...For a fiver.

https://gtfc.co.uk/youth-team-live-on-mariners-tv-in-the-fa-youth-cup/

that's my Tuesday night sorted!
Hope they do themselves proud

Popped into the ticket office at lunchtime to get a ticket. Approximately 200 sold. It’s £5 and £3 concessions.

Weather forecast dry from 6.30 and temp 5 degrees so hopefully a few more may come along, although the 7.00 start may make it hard for some to make it.

Logged into Mariners live to buy a match pass for this game...seems to be a subscription...like they have selected the wrong option when putting it online.

Lads in a huddle

Certainly at NF straight off.

5 mins and NF not in our half.

Looking good so far . Although I’m guessing forest will let the leash off at some point

Anyone got a team sheet please?
Only player I think I know is Gardner, no. 9?

I'm thinking Forest will gift us a goal with their playing out from the back.  They are not very good at it.

Quoted from Southwark Mariner

Logged into Mariners live to buy a match pass for this game...seems to be a subscription...like they have selected the wrong option when putting it online.

Yes I found the same, don't want to sign up for a second monthly fee

Quoted from mimma

Anyone got a team sheet please?
Only player I think I know is Gardner, no. 9?

Quoted from mimma

Anyone got a team sheet please?
Only player I think I know is Gardner, no. 9?

https://twitter.com/hashtag/FAYouthCup?src=hashtag_click

Pitch looks a bit crap

Thank you

Gardiner is a bit slow

Cribb is the Scunts youngest ever player, played in league 2 a couple of years ago. Brown, Clements n Foy are having fine seasons. Keeper has been doing some sessions with the first team

Have the audio subscription for the season and there’s no commentary.

Anyone updating the game tonight on here, please?

We are marking space not men so they are able to find a pass. Badly need a mid fielder to knit a few passes together and keep some possession in their half.

Not much in it , forest have a couple of good lads up front

HT 0-0

ht 0-0. Really good half by Town. More than matched them. Game of a few half chances.
Looks like it's going to plan.  Clements our best attacking player, but they are being very disciplined and resolute in defence , closing down and tackling. Certainly it doesn't look like a level 1 Academy team v. a level 3 team

Been an entertaining game of football so far. Anyone know if Artell is in the audience? Know he's one for the up and comings so wonder if he's interested how the youth team are doing (no I'm not saying snatch one of them for the first team!!).

Quoted from Croxton

We are marking space not men so they are able to find a pass. Badly need a mid fielder to knit a few passes together and keep some possession in their half.

Bring Hunty on, he only looks about 12.

Notts, as expected, have a few more physically and tactically mature players. They are controlling midfield and have several who can keep possession and seek options. That said, we have had some close calls on through balls to Gardener and they are taking chances with their playing out.

We have found the press tiring because midfielders have not been marking closely enough so their backs have been playing through the lines. We may have to take a few risks later on and get more support in their half. We are so deep, I thought Waterfall was playing.

Have to be careful, I think we have two on yellows.

75 minutes gone, still 0-0.  If result is draw, extra time then pens.

Grayson Giles the young scunny goalscoring sensation coming on

Quoted from BenBB

Been an entertaining game of football so far. Anyone know if Artell is in the audience? Know he's one for the up and comings so wonder if he's interested how the youth team are doing (no I'm not saying snatch one of them for the first team!!).

I would be very surprised if DA isn't there - he will want to see what talent we have coming through from the youth set-up.

Extra Time.  0-0 after 90 minutes.

0-0 extra time now . Not a bad game , lots a fight and desire from our lads . I thought Forest would step it up 2nd half ,they did for 5 mins .

Quoted from BenBB

Been an entertaining game of football so far. Anyone know if Artell is in the audience? Know he's one for the up and comings so wonder if he's interested how the youth team are doing (no I'm not saying snatch one of them for the first team!!).

Yeah Artell, Pearson and Davies are watching

Forest pass the ball around well but don't do anything with it. They don't take any risks..
Town defended well, kept us shape, but resorted to too many long balls giving it back.

We have done really well  great shape, very disciplined , and some really hard work along with some great tackling  think we also look fitter than them

A couple of their lads seem to be cramping up, stretching their calves whenever they get a chance.

WTH is the hold up for now?

Typical Prem League team, trying to get one of our guys sent off, then crowding the ref.

Quoted from 123614

Typical Prem League team, trying to get one of our guys sent off, then crowding the ref.

Embarrassing isnt it? That no.9 has been a moaning little sh1t all night.

Having to be ushered away by his team mates n coaching staff at h.t. , which is still 0.0

Extra Time HT 0-0

Quoted from forza ivano

Embarrassing isnt it? That no.9 has been a moaning little sh1t all night.

They don’t like it up em . Used to the tippy tappy cat 1 league

Both teams ready for re-start, one lino disappeared down the tunnel.

Looked like we should've had a penalty, went straight through the back of our lad

Their number 9 loves himself.

Finally, their no 9 gets booked, gobby little sh!tbag.

YES!!

What a goal

Oh yes!!!! What a goal. The excellent  henry brown

Great goal, 1-0 Town.

Their players aren’t fit 😂😂

Who scored it?

Quoted from It Bites

Their players aren’t fit 😂😂

Certainly not as fit as our lads.

Great goal. Come on lads. Should've had a pen this half and another goal before that one.

Deserved that, cracking effort too.

Don't know who scored but good interplay left him free at the edge of the box and he curled in a beauty

Haha, No 9 sent off, double yellow

And Number 9 has got a red

Quoted from mimma

Don't know who scored but good interplay left him free at the edge of the box and he curled in a beauty

Henry Brown

Number 9 made it all about him . Seen loads of young lads like him . He won’t make it at all .

This has been an excellent performance from our lads.

FT 1-0 Town.  UTM!

Quoted from It Bites

Number 9 made it all about him . Seen loads of young lads like him . He won’t make it at all .

Is it wrong to call whats a 16/17 year old an arrogant helmet?

I’d hate to be his teammate, loves himself to pieces

Fully deserved, fiver well spent  ;D

Highlights the awesome work our youth academy do with Woodsy + co.

Seems like quite a significant win. Does anyone with a bit of knowledge know what our best run in the Youth Cup is?

What a bunch of heroes! Limited them to a handful of chances and stole one at the finish. And what a finish. Huge credit to Giles for the coolness to lay the ball off.

Their left sided midfielder will go far. Future loan perhaps? Also their big centre half strolling into midfield.

My MOM was Gardener for the thankless running all game. He was the reason Woods was able to set up a sponge defence.

Quoted from Croxton

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. He was the reason Woods was able to set up a sponge defence.

This is a new technical term for me😗

A fantastic result for the lads, Woodsy and his staff and the Youth set up more generally. As we pick up a lot of lads released from other academies etc seeing our team doing well in the cup will make the released lads more aware of us and ‘giant’ killings always catch the eye.

Well done everyone.

Thoroughly enjoyed that, interesting game with a great finale and a bit of poetic justice for their no. 9 haha. He kicked a drinks bottle (?) At woods as he got sent off and forest had to apologise to him lol, what a little idiot

Magnificent performance. Out thought off the pitch - well done Callum n Neil for their excellent game plan, which was superbly executed by a hugely disciplined team. On the pitch Forest were out fought  out run n out tackled.

Henry brown, clements, the keeper n Gardner all stood out, whilst the introduction of Grayson was crucial. Whens the next round??

Attendance was 388

WOODS IN

Quoted from HatTrickHero

This is a new technical term for me😗

Or  'La spugna ' as they say in Milan!

Wasn’t able to tune in unfortunately. We’re there many there tonight? Well done all those that did go and give their support to what sounds like, a very promising crop of players

Great performance and result for all the right football and character reasons.

Forest are not just a PL Youth set-up.  In 2022 they only lost
In the final to Man United at Old Trafford.  They have a pedigree and academy of the highest quality.

A record 67,492 attendance.  Massive home support.

Arguably, Forest only lost because they had a brilliant player called Garnacho who scored 2 goals. Although unlikely either were a brilliant bicycle kick.

……….

Town can take great confidence from this scalp.  With a good draw could go further in the cup.

Idly looking at previous results, last season Cambridge were extremely close to the semi-finals.  They only lost 3-2 away to Arsenal in the quarters finals.

Arsenal scored the winner in the 93 rd minute and ended up reaching the final.  Cambridge took a  very big following with 2,700 fans.

I imagine that they were on a similar level to us or only slightly better.  

What's this?

A Town win and a clean sheet. Well done lads, thoroughly deserved.

Absolutely fantastic evening at BP, watching some immensely gifted footballers.

Credit has to go the team and in particular the youth set up at GTFC.

Hope the lads get an even tastier draw in the next round & are backed by an even bigger crowd!

I think we lost 1-0 away to Newcastle in the FA Youth Cup.  A great result for us.  sIf we had won we would have played Man United away.  The year before Newcastle had a free-scoring striker called Andy Carroll.  

Quoted from TownSNAFU5

Great performance and result for all the right football and character reasons.

Forest are not just a PL Youth set-up.  In 2022 they only lost
In the final to Man United at Old Trafford.  They have a pedigree and academy of the highest quality.

A record 67,492 attendance.  Massive home support.

Arguably, Forest only lost because they had a brilliant player called Garnacho who scored 2 goals. Although unlikely either were a brilliant bicycle kick.

……….

Town can take great confidence from this scalp.  With a good draw could go further in the cup.

Idly looking at previous results, last season Cambridge were extremely close to the semi-finals.  They only lost 3-2 away to Arsenal in the quarters finals.

Arsenal scored the winner in the 93 rd minute and ended up reaching the final.  Cambridge took a  very big following with 2,700 fans.

I imagine that they were on a similar level to us or only slightly better.  

I went to that game at OT. Forest had 7000 fans there. It was only £1 admission too. Rude not to go. I only knew about it as I'd seen Brentford there a few weeks before and they plugged the game in their programme.

Quoted from headingly_mariner

Seems like quite a significant win. Does anyone with a bit of knowledge know what our best run in the Youth Cup is?

We made it to the last 16 in 1994, lost to Bradford in a replay.

Quoted from bedders78

We made it to the last 16 in 1994, lost to Bradford in a replay.

Anyone know who was in the team.or squad that year?

Quoted from forza ivano

Anyone know who was in the team.or squad that year?

The team that beat Torquay in the previous round was:

Clohessy
Barratt
Neil
Martin
Gowshall
Cook
Brookes
Lester
Lambert
Buckley
Mulhall
Subs: Black, McPhee

Quoted from bedders78

The team that beat Torquay in the previous round was:

Clohessy
Barratt
Neil
Martin
Gowshall
Cook
Brookes
Lester
Lambert
Buckley
Mulhall
Subs: Black, McPhee

👍 jack lester, simon buckley, joby gowshall, jimmy neil, Mark clohessy  Dont remember  any of the others. Buckley n Gowshall went on to play at a decent non league standard. Dunno what happened to Neill or Clohessy

Quoted from forza ivano

👍 jack lester, simon buckley, joby gowshall, jimmy neil, Mark clohessy  Dont remember  any of the others. Buckley n Gowshall went on to play at a decent non league standard. Dunno what happened to Neill or Clohessy

Jimmy Neil went on to play a few seasons for Grantham, Clohessy appears to be FAI Girls’ Centre of Excellence Goalkeeper Coach

Quoted from bedders78

The team that beat Torquay in the previous round was:

Clohessy
Barratt
Neil
Martin
Gowshall
Cook
Brookes
Lester
Lambert
Buckley
Mulhall
Subs: Black, McPhee

Paul Martin used to run with him back in the day think he represented England at Junior level 400m ran for Clee AC

What a great achievement last night. Maybe even better than it looks.

It is worth repeating that the academy set-up at Forest is as good or better than most in the PL.  

They would probably have won the FA Youth Cup in 2022 had a brilliant player called Garnacho not scored 2 goals in the final.

Man United had a genius (he of the overhead goal recently and great goal for them last week away in the CL).

United had home advantage and a near capacity crowd at Old Trafford supporting them.

In summary, we beat a team and club at the very top. One with far more coaching and development resources than we could ever dream about. They also trawl for the best young players from all over the country.

Ironic then that the difference in resources was illustrated last night with the home fans all in the Main Stand - built in 1901 or 1903.

Quoted from TownSNAFU5

What a great achievement last night. Maybe even better than it looks.

It is worth repeating that the academy set-up at Forest is as good or better than most in the PL.  

They would probably have won the FA Youth Cup in 2022 had a brilliant player called Garnacho not scored 2 goals in the final.

Man United had a genius (he of the overhead goal recently and great goal for them last week away in the CL).

United had home advantage and a near capacity crowd at Old Trafford supporting them.

In summary, we beat a team and club at the very top. One with far more coaching and development resources than we could ever dream about. They also trawl for the best young players from all over the country.

Ironic then that the difference in resources was illustrated last night with the home fans all in the Main Stand - built in 1901 or 1903.

Do we have a team sheet for the Forest lineup last night? All I can find is references to their game in the “BSM Trophy” (nope, I had no idea it had a sponsor now, either). Bristol Street Motors, another shíthouse company to avoid.

Quoted from Poojah

Do we have a team sheet for the Forest lineup last night? All I can find is references to their game in the “BSM Trophy” (nope, I had no idea it had a sponsor now, either). Bristol Street Motors, another shíthouse company to avoid.

In the match report:

Forest: Keehan Willows, James Sinclair, Henry Lister, Tony Gbopo, David Modupe, Theo Robinson, Evan Boulter, Archie Whitehall, Connor Brown, Cormac Daly, Danny Anisjko

Subs: Theo Avery, Georgios Lemonakis, Will Thompson, Amarn Robinson, Isaac Davies, Fuad Smith, Jayden Powell

https://gtfc.co.uk/report-youth-team-beat-forest/

Ta!

Quoted from Poojah

Do we have a team sheet for the Forest lineup last night? All I can find is references to their game in the “BSM Trophy” (nope, I had no idea it had a sponsor now, either). Bristol Street Motors, another shíthouse company to avoid.

Aye they've sacked off Papa Johns, all done very quietly

Papa John's opted against renewing.  Previous deal was worth £1million a season.

I'm no marketing expert and I do get the exposure level is much higher in the final of this competition, unfortunately (just shy of 80,000 fans in attendance at last seasons final, 85,000 in 2019, 74,000 in 2017).  But that seems crazy money to me for a competition that most people don't give a excrement about, those that do are firmly opposed to. To the point I probably would steer clear of Bristol Street Motors just because they sponsor this excrement.

Bet they’re not paying anything like £1m either

On the subject of Mariner TV coverage, would it be possible to have a commentary on the game? We had a Town teamsheet but the numbers on the shirts are impossible to read so I didn't have a clue who was who.

They've got Millwall

Millwall at BP?

Looks like the Youth have progressed to quarters now beating Wrexham. The headline says 4-1 but the match report describes five goals to Town so not sure.
Cameron Gardner with 2.
Well done Yoof.

Post edit.....
Apologies,  I think this result was in a different competition ...but still through to quarters.

Was 5.1 victory. Cam n Brown were almost unplayable was the report from someone there

Friday night game postponed till next Wednesday.