Chelsea youth beat Aston villa to reach their first youth cup final since 1961.

They will play Man City in the final.

That is actually a very good reason to cheer up! It means our youth system is doing something right. Even Arnesen!

with Grant nowhere near team selection, tactics or substitutions

and so long as he keeps his nose out of the final - we're in with a chance

I nearly steered off the road this morning on my way to work when Alan Brazil mentioned the win and said it looked like we had a lot of talented youngsters coming through!

Well done to the boys.

http://www.chelseafc.com/page/NewsHomePage...1269487,00.html

WELL DONE BOYS!

maybe we should field the Youth team for the next 8 matches

anyone think we'll see one youth player play a match or two next season

with Grant nowhere near team selection, tactics or substitutions And hopefully Roman doesnt get involved.

with Grant nowhere near team selection, tactics or substitutions And hopefully Roman doesnt get involved.

Roman's the one who paid the money for all the players, paid for the training facilities to be build, paid for Arnesen to come in who scouted just about all the players now in the club's youth team.

I think his involved...

Been watchin these boys on Chelsea tv, and i can tell you a couple of them look very promising, Miroslav Stoch and Gael Kakuta ( i'll check those spellings !) look especially skillfull.

As to whether they ever graduate to our first team squad, who knows, but they certainly appear to be progressing well.

Be a shame to end up selling them to Portsmouth then shelling out twice the amount on players of equal or less talent.

We could do with a quality winger and although I have only seen glimpses of what Stoch can do and I have no idea what his record for Chelsea is, but his record with the Slovakian youth teams is quite impressive: 12 goals in 12 matches. Ofcourse it's a different thing to step up to the first team and try to do it there, but it seems like he might have what it takes.

The dates for the 2 legs of the FA Youth Cup Final have been set;

Fri, 21st Mar 2008

The FA Youth Cup final dates have now been confirmed, with Chelsea hosting Manchester City in the first leg.

That game will take place on Thursday 3 April at Stamford Bridge, kicking off at 7pm. That game will also be live on Chelsea TV.

The second leg at the City of Manchester Stadium has been set for Wednesday 16 April, and will kick-off at 7.45pm.

Chelsea reached the final for the first time since 1961 after victories against Stevenage Borough, Leicester City, Port Vale and Aston Villa.