The youths

[Barn]

Did they play the second leg of their semi final last night? How did we get on, I can't find any mention of it anywhere.

Cheers

[Chelsea FC Champions]

http://www.chelseafc.com/xxchelsea18070 ... le_1268813

[Barn]

Cheers, I was getting ahead of myself.

G'oonnnn the Youths!

[Alan]

I'll probably watch the first half of this before the Spurs game. Come on Chelsea Youth!

[Chippy]

1-0 Villa forester

come on boys

[Chippy]

1-1 Rodriguez

1-2 Kakuta

[forbzy]

Are we still winning 2-1?

[forbzy]

Just checked official site. We won 3-2 on the night (3rd goal from Phillip). 4-3 win on aggregate so we are in the final. Well done lads!

[Alan]

We've done it. Well done to the YT lads.

[Maksimov]

Well done!

[bjd]

brilliant news on an otherwise desperate night.

[Paul Seery]

That was a great result by the young players of the club. Hopefully they can bring home the youth cup when they play Manchester City Youths in the final. I also hope that the players that have played in the cup will go on to play for the full professional side, either next season or beyond.

[mad_mac]

Great great news, hope the lads are proud and well up for the final

[bjd]

Isnt the final a two legged affair ? If so it would be great to get a good crowd at SB.

This really is very warming news , congrats to all involved.

[dkw]

fantastic game. villa are known as the best youth set up around at the moment, and we took them apart at times. defending was a bit suspect at times, but going forward we are a joy to watch. once again kakuta iwas the standout player, alongside tajera (spelling?) and lee sawyer till he got a red. cant wait till the final. and in all honesty, after the final whistle went i wasnt that bothered about the spurs result.

[g3.7]

Isnt the final a two legged affair ? If so it would be great to get a good crowd at SB.

This really is very warming news , congrats to all involved.

yep, two legged.

I watched the game- we did really well... it's a big thing to reach the fa youth cup final, it seems to me that when a team makes the final it is like putting a marker down: generally one or two players at least go on to make the first team squad. obviously harder with us but there are a lot of promising players there.

tejera looked really smart and of course kakuta seems to be emerging as the jewel- for me maybe he needs to develop a little more physically, but aside from his obvious talent he looks quite polished / rounded as a footballer already, I daresay more than sinclair even.

both red cards were the same really- miscontrol followed by lunges to keep posession.

first time for us since '61 apparently... which was, I think, the players of tambling's generation.

[Valerie]

Anyone know when the finals home match will be played?

[dkw]

they havent finalised a date yet. surprisingly as the fa are involved, it seems to be pretty much made up. city won their semi 8 days ago. and why is a final over 2 legs? surely a final is the FINAL!!! the clues kinda in the name.

[Barn]

Does anyone know where the majority of our youth team are from and to what level they represent their countries?

[Maksimov]

More than half of them are English and most of them have been capped at U-17 level.

I think Italians are the second largest group, with two players in the youth academy.

[dkw]

there a very eclectic mix of european and english in the main. the main players are gael kakouta - french, miroslav stoch - slovakia, captain nana ofori - english, morton nielsen - danish. the other stand out for me in this run was frank nouble - english 16 year old monster of a player. he has the pysique of a middle weight boxer and pace of a sprinter.

find t more info here http://www.chelseafc.com/xxchelsea18070 ... myProfiles

[mad_mac]

Highllights of the match. Young lads looked well pleased for themselves. All the best in the final

[mad_mac]

hmmmm. that doesn't seem to want to work, is it because it is a youtube channel i subscribe to?

[ivorycoast]

highlights!