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Tottenham’s Carroll and Saints’ Shaw In Line For First England Starts
Tom Carroll and Luke Shaw of Tottenham and Southampton respectively are in line to make their first appearances for Stuart Pearce’s side after being called up to the Under 21s for games against Romania and Austria. Continue reading
Luke Shaw Signs New Saints Deal
Southampton’s highly-rated 17-year-old full-back has warded off interest from Arsenal and Chelsea by signing a new long-term contract with the south coast side. Continue reading
Arsenal and West Brom Will Kick Off Barclays U21 Second Phase
The FA Premier League have released details of the next stage of the inaugural Barclays U21 Premier League, which sees Arsenal and West Brom kick off proceedings on Wednesday evening. As was the case with the first phase played before Christmas, the twenty-two teams have been divided up into three groups – the Elite Group, … Continue reading
Jack Butland Looks To Be Heading For The South Coast
Southampton are looking like the favourites to sign 19-year-old goalkeeper Jack Butland. The highly-rated England stopper is wanted by Liverpool and Everton but the Merseyside pair look to be beaten to Butland’s signature by Nigel Adkin’s side. Saints bid £6million for Butland last summer but now Birmingham City’s finances are in trouble it looks like … Continue reading
FA Youth Cup Round-up
Charlton Athletic shocked Tottenham Hotspur to make it through to the quarter finals of the FA Youth Cup. Oliver Muldoon scored a free-kick in the final minute at the Valley to send the Addicks through to the next round and knock-out some people’s tips for the trophy. An impressive crowd of over 1,300 turned up … Continue reading
FA Youth Cup Fourth Round Action
West Ham flew into the fifth round on Wednesday night with a convincing 4-1 win over Brighton at Upton Park. A brace from Rob Hall and individual efforts from duo Matthias Fanimo and Elliot Lee secured a relatively easy win for the Hammers. Chelsea and Norwich City’s fourth round encounter had to be taken to … Continue reading
FA Youth Cup Fourth Round Draw
The draw for the FA Youth Cup Fourth Round has taken place today at Wembley. Cup holders Manchester United will face Derby in the fourth round, after the Rams impressively overcame Arsenal in the third round. Free-scoring Southampton have been handed a trip up north to face Bolton and Swansea, who provided the biggest shock … Continue reading
FA Youth Cup Third Round: Wins for Everton and Southampton
Everton scraped through the FA Youth Cup third round with Ross Barkley on target as they beat Crystal Palace 2-1. Crystal Palace took the lead inside the first ten minutes through Alex Wynter and once pegged back the London side managed to take the Toffees into extra-time. Unfortunately for them the away side capitalized during … Continue reading
Fulham Miss Out on Chance to Top League
Fulham missed the opportunity to cement their place at the top of the FA Premier Academy League Group A table after they lost 2-0 to Southampton at the weekend. Jason Dodd’s Southampton side were deserved winners as they comfortably converted their chances to earn the win. A goalkeeping error determined the opening goal of the … Continue reading
Youth Round-Up: Chelsea Target Brazilian Duo
Chelsea’s pursuit of Brazilian wonderkid Lucas Piazon has been dubbed unethical by Juventus sporting director, Guiseppe Marotta. And the Italian chief has made the stunning claim that the Blues have agreed to pay the teenager an astonishing £870,000-per-year to move to west London. Piazon – who has been dubbed the ‘new Kaka’ – is set … Continue reading
Feature – What is a Premier League Academy?
Every single Premier League player has played at the youth stage sometime in their career. Most have been part of a Premier League Academy, an elite talent programme designed to get the full potential from promising young players. All 20 member clubs of the Premier League operate this system and offer the unrivalled training process … Continue reading
Arsenal Target Chamberlain
Arsene Wenger has revealed that he is hoping to sign Southampton starlet Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain within the next week. The 17-year-old wonderkid has been linked with a host of Premier League clubs, but Wenger remains confident he can secure the sought-after signature. Wenger is hopeful that Arsenal’s record of turning youth stars such as Theo Walcott, Cesc Fabregas and … Continue reading
