Following
two weeks without a game the Barclays U18 Premier League gets back under way
this weekend.
Before
looking ahead to the weekend let’s have a roundup of the international break
for England’s youth teams.
England U20s
On
Friday 5th September England U20s defeated their Romanian
counterparts 6-0 in Telford.
England
Starting XI 1 Christian Walton (Brighton & Hove Albion);2 Isaac Hayden
(Arsenal), 5 Dominic Ball (Tottenham Hotspur), 6 Shay Facey (Manchester City),
3 Matt Targett (Southampton); 4 Lewis Baker (Chelsea), 8 John Swift (Chelsea);
10 Callum Robinson (Aston Villa), 11 Rolando Aarons (Newcastle United), 7
Jordon Ibe (Derby County, on loan from Liverpool); 9 Chuba Akpom (Arsenal)
The
goals came from Robinson (2), Aarons, Murphy (Sub-Norwich), Baker and Thomas (Sub-Derby).
Manager
Aidy Boothroyd (Yes that one) was delighted with the England display, all
England goals came in the 2nd half.
England U19s
On
Monday 8th September England U19s drew 1-1 away in Germany.
England (4-3-3): 1 Angus Gunn (Manchester
City); 2 Ashley Smith-Brown (Manchester City), 5 Joseph Gomez (Charlton
Athletic), 6 Brendan Galloway (Everton), 3 Ben Chilwell (Leicester
City; 4 Bryn Morris (Middlesbrough), 8 Dele Alli MK Dons), 10 Charlie
Colkett (Chelsea); 7 Alex Kiwomya (Chelsea), 11 Patrick Roberts (Fulham),
9 Bradley Fewster (Middlesbrough).
Bradley
Fewster scored England’s goal before later having a penalty saved, Germany
scored with a great move finished off by Stuttgart’s Timo Werner. Highlights of
the game are here:
This was
the final game for the U19s before Sean O’Driscoll takes charge of the team,
his first games see the U19s start their qualification process for the U19
European Championship next month with 3 games in a week
Friday 10 October 2014 England v Belarus
Sunday 12 October 2014 Luxembourg v England
Wednesday 15 October 2014 England v Belgium
How
playing 3 games in 6 days can be of any use and help the players develop is a
bit beyond me.
The 2015 competition takes place in Greece. The Qualifying Round
consists of 52 teams split into 13 groups of 4.The Top 2
teams qualify for the next qualifying round (The Elite Round) along with the
best 3rd place team as well as the country with the best
co-efficient which is Spain.They are
then split into 7 groups of 4. The seven group winners then join hosts Greece
in the Finals.
England U18s
England
played 2 games against Holland in Leigh and Bury within the space of 3 days.
England
won the 2 games 4-1 and 3-1.
In the
first game Adam Armstrong (Newcastle) got 2 with Josh Sims (Southampton) and
Demetri Mitchell (Man Utd) were the scorers after Holland had took the lead
following poor England defending. Armstrong took his goals very well however
Sims and Mitchell’s goals are sensational. Sims ending a mazy run with a great finish
across the keeper before Mitchell finished the scoring with a great free kick
after another Sims run. Highlights are here:
In the
second game, Callum Connolly (Everton) scored two with Dominic Solanke
(Chelsea) getting the other. Connolly gave England the lead following the Dutch
failing to clear a corner and from 6 yards out he swept the ball home. Solanke
then doubled England’s lead after he had initially shrugged off a defender and
shot straight at the keeper he kept his composure to poke the ball home. The
Dutch then got back in to it with a great strike from the edge of the area before
Connolly restored England’s two goal advantage with 15 mins remaining again
sweeping the ball home after a good run by Josh Sims down the right hand side.
A great
few weeks for England’s youth sides with them not losing a game against some
good opposition.
Barclays U18 Premier League
The
league starts back up with the following fixtures
11:00 Chelsea
U18 v West Ham U18
11:00 Man
Utd U18 v Stoke U18
11:30 Norwich
U18 v Arsenal U18
12:00 Southampton
U18 v Leicester U18
12:00 Wolves
U18 v Man City U18
12:00 Everton
U18 v Derby U18
12:00 Newcastle
U18 v Bolton U18
12:00 Aston
Villa U18 v Fulham U18
12:00 Reading
U18 v Brighton U18
12:00 Spurs
U18 v West Brom U18
12:30 Blackburn
U18 v Sunderland U18
13:00 Middlesbrough
U18 v Liverpool U18
Unfortunately
with the late kick off I won’t be able to go and watch Blackburn v Sunderland
due to Rovers first team also being at home.
Derby,
Newcastle, Rovers, Leicester, Southampton and Reading are all looking for their
first wins of the season whilst Man City will look to continue their 100% start
to the campaign against Wolves.
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