FA Youth Cup

FA Youth Cup

infobox football tournament
current = FA Youth Cup 2008-09

founded = 1952
number of teams = 476
region = ENG
WAL
current champions = Manchester City Youth (2008)
most successful club = Man Utd Youth (9 times)
website = [http://www.thefa.com/TheFACup/TheFAYouthCup/ The FA Youth Cup]
The Football Association Youth Challenge Cup is an English football competition run by The Football Association for under-18 sides. Only those players between the age of 15 and 18 on 31th August of the current season are eligible to take part. It is dominated by the youth sides of professional teams, mostly from the Premier League, but attracts over 400 entrants from throughout the country. At the end of the Second World War the FA had decided to organise a 'Youth Championship' for County Associations considering it the best way to stimulate the game among those youngsters not yet old enough to play senior football. The matches didn't attract large crowds but outstanding players were selected for Youth Internationals and thousands were given the chance to play in a national contest for the first time. In 1951 it was realised that a competition for clubs would probably have a wider appeal. The 'The FA Youth Challenge Cup' (season 1952-53) was restricted to the youth teams of clubs, both professional and amateur, who were members of the FA. [ [http://www.thefa.com/TheFACup/TheFAYouthCup/NewsAndFeatures/Postings/2006/02/FAYouthCup_History.htm FA Youth Cup history] : TheFA.com website.] Manchester United have won the Youth Cup nine times, more than any other club.

Manchester City won the 2008 competition beating Chelsea 4-2 on aggregrate.

Previous Finals

For squads see FA Youth Cup Finals

Finals are played over 2 legs; the aggregate score is given below.

Winners table

Winners capped at international level

2000s

*flagicon|ScotlandJames Morrison | Middlesbrough (int. debut May 2008)
*flagicon|EnglandKieran Richardson | Manchester United (int. debut 2005)
*flagicon|IrelandPaul McShane | Manchester United (int. debut 2006)
*flagicon|Northern IrelandSteven Davis | Aston Villa (int. debut 2005)
*flagicon|IrelandWayne Henderson | Aston Villa (int. debut 2006)
*flagicon|IrelandGraham Barrett | Arsenal (int. debut 2002)

1990s

*flagicon|EnglandJoe Cole | West Ham United (int. debut 2001)
*flagicon|EnglandMichael Carrick | West Ham United (int. debut 2001)
*flagicon|Saint Kitts and NevisAdam Newton | West Ham United (int. debut 2004)
*flagicon|EnglandFrancis Jeffers | Everton (int. debut 2003)
*flagicon|IrelandRichard Dunne | Everton (int. debut 2000)
*flagicon|EnglandAlan Smith | Leeds United (int. debut 2001)
*flagicon|WalesMatt Jones | Leeds United (int. debut 1998)
*flagicon|IrelandStephen McPhail | Leeds United (int. debut 2001)
*flagicon|AustraliaHarry Kewell | Leeds United (int. debut 1996)
*flagicon|IrelandAlan Maybury | Leeds United (int. debut 1998)
*flagicon|EnglandJonathan Woodgate | Leeds United (int. debut 1999)
*flagicon|EnglandPaul Robinson | Leeds United (int. debut 2003)
*flagicon|EnglandMichael Owen | Liverpool (int. debut 1998)
*flagicon|WalesGareth Roberts | Liverpool (int. debut ????)
*flagicon|EnglandJamie Carragher | Liverpool (int. debut 1999)
*flagicon|Northern IrelandPhilip Mulryne | Manchester United (int. debut 1997)
*flagicon|JamaicaDavid Johnson | Manchester United (int. debut 2003)
*flagicon|EnglandPhil Neville | Manchester United (int. debut 1996)
*flagicon|Northern IrelandKeith Gillespie | Manchester United (int. debut 1994)
*flagicon|WalesRyan Giggs | Manchester United (int. debut 1991)
*flagicon|WalesRobbie Savage | Manchester United (int. debut 1995)
*flagicon|WalesSimon Davies | Manchester United (int. debut 1996)
*flagicon|EnglandNicky Butt | Manchester United (int. debut 1997)
*flagicon|EnglandDavid Beckham | Manchester United (int. debut 1996)
*flagicon|EnglandGary Neville | Manchester United (int. debut 1995)

Teams to have won the FA Youth Cup & FA Cup in the same season

Only four clubs have ever achieved the FA Cup and FA Youth Cup 'double'.

*Arsenal (1971)
*Everton (1984)
*Coventry City (1987)
*Liverpool (2006)

Attendance Records

The highest attendance at an FA Youth Cup match was 38,187 for the first leg of the Arsenal v Manchester United semi-final at the Emirates Stadium on March 14 2007. For the record, Arsenal won 1-0 [ [http://www.arsenal.com/matchreport.asp?thisNav=News&fxid=306721&cpid=703&clid=4421&title=FA+Youth+Cup:+Arsenal+1-0+Man+Utd+-+Report Highest attendance] at an FA Youth Cup match: "Arsenal.com" website.] , but lost the tie 4-3 on aggregate, after a 4-2 defeat at Old Trafford.

ee also

* FA Youth Cup Finals
* FA Cup

References

External links

* [http://www.thefa.com/TheFACup/TheFAYouthCup/ The FA Youth Cup] at TheFA.com


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