Team: Deane, Harriman, Sanderson, Doughty, O’Donnell, Olley, Bewick, Gibbons, Henry-Francis, Andrade, Sharif. Harlington was overcast and amazingly for the training ground at any time of the year, there was no wind ! We learnt that the Reserves had lost 3-5 to Hayes & Yeading during the week. Mo Sharif scored 2 and James White the Continue reading
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Recent Youth Team News
Unfortunately Gareth Deane didn’t feature for the Northern Ireland U17’s in their first two UEFA qualifying Round matches. Hopefully he will be involved in their next game against Portugal on Wednesday. The U14’s had a magnificent 4-2 victory over Arsenal at Harlington on Sunday. The day before, the U18’s won again, when they recorded a Continue reading
Brentford U18 (1) – QPR U18 (2)
Youth Alliance Cup Team: Deane, Harriman, Sanderson, Doughty, O’Donnell, Olley, Bewick, Walker, Sharif, Henry-Francis, Andrade. Frankie Sutherland was unavailable after picking up a knee injury whilst involved with the Republic of Ireland, but congratulations to Michael Doughty for his call-up to the Welsh U19’s and also to 16 year-old Gareth Deane who was named recently Continue reading
QPR U18 (4) – Barnet U18 (1)
Team: Deane, Harriman, Sanderson, Doughty, O’Donnell, Olley, Bewick, Sutherland, Sharif, Francis, Andrade. Subs: White, McDonnell, Walker, Graham, Henry-Francis. The buses were re-routed at Fairy Corner just past Hayes & Harlington Station and then took a very wide detour before eventually pulling up at Harlington Corner much to the consternation of the passengers. A section of Continue reading
QPR U18 (2) – Peterborough United U18 (0)
Team: Deane, Harriman, Sanderson, Doughty, O’Donnell, Olley, Bewick, Sutherland, Sharif, Adam Francis, Andrade. Subs: McDonnell, White, Graham, Brown, Henry-Francis. There was an Official from the FAI in attendance and earlier in the week, Frankie Sutherland had been named in the Republic of Ireland’s U18 squad for the forthcoming International Tournament in the Czech Republic later Continue reading
Tooting & Mitcham United (0) – QPR U18 (1)
Team: Deane, Harriman, Sanderson, Doughty, O’Donnell, Olley, Sutherland, Bewick, Andrade, Francis, Knott. Subs: White, Gibbons, Sharif, McDonnell, Brown, Henry-Francis. Steve Gallen’s U18’s side won 1-0 last night at Tooting & Mitcham United. Marcel Henry-Francis scored our goal after 86 minutes. Rangers had previously come close on 70 minutes when Frankie Sutherland’s free kick hit the Continue reading
The Foyle Cup – Good Luck to Marc Bircham & the QPR U16’s
I was pleased to hear that Marc Bircham will be taking our U16 squad to Northern Ireland to compete in this year’s Foyle Cup which is held annually in Derry and the surrounding areas. The six-day tournament commences on 19th July and our first match will be against Glentoran on the following day. The other Continue reading
The Alan Barnes Youth Team Report
For me, there are two big reasons why we did not win the Alliance League. One, there was no prolific goalscorer and two, a poor away record. Fernandez and Cox finished joint top scorers in all competitions with just 9 goals each, and Elliott Cox is a wide player. To be fair, Fernandez was injured Continue reading
A Giant Step Or Just A Nudge Towards Academy Status ?
Well, only time will tell, but let’s hope that our recent Cup victory will help the Board sit up and take notice. Ben Kosky’s article in ‘The Kilburn Times’ follows on – Steve Russell Elated Steve Gallen is confident that his team’s stirring victory in the Youth Alliance League Cup Final can be the launch Continue reading
QPR U18 (4) – Stockport County U18 (3)
Youth Alliance National League Cup Final Team: Butler, Harriman, Waters, Ehmer, Fitzsimons, Sutherland, Parmenter, Doughty, Andrade, Fernandez, Nanetti. Subs: Bailey, Bewick, Graham, Henry-Francis, Cox. After the disappointment of losing to Grimsby Town in the previous year’s final, again, we knew very little about our opponents. We knew that they had defeated Colchester United in the Continue reading
