Academy Development Thread - sponsored by BryanRoy!

[Captain Sinister]

A great achievement.

Is there much history of other English teams winning it?

I think on the radio it was mentioned we are the 4th English team to win this Cup.

Edit: as illustrated by the graphic in Agent Penguin's post below, we are the 3rd English team to win it (2nd, as Man city actually identify as Arabian).

 

[Rzar]

Champions of Premier League International Cup, you’ll never sing that!

 

[Agent Penguin]

 

[Yates in the Fjord]

I'd say development wise, we'll see a fair few of these go out on loan next season (really looking forward to Zach getting a decent move).

Don't you think we'll need to keep some of them around, as part of the European squad? We need 3 of them to go along with Yatesy. I would guess Abbott and 2 of the other lads probably will be kept for that purpose, at least in the first part of the season.

 

[Mr H]

That Man U side had a few in. Mainoo and Garnacho have played first team, but theres also Omari Forson who has a few appearances.

The Forest side last night had a fair few of our FAYC side in, Perkins, Thompson, Nadin and Gardner all started (they were on the bench in the FAYC), and Abbott, McAdam, Hammond, Powell started again.
Jamie McDonnell has had a decent season on loan at Colchester, finished in the L2 team of the season, and Dale Taylor has had a solid season at Wigan, but, I'd say development wise, we'll see a fair few of these go out on loan next season (really looking forward to Zach getting a decent move).

Thanks for the update.

 

[Mr H]

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I feel very proud looking at that list: some top teams have been previous winners.

Another famous name added to the list!

 

[Professor Wolfgang Schnell BSc. PhD.]

Well done to the youngsters !

It was a good game, but they really should have won it in 90 mins.

The Bilbao side in the semi final were mostly huge lads, but a couple of the Lyon players last night looked like they'd have trouble remaining upright on a windy day. One of them looked like he might have been about 13.

 

[Steve B]

Even the Netball team have done reasonably well in their first season.

We could add to that Notts are currently top of the cricket championship and Nottm Panthers won the ice hockey championship title a few weeks ago. The big man should get them both decked out in red next.

 

[Captain Sinister]

Well done to the youngsters !

It was a good game, but they really should have won it in 90 mins.

The Bilbao side in the semi final were mostly huge lads, but a couple of the Lyon players last night looked like they'd have trouble remaining upright on a windy day. One of them looked like he might have been about 13.

Their number 17?
Pipe cleaner legs.
But he was fast!

 

[Professor Wolfgang Schnell BSc. PhD.]

That's the one. I said match stick legs at the time!

 

[Steve B]

I only saw last part of the match last night. There were some good performances I thought Perkins looked quite good in the short time I watched it. Was quick made good decisions with the ball. Hadn’t really heard his name before.

 

[Grass]

Brief highlights with interviews at the end

 

[Farmer Jack]

Terrific job Warren Joyce has done

 

[insidenffc1]

Sam Collins confirms he will be leaving the club in the summer.

 

[donny]

Sam Collins confirms he will be leaving the club in the summer.

Had some really shitty luck tbf since he broke his leg at Carlisle.

 

[Tobias]

It's always nice to see an academy graduate pop up somewhere with a decent goal.

Riley Harbottle scores in the League Two playoff semi-final at Meadow Lane*

*for Wimbledon