Man U (U18’s) - v - Forest (U18's)

U18 3rd vs 4th place match is slightly lower stakes than the Cup Final, I guess. May not get quite the same numbers in the crowd for the rematch.
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It's a good job. I am not sure what the capacity of Carrington is, but I'm pretty sure it is markedly less than 52,000!

I watched the first half of Forest vs Bournemouth. Hope the disappointment of missing out on automatic promotion (and the U18s' thrashing in the Youth Cup ) is shaken off for the playoffs.
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I am pretty sure that even if we had made that automatic spot, we would have asked if we could still participate in the play-offs - just to keep the season going a bit longer!

By the way - you guys do have a team they call the U19's that seem to play a lot of international games (as well as the U18's team that play in the same league as us).

What is the difference, if any? Is there a large overlap, or are they virtually separate teams - and (if so) which one are we playing!!

Don't worry - I've done the research for you...

Man U - U18 team v Derby - League (30 April 2022)
1 – T Wooster
2 - M Lawrence
3 – S Murray
4 – S Alofree
5 - L Jackson
6 – M Oyedele
7 – K Mainoo
8 - M Norkett
9 – O N Forson
10- E Ennis
11 - J Hugill
12 – E Cunningham

Man U - U18's team v Wolves - Cup
1 – Vitrek
2 – Fredricson
3 – Murray
4 – Wright Bennet
5 – Jurado
6 – Gore
7 – Mainoo
8 – Forson
9 – Garnacho
10 – McNeill
11 - Hugill

Man U - U19’s team v Dortmund (1 March 2022)
1 – Vitrek
2 – Fernandez
3 – Bennett
4 – Fish
5 – Jurado
6 – Mejbri
7 – Savage
8 – Iqbal
9 – Garnacho
10 – McNeill
11 Shoretire

Note: Fenandez, Fish, Mejbri, Savage and Iqbal are too old to participate in the Youth Cup

Possible Man U line-up for the Youth Cup according to 'United in Focus'

1 – Vitek
2 - Marc Jurado
3 - Tyler Fredricson
4 - Rhys Bennett
5 - Sam Murray
6 - Daniel Gore
7 - Kobbie Mainoo
8 - Sam Mather
9 - Isak Hansen-Aaröen
10 - Alejandro Garnacho
11 - Charlie McNeill

https://www.unitedinfocus.com/columnists/features/the-class-of-22-a-look-at-manchester-uniteds-fa-youth-cup-side/

Basically, looks like you guys have a whopping squad to pick from!

Btw - ticket sales now 'closing in on 60,000'.

“Record attendance guaranteed now at Man Utd v Forest in FA Youth Cup final.

Old Trafford officially sold out —70,000-plus — and nearly 6,000 Forest fans heading up on a Wednesday night to support their under-18s.“

Wow!!