ArseWeb - Youth Team Page 2004/2005
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Last updated 7 May 2005
The Premier League have reorganised the youth academy league set up this season,
replacing the 2 separate under-19 & under-17 leagues with a single nationwide under-18 youth league, though a rule change means that 3 over-age players can be used in each team. Given that the reserve squad is made up of mainly under-20 year olds, Arsenal seem unlikely to take advantate of this rule though. To quote Liam Brady, "for Arsenal I don't see many changes. Last year we played mainly U18s in the U19 team, and schoolboys in the U17s, so it will be similar this year."
Match reports, where available, are linked to from the dates in the
fixture/results list below. Arsenal's score first.
U18 fixtures and results
Aug 21 A Bolton Wanderers 1-4 Cregg
Aug 28 H Sheffield Wednesday 3-1 Lupoli 2, Stokes
Sep 4 A Aston Villa 3-2 Lupoli 2, Gill
Sep 11 H Birmingham City 1-4 Bendtner
Sep 18 A Bristol City 2-0 Randall, Samuel
Sep 25 H Cardiff City 0-2
Oct 2 A Norwich City 2-1 Smith, Webb
Oct 9 H Ipswich Town 0-1
Oct 16 A Crystal Palace 2-1 Stokes, Bendtner
Oct 23 H Charlton Athletic 1-2 Kelly
Oct 30 A Southampton 1-2 Bendtner
Nov 6 H Fulham 0-0
Nov 13 A Millwall 1-0 Gill
Nov 20 A West Ham 0-2
Dec 4 H Chelsea 1-0 Stokes
Dec 11 A Charlton Athletic 2-0 Lupoli 2
Jan 8 H Southampton 2-1 Bendtner, Webb
Jan 15 A Fulham 2-1 Simpson, Evina
Jan 22 H Millwall 6-1 Bendtner 2, Kelly, Stokes, Randall, Samuel
Feb 5 H West Ham 2-3 Bendtner, Simpson
Feb 12 A Chelsea 0-1
Feb 19 H Norwich City 1-1 Samuel
Mar 12 H Crystal Palace 1-1 Gill
Apr 2 A Coventry City 0-2
Apr 9 H Leicester City 4-1 Bendtner 3 (1pen), og
Apr 16 A Reading 0-3
Apr 23 H Tottenham Hotspur 7-1 Bendtner 2, Smith, Simpson 3, Lupoli
Apr 30 A Ipswich Town 0-1
Playoffs
May 7 Semi-final
May 17 Final
Home matches at London Colney, kickoff 1045am
* To be confirmed
U18 Table
The table below is deduced from Arsenal's fixture list. I'm assuming that the new U18 league will take a similar format to the old U19 league, ie there will be four 9 or 10 team regional conferences.
Arsenal are in one of the southern leagues again, though with a different
make up to last season.
To be confirmed.
NB May be incomplete
U18 table Final table (incomplete)
P W D L F-A Pt
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Southampton 28 23 2 2 60-22 71
Charlton Athletic 28 14 6 8 35-28 48
ARSENAL 28 13 3 12 45-39 42
Ipswich Town 28 11 6 11 39-39 39
West Ham 28 11 4 13 37-53 37
Millwall 28 11 2 15 34-44 35
Chelsea 28 8 5 15 24-33 29
Crystal Palace 27 7 7 13 35-51 28
Norwich City 28 6 7 15 26-38 25
Fulham 27 4 5 18 23-54 17
There is also a parallel series of under-16 fixtures, in which presumably only schoolboys participate, though there is no corresponding league table or national competition as for the U18s. Arsenal's fixture list is similar to the U18s and shows games against most other southern region clubs.
NB Results are difficult to obtain, so unlikely to be updated frequently.
U16 fixtures and results
Sep 4 A Aston Villa
Sep 11 H Birmingham City
Sep 18 A Bristol City
Sep 25 H Cardiff City 2-3
Oct 2 A Norwich City
Oct 9 H Ipswich Town
Oct 16 A Crystal Palace
Oct 23 A Charlton Athletic 0-3
Oct 30 A Southampton 1-0
Nov 6 H Fulham
Nov 13 A Millwall
Nov 20 H West Ham United
Dec 4 H Chelsea
Dec 11 H Charlton Athletic
Jan 8 H Southampton 0-1
Jan 15 A Fulham
Jan 22 H Millwall
Feb 5 A West Ham United
Feb 12 A Chelsea
Feb 19 H Norwich City
Mar 5 A Ipswich Town
Mar 12 H Crystal Palace
Apr 2 A Coventry City
Apr 9 H Leicester City
Apr 16 A Reading
Apr 23 H Tottenham Hotspur
FA Youth Cup
3rd round
Dec 16 H Crystal Palace 3-0 Bendtner 2, Smith
4th round
Jan 17 H Preston North End 2-1 Connolly, Lupoli (p)
5th round
Feb 15 A Southampton 0-1
home games at Underhill, Barnet, kickoff 7pm
In the following table figures in brackets are goals, figures after the plus
sign appearances as substitute. In the second column, a P indicates player has professional
contract and is part of the
reserve team, a T indicates schoolboy, triallist or unknown (appearance
figures likely to be incomplete). See
youth
squad for further details.
NB incomplete
PYL18 FAYC
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Mark Howard 17 2
Chris Wright 6 1
Michael Jordan P 5
Sean Kelly 24+4 (2) +1
Matthew Hislop 12
Dominic Shimmin 11 1
Kerrea Gilbert 14 3
Matthew Connolly 12+2 3 (1)
Sean Clohessy 13+3 2+1
Issa Abdul Kadir 11+3
Johan Djourou 8
Leslie Thompson T 3+5
Moses Barnett T 3+2
Rene Steer T 1+1
Billy Coyne T +3
Paul Rodgers T +2
Fabrice Muamba 21 3
Luke Webb 15+5 (2) 1
Ben Gill 14+6 (3) 3
Mitchell Murphy 13+2 3
Ryan Smith P 10 (2) 3 (1)
Daniel Spaul 9+8 +1
Mark Randall T 10+5 (1) +1
Stephen O'Donnell P 3
Patrick Cregg P 2 (1)
Giorgos Efrem T 2+2
Cedric Evina T 1+1 (1)
Peggy Lokando T +1
Nicklas Bendtner 19 (12) 3 (2)
Anthony Stokes 14+1 (5) 3
Aaron Samuel 16+6 (2)
Jay Simpson T 11+6 (6) +2
Arturo Lupoli P 7 (7) 2 (1)
Marc Elston T 1+1
Jeffrey Imudia T +1
Shimmin and Hislop transferred to QPR, March 2005
U18 league lineups
Oct 16 Crystal Palace (a) 2-1 Stokes 55, Bendtner 75
Wright; Clohessy, Hislop, Shimmin, Kelly;
Muamba, Samuel (Murphy 75), Webb, Smith (Spaul 45);
Bendtner, Stokes (Simpson 65)
Sub not used: Gill
Oct 23 Charlton Athletic (h) 1-2 Kelly 44
Wright; Kelly, Hislop, Shimmin, Gilbert;
Djourou, Muamba, Webb (Gill 75), Smith (Samuel 70);
Bendtner, Stokes
Sub not used: Clohessy, Spaul, Murphy
Oct 30 Southampton (a) 1-2 Bendtner 16
Wright; Kelly, Hislop, Shimmin, Gilbert (Connolly 46);
Djourou, Muamba (Gill 75), Webb, Samuel;
Bendtner, Stokes (Spaul 85)
Sub not used: Clohessy, Murphy
Nov 6 Fulham (h) 0-0
Jordan; Clohessy, Hislop (Barnett 46), Abdulkadir, Kelly;
Muamba (Randall 58), Spaul, Gill, Murphy;
Bendtner (Thompson 46), Simpson
Sub not used: Connolly, Wright
Nov 13 Millwall (a) 1-0 Gill 25
Wright; Clohessy, Abdulkadir, Kelly, Connolly;
Muamba, Spaul, Gill, Webb;
Samuel, Murphy
Nov 29 West Ham (a) 0-2
Jordan; Kelly (Coyne 72), Abdulkadir, Connolly, Murphy;
Muamba, Spaul (Thompson 45), Gill, Webb;
Samuel, Stokes (Simpson 45)
Dec 4 Chelsea (h) 1-0 Stokes
Howard; Clohessy, Shimmin, Connolly, Hislop;
Muamba, Murphy, Gill, Webb;
Simpson, Stokes
Subs: Kelly, Spaul
Dec 11 Charlton (h) 2-0 Lupoli 2
Wright; Clohessy, Shimmin, Connolly, Murphy;
Muamba, Gill (Kelly), Stokes (Spaul), Smith;
Bendtner (Webb), Lupoli
Jan 8 Southampton (h) 2-1 Bendtner 30, Webb 86
Howard; Gilbert, Kelly, Connolly, Murphy;
Muamba, Gill (Kadir 60), Webb, Smith (Randall 45);
Bendtner, Lupoli (Simpson 45)
Jan 15 Fulham (a) 2-1 Simpson, Evina 90
Wright; Thompson, Kadir, Barnett (Rodgers), Randall;
Kelly, Webb, Spaul, Efrem (Evina);
Simpson, Samuel (Elston)
Feb 5 West Ham United (h) 2-3 Bendtner 20, Simpson 75
Jordan; Barnett, Kelly (Thompson), Randall;
Muamba, Gill, Webb, Spaul (Coyne);
Bendtner (Simpson), Samuel
Feb 13 Chelsea (a) 0-1
Jordan; Thompson, Kadir, Hislop (Lokando), Steer;
Kelly, Efrem (Coyne), Randall, Evina;
Simpson, Samuel (Imudia)
Feb 18 Norwich City (h) 1-1 Samuel
Jordan; Clohessy, Kadir, Kelly, Murphy;
O'Donnell, Webb, Simpson, Smith;
Bendtner (Gill), Lupoli (Samuel)
Mar 12 Crystal Palace (h) 1-1 Gill
Howard; Thompson, Kadir, Kelly, Murphy (Steer);
Gill, Spaul, Webb, Randall;
Samuel (Barnett), Simpson
Apr 2 Coventry City (a) 0-2
Howard; Clohessy (Kadir 60), Connolly, Gilbert (Spaul 70), Murphy;
Kelly, Webb, Gill, Randall;
Stokes (Samuel 46), Simpson
Apr 9 Leicester City (h) 4-1 Bendtner 15p, 35, 70, og
Howard; Gilbert, Connolly, Kelly (Clohessy 70), Murphy;
Muamba, Webb, Randall (Spaul 77), Samuel (Gill 77);
Bendtner, Simpson
Apr 16 Reading (a) 0-3
Howard; Clohessy, Kadir, Kelly, Murphy;
Muamba, Spaul (Efrem 70), Randall (Gill 65), Samuel;
Bendtner, Simpson
Apr 23 Tottenham Hotspur (h) 7-1 Bendtner 25,90, Smith 40, Simpson 60,72,80, Lupoli 90
Howard; Kelly, Djourou, Gilbert, Kadir;
Muamba, Randall, Simpson, Smith;
Bendtner, Lupoli
FA Youth Cup
Dec 16 Crystal Palace (h) 3-0 Bendtner 57,87, Smith 58
Wright; Gilbert, Shimmin, Connolly, Murphy;
Muamba, Gill (Kelly), Smith (Spaul), Webb (Clohessy);
Bendtner, Stokes
Jan 17 Preston North End (h) 2-1 Connolly 15, Lupoli 83p
Howard; Clohessy, Gilbert, Connolly, Murphy;
Muamba, Gill, Smith, Stokes (Simpson 46);
Bendtner, Lupoli
Feb 15 Southampton (a) 0-1
Howard; Clohessy#, Gilbert, Connolly, Murphy;
Muamba# (Randall 83), Gill, Smith#, Stokes;
Bendtner (Simpson 82), Lupoli#
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