Share this page :
It was very much a week of ups and downs for the under-18s with a big win against Blackburn last Saturday and even bigger defeat when Manchester United were our opponents two days ago.
Warren Taylor bagged another two goals in the 4-0 demolition of Blackburn to take his tally to twelve this season, nine in the league and three in the cups. James Leis and Jas Mmakogu were the other scorers with the result lifting us back into fifth place in the U18 Premier League Group North table.
However, we did drop a place when United beat us 6-0, going behind Middlesbrough on goal difference. It was just 1-0 at half time but Kai Rooney, who had scored that first half goal, added three more for himself in the second half.
We weren’t the only team to score or concede big numbers. United had already scored six on Saturday in a 6-3 win against Liverpool while Manchester City hit five at Derby and yesterday, Wolves, without a win all season, went to Sunderland and won 5-1.
The two Manchester clubs lead the table with City two points clear of United and with a game in hand. Newcastle are just two points further behind.
Two southern clubs also scored five. Crystal Palace beat Reading 5-3. Palace were actually 5-0 up at half time but the second half was a different story as Reading scored three times with Palace having two players sent off.
Fulham have gone second in the table after a 5-4 win at Brentford and this having trailed 1-0 and 2-1. No players sent off in this one though. The only other player sent off saw Leeds drop to ten when they went down 4-3 at Sunderland.
If United was tough this week, we are facing Manchester City away this Saturday, and, just for good measure, we take on the same opponents a week later in the U18 Premier League Cup.
The player featured is leading goalscorer Warren Taylor.
The League Tables and our Fixtures and Results can be found within U21/U18 Stats on the top menu.
Last week’s results and this week’s fixtures are below with our goalscorers and the current league tables.
Last Week’s Results
Group North
Saturday 24th October
Burnley 4 Blackburn 0
Derby 1 Manchester City 5
Everton 0 Nottingham Forest 1
Leicester 1 Wolves 1
Manchester United 6 Liverpool 3
Middlesbrough 3 Newcastle 1
Sunderland 4 Leeds 3
Tuesday 27th October
Burnley 0 Manchester United 6
Wednesday 28th October
Sunderland 1 Wolves 5
Group South
Saturday 24th October
Aston Villa 1 Arsenal 3
Birmingham 0 Bournemouth 2
Brentford 4 Fulham 5
Chelsea 4 Ipswich 1
Crystal Palace 5 Reading 3
Norwich 2 Brighton 4
Southampton 3 West Brom 1
Tottenham 2 West Ham 2
This Week’s Fixtures
Group North
Saturday 31st October
Blackburn v Manchester United
Leeds v Derby
Liverpool v Sunderland
Manchester City v Burnley
Newcastle v Everton
Nottingham Forest v Leicester
Stoke v Middlesbrough
Group South
Saturday 31st October
Arsenal v Brentford
Bournemouth v Tottenham
Brighton v Crystal Palace
Fulham v Southampton
Ipswich v Aston Villa
Reading v Norwich
West Brom v Birmingham
West Ham v Chelsea
Burnley Goalscorers (League)
9: Warren Taylor
3: James Lewis
2: Blayz Borgesson
1: Terry Leonard, Jas Mmakogu, Dylan Morison
Burnley Goalscorers (Cups)
3: Warren Taylor
1: Glen Ilunga, James Lewis, Elijah Turahirwa
League Tables
pos Team pld w d l f a gd pts
1 Manchester City 7 7 0 0 31 9 22 21
2 Manchester United 8 6 1 1 29 5 24 19
3 Newcastle 8 6 0 2 23 10 13 18
4 Nottingham Forest 7 4 2 1 17 5 12 14
5 Middlesbrough 8 3 2 3 15 16 -1 11
6 Burnley 9 3 2 4 17 20 -3 11
7 Derby 8 3 1 4 13 19 -6 10
8 Liverpool 7 2 3 2 19 19 0 9
9 Leeds 7 3 0 4 14 21 -7 9
10 Stoke 7 2 1 4 14 19 -5 7
11 Sunderland 6 2 1 3 10 18 -8 7
12 Everton 7 2 0 5 12 16 -4 6
13 Blackburn 7 2 0 5 6 26 -20 6
14 Leicester 6 0 4 2 9 14 -5 4
15 Wolves 8 1 1 6 10 22 -12 4
pos Team pld w d l f a gd pts
1 Chelsea 9 7 0 2 37 14 23 21
2 Fulham 8 5 3 0 32 21 11 18
3 Tottenham 8 5 2 1 36 13 23 17
4 Arsenal 8 5 1 2 15 8 7 16
5 Brighton 8 5 1 2 22 21 1 16
6 Southampton 8 5 0 3 26 16 10 15
7 West Ham 8 4 2 2 19 17 2 14
8 Brentford 8 4 0 4 24 22 2 12
9 Bournemouth 8 3 2 3 17 22 -5 11
10 Crystal Palace 8 3 1 4 20 20 0 10
11 Ipswich 8 3 0 5 18 25 -7 9
12 Aston Villa 8 2 2 4 16 17 -1 8
13 West Brom 8 2 1 5 9 22 -13 7
14 Norwich 8 2 0 6 15 27 -12 6
15 Reading 9 1 1 7 14 35 -21 4
16 Birmingham 8 1 0 7 8 28 -20 3
Follow UpTheClarets:
Share this page :