The Academy/Development squads watch thread 2024/25

[Royals and Racers]

With the group stages of the PL International Cup being completed over the next few weeks it’s perhaps a good time to see who will progress to the last 8 this season( 2 from each group).
Previously there have been 7 completed competitions and the foreign teams lead the way with 5 wins compared to just 2 for English sides( Man City and Crystal Palace).
This seasons known qualifiers so far are
Group A Nottingham Forest and Valencia
Group B Lyon
Group C
Group D Brighton and Sporting Lisbon

Updated qualifiers
Group A Valencia and Nottingham Forest
Group B Lyon
Group C Nordsjaelland and Fulham
Group D Brighton and Sporting Lisbon

Final Group B qualifier is Athletic Bilbao
3 English and 5 foreign in last 8

[Royals and Racers]

Norcott
Ahmed
Beacroft
Senga
Stickland
Borgnis
Akande
Wellens
Sackey
Osho
Okine-Peters
SUBS
Sharlott
Howard
Spencer
Barough
Yiadom

[Royals and Racers]

Aston Villa 0 Reading 1 30 mins Akande
0-2 32 mins Sackey
H-T 0-2
Yiadom replaces Akande on 63 mins
1-2 76 mins
1-3 77 mins Ahmed
F-T 1-3
Royals up to 19th just a point off the all important 16th place.
Next up for the Royals U21 is next Wednesday’s B & B Senior Cup QF against Bracknell at their home ground in Sandhurst( see seperate thread for B & B cup)

[Royals and Racers]

U 18’s
Welland
Zie
Source
Neptune
Harrison
Booth
Saint-Louis
Bowdery
Howard
Coke-Miles-Smith
George
SUBS
Irish
T Borgnis
Fuller-Thompson
Daka
Hunte

[The Cube]

Tickets for the U21 home games against West Ham (24 February) and Manchester United (28 February) have surreptitiously gone on sale.

[Snowflake Royal]

So Yiadom still some way from.the first team if he was only a sub for U21s. At least he's kicking a ball semi competitively again.

[Royals and Racers]

H-T 0-0
F-T 0-0

[Sutekh]

So Yiadom still some way from.the first team if he was only a sub for U21s. At least he's kicking a ball semi competitively again.

Did he get on for a minute or two?

[Snowflake Royal]

So Yiadom still some way from.the first team if he was only a sub for U21s. At least he's kicking a ball semi competitively again.

Did he get on for a minute or two?

In Royals and Racers helpful post. Got approx 30 mins

[Mid Sussex Royal]

Good read this on Jamie Gittens although a lot of the article is on the academy

https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/foo ... 95372.html

[Royals and Racers]

Draw done
Reading v Everton Tuesday 4th February KO 11am Bearwood training ground.
Rest of draw - All on 4th February at 11am
Chelsea v Liverpool
Derby v Fulham
West Ham v Man Utd

Draw is correct but match dates are not
Chelsea v Liverpool Saturday 1st Feb -result 2-3
Derby v Fulham Wednesday 12th Feb
West Ham v Man Utd Tuesday 4th February
Reading v Everton TBC

Reading v Everton at Bearwood on Friday February 14th KO 2pm
West Ham 2 Man Utd 2 after ET- West Ham won 5-4 on Pens

Reading v Everton this Friday 14th February KO 2pm at Bearwood in QF of the PL U 18 cup
Derby 4 Fulham 0

[Royals and Racers]

As a result of last night’s match, the Royals finished with the worst record of any of the teams in the 9 qualifying groups( 1 point).
9 group winners and 7 best 2nd’s qualify for last 16.
Group A Exeter
Group B Notts Forest and Leicester
Group C West Brom
Group D Sheffield Utd
Group E QPR
Group F Cardiff
Group G Burnley and luton
Group H Charlton
Group I Chelsea and Brentford
4 more places to be decided

4 extra teams are
Group C Southampton
Group D Sunderland
Group E Blackburn
Group F Ipswich

[Hound]

Good read this on Jamie Gittens although a lot of the article is on the academy

https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/foo ... 95372.html

Bump for this: what a great article and advert for the academy

Just a shame I assume we won’t get any of the spoils of his next big money move

[Royals and Racers]

Next up for the U 21’s is an long away trip on Monday 17th February to play Sunderland in a Pl 2 fixture KO 7pm. The match is taking place at the Eppleton Colliery welfare ground.

[Royals and Racers]

With the group stages of the PL International Cup being completed over the next few weeks it’s perhaps a good time to see who will progress to the last 8 this season( 2 from each group).
Previously there have been 7 completed competitions and the foreign teams lead the way with 5 wins compared to just 2 for English sides( Man City and Crystal Palace).
This seasons known qualifiers so far are
Group A Nottingham Forest and Valencia
Group B Lyon
Group C
Group D Brighton and Sporting Lisbon

Updated qualifiers
Group A Valencia and Nottingham Forest
Group B Lyon
Group C Nordsjaelland and Fulham
Group D Brighton and Sporting Lisbon

Final Group B qualifier is Athletic Bilbao
3 English and 5 foreign in last 8

QF draw done
Fulham v Sporting Lisbon Tuesday 11th March KO 7pm
Notts Forest v Nordsjaelland Tuesday 11th March KO 7pm
Brighton v Athletic Bilbao Wednesday 26th February KO 19.30
Lyon v Valencia Tuesday 11th March KO 19.00- ground in England TBC

[El Diablo]

Good read this on Jamie Gittens although a lot of the article is on the academy

https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/foo ... 95372.html

Bump for this: what a great article and advert for the academy

Just a shame I assume we won’t get any of the spoils of his next big money move

Lets hope that gets printed out by RFC and becomes part of the sale pack.

[Royals and Racers]

Draw is correct but match dates are not
Chelsea v Liverpool Saturday 1st Feb -result 2-3
Derby v Fulham Wednesday 12th Feb
West Ham v Man Utd Tuesday 4th February
Reading v Everton TBC

Reading v Everton at Bearwood on Friday February 14th KO 2pm
West Ham 2 Man Utd 2 after ET- West Ham won 5-4 on Pens

Reading v Everton this Friday 14th February KO 2pm at Bearwood in QF of the PL U 18 cup
Derby 4 Fulham 0

Welland
Osho
Ahmed
Source
Harrison
Neptune
Sackey
George
Howard
Bowdery
Smith
SUBS
Sharlott
Zie
Dove
Saint-Louis
Fuller-Thompson

Reading 0 Everton 1 1 min
1-1 26 mins Howard
H-T 1-1
F-T 1-1
Into Extra time
2-1 102 mins Osho
F-T 2-1 great result for Harrison Gilkes and the team.

[Mid Sussex Royal]

Great result - hopefully some of these lads can step up to U21 soon.

Is Coke Miles Smith now over-age?

Didn't realise Osho, Ahmed & Sackey were still in this age band.

[Royals and Racers]

Great result - hopefully some of these lads can step up to U21 soon.

Is Coke Miles Smith now over-age?

Didn't realise Osho, Ahmed & Sackey were still in this age band.

C-M-S played on Saturday for the U 18’s

[Royals and Racers]

National league cup has reached the QF stage with 4 National league and 4 Pl 2 teams qualifying.
Sutton v Man Utd U 21 Tuesday 25th February
Altrincham v Newcastle U 21
Aldershot v Leeds U 21 Tuesday 11th March
Braintree v Brighton U 21