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  • Tight at the Bottom as Germans March on for Victory

    A little late with the round-up of Saturday’s Youth Cup Group results this week, but here they are in all their glory. Tables are here. Group A Barcelona 0 – 3 Genoa CFC Bayern 1 – 0 SL Benfica Manchester United 0 – 3* Juventus Bayern maintain their perfect defence of the trophy with victory…

  • Signs of promise for ASSE

    Powell content with ‘steady’ start  As the eleven St.Etienne players strode off the pitch at the Geoffroy-Guichard last night, there was a renewed sense of optimism emenating around the stadium, as Les Verts continue to show why they won’t be a pushover and will fight with every tooth and nail to stay in Division 2…

  • Villa Chew Toffees Up And Spit Them Out

    Results from last nights Youth Cup Group fixtures, with updated tables here: https://smtop100.blogspot.co.uk/p/youth-cup-group-tables_28.html. Group A Bayern 2 – 1 Barcelona Juventus 1 – 2 Genoa CFC SL Benfica 1 – 1 Manchester United Group B Arsenal 1 – 0 Real Madrid Chelsea 0 – 2 Atlético Madrid Hellas Verona 1 – 2 Dortmund Group C Flamengo…

  • Piece of Caique for Flamengo, Robert Skov’s the Lot for Leverkusen, and City Taught Spanish Lesson

    A quick and dirty round-up of all last night’s Youth Cup action. Group A Genoa CFC 1 – 3 Bayern Manchester United 2 – 1 Barcelona SL Benfica 0 – 2 Juventus A dominant performance from reigning champions Bayern in Genoa sees them top of the table after two games. The game was all square…

  • One small step for man, one giant leap for St.Etienne

    Les Verts hit the ground running St. Etienne claimed their first victory of the season last night, if quite fortuitously, with an impressive 3-1 home win over Ajax at Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, and manager Ted Powell, as well as the whole squad, are brimming with confidence after a steady start to the season, which has shown…

  • Villa and Villarreal Hit Four, Bowler Hat-trick

    A busy night in the opening round of fixtures in this season’s new look Youth Cup saw 27 matches produce 24 wins, 3 draws, 65 (legitimate) goals, almost as many yellow cards (54), and 7 reds. Biggest winners were Aston Villa and Villarreal with 4-0 wins each (biggest losers, Roma and Udinese). Sunderland’s Josh Bowler…

  • Season 7 Youth Cup Fixtures

    Just a quick post to remind anyone who hasn’t seen it on the newsfeed or the blog page. The fixtures for the Youth Cup Groups Stage are on the main blog pages: Groups A, B & C Groups D, E & F Groups G, H & I All managers should send out friendly requests for…

  • Hectic Start for Powell at St.Etienne

    Transfer Activity in Full Flow for Powell New St.Etienne manager Ted Powell has been very busy reshaping the squad after his recent appointment as manager at the Stade Geoffrey-Guichard. For a side who have enjoyed a miracle rise in recent seasons under Josh McMillan, Powell felt it important to try and not only increase the…

  • Fear The Wall

    After taking the 2 hour drive over the border from Liege to Dortmund, I arrived at the Hohenbuschei. It’s a sprawling complex, pitches with under-soil heating, conference halls, classrooms, offices, restaurants, a TV studio, saunas, steam rooms, gyms and the Footbonaut. A cutting edge robotic training tool designed to give Dortmund players the edge over…

  • Happy New Youth Cup and Spoon Trophy Big Barbs Conspiracy Theory

    It’s that time of year again, when we traditionally look back at the year that has gone, and look forward to the year that is coming. Looking at the Youth Cup, I’d like to reflect on Season 6’s competition, and plan for Season 7. We can simply run the Youth Cup (and Shield) as before,…