FA Youth Cup 5th Round Tonight

[White Noise]

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Keane: Fulham Will Be Tough Opponents

Tue 02nd Feb 2010 11:25

Town boss Roy Keane says he expects a very tough game when the Blues' U18s take on Fulham in their FA Youth Cup fifth round tie at Portman Road this evening (KO 7pm). Striker Connor Wickham is set to play against the Cottagers, having netted a goal in both the previous rounds.


Keane says Fulham have a very good U18 side: "It's a very, very tough game. Fulham are very, very strong in terms of their youths this year and we should know that because we played them in the league last week and lost 6-1.


"It's no good beating Arsenal on the Tuesday night [in the FA Youth Cup] and then losing your league match the following weekend. But they've paid for that, don't you worry about that."

The Blues boss is looking for supporters to get behind the side coached by Chris Kiwomya, whose weekend derby with Norwich was postponed due to the weather: "Hopefully the fans will come out in numbers, it's always great to see your young lads coming through. The FA Youth Cup has a great history and we're looking forward to that game.

"We've got some decent young lads and I've always had an interest in youth football. I'm looking forward to it."

Keane expects several senior players to be at Portman Road this evening: "I'd be surprised if a lot of the first team squad weren't at the game. You should always take an interest in what other players are doing and they mix with them every day in the canteen."

The Town manager travelled to both the 2-0 third round win at Tranmere, in which Wickham and Northern Irish U17 international midfielder Josh Carson netted the goals, and the fourth round 2-0 victory against holders Arsenal when Irish U19 international frontman Ronan Murray and Wickham were on target.

The winners of tonight's match will take on Aston Villa or Millwall at home in the quarter-finals. They meet in their fifth round match at Villa Park on Friday 12th February.

Tickets for tonight's match cost £3 for adults and £1 for children and concessions with only the Britannia Stand open.

[White Noise]

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U18s Thrashed at Fulham

Mon 25th Jan 2010 06:50

An under strength U18s side lost 6-1 to Fulham at Motspur Park on Saturday morning. Midfielder Luke Hyam netted the Town goal.

The youngsters, who were without a number of regulars although with Connor Wickham up front, face the Cottagers again, this time at Portman Road, in the fifth round of the Youth Cup on a date yet to be set, probably next week.

Town's U16s also lost 6-1 to the same opposition on Saturday.

U18s: Winstone, Jones, Dunbar, Hyam, Meekings, McKeown, Carvalho, Griffiths, Wickham, Murray, Lavery.

[Scrumpy]

It would be fairly typical of us to lose in the FA Youth Cup, having beaten them so convincingly in the league last weekend. I heard that they had an excellent team, so I'm surprised at that league result.

Do we actually take any fans to matches like this? I know it's the sort of thing Alex 'The Traveller' would have gone to, but does anyone go along nowadays?

[finnster01]

Last time I looked, which was fairly regularly I might add (2 years ago), they didn't even turn out for the home matches and that team finished second only to Arsenal in the league that year