FA Youth Cup tonight

[SheffieldWhite]

We are away to Ipswich in FA Youth Cup 5th round tonight. It will be interesting to see how much progress we have made.

[LRCN]

tough game without a doubt, let's hope they do well.

[SheffieldWhite]

We won 3.1 Great result! 0.0 at half time. Reg Stratton got two!

[SheffieldWhite]

We have Villa or Millwall at home in the next round.

[Hazey]

Would that be played at Motspur or The Cottage?  Are the public able to go and watch?

[EdenRob]

It's at CC Sat 13th Feb and the scorers were Smith, Pierre and Trotta.

[Lighthouse]

Goals from Reece Jones, Aaron Pierre and Marcello Trotta helped Fulham on their way to the Quarter Finals of the FA Youth Cup on Tuesday evening.

An evenly-matched first-half finished goalless but the Whites were stung into action in the second-half after Ipswich took the lead from the penalty spot.

Alex Smith got the Whites back in the game soon after and Fulham then took the lead when Aaron Pierre fired home from a well-delivered corner. Marcello Trotta rounded off the scoring with a penalty late in the game.

Looking back on Tuesday evening's match, Academy Manager Gary Brazil was pleased with the win.

"We started a lot stronger in the first 20 minutes of the game before Ipswich came back into it and caused us some problem," he said.  "That mainly came about through us not maintaining possession and losing the ball in bad areas.

"At half-time we knew the boys could play a great deal better, we told them to work hard, retain the ball better and stop Ipswich having so much time. They were putting the ball forward into good areas for both of their strikers, who were always a bit of a threat. 

"We probably needed to go a goal down to get ourselves in gear and really go for them. The response from the boys is something we've come to expect. Sometimes when we lack a little bit of quality, they make up for it with really big hearts and the desire to keep going.

"We were worth the win, we can play a lot better but I'm very pleased for the boys. It's lovely that they've made the Quarter Final. We know that there are much better performances in them and we're going to have to play better to get through the next round.

"It will be nice for the boys to play at the Cottage. The Cup run has been a marvellous experience for the lads anyway. That edge where you've got to win to stay in the tournament brings more out of certain players and you learn a lot more about them as individuals and collectively.

"As a collective group, they have a strong desire to win which is a lovely attribute to have. The perfectionist in me wants them to play better but I can't fault them for their effort and endeavour. It's really good for this Club and Academy that we're in the Quarter Finals."

The Whites will now face Aston Villa or Millwall at Craven Cottage in the next round with the tie to be played by Saturday, 13th February. 

Fulham : Bettinelli, Marquez-Sanchez, Kamau, Jones, Toure, Pierre, Marsh-Brown, Smith, Trotta, Peniket (Quinn 75), Harris



Read more: http://www.fulhamfc.com/Club/News/NewsArticles/2010/February/IpswichYouthvFulhamYouth.aspx#ixzz0eQaD0WSa

[LRCN]

Brilliant result. Ipswich have a good youth set up and they knocked out arsenal which is really phenomanal. It just shows how far our youth setup has come.