It’s what Brentford did a few years back. They were fed up travelling up and down the country to the likes of Hull, Swansea, Barnsley etc when they didn’t get to play against the big hitters in London. Now they’ll play “friendly” games against Chelsea, West Ham, Spurs etc etc.
Arguably around...
It’s a long way from a level playing field nowadays. Look at recent winners and it’s a direct correlation to money invested. Some of these cat 1 academies spend more on players than our first team.
I don’t think you will ever see a cat2 winner again.
Recently Chelsea won it 5 years on the...
Our under 18s play Southampton at St Mary’s - 1pm Saturday, in the 3rd round of the Youth Cup
Southampton are streaming the game live via their website and Facebook
https://www.southamptonfc.com/news/2020-12-02/announcement-fa-youth-cup-third-round-southampton-fc-2020-21
3-3 draw yesterday for our under 18s against Burton.
A very competitive and enjoyable preseason friendly with Cov twice coming from behind to then take the lead in the 87th only concede an equaliser in the 92nd.
We should be a lot more competitive this season, but as always that is depending...