Academy Semi Final At Motspur 2pm Today

[White Noise]

Cone-y‏@ffc2004

Late late #lcfc corner. Well cleared.

[White Noise]

Cone-y‏@ffc2004

Great perfect tackle from #lcfc denies Altman from 8 yards.

[White Noise]

Cone-y‏@ffc2004

Late #FFC corner. Leads to #FFC free kick 20 yards out.

[White Noise]

Cone-y‏@ffc2004

Altman free kick into the wall and away.

[White Noise]

Cone-y‏@ffc2004

AND THAT IS THAT! 2-1 #FFC FT.

[sipwell]

Cone-y‏@ffc2004

AND THAT IS THAT! 2-1 #FFC FT.

LIKE!

[cmg]

Fantastic news.

Thanks very much for the commentry.

[SoCalJoe]

 :clap_hands:  Really appreciate the updates WN

[Mr Fulham]

Sounds like exciting end-to-end stuff.

Who's the GK Roberts by the way? Haven't heard of him before.

http://www.evertonfc.com/academy/connor-roberts.html

http://www.toffeeweb.com/season/11-12/news/20818.html

Do you know when we signed the lad?

[Fletchino]

Are we in the final now or is there a second leg?

[White Noise]

Just copying what Billy was posting on Twitter. I asked him to ask Jol about Connor Roberts - and whether we are just borrowing him from Everton - but he just missed him.

Looks a real prospect though and sounds like he was MOTM.

[General]

Just copying what Billy was posting on Twitter. I asked him to ask Jol about Connor Roberts - and whether we are just borrowing him from Everton - but he just missed him.

Looks a real prospect though and sounds like he was MOTM.

would've thought we wouldn't have been able to borrow him, wouldn't be very fair?! Assuming a deal has been done or is in the pipeline. Looked online but nothing there that I could find.

Good to hear he's promising and glad we're in the final/step closer at least.... Loving the fact they're keeping the squad together and helping them develop without the pressure and as a unit/team/group.

Hopefully that will allow them to compete and do better for us.

[FatFreddysCat]

Great stuff, our all youth set up is very exciting.

[jarv]

Good read. Thanks for posting updates, sounds like a decent game.

[The King]

When do Blackburn and Newcastle play?

[MasterHaynes]

Just copying what Billy was posting on Twitter. I asked him to ask Jol about Connor Roberts - and whether we are just borrowing him from Everton - but he just missed him.

Looks a real prospect though and sounds like he was MOTM.

would've thought we wouldn't have been able to borrow him, wouldn't be very fair?! Assuming a deal has been done or is in the pipeline. Looked online but nothing there that I could find.

Good to hear he's promising and glad we're in the final/step closer at least.... Loving the fact they're keeping the squad together and helping them develop without the pressure and as a unit/team/group.

Hopefully that will allow them to compete and do better for us.

Iwas sitting next to oneof the parents and they said we only loaned him for the game, it has to be said though he had a great game

[mrska]

Blackburn... next sat.. dont know where?


Fulham U18s came from behind to defeat Leicester City by two goals to one on Saturday afternoon in the Premier Academy League Play-Off Semi Final. Cauley Woodrow's header had brought the Whites level after Leicester had taken the lead, before Ryan Williams secured victory with a placed finish in the 85th minute.

The opening exchanges of the game had both sides sizing each other up with it quickly becoming apparent why they had each finished top of their respective groups, with some neat interchanges between both sets of players.

The first chance of the game fell to the Whites on 10 minutes when Cauley Woodrow closed down the visiting 'keeper as he went to clear, with the ball ricocheting to Mesca Na Bangna on the left-wing who fired narrowly over the bar.

The Portuguese youth international was involved in Fulham's next chance moments later when he won a free-kick 25 yards from goal but Omri Altman's set piece nestled the wrong side of the net.

Leicester's first chance fell to Captain Tom Hopper who cut inside from the left before firing tamely into Connor Roberts' arms.

Good link-up play between Altman and Woodrow on 17 minutes ended with Woodrow finding space on the edge of the area, but his low strike was too close to Connor Brennan in the Foxes' goal.


Leicester took the lead against the run of play after 24 minutes when Harry Panayiotou slotted into an empty net after Roberts had parried Matt Robinson's initial effort.

The Fulham 'keeper was called into action once again on 33 minutes to push Theo Brown's long range free-kick away and was dominant moments later as he claimed the resulting corner with ease.

Good work from Ryan Williams down the right wing saw the Australian beat his man but Na Bangna's header from the cross that followed went the wrong side of the post.

Fulham were pressing and grabbed a deserved equaliser five minutes before half-time when Cauley Woodrow beat the Leicester 'keeper in the air to head in a deep Altman free-kick.

And the Whites striker has a gilt-edged chance to give his side the lead on 43 minutes but sliced wide from a matter of yards after Sean Kavanagh's bending free-kick had come back off the post.

Fulham came strongly at the start of the second half but almost gifted Leicester the lead when Hopper robbed Kavanagh of the ball in his own area. The striker proceeded to round Roberts in the home goal but then inexplicably hit the ball over from five yards before Woodrow went close to punishing the Foxes but fired over from a tight angle after being played through.


The second period was much more open than the first with the two Connors in goal both participating regularly. First, Ryan Williams tested Brennan with a firm header before Roberts palmed Hopper's fierce drive away to safety.

Na Bangna was wreaking havoc down the left and went close to forcing an own goal when his cut-back on 57 minutes deflected off a defender and trickled an inch wide of the post. Lasse Vigen Christensen then arrived late to bullet a header over the bar from the resulting corner.

A swift flowing counter attack involving Jack Grimmer and Ronnie Minkwitz on the hour mark culminated with Na Bangna unleashing a powerful left-footed strike that Brennan had to beat away for corner.

The match was end-to-end stuff and Fulham had the ball in the back of the net on 78 minutes when Woodrow poked home Na Bangna's cross but unfortunately Mesca had strayed just offside in the build up.

The game could have gone either way but Fulham took the lead with five minutes remaining when Ryan Williams calmly slotted home after Leicester failed to deal with a bouncing ball in their area.

Further chances fell to both sides but neither could add to the scoreline so it was Kit Symons' Team who progressed to Saturday's Final against Blackburn Rovers.



Fulham Team: 1. Roberts, 2. Brister, 3, Kavanagh, 4. Christensen (15. Sambou), 5. Grimmer, 6. Passley, 7. Williams, 8. Minkwitz (C), 9. Woodrow, 10. Altman, 11. Na Bangna

Subs (not used): 12. Oberschmidt, 14. Banya, 16. Tankovic, 17. Gameiro, 18. O'Reilly



Read more: http://www.fulhamfc.com/Club/News/NewsArticles/2012/May/Academy2-1Leicester.aspx#ixzz1u0qeFBAD

[Burt]

 scarf

[Steven Ageroad]

It was an entertaining and exciting game, real end to end stuff. Leicester could have won it, they had the opportunities,but our keeper played a blinder. Bodes well for the future.

[Jack Fulham]

Final will be at Craven Cottage next sat looking forward to it.