U23s & Academy

[Unbelievable]

Presumably Elliot's fault.

 

Academy teenager Ryan McLaughlin shows great persistence for Liverpool to get past Ferguson and Inman down the right and his low cross is only half-cleared by Folan straight to Michael Roberts, who hits a great effort which is past Elliot in a flash. That sets up an exciting final 20 minutes on this chilly October evening.

Nope. Ferguson, Inman and Folan are the three to hate now.

 

Where are you getting these quotes from if I may ask?

http://www.nufc.co.uk/page/Match/Report/ReservesReport/0,,10278~2486376,00.html

 

Ta!

[taxfree]

3-2. Match over. Parky 4-4 Dalglish.

[Pilko]

Parky 4-4 Dalglish.

 

[Unbelievable]

3-2. Match over. Parky 4-4 Dalglish.

 

Another win! Good stuff!

[Guest BlacknWhiteArmy]

If Elliot plays against Blackburn i'll really be upset. what a crap keeper we've signed.

 

Liverpool go straight upfield and force Elliot into a magnificent double-save. The goalkeeper spreads himself well to deny Stirling and then leaps to his feet to cover the other side of his goal as Krisztian Adorjan looks certain to score.

 

Why do some fans always feel the need to run our players down? Give the guy a chance.

 

It's quite ridiculous.

[Skirge]

Good win well played.. Have to say like or hate Ranger it takes a bit more to score two goals after missing a pen.

[binnsy]

Good game tonight,  we started really well in the first 15 mins, playing into the wind and should have took the lead when we were awarded a pen but Ranger missed, although the keeper pulled off a good save.  Ranger then managed to hit the post from about 3 yards and also missed again from close range from a corner.  Liverpool then came into hit, Raheem Sterling looking particularly sharp,  Elliott got into a right mess and almost gifted them the lead when he cleared a back pass straight off the Liverpool forward.  Liverpool then took the lead when the broke clear and although i think kadar got back to make a decent block it broke to Sterling who scored.

Newcastle started the 2nd half brilliantly and great work down the left by Fergie, Inman and vukcic saw Inman break into the box to square for Ranger to tap in.  Then again we broke down the left and Fergie broke clear after good play by Kadar and Vukcic and Fergies excellent crosss to the back post was headed in by Ranger, couple of minutes later it was 3, again another move down the left saw the ball cut back to Richardson at the edge of the area and he hit a superb curling effort into the top corner.  Liverpool then pulled one back and after NUFC had missed a couple of chances to sew the game up they could easily have snatched a draw with the last kick of the game but dragged the shot wide with a scuffed shot when he should really have scored or at least hit the target.

Of the players who would come into consideration for the first team i thought Vukcic was excellent, Sammy showed some flashes of sheer brilliance, Kadar was steady at the back.  Abeid was ok, gets stuck in and is quick but could have used the ball better and give it away a few times in dangerous positions, don't think it was the best of nights for him.  Despite his two goals thought Ranger was poor,  should really have had 5 goals and the two he did score were put on a plate for him.  Finally the keeper, got to say he doesn't inspire you with much confidence,  he made a couple of good saves but i would be very worried if he was coming on for a league game.

[dinotheprehistoricgeordie]

Vuckic was involved in all of our goals. Really good game by him. Sammy I noticed was pretty lax with his passing which is a shame, but his dribbling is amazing. Just don't know what he's going to do with those legs . Ranger lazy but good goals, keeper should have saved their second and beauty of a goal by Richardson.

 

It was absolutely freezing.

[Sifu]

Good game tonight,  we started really well in the first 15 mins, playing into the wind and should have took the lead when we were awarded a pen but Ranger missed, although the keeper pulled off a good save.  Ranger then managed to hit the post from about 3 yards and also missed again from close range from a corner.  Liverpool then came into hit, Raheem Sterling looking particularly sharp,  Elliott got into a right mess and almost gifted them the lead when he cleared a back pass straight off the Liverpool forward.  Liverpool then took the lead when the broke clear and although i think kadar got back to make a decent block it broke to Sterling who scored.

Newcastle started the 2nd half brilliantly and great work down the left by Fergie, Inman and vukcic saw Inman break into the box to square for Ranger to tap in.  Then again we broke down the left and Fergie broke clear after good play by Kadar and Vukcic and Fergies excellent crosss to the back post was headed in by Ranger, couple of minutes later it was 3, again another move down the left saw the ball cut back to Richardson at the edge of the area and he hit a superb curling effort into the top corner.  Liverpool then pulled one back and after NUFC had missed a couple of chances to sew the game up they could easily have snatched a draw with the last kick of the game but dragged the shot wide with a scuffed shot when he should really have scored or at least hit the target.

Of the players who would come into consideration for the first team i thought Vukcic was excellent, Sammy showed some flashes of sheer brilliance, Kadar was steady at the back.  Abeid was ok, gets stuck in and is quick but could have used the ball better and give it away a few times in dangerous positions, don't think it was the best of nights for him.  Despite his two goals thought Ranger was poor,  should really have had 5 goals and the two he did score were put on a plate for him.  Finally the keeper, got to say he doesn't inspire you with much confidence,  he made a couple of good saves but i would be very worried if he was coming on for a league game.

 

[Scoreboard82]

That's us top of reserve and academy leagues now. Hope that bodes well for the future.

[BottledDog]

Lopez (Esteban Cardona) is a Geordie, Lopez is a Geordie, a la la la, a la la la.

 

http://www.nufc.co.uk/javaImages/8b/22/0,,10278~9904779,00.jpg

Aaaaalreet!

 

 

/Just caught the latest teenage kicks on nutv.

[Skirge]

That's us top of reserve and academy leagues now. Hope that bodes well for the future.

 

Has to be a great feeling running right through the club right now, we are flying on all fronts.

 

 

[taxfree]

Alex Gilliead called up for England u16 and Adam Campbell "has been placed on standby" for the England u17 squad.

[ponsaelius]

Second goal against Liverpool was brilliant!

[FrenchWilliam]

Suppose this thread's as good a place to put this as any (sorry if already elsewhere):

 

No end in sight to Wallsend production line - There is a fierce wind blowing in from the North Sea through the Newcastle suburb of Wallsend, whipping the few remaining leaves off the trees - Jim White, The Telegraph

 

But the scurry of small boys enjoying a half-term kickaround on an expanse of newly seeded playing fields barely notice the chill. They tear around in a noisy whirl of activity.

This being a couple of miles down the road from St James’ Park, there is a certain uniformity in the football shirts on display: some of the lads are wearing Newcastle home shirts, others Newcastle change strip.

 

The rules of their game appear to be flexible, as defending one of the goals are not one but two keepers, one of whom is so small he barely reaches the other’s midriff.

But when the opposition, the ones wearing the change strip, approach his goal, the tiny boy defies his size and falls enthusiastically on the ball. It turns out, as he stands up after the save, his laces defiantly trailing behind him, that he is only four years old.

“He scored twice on Sunday for the under sevens,” explains the coach in charge, a man who, as he runs after the ball, appears to be channelling the spirit of Brian Glover in the film Kes. “He’s the youngest scorer in a competitive match in the history of Wallsend Boys Club.”

 

And that is some history. Wallsend has legitimate claim to being the most successful junior football club in England. Since 1968, it has produced 67 professional players, five of whom have represented their country, including Alan Shearer, Peter Beardsley and Michael Carrick.

 

Currently there are 34 managers and coaches working in league football who learned the game here, among them Steve Bruce and Lee Clark. What’s more, the production line shows no sign of abating: of last year’s under-16 age group, seven were this summer signed up by professional clubs.

 

And the extraordinary thing is, until now, the club has done all that without any pitches to call their own. The magnificent acreage on which the tiny next generation are applying themselves is new. Carved from three holes of a golf course, built with the help of a grant from the Football Foundation, it was opened by Shearer last week.

It makes you wonder, if they could produce all they have squatting on various council pitches dotted throughout Tyneside, what will Wallsend do now they have a facility to rival any league academy?

 

“Actually,” says Peter Kirkley, the club president who, over the past 40 years has overseen Wallsend’s development from one team of 15 year olds to a 500-strong club catering to everyone from the under fives to the over forties, “our priority has never been to create professional players. The idea has always been to give local lads and lasses a game of football, help them grow to love the sport. Build future citizens.”

One of those citizens is Brian Laws, latterly manager at Burnley. A contemporary of Bruce and Beardsley, like them he remains a steadfast supporter of the club.

 

“What did Wallsend teach me?” he says. “Guidance and discipline. It was always very well organised, everything always ran smoothly. Kids’ football could be pretty chaotic, but not at Wallsend. When you arrived for a game, your shirt was hanging on the peg, you were treated like a pro.

 

"It gave you a sense of comfort, and you’d do everything the best you could. As for the discipline, it wasn’t sergeant major stuff. It was more respect. They were good people and you gave them your all.”

 

And the current players follow the same traditions. Punctuality remains a pre-requisite. As does politeness. Standards are unchanged. On the whiteboard in the club’s headquarters is a boy’s name followed by the simple suffix: “barred”.

But requiring boys to turn up on time and mind their ps and qs cannot alone explain Wallsend’s phenomenal output. Founded in 1904 by Swan Hunter shipyards to keep its apprentices occupied, the club originally specialised in boxing. It was not until Kirkley arrived in 1968 that football became central to its ethos. So what is it about this part of Tyneside: is there something in the water?

 

“People say that,” says Kirkley. “But actually it’s not just this area. When I first came here, membership was restricted to boys within a radius of five miles. That got challenged in court in the Nineties and now we have kids coming from miles away, so it can’t be down to the water.”

 

Indeed one of the more recent alumni is Newcastle’s Steven Taylor, who travelled every weekend from Whitley Bay to turn out in the green strip. More pertinent than the quality of the water is the club philosophy.

 

And the Wallsend way - a love of the ball, a refusal to play kick and rush, an emphasis on adventure and skill - remains much admired in the game. Every week, scouts come from all over the country to watch their matches. Sometimes - such as when the latest prodigy Adam Campbell was in action - there were more scouts on the touchline than parents.

 

Which is why Kirkley remains sure the club will have a role even when the new rules for academies come into play that will allow Premier League clubs to have exclusive access to players from the age of five.

 

“I was involved in Newcastle’s youth set-up for years,” says Kirkley. “And I don’t think any kid they signed at eight has ever made it through to 16, never mind the first team. I go to academy matches and all I hear from the coaches is ’pass, pass, pass’. I long to hear someone say:.’go on son, take him on.’

 

"My worry is that academies are producing automatons. That’s why they come here and get our lads later on [Campbell was 11 when he was signed by Newcastle]. They need players who are still in love with the game. Who still have a bit of imagination. That’s what we do. We don’t manufacture pros. We help people love the game.”

And out on the club’s superb new pitches, running happily in the wind, the next generation of football lovers is emerging. All of them grinning widely.

 

The Wallsend effect Ten players who made it

 

Peter Beardsley Released by Newcastle as a teenager, but returned for successful spell between 1983-87. Scored against Paraguay in 1986 World Cup, clinching £1.9m move to Liverpool.

 

Michael Bridges Started at Sunderland in 1995, emerging in the 1996-97 season as one of the league’s best young strikers. Joined Leeds in 1999, scoring 19 league goals to help the club finish third.

 

Steve Bruce Was about to start as an apprentice plumber when Gillingham gave him and Beardsley a trial; Bruce was signed, Beardsley was not. Moved to Manchester United, via Norwich, making over 300 appearances and leading them to the Double in 1993-94.

 

Michael Carrick Hails from the North-East, but came up through the ranks at West Ham before moving to Tottenham and then Manchester United in 2006. Has won 22 England caps.

 

Lee Clark Came up through the Newcastle youth system, playing more than 200 games in two different spells for the club he backed as a boy.

 

Robbie Elliott Began his career at Newcastle, spending six years at the club and leaving on a high as the team finished league runners up in 1996-97.

 

Brian Laws Got his league start at Burnley in 1979, playing 125 games, and spent four years as Brian Clough’s right-back at Nottingham Forest.

 

Alan Shearer Began career at Southampton before moving to Blackburn and then Newcastle United for record transfer fees. Won the Premier League with Blackburn in 1994-95 and is still the leading Premier League scorer, with 260 goals.

 

Steven Taylor Another graduate of the Newcastle youth system, the 25 year-old has been at the club for his entire career – apart from a one-month loan spell at Wycombe, aged 17.

 

Steve Watson Began his career with Newcastle in 1990, making more than 200 appearances. He holds the record as the youngest player to play for the club, aged 16 years, 233 days. Moved to Aston Villa and Everton.

 

... and one who is going to

 

Adam Campbell was 15 when he made his debut for Newcastle’s Under-18 side but he took his first tentative football steps with Wallsend Boys Club.

 

Still just 16, the striker is one of the best prospects on Newcastle’s books and was voted the Most Valuable Player at the Nike Premier Cup tournament at Old Trafford last year, an accolade previously won by Carlos Tévez, Andrés Iniesta and Fernando Torres.

 

Newcastle work with local clubs in order to cherry the brightest young talent in the North East and Joe Joyce, Newcastle’s academy manager, insists that link remains vital, despite the creation of the Academy system.

 

“We signed Adam because we have that strong link with the local leagues,” Joyce said. “In the modern era, with the academy system, things have changed a lot, the boys sign for professional clubs so early, but clubs like Wallsend Boys Club remain vital. They give kids the chance to start in the game and the good ones are recommended to us.”

 

Joyce is reluctant to hype a player who has yet to force his way into the first-team squad, but he believes in Campbell’s potential. He said: “Adam is small and exceptionally quick. He has great technique and he is one of those players who can influence a game.

 

“His movement is good, his awareness is good and we are seeing at the moment, as he moves up the ages, that he has the desire and the work ethic to make the most of his talent.”

 

http://www.true-faith.co.uk/tf/features.nsf/0/5A73539ED6A39C3B802579360025E708?OpenDocument

[Wallace]

http://www.timesandstar.co.uk/tavernier-put-saturday-s-horror-show-behind-him-by-time-the-following-wednesday-arrived-1.891843?referrerPath=sport/carlisle-utd

 

Carlisle Utd's Tavernier over 'personal blow' inflicted at Charlton

 

[SteveMc]

http://www.timesandstar.co.uk/tavernier-put-saturday-s-horror-show-behind-him-by-time-the-following-wednesday-arrived-1.891843?referrerPath=sport/carlisle-utd

 

Carlisle Utd's Tavernier over 'personal blow' inflicted at Charlton

 

 

Good read that.  They love him there like

[binnsy]

Under 18's were beaten 4-0 away at Leeds today.

[Stu]

It's all falling apart

[Guest bimpy474]

Pardew out.

[McLoven11]

NUFC vs Wigan 0-0, 5'

 

Wigan Athletic Reserves: Lee Nicholls, Adam Buxton, Jordan Mustoe, Rob Kiernan, Josh Langley, Tim Chow, Ryan Watson, Adam Dawson, Jordan Rugg, Steven Boothman, Danny Redmond.

Subs not used: Michael Cottrill, Callum Morris, Jonathan Breeze, Jamie McCormack, Jesjua Angoy.

 

Newcastle United Reserves: Rob Elliott, Patrick Nzuzi, Stephen Folan, Michael Richardson, Tamas Kadar, Sammy Ameobi, Alan Smith, Mehdi Abeid, Bradden Inman, Haris Vuckic, Dan Taylor.

Subs not used: Jonathan Mitchell, Alex Nicholson, Samuel Adjei, Yven Moyo.

 

Smith

[taxfree]

And Vuckic makes it 1-0.

 

"Out of nothing, Haris Vuckic gives the visitors the lead. The ball came to the Slovenian on the edge of the area and his low drive whistles past Nicholls in the blink of an eye."

[Fenham Mag]

[Sifu]

Hope Kadar has a good game.

[Sifu]

1-0 to us, Vuckic.