Category: Youth Team

U18 Professional Development League 2  Team: Jones, Putman, Adjetey-Brew, Keita-Turay, Cuthbert, Radojevic, Strachan, Neill, Hassan, Neziri, Kennedy  Subs: Loades, Street, Skeete, Hamid, Recber  On a very bright and warm TSG Elite Training Centre, the initial 15 minutes or so were fairly even.  The first attempt at goal fell to the visitors following a corner. A Continue reading

U18 Professional Development League 2  Team: Loades, Putman, Adjetey-Brew, Balogun, Cuthbert, Radojevic, Trujillo, Hamid, Recber, Neziri, Hayati  Subs: Jones, Skeete, McAvoy  With Paul Furlong’s Development side taking on Hull City at the MKM Stadium, the U18’s faced Burnley in Heston.  Benji Wetshi put the Clarets ahead in less than a minute when he belted the Continue reading

U18 Professional Development League 2  Team: Jones, Putman, Adjetey-Brew, Keita-Turay, Balogun, Radojevic, Kennedy, Tarbotton, Hassan, Neill, Neziri  Subs: Fitall, Street, Trujillo, Skeete, Hayati  The temperature was beginning to head towards the mid-20s by the time I arrived at the TSG Elite Training Centre.  Ridwan Hassan’s superb long ball out to the right-wing was then crossed Continue reading

U18 Professional Development League 2  Team: Loades, Putman, Adjetey-Brew, Keita-Turay, trialist, Radojevic, Kennedy, Sutton, Strachan, Tarbotton, Hassan  Subs: Clark, Hamid, Neziri, Street, Neill  With an icy wind drifting across the TSG Training Centre, Lorenzo Strachan was fouled outside the penalty area, but the subsequent free kick came to nothing.   With the visitors looking the more Continue reading

U18 Professional Development League 2 Team: Houston, Lee, Ward, Street, Park, Sutton, Coomes, Neill, Fuller, Tarbotton, West Subs: Hammond-Ayres, Hassan, Sanyaolu, Strachan, Kennedy When the team sheets arrived there were seven names that I didn’t recognise. It turned out that they were in fact all trialists. On a warm afternoon (around 20-degrees Fahrenheit) at the Continue reading

U18 Professional Development League 2  Team: Conway (t), Putman, Moutawafiq (t), Keita-Turay, Fletcher (t), Morgan (t), Hassan, Hamid, Strachan, Neziri, Coomes  Subs: Fittall, Radojevic, Sanyaolu, Kennedy, Neill  At a very blustery TSG Training Centre, the team sheet revealed the welcome return of Lorenzo Strachan after a long lay-off, plus the inclusion of four trialists.  The Continue reading

U18 Professional Development League 2  Team: Jones, Evans, Adjetey-Brew, Hamid, Putman, Radojevic, Coomes, Tarbotton, Vaughan, Sutton, Kennedy  Subs: Loades, Hassan, Montorio, Neill  Charlie Street was listed on the team sheet but pulled out just before kick-off. At No.9 was a trialist from Bracknell Town, Haydon Vaughan.  In the opening minutes, La ‘Trell Jones made a Continue reading

U18 Professional Development League 2  Team: Clark, Putman, Adjetey-Brew, Tuck, Leahy, Street, Coomes, Hamid, Sutton, Kennedy, Bouhiaoui  Subs: Loades, Young, Neill, Lawrence, Hayati  On an overcast morning at Heston, it was the R’s who got off to an assertive start.  Emmerson Sutton’s strike from just outside the box was palmed behind by the Charlton keeper.   Continue reading

U18 Professional Development League 2 Team: Loades, Street, Gregory, Radojevic, Manufor, Lambert, Sutton, Hamid, Hassan, Neill, Scott Subs: Jones, Skeete, Alves, Hayati, Kennedy After a frantic start, the game settled down and honours were fairly even. A searching ball from Emmerson Sutton was put behind and three successive corners followed, but they all came to Continue reading

FA Youth Cup 4th Round  Team: Clark, Redknapp, Leahy, Tuck, Edmondson, Manufor, Sutton, Young, Hassan, Yahyaoui, Coomes Subs: Loades, Putman, Kennedy, Lawrence, Hamid, Bouhiaoui, Radojevic  Attendance: 916  Problems with the Burnley team coach meant that the match kicked-off thirty minutes late.  Rangers had an opportunity to open the scoring early on when Jake Coomes’ cross Continue reading