Line-up:

Edwards, Da Costa, Wilcock, King, Murtesa, Morison, Taylor, So, Derbyshire, Scanlon, Pouani

SUBS: Grimshaw, Fong, Lewis, Okonkwo, Vishon Masara

0-0 after 43 minutes.

45' GGOOAALL - FABIO SO!

King's inch-perfect diagonal fins Pouani, who's deep cross is controlled and finish well by the former Newcastle man.

It's half-time at Gawthorpe, with Fabio So's strike the difference between the two sides

1-0 | #U18PL

Fabio So sounds like something Jimmy Crankie would say if something was great.

54' GGOOAALL - BRANDON POUANI!

The winger intercepts a loose pass and coolly picks out the bottom right corner. Get in!

2-0

Our lads have started superbly.

Still 2-0 after 80 minutes.

Oh, and fair play to the club for updates on the U18s. It wasn't always the case last season.

Great start for our young lads. A lots of 16-year-olds in the team.

Wow.
Sunderland have a top academy too, (I live up the road)

burnley007 wrote: ↑

Sat Aug 16, 2025 2:34 pm

Wow.
Sunderland have a top academy too, (I live up the road)

Hi burnley007. They do indeed. It's only the first game but they've done us proud.

What's more, we've got lads like George Brierley and, above all, Kian McMahon-Brown who are being fast-tracked into the U21s.

Its always good to see ars youth sides winning.