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Academy update
27th January 2012
With 2 Cup Quarter Finals upcoming, a Hampshire Colleges Cup Final to look forward to and having snatched top spot in the South West Counties Youth League, the Salisbury City youth setup continues to go from strength to strength, having maintained an unbeaten start in 2012.
Having edged leaders Bath City and comfortably brushed aside Dorchester Town, the U18s regained top spot in the SWCYL by 2 points and with one game in hand over 2nd place Bath City. After an excellent start to the year Salisbury also pulled away from 3rd place Newport County with a fine display in Wales which saw them score 3 goals during the first half and hold on for their 8th clean sheet in a row across all competitions.
Likewise, 2 outstanding 5-1 cup wins have seen City march into 2 cup Quarter finals, with some excellent performances before Christmas. A 5-1 victory over last year’s finalists Camberley Town have provided City a difficult, but much anticipated Quarter Final against League two Aldershot Town in the Hampshire Midweek Floodlit Youth cup. Whilst an exceptional performance vs Wooton Bassett Town allowed Salisbury to progress in the Wiltshire Cup and set up a home tie against local rivals Devizes Town.
The Salisbury link to Sparsholt College has also seen success. With all of the academy players attending the college, the boys enjoyed a fairly straightforward 4-1 semi final victory over Brockenhurst College to set up an exciting repeat of last year Hampshire Colleges Cup final against rivals Itchen.
With huge cup games coming up and a tremendous run being put together in the league things are looking good for the academy, who face Devizes at the Ray Mac this Sunday which should provide an interesting encounter for any spectators who would wish to attend, 2pm KO.
Academy update
Salisbury City U.18s have made a promising start to the season in all competitions. In the South West Counties Youth League (SWC) the U. 18’s are currently sitting 2nd, 2 points behind leaders Bath City and with 1 game in hand; will be looking to overtake Bath In the coming weeks.
The youth side opened their league campaign with a 0-0 draw at home to Forest Green Rovers, and followed with a disappointing 4-1 loss away to Bath City in a game which included 8 debutants, and a number of key players rested, with the FA Youth Cup match against Dorchester Town following the week after.
The Second Preliminary Round In the youth cup saw Salisbury City travel to Conference South rivals Dorchester Town. After a tight first half, Salisbury ended up running out 5-2 winners and cruised into the third Qualifying round after goals from McCauley, Ginger, Thomas, Onouha (2) and a stand out performance from skipper Ryan Gregory.
Following the FA Youth Cup success against Dorchester, 2-0 wins, away at Newport County and at home to New College Academy saw “The Whites” march their way up the league table. However Salisbury were on the wrong end of a 7 goal thriller in which Cirencester came from behind to snatch all 3 points in a narrow 4-3 defeat away from home.
More recently, the last two league encounters have seen a comfortable 4-1 win away to Forest Green Rovers and a superb comeback against Bath City to avenge their earlier season defeat and maintain their unbeaten start at home. After being 2-0 down at half time Salisbury scored 3 during the 2nd half including in outstanding volley from Hayes Thomas to equalise, and a headed winner during stoppage time, to win the match 3-2.
The youth have an important month coming up. Next Saturday will see the see the SWC side travel to Dorchester Town for the second time this season. Whilst next week, the youth will entertain Camberley at the Ray Mac in the Hampshire Midweek Floodlit Youth Cup. Check the website for details, your support would be much appreciated.
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Promising start for Salisbury youth
15th November 2011
Salisbury City U.18′s have made a promising start to the season in all competitions. In the South West Counties Youth League (SWC) the U. 18’s are currently sitting 2nd, 2 points behind leaders Bath City and with 1 game in hand; will be looking to overtake Bath In the coming weeks.
The youth side opened their league campaign with a 0-0 draw at home to Forest Green Rovers, and followed with a disappointing 4-1 loss away to Bath City in a game which included 8 debutants, and a number of key players rested, with the FA Youth Cup match against Dorchester Town following the week after.
The Second Preliminary Round in the youth cup saw Salisbury City travel to Conference South rivals Dorchester Town. After a tight first half, Salisbury ended up running out 5-2 winners and cruised into the third Qualifying round after goals from McCauley, Ginger, Thomas, Onouha (2) and a stand out performance from skipper Ryan Gregory.
Following the FA Youth Cup success against Dorchester, 2-0 wins, away at Newport County and at home to New College Academy saw “The Whites” march their way up the league table. However Salisbury were on the wrong end of a 7 goal thriller in which Cirencester came from behind to snatch all 3 points in a narrow 4-3 defeat away from home.
More recently, the last two league encounters have seen a comfortable 4-1 win away to Forest Green Rovers and a superb comeback against Bath City to avenge their earlier season defeat and maintain their unbeaten start at home. After being 2-0 down at half time Salisbury scored 3 during the 2nd half including in outstanding volley from Hayes Thomas to equalise, and a headed winner during stoppage time, to win the match 3-2.
The youth have an important month coming up. Next Saturday will see the see the SWC side travel to Dorchester Town for the second time this season. Whilst next week, the youth will entertain Camberley at the Ray Mac in the Hampshire Midweek Floodlit Youth Cup. Check the website for details, your support would be much appreciated.
Youth Academy train with the Whites squad
7th October 2011
The Youth Academy were happy to entertain Darrell Clarke, Mikey Harris and the Salisbury City 1st team squad ahead of their Blue Square South League match against Woking this weekend. From their base at Sparsholt College, the Youth Academy went head to head with the senior professionals in an 11 vs 11 match that enabled Manager Darrell Clarke to work on shape and tactics for the upcoming match.
Youth Academy Manager Neil Benson said “Firstly it’s great to be able to assist Darrell, Mikey and the senior squad in their preparations for their next game but for the younger players it’s a fantastic opportunity for them to witness up close the level and standards they should be striving to reach. I thought our lads handled themselves very well and the experience will do them the world of good. We’ve got a great facility here and we look forward to seeing the senior squad here again as the season progresses.”
You can see some superb pictures of the training session below.
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Pewsey Vale 0 – 5 Salisbury City
The Salisbury City Youth Academy got their FA Youth Cup campaign off to a flyer with an excellent 5-0 win away to Pewsey Vale in the opening qualifying round. Winger Michael Fahm was the star on the night with 4 goals in a blistering first half. The opening goal came in the 11th minute after good work from skipper Ryan Innskip feeding the ball to Hayes Thomas whose perfect through ball allowed Fahm to slot home past Pewsey keeper James Levis.
The lead was doubled 5 minutes later when Luke Ginger played in Fahm for a powerful finish into the left corner following some excellent football from the away side. Not content with a 2-0 lead City continued to press and some clever interplay and good work from Toye Adejeyigbe played in Fahm to complete his hat-trick and 5 minutes before half-time he bagged his 4th goal in just 30 minutes with a subtle finish after a nice pass from striker Speechley-Price. In the 2nd half, with only pride to play for, Pewsey made it more of a contest and despite enjoying most of the possession, City were unable to add to their goal tally until Ryan Gregory scored from a deflected free-kick in the final stages of the match.
City Manager Neil Benson said “It was an excellent start to this season’s FA Youth Cup competition. It was a good all-around team performance with a particularly inspiring individual performance from Michael Fahm. Dorchester Town await us in the next round, we know them well, and they will undoubtedly prove a very difficult test. Whilst we are not looking beyond the next game our aim is to try and go one better than reaching last year’s first round stage.”
This Saturday Salisbury City travel to play Bath City in the South West Combination League.
