Yusuf Coban
|
Stoke
|
4
|
South
Division
Chelsea joined Arsenal at the top of the
league with a thumping 5-0 win at home to West Brom. Tammy Abraham scored a
brace and the big man up front took his tally for the season to 5. He took both
goals very well and I’m sure his height and touch will see him picked up should
he fail to make the grade at Chelsea, that’s not to say I don’t think he will however.
Tammy is still 16, turning 17 at start of next month, but he could be one to
watch. He made his debut for Chelsea U18s whilst still 15 last season. He has
already matched last year’s total of 5 goals also from 17 games. He has been
with Chelsea since Under 8 level.
Highlights of the Chelsea v West Brom
game are available here (Highlights)
Arsenal meanwhile drew 2-2 at home to
Reading, with Stephy Mavididi scoring his 8th and 9th
goals of the season. Mavididi has now scored more goals than 13 of the TEAMS at
U18 level.
West Ham meanwhile came from 2 goals
down to beat Southampton 3-2 at home. Josh Brown for West Ham grabbing his 4th
goal of the season before a late goal from Kieran Bradley grabbed West Ham’s
the 3 points.
Brighton meanwhile won 3-0 at home
against Aston Villa with Jordan Maguire-Drew scoring all 3 goals.
Week 5 Results
|
Arsenal
|
2
|
2
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Reading
|
|
Chelsea
|
5
|
0
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West
Brom
|
|
Leicester
|
1
|
1
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Tottenham
|
|
West
Ham
|
3
|
2
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Southampton
|
|
Brighton
|
3
|
0
|
Aston
Villa
|
|
Norwich
|
1
|
2
|
Fulham
|
South Table after Week 5 Games
|
GD
|
PTS
|
PL
|
||
|
1
|
Arsenal
|
10
|
10
|
5
|
|
2
|
Chelsea
|
3
|
10
|
5
|
|
3
|
West Ham
|
3
|
9
|
5
|
|
4
|
Brighton
|
1
|
9
|
5
|
|
5
|
Tottenham
|
2
|
7
|
5
|
|
6
|
Fulham
|
2
|
7
|
4
|
|
7
|
West Brom
|
0
|
7
|
5
|
|
8
|
Leicester
|
0
|
5
|
5
|
|
9
|
Reading
|
-2
|
5
|
4
|
|
10
|
Aston Villa
|
-8
|
5
|
5
|
|
11
|
Norwich
|
-7
|
3
|
5
|
|
12
|
Southampton
|
-4
|
1
|
5
|
South Top Scorers
|
Stephy Mavididi
|
Arsenal
|
9
|
2 pen
|
|
Tammy Abraham
|
Chelsea
|
5
|
1 Pen
|
|
Tyrell Robinson
|
Arsenal
|
4
|
|
|
Jordan Maguire-Drew
|
Brighton
|
4
|
|
|
Tahvon Campbell
|
West
Brom
|
4
|
|
|
Josh Brown
|
West
Ham
|
4
|
Week 6 Games
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North
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South
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Newcastle
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Liverpool
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Southampton
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Brighton
|
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Bolton
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Stoke
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Fulham
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Arsenal
|
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Wolves
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Blackburn
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Reading
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West Ham
|
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Derby
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Man City
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West Brom
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Leicester
|
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Everton
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Sunderland
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Tottenham
|
Chelsea
|
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Man Utd
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Middlesbrough
|
Aston Villa
|
Norwich
|
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Highlight games – Bolton v Stoke could
be an interesting affair whilst Tottenham will be aiming to halt Chelsea’s 3
game unbeaten run by maintaining their own unbeaten run with Tottenham failing
to lose so far (Pl 5, W1, D4)
West Ham are also unbeaten having won 2
and drawn 3 of their 5 games.
Newcastle and Blackburn will look to get
their first wins of the season along with Southampton.
Personal
Bit
To highjack my own blog I am also
looking for sponsorship for a 53 mile bike ride which I am doing Saturday 27th
September. The bike ride is from Manchester to Blackpool and starts at 12.00am.
I am doing it with my brother in law and raising money for the British Heart
Foundation, anything you can sponsor us and the BHF would be much appreciated. Sponsor Us Here
Thanks for reading, have a good weekend
and as always feedback much appreciated.
