City U18s 2-1 first round FA Youth Cup win

On Thursday 15th August our U18s played Stowmarket’s U18s in the extra preliminary round of the FA Youth Cup. The match was away at Stowmarket’s ground for a 7:45pm kick-off and saw an attendance of 55 spectators.

In the first half Cambridge were on top and took an early lead through Ed Tassell from a corner kick. Following this City had various chances but none hit the back of the net. Shortly after the game had restarted after half time City went 2-0 up through another Ed Tassell goal, once again from a corner. For the next 20 minutes the teams were in a stalemate until one of the Stowmarket players broke through the defence and went round the keeper and made it 2-1. That's how the match ended and City were through to the next round of the cup.

Director of Youth, Neil Midgley, commented:

‘I was extremely pleased with the players' attitude to the game, they competed well and took on instructions. First half I thought we dominated and should have gone more than one goal up. Fair play to Stowmarket, they came out in the second half and gave it a good go but once we scored the second the tie was over. A very good start to the season, plenty of work to do at training tonight ready for the next game away at Saffron Walden on Thursday 22nd August.’

Overall, this was a great result for the Cambridge City youth side and all of us at the club are hoping that they can have a lengthy run in the FA Youth Cup - their next opponent is yet to be announced.