The Reds youngsters have reached the final of the FA Youth cup for the second year runnnig and will now face Man United or Arsenal in the final. Everyone raves about Arsenal's youngesters so it will be an interesting final against them if they hold on to their 1-0 frist leg lead.

http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/drilldown/N155334070319-2056.htm

Good result for the pups.

:)

The first leg of the final against Man United is on 16th April 745pm at Anfield, tickets are a fiver in advance, a tenner if you pay on the night. Away leg is 19th April.

The best of luck to the lads. :handclap:

Chris

Ahhhh! The young lads got beat 2-1 last night. Still all to play in t'second leg next week.

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Ahhhh! The young lads got beat 2-1 last night. Still all to play in t'second leg next week.

:PDT_Xtremez_42:

Aye. All is not lost. Hopefully they can stage a big comeback next week. Go to it, lads. :PDT_Aliboronz_24:

Chris

I know someone who knows someone who knows someone, you know how it is and apparently, Steve Heighway has a big gripe about his youngsters never being given a chance like the Arsenal and Man Utd and even Everton lads come to that.

Aye. All is not lost. Hopefully they can stage a big comeback next week. Go to it, lads. :PDT_Aliboronz_24:

Chris

I hope so, I'm going to make the trip over there anyway. Here's some pics from before the game last night

http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/drilldown/N155630070417-1108.htm

Liverpool's youngsters have it all to play for in the second leg of the FA Youth Cup Final after losing 2-1 to Manchester United at Anfield last night. Here's the best of the first leg action in pictures.

What do u think about the number 11?

Well what a turnaround tonight, winning 1-0 then 4-3 in the shoot out. Liverpool dominated from start to finish and could easily have done it without the penalties. The only worry was they did tire towards the end after a great second half display and there was the worry United may nick a winner. There must have been at least 3000 fans there as well and even though it was only the youth cup, was still fun lifting a trophy in a near empty Old Trafford.

Thank u for the info and for the photo. Its too difficult to know it here.

I know someone who knows someone who knows someone, you know how it is and apparently, Steve Heighway has a big gripe about his youngsters never being given a chance like the Arsenal and Man Utd and even Everton lads come to that.

Is that why Heighway has left the youth squad? Great pity he did a great job.:disgust:

Is that why Heighway has left the youth squad? Great pity he did a great job.:disgust:

When you think about how much money we put into the Academy compared to the likes of Everton we've had a pretty poor return over the last decade imho.

I have a feeling that Heighway might have been pushed rather than him jumping.

From The Times
May 4, 2007
Anfield youth coach delivers ****ing verdict on Benitez
Alyson Rudd

Only days after Rafael Benítez led his team to a memorable Champions League semi-final victory over Chelsea at Anfield, Steve Heighway, the legendary Liverpool winger and head of the club’s highly successful academy, has attacked the Liverpool manager for his interference in the development of the club’s best young players.
Heighway labelled as “crazy” BenÍtez’s decision to bypass him and take control of some of the players who won the FA Youth Cup last week for a second successive season.
After the dramatic second leg of the final at Old Trafford, Heighway announced that he was leaving the academy after 19 years in which he groomed the talents of a host of players, including Steven Gerrard and Michael Owen.
There had been rumours that Benítez did not want Heighway to exert his traditional control over young stars, but Heighway waited until the cup final was over before making official his decision to leave.
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The rot, for Heighway, set in when the club decided to appoint from outside the club and break with its famous boot-room tradition. Heighway fell out with Gérard Houllier, BenÍtez’s predecessor, but stood his ground with backing from the Liverpool board. Now, though, he has decided that it is best to step down, rather than fight his corner — especially because BenÍtez is proving a popular first-team coach.
Heighway said: “Rafa is a terrific manager, tactically astute with qualities I really admire, [but] in my view I’m the best coach of 17 and 18-year-old players in this club. But I no longer get the chance to do that. That’s crazy, that’s mad; it’s to the detriment of the young players at this club.”
According to Heighway, BenÍtez’s staff do not even spot who are the best players. Heighway argues that he has produced a crop of young players that could take on and beat any other youth team in the world but that BenÍtez is in danger of undermining their potential.
The Spaniard wants some of the players to leave the academy and join Liverpool’s reserve team, but Heighway argues that reserve teams are a waste of time and talent and that his best players should either stay with him at the academy or go into the first team — as Owen famously did.
The former winger, signed by Bill Shankly from nonLeague football, has urged football to engage in a serious debate about the damage being done to young players because of “outdated reserve football”.

Liverpool are going strong in their defence of the youth cup, knocked out Arsenal tonight.

http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/drilldown/N158638080129-1903.htm

My son has just come in through the door - he went to that match :)

My son has just come in through the door - he went to that match :)

Arsenal Even brought on Tom Cruise as a late substitute (honest) but it was Mission Impossible and Liverpool won :)