U23s Away at Birmingham City on Monday

[Kenilworth]

Makes him have to check his run.

Because he had to kill the ball to set it.
His first touch was class and his second was top drawer.

Besides that my favourite bit was the reaction of their keeper to Jake Wright's goal

 

[HeCanDoMagic]

Because he had to kill the ball to set it.
His first touch was class and his second was top drawer.

Besides that my favourite bit was the reaction of their keeper to Jake Wright's goal

Always love it when keepers go to kick the post and realise at the last minute it might not be a wise idea.

 

[larkymasher]

This link

https://www.premierleague.com/news/58895

explains the Professional Development League quite well. Although it's actually got the regional split wrong. Once Brentford binned their Academy, Coventry went South and it's now 10 in each. It says three outfield players over the age of 23, plus the goalkeeper. The age group is defined as born after 1 January 1993. As far as I'm aware, as the Professional Development League & Premier League Cup are governed by the Premier League, it's a simple 3 subs allowed on system.

The Central League Cup is under the auspices of the EFL. I know they allow 5 subs in that cup. I did not know that beforehand. I only knew that when Rotherham brought their 4th & 5th subs on against us.

http://ball-sup.blogspot.co.uk/2017/01/full-blown-right-hander.html

I also know (because they told me) that Binnion & Dungworth didn't realise they could make 5 subs until they saw The Millers do it. The lack of attention to detail that our great club is renowned the world over for. Because that Bradford game you mentioned was a Dead Rubber, they decided to use all 5 subs in that one. (Now that they knew you could ffs). And got arses burned a little bit when the keeper Eastwood went off after all 5 subs had been used.

http://ball-sup.blogspot.co.uk/2017/02/wilder-priority.html

I'll use your question to plug...... Every week, the Premier League publish two PDF Bulletins. One covering the U18 level, one the U23. Results, league tables, fixture changes & upcoming fixtures - including times & venues. It's the Carrier Bag Firm Bible.

https://www.premierleague.com/publications

scroll down until you reach the section headed Youth.

The EFL do one for the Central League as well.

http://www.efl.com/global/reservesnews.aspx

And there is an excellent website dedicated to Youth Football, with up to date results & tables etc.

http://youthhawk.co.uk/wiki/Main_Page

While all of those links are worth following, they all seem to have an appalling lack of information about microbreweries, beer ticking, craft beer bars & Hop varieties. So, I hope you'll remember our sponsors at...

www.ball-sup.blogspot.co.uk

and

twitter.com/ball_sup

I told you all Phil was good.......

FFS what a cracking post !!

 

[larkymasher]

great result on Monday.

It was good to see young Tom Charlesworth getting a 23s run out. Seems to have dropped down the pecking order but i for one think he has great potential for the future. Not sure he has been given a Pro Contract as of yet.
There seems to be a good crop coming through from our second year scholars. Semple, Hallam & Gilmoor already given Pro deals and i would hope Cummings, Ty Smith, Charlesworth & Mallon follow soon.

Perryman, Brown, Ford, Burton seem to be out of things now.

If anyone has any updates it would be interesting to here.

 

[Northyorksblade]

Right. I'm 58. I was made redundant in 2010. And I haven't worked since then. I was a career Civil Servant. A Government Statistician actually. So, you know how lucrative that is. Lots of opportunity for creaming money off the top of large government contracts. I wouldn't go to any meeting unless there was a large Brown Envelope in it for me. The only stipulation in my contract was that I was not allowed to look out of the office window in the morning. So I'd have something to do in the afternoon. I was sitting in a luxurious office in Moorfoot. Heavily Hopped IPAs from a keg in the corner. And a six figure salary. As you know, civil servants don't pay tax either. And of course, once we retire, that six figure salary is doubled as an index linked pension for life. Oh yes, you never see a poor Government Statistician (winks).

Hang on. Hang on. I'm not so sure I should be revealing anything after "A Government Statistician". Look I was a bloke who worked in an office. I worked hard. Saved my dough. Paid off my mortgage, Took redundancy. And, I've come out the other end. I get a pension & I'm spending my savings. Because I'm going to die eventually. The maths is simple. You don't earn a fortune as a civil servant. And everybody retires on a fraction of what they were earning. I like to turn it around 180. What the hell are other 58 year olds spending their money on? My wife has a phrase when we're abroad doing football, cricket & beer. "Everyone has got to be somewhere". What she means is - if you're spending money on food, drinks, trains, buses & petrol - you might as well be doing that in South Korea as Sheffield.

I seem to be able to do a lot with not very much - best way I can explain it. I have not won the Euromillions, nor inherited any money. I am however, a World Class Blagger.

Hope that helps.

You're my sort of man! People assume we are rich because we are always on holiday/watching United/watching England cricket/watching Yorkshire cricket. That's precisely why we aren't rich. Saved all our working lives and now enjoying ourselves. Mrs NYB and your missus would get on well.