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  • 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,…

  • Powell follows in the footsteps of a legend

    Powell joins Les Verts Saint-Etienne have announced that after Josh McMillan moved to Internazionale, that Ted Powell will take the reigns and lead the club after their promotion to Division Two last season. As Powell jetted in to Saint-Etienne-Boutheon Airport a few days ago, it was French sports outlet L’Equipe who broke the news first. …

  • Youth Shield Final Match Report

    Division Three promotion chasing Sevilla matched up with Division Five strugglers Flamengo in a distraction from league position pressures for respective managers David Senior and Mark Phelps. Former Valencia boss Senior won the Youth Cup last season with Los Che, and was looking to complete a unique double by winning the Youth Shield this. Fla…

  • Youth Cup Final Match Report

    Two Top 100 giants fought each other tooth and nail home and away in this two-legged final either side of Christmas. Bayern hosted Juventus at the Allianz Arena on Saturday, with the return leg in Turin last night. Dan Payne’s Old Lady side arguably went into the tie as strong favourites having significantly strengthened their…

  • A VERY HAPPY CHRISTMAS IN TURIN

    Turin at Christmas It’s been a while since I contributed to the blog. Too long to be honest but with so much going on in my life, I just didn’t have the time. Since my last blog, which I am sure was in black and white, the biggest change has been leaving a comfortable job…

  • Bah! Hamburg!

    This Christmas, Hamburg find themselves in almost exactly the same position as at the same stage last season – one game to go, and just about to miss out on the playoffs. Which got me to thinking about the posts (and ghosts) of Christmases (and other times) past, present and future. In no particular order,…