Arsenal’s F.A Youth Cup Semi-Final second leg clash with Manchester City is the fixture which prises Young Guns back into action, with a touch of irony due to the long wait for the much anticipated second leg – a month and 4 days after the pulsating first installment.
Alex Nimely-Tchuimeni’s first half strike looked like it would be decisive in a difficult clash, but a second half rally saw Jay Emmanuel-Thomas force an own goal, before Gilles Sunu was given enough time to lash home a late winner. It means the Gunners have a slim yet important advantage ahead of this evening’s return duel.
The Emirates Stadium plays host to the encounter, with a steady number of supporters expected to add a little spice to what promises to be an exciting evening of football.
Arsenal’s Cup regulars have been given extra time to prepare for this one after wrapping up the Group A title earlier in the month, and Bould will hope his decision to leave them out of competitive action will keep them fresh, and not rusty.
In terms of team news, James Shea should continue between the sticks, in front of a back four which is slowly becoming one of the most consistent in recent years. Coquelin and Frimpong will provide a shield for the more flamboyant Watt, Wilshere and Thomas, who will support lone front man Gilles Sunu.
Predicted Starting XI
Shea
Eastmond – Ayling – Bartley – Cruise
Frimpong – Coquelin
Watt – Wilshere – Thomas (c)
Sunu
Prediction – Arsenal 1-0 Manchester City (3-1 Aggregate)
Live Audio streaming will be available via Arsenal TV Online, with interviews before and after the game. Away goals count, yet should the scores be level on full time, extra time and penalties will decide the winner at Emirates Stadium. It all gets underway from 7pm.
A Match Report will be available on the full time whistle, with ratings and analysis to follow later.
Article By – J.Sanderson
http://tv.arsenal.com/default.aspx?p=channels/C3_S1b
Long pass behind defences is the key to Man city’s plan in the 1st leg so we need to watch for it.
any idea how many might be there
My junior Gunner daughters 1st game tonight
Why aren’t Arsenal TV showing this one live?
COME ON YOU JUNIOR MIGHTY REDS !!!!!!!
Glad to have you back J :)
I’m really gutted that this one isn’t televised.
YES J!!!
will anyone be able to just put in important facts durin tha match on tha website… i looked everywhere last tym. nd i kynd of cudnt bear it. it will be quite helpful
watt after 43sec, 1-0
2-0 Sorted.
3-0 quicksorted :D
4-0 brilliant
lol..any links to watching the match?
no not on tv… it seems BBC manchester radio has free audio commentary
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/bbc_radio_manchester/
but only in UK :(
lol oh well im all the way in Jamaica lol..oh well..good to see them winning:D
4-1 half time. Let’s try not to concede 4 boys!
For real!?
who is the scorers?
No for fake… we’re all in on this big lie….
Looks like it’s the final for us boys.
Any more updates on the score??
where is final played?, is it 2 legs again?
What’s the score now?
nd who is in the other semi, is it liverpool v norwich?
Arsenal 4 – 1 Manchester City FT
Liverpoolv Brum – 3-0 ist leg the Pool = Arsenal v Liverpool Final.
2 legs, the first leg is at either St Andrews or Anfield 2nd leg at the Emirates.
http://www.arsenal.com/match/report/0809/pre/reserves/arsenal-res-v-man-city-res?tab=report
We’re in the final.
btw, surely the FINAL is one match wins all…
nah, I’m pretty sure its 2 legged also
who cares – if its 2 legs we’ll score more goals!
ON my way back from the Emirates…all goals scored at the dead end with no crowd!
kk cheers for that, we aint won it for ages hav we! are these group of youngsters really that good, or is everyone else’s poor?
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/04/22/article-0-0499D16D000005DC-174_468x286.jpg
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That picture is pure class. Cheers kiddos, they are that good by the by, in Arsene we trust.
J, hopefully we will be preparing for a Cahampion League final when we play Stoke in the final game of the season. It is likely that Stoke will be safe and we will have secured 4th place, so it will be a bit of a non-event as first team players are likely to be rested to avoid injury. I was wondering which resrve/youth players might get a run out e.g. Bartley
Hi there,
I am trying to trace information on two players who, apparently, passed through the lower realms of your youth set-up in recent years, for my blog on English footballers abroad: http:lesrosbifs.wordpress.com
One is Lloyd Butler, who is banging them in for Geylang United in Singapore. He is now 19, and recently moved to Singapore with his family.
The other is George Saunders, who is 20 and was on your books at the age of 12 for a couple of years.
If anyone can offer any knowledge on these two, via old programmes, info, etc, I would be eternally grateful. So far, no responses have come back from the club on my requests!
Cheers,
Gav (gavstone at gmail dot com)
Tell me bout it Baz. Could hardly see the goals go in. I missed Sanchez’s first goal. Got in there 5 mins into the game. Jack scored a penalty for the second. Kyle Bartley scored a good header from a corner and then Sanchez stole the ball from one of their dilly-dallying defenders before twisting him and slotting in the fourth. Then Manny Frimpong gave the ball away sloppily in the middle which led to their consolation. We eased up in the second half and allowed them onto us. They kinda controlled the second period.
Crocker93 – Our youngsters are good but more importantly (unlike the first team) they know how to WIN matches. Even when they aren’t playing that well, they can grind out a result or raise their game. Also, they know how to defend!
Some dickhead nearly got his head buss when he revealed his Chelsea top towards the end of the game and turned to an Arsenal mob runnin his chops. Stewards took him out before they murdered his fuckin stupid arse! Ha.
“We said at half time that we really ought to try and step it up a bit and I thought James Shea was actually our best player tonight – you wouldn’t normally believe that on a 4-1 result. I thought he was fabulous.
“The back five were probably our best players tonight. Going forward we weren’t great, other than scoring four goals – I know it sounds ridiculous! I thought our back four were the best unit of the night. Craig Eastmond has been steady all year and what he lacks in a bit of pace he makes up for in nous. He very rarely gets done and I thought him, and the rest of the back four, were fabulous.”
This is so, very true (apart from Eastmond being steady all year). It’s what Steve Bould said afterwards.
grat boyz its a fantastic result!
Why no full live coverage on Arsenal TV?
When is this due up: “A Match Report will be available on the full time whistle”.
what has happened. why are you so slow to update now?
This wellington kid looks the real deal heres a clip of him he runs like messi http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2gecug4NdM
Come on J whats going on??
I have heard the 2nd leg of the FA Youth Cup Final for Arsenal is def away, thus we near know we have an Anfield final game sometime in May, think we have been here before???……May 1989???
“match report available at the full time” of which match exactly?
J weird question I know, but I’m curious, how old are you?
Why were there no Arsenal boys in the England U18 game tonight
There is no England U18’s game as far as i am aware mate.
They played Ireland U18s.
That was the England schools team. U have to be in full time education to be on the team
The England U18s are non-professional schoolboys i think. There was no recognisable players in the side. The professional lads only play in the u17 & u19s then u21s
Steve Claridge writing about Luke Ayling in the Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2009/apr/28/arsenal-luke-ayling-scouting-report-steve-claridge
The most improved academy player this season.
Arsenal are apparently to sign Edge from Cheltenham. Okay, giving him another trial for the U15 player.
http://www.ctfc.com/page/LatestNews/0,,10434~1641268,00.html
I can’t access arsenalyouth.wordpress.com anymore, I’m asked to log in and then it doesn’t work, any news about that?
Hope the young guns make us proud!
same sharpovic i know this is nothing to do with this website but what the fuckkkk
Yes the same has happend to me, and since Jamie is M.I.A i need my fix of Arsenal youth gossip IMO Lol.
I guess we´ll just have to keep this site alive ourselves for a while. Any news anyone? :D
Scunthorpe beat Cheltenham 3-0 to move into the play-offs, meaning they just need to avoid defeat on the last day to stay there.
Lansbury scored the third goal.
http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11719_5250967,00.html anyone know anything?
I need my fix of arsenal youth gossip too!
@ Inferno, look at Supergunner07’s post, it’s a link to an original article.
no mention of Jamie Edge? Not ALWAYS on top of things are we Jamie?
http://www.scunthorpe-united.co.uk/page/News/0,,10442~1642467,00.html
Lansbury with a suspected broken leg.. :(
Apparantly Henri Lansbury got a wack on the knee cap according to the Scunthorpe football club web site, so mabey his knee injury might not be as serious as first thought?
Here’s hoping, another injury isn’t what he wants seeing as he’s really kicked on and finally got over his glandular fever.
http://www.scunthorpe-united.co.uk/page/News/0,,10442~1642691,00.html
Better news I suppose.
well, guess youre playing us at liverpool then.
should be a hell of a two legs. watch out for amoo and dalla valle. they ripped birmingham to pieces in the first leg, and then ince helped dalla valla do them in the second. birmingham were never really in either leg. of course arsenal are a different prospect.
cant wait myself.
hey all … i was in a night club in worthing last saturday just gone and happened to bump into rhys murphy, (no he wasn’t drunk) just thought i’d let you know he didn’t seem very confident about his chances of making it at Arsenal. this is sad for me as he is a local lad but i’m sure he’ll make it some where else.
Shame that he’s not confident, but at least he’s a bit realistic. I used to really rate him, but his injuries have meant that Afobe, Neita, Freeman, Watt and Sunu are all ahead of him in my book.
Ahead of him? Don’t make me laugh, Neita has played 3 times for the u18’s, Afobe hasn’t started a reserve game, neither has Freeman, Sunu maybe but Watt definitely not.
Be interesting to see what happens with him next season, whether he goes on loan.
Rhys Murphy may have had a string of niggling injurys but make no mistake he is a killer in front of goal, and besides he is still only 18 so it is a bit early to write his Arsenal football career of just yet IMO.
Here’s some news about our really young guns!
http://www.thisisbath.co.uk/localfootball/Ace-Arsenal-s-double-joy/article-948391-detail/article.html
By ahead of him, I meant that they have a better chance of making it, in my opinion that is.
Rhys Murphy and Henri Lansbury are two players i have high hopes for.
lansbury yes, murphy no, IMO
J – are you on holiday or have we seen the last bit of news on this site… Need my daily updates badly :)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1175051/Arsenal-1-Man-United-0-Arsene-gets-Edge-Fergie-race-15-year-old-starlet.html
This boy sounds interesting