Barclays Under 21 Premier League
Kick off: Monday, 19 August, 7:00 PM BST
Location: Salford City Stadium, Barton-upon-Irwell, Eccles, Salford
U21s: United vs. Liverpool
- Thread starter gooDevil
- Start date
The Manchester Senior Cup tie away to Bury, scheduled for the 13th, has been postponed.
Having played each other once, either home or away, the top four teams in the 22-club table will progress to the semi-final stage and final to determine the overall Barclays Under-21 Premier League winners.
The Academies who finish first and fourth in the League will meet in one semi-final, with the former at home, while the second and third-placed clubs will meet in the other semi-final, with the League runners-up deemed the home team.
This season each team is required to play at least three of their home matches at their nominated home stadium, with training grounds and Academy venues permitted for the staging of up to three home matches.
The Academies who finish first and fourth in the League will meet in one semi-final, with the former at home, while the second and third-placed clubs will meet in the other semi-final, with the League runners-up deemed the home team.
This season each team is required to play at least three of their home matches at their nominated home stadium, with training grounds and Academy venues permitted for the staging of up to three home matches.
The u21 schedule lists two games already played, against Ramsbottom in a pre-season friendly, probably something like this:
O'Hara
Varela McNair Grimshaw Rowley
Pearson Rothwell
Barmby Lawrence Weir
Byrne
And the LSC Final against City, with something like this:
Johnstone
Wootton Thorpe M Keane Vermijl
Ekangamene Petrucci
Cole Lingard Januzaj
Macheda
We'll know a lot more about the line-up for this game after Swansea, as thankfully this game is on the monday after.
Live on MUTV tomorrow night. Free to everyone I believe
Januzaj should get a run out here. He won't be used in the first team for the next few games at least.
Will be played at Salford City Stadium.
We should thrash them if Januzaj, Cole and Lingard are playing.
Liverpool were tough last season, should be a good one. Sad that MUTV can't manage to show such a classic grudge match!
They are. It's on now.
It is on isn't it, started 5 mins ago
Amos, Varela, Thorpe, M Keane, Vermijl, Cole, Ekangamene, Petrucci, Lingard, Januzaj, Henriquez
Really exciting line up. Varela at right back, Adnan behind Hentiquez and Pettruci in the middle.
I'd love to see Pettruci get a chance.
I'd love to see Pettruci get a chance.
And they are.
Amos
Varela, Thorpe, Keane, Vermijl
Cole Ekangemene Petrucci Lingard
Januzaj Henriquez
Gollini, Lawrence, Blackett, Rothewell, Grimshaw on the bench.
its on Liverpool tv.
(Liverpool tv is free to sky customers in Ireland).
(Liverpool tv is free to sky customers in Ireland).
some were saying Pereira was warming up, yet he's neither starting, nor on the bench :/
MUTV is free for me all year round, because Virgin Media fecked up.
Oh shit, I must have been thinking of the u18 game! Well, I'm glad I said something or I would have missed it!
Thanks everyone!
Thanks everyone!
Now that's a marvelous U-21 team. Wow. Petrucci, Lingard, Januzaj and Henriquez will be causing havoc.
Damn, very sexy line-up. I think that's pretty much exactly what I hoped to see.
The amount of work Januzaj puts in tonight will speak a lot to his character.
The amount of work Januzaj puts in tonight will speak a lot to his character.
LFC TV is marginally worse than MUTV isn't it? MUTV doesn't seem to be free tonight on Virgin.
The 'Hi I'm Steven Gerrard and this is LFC TV' bit is quite cringey.
The 'Hi I'm Steven Gerrard and this is LFC TV' bit is quite cringey.
Glad to see Henriquez is starting, and of course Januzaj, strong team!
Great to see Rothwell on the bench, hope he gets on.
Not really mentioned when we talk about our most exciting prospects, but he is most definitely right up there imo.
Not really mentioned when we talk about our most exciting prospects, but he is most definitely right up there imo.
Yep, I fully expect him to put in a shift and put in a standout performance.
Yep, and Lawrence too.
If he hadn't been so injury prone over the last two years then he'd have been seen as a bigger talent than Pearson.
Anyone have any update on Will? Last I heard he was back in training.
All the management there to watch the game.
They must be wanting to check in that Januzaj is ready to start against Chelsea.
No Sama today 
No Sama today
Sama?
Fantastic play. 1-0 United.
1-0, Cole. Reflects United's early dominance.
This'll end about 6-0