The final academy game

oskarutd

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Manchester United U18s 0 Sunderland U18s 1

Sunderland Under-18s were crowned champions of their group after a dramatic last-day win at Manchester United.

The Black Cats beat United, finalists in this year's FA Youth Cup, thanks to a penalty from Jack Colback.

Sunderland were awarded the penalty after Jordan Henderson was brought down in the box at the end of a good move.

That coupled with Nottingham Forest's failure to beat bottom club Huddersfield means Sunderland top Group D and go into the national play-offs.

The winners of the four FA Premier Academy League groups go into the play-off semi-finals.

Sunderland play Manchester City, the winners of Group C, next Saturday while Arsenal (Group A) and Leicester City (Group B) go head-to-head in the other semi-final.

Coach Kevin Ball missed the game after undergoing a back operation last week but he will be back to steer them into the play-offs.
 
Lineup: Woods, Eckersley(Chester), Dudgeon, Moffatt, Gill, McCormack, Eikrem(Fagan), Hewson, Brandao(Brandy), Bryan, Stewart

unused subs: Zieler, Roberts
 
Chris Backhouse was their goalkeeper. He did well, his father, stevie b., must be proud. United had a lot of changes.
Both Backhouse and Daniels have done well since leaving us, but we released them and signed Zieler.
 
oskarutd said:
Chris Backhouse was their goalkeeper. He did well, his father, stevie b., must be proud. United had a lot of changes.
Both Backhouse and Daniels have done well since leaving us, but we released them and signed Zieler.
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Sunderland U18 finished top of Group D, Chris Backhouse must have enjoyed a good season.

Which club does Luke Daniels play for this season?
 
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