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U18 2013-14 season
2013-14 season (U18)
Fulham  Barclays U18 Premier League  FA Youth Cup Dallas Cup 2014
Academy information
Academy Director Flag of Wales Huw Jennings
Head Coach Flag of England Steve Wigley
Captain Flag of Northern Ireland Liam Donnelly
Ground Motspur Park
League season information
League U18 Premier League (South)
Position 4th/11
Matches played 31 (W15 D6 L10)
Other competitions
FA Youth Cup Runners-up
Dallas Cup Group stage
Season statistics
Top goalscorer (League) Flag of France Moussa Dembélé (14)
Top goalscorer (All) Flag of France Moussa Dembélé (26)
Most appearances (League) Flag of Republic of Ireland Noe Baba (25)
Most appearances (All) Flag of Gambia Solomon Sambou (34)
Biggest home win 6-0 v Blackburn U18 (2 Nov 2013)
Biggest away win 5-0 v Wolves U18 (26 Oct 2013)
Biggest home defeat 0-5 v Everton U18 (12 Apr 2014)
Biggest away defeat 1-9 v Middlesbrough U18 (29 Apr 2014)
Fulham home (2013-14) Fulham away (2013-14) Fulham third (2013-14)
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Overview[]

The U18's 2013-14 season began as reigning champions from the previous season, and for the first time, looked to return to the Dallas Cup in the United States as champions. The FA had once again reshuffled the format of the league competition; this year there were two tables of North and South regions. Fulham would compete in the South table, playing 10 sides both home and away. Additionally they would play each side from the North table once. The top two sides in each table would then meet in a play-off competition to determine the national champions.

Fulham finished 4th in the table, a position that would have not doubt been higher had they not participated in the Dallas Cup tournament in April 2013. This, added to the progression to the Final of the FA Youth Cup also meant that extremely young teams were fielded for the last six league matches of the season which hampered a top two finish.

As mentioned, a successul run through to the FA Youth Cup final was the achievement of the season by far, and narrowly lost out a two-legged affair to rivals Chelsea. An U19 side sent to defend their Dallas Cup tital from the previous season was less impressive as the team failed to progress from the group stage.

Stand-out performers included Patrick Roberts and Moussa Dembélé, who would both go on to make first team appearances in the same season; the latter finishing as top scorer for the U18's with a staggering 26 goals in 20 appearances.

Tables[]

U18 Premier League (South)[]

Barclays U18 Premier League header P W D L GF GA GD Pts Additional info
1 Tottenham Tottenham Hotspur U18 31 19 6 6 82 48 +34 63 Qualified for national play-offs
2 West Ham West Ham United U18 31 17 6 8 56 36 +20 57 Qualified for national play-offs
3 Reading Reading U18 31 16 4 11 59 57 +2 52
4 Fulham Fulham U18 31 15 6 10 67 63 +4 51
5 Chelsea Chelsea U18 31 14 7 10 63 47 +16 49
6 Southampton Southampton U18 31 12 10 9 57 50 +7 46
7 Aston Villa Aston Villa U18 31 13 7 11 62 61 +1 46
8 Norwich City Norwich City U18 31 12 5 14 41 51 -10 41
9 Arsenal Arsenal U18 31 8 10 13 42 48 -6 34
10 West Brom West Bromwich Albion U18 31 6 6 19 40 64 -24 24
11 Leicester Leicester City U18 31 6 3 22 37 66 -29 21

Dallas Cup[]

Group A[]

Dallas Cup 2014 P W D L GF GA GD Pts Additional info
1 Coritiba Coritiba U19 3 3 0 0 8 1 +7 9 Qualified for Semi-finals
2 Fulham Fulham U19 3 2 0 1 6 4 +2 6
3 FC Dallas FC Dallas U19 3 1 0 2 3 7 -4 3
4 IF Brommapojkarna IF Brommapojkarna U19 3 0 0 3 1 6 -5 0

Squad[]

Pos. Name Age Prev U18 Apps Prev U18 Gls Scholarship signed
Goalkeepers
GK Flag of England Magnus Norman 16 2 0 2013
GK Flag of Slovakia Marek Rodák 16 9 0 2013
Defenders
CB Flag of England Elijah Adebayo 15 0 0 n/a
R/CB Flag of Republic of Ireland Noe Baba 17 4 0 2013
L/CB Flag of Scotland Cameron Burgess 17 13 1 2012
CB Flag of Northern Ireland Liam Donnelly (c) 17 27 2 2012
LB Flag of England Tayo Edun 15 0 0 n/a
LB/LW Flag of Wales Jordan Evans 16 28 5 2012
RB Flag of England Ryheem Sheckleford 16 4 0 2013
R/LB Flag of Republic of Ireland Shane Elworthy 16 0 0 2013
Midfielders
CM Flag of United States Emerson Hyndman 17 27 6 2012
AM Flag of England Wes McDonald 16 0 0 2013
DM Flag of England Foday Nabay 15 0 0 2013
AM/RW Flag of England Patrick Roberts 16 24 9 2013
DM/CB Flag of Gambia Solomon Sambou 17 47 3 2012
CM Flag of England Josh Smile 16 1 0 2013
AM/LW Flag of Wales George Williams 16 23 6 2012
Forwards
CF Flag of France Moussa Dembélé 17 21 17 2012
CF Flag of England Stephen Humphrys 15 0 0 2013
RW Flag of England Mekhi Leacock-McLeod 16 2 0 2013
RW/CF Flag of Republic of Ireland Dean O'Halloran 17 14 0 2012
CF Flag of England Aaron Redford 16 1 0 2013

Starting XI[]

This represents the most commonly selected players according to league appearances

Pos. Name Appearances
GK Flag of Slovakia Marek Rodák 14
DR Flag of Republic of Ireland Noe Baba 21+4
DC Flag of Northern Ireland Liam Donnelly (c) 19
DC Flag of Scotland Cameron Burgess 20+1
DL Flag of Wales Jordan Evans 22
DM Flag of Gambia Solomon Sambou 22+1
DM Flag of United States Emerson Hyndman 16+4
AMR Flag of Republic of Ireland Dean O'Halloran 17+2
AMC Flag of England Patrick Roberts 17+2
AML Flag of Wales George Williams 21+1
ST Flag of France Moussa Dembélé 10+1

Starting XI (U18 2013-14)

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Staff[]

Management & operations[]

Position Name
Academy director Flag of Wales Huw Jennings
Academy operations manager Flag of England Lee Hagger
Coach developer Flag of England Geoff Noonan
Head of talent ID and recruitment Flag of England Malcolm Elias

Coaching staff[]

Position Name
Head of coaching/U18 manager Flag of England Steve Wigley
Goalkeeping coach Flag of England Vic Bettinelli

Transfers[]

Transfers in[]

Date Position Name From Fee
1 Jul 2013 R/LB Flag of Republic of Ireland Shane Elworthy Flag of Republic of Ireland St. Kevin's Boys Compensation
23 Jul 2013 DM Flag of England Foday Nabay Flag of England Birmingham City £220,000
30 Jul 2013 CF Flag of England Stevie Humphrys Flag of England Bury Compensation

New scholars[]

Date Position Name Date of Birth
1 Jul 2013 RW Flag of England Mekhi Leacock-McLeod 15 Sept 1996
1 Jul 2013 AM Flag of England Wes McDonald 4 May 1997
1 Jul 2013 GK Flag of England Magnus Norman 19 Jan 1997
1 Jul 2013 CF Flag of England Aaron Redford 6 Sept 1996
1 Jul 2013 RW Flag of England Patrick Roberts 5 Feb 1997
1 Jul 2013 RB Flag of England Ryheem Sheckleford 20 May 1997
1 Jul 2013 CM Flag of England Josh Smile 24 Oct 1996

Transfers out[]

Date Position Name To Fee
1 Jul 2013 CF Flag of Ghana Derek Tieku Flag of England Crystal Palace Free
17 Dec 2013 AM Flag of England Wes McDonald Flag of England Birmingham City Free

Loans in[]

Start date Position Name To End date
17 Oct 2013 GK Flag of England Ryan Boot Flag of England Port Vale 31 Oct 2013

Loans out[]

Start date Position Name To End date

Matches[]

Pre-season[]

# Date Opposition Venue Result Score Goalscorer(s)
1 Sat 13 Jul 2013 Milwall U18 Home Won 1-0 McDonald
2 Tue 16 Jul 2013 Vitória Setúbal U18 Away Won 5-1 Williams 4, Roberts
3 Sun 21 Jul 2013 Vitória Guimarães U18 Away Drew 2-2 Williams, Dembélé
4 Sat 27 Jul 2013 Charlton Athletic U18 Away Won 5-1 Williams, Evans 2, Dembélé 2
5 Wed 31 Jul 2013 Bristol City U18 Home Won 3-1 Trialist, McDonald 2
6 Sat 3 Aug 2013 Nottingham Forest U18 Home Won 1-0 Dembélé

U18 Premier League[]

# Date Opposition Venue Result Score Other info
1 Sat 17 Aug 2013 Stoke City U18 Home Won 2-0
2 Sat 24 Aug 2013 Arsenal U18 Away Won 4-2
3 Wed 28 Aug 2013 Reading U18 Home Won 4-3
4 Sat 7 Sept 2013 Sunderland U18 Away Drew 4-4
5 Sat 14 Sept 2013 Manchester City U18 Home Won 4-3
6 Sat 21 Sept 2013 Bolton Wanderers U18 Away Won 4-1
7 Sat 28 Sept 2013 Newcastle United U18 Home Lost 0-1
8 Wed 2 Oct 2013 Liverpool U18 Away Won 4-2
9 Sat 5 Oct 2013 Leicester City U18 Away Won 1-0
10 Sat 19 Oct 2013 Aston Villa U18 Home Lost 0-3
11 Sat 26 Oct 2013 Wolverhampton Wanderers U18 Away Won 5-0
12 Sat 2 Nov 2013 Blackburn Rovers U18 Home Won 6-0
13 Sat 9 Nov 2013 Tottenham Hotspur U18 Away Drew 2-2
14 Sat 16 Nov 2013 West Bromwich Albion U18 Home Won 3-1
15 Sat 23 Nov 2013 West Ham United U18 Away Lost 1-3
16 Sat 30 Nov 2013 Norwich City U18 Home Won 4-0
17 Wed 18 Dec 2013 Southampton U18 Away Drew 1-1
18 Sat 25 Jan 2014 Reading U18 Away Won 2-1
19 Sat 1 Feb 2014 Leicester City U18 Home Won 2-1
20 Sat 8 Feb 2014 Tottenham Hotspur U18 Away Drew 2-2 Originally a home fixture
21 Sat 22 Feb 2014 West Ham United U18 Home Lost 0-2
22 Sat 1 Mar 2014 Norwich City U18 Away Won 2-0
23 Fri 7 Mar 2014 Chelsea U18 Away Won 3-0
24 Sat 15 Mar 2014 Southampton U18 Home Lost 1-3
25 Tue 25 Mar 2014 Chelsea U18 Home Drew 0-0
26 Sat 12 Apr 2014 Everton U18 Home Lost 0-5 Fulham fielded a very young team
27 Wed 16 Apr 2014 Arsenal U18 Home Lost 1-4 Fulham fielded a very young team
28 Sat 26 Apr 2014 Manchester United U18 Home Lost 1-4 Fulham fielded a very young team
29 Tue 29 Apr 2014 Middlesbrough U18 Away Lost 1-9 Fulham fielded a very young team
30 Sat 3 May 2014 Aston Villa U18 Away Drew 2-2 Fulham fielded a very young team
31 Tue 6 May 2014 West Bromwich Albion U18 Away Lost 1-4 Fulham fielded a very young team

FA Youth Cup[]

# Date Opposition Venue Result Score Other info
3rd Round Wed 11 Dec 2013 Queens Park Rangers U18 Away Won 4-1
4th Round Thu 30 Jan 2014 Tottenham Hotspur U18 Away Won 3-2
5th Round Wed 19 Feb 2014 Manchester City U18 Away Won 3-1
6th Round Tue 18 Mar 2014 Huddersfield Town U18 Home Won 2-1
Semi-final (1st Leg) Tue 1 Apr 2014 Reading U18 Away Drew 2-2
Semi-final (2nd Leg) Mon 7 Apr 2014 Reading U18 Home Won 3-2 Fulham won 5-4 on aggregate
Final (1st Leg) Mon 28 Apr 2014 Chelsea U18 Home Won 3-2
Final (2nd Leg) Mon 5 May 2014 Chelsea U18 Away Lost 3-5 Chelsea won 7-6 on aggregate

Dallas Cup[]

(A tournament in which a U19 squad participated)

# Date Opposition Venue Result Score Other info
Gordon Jago Super Group A Sun 13 Apr 2014 FC Dallas U18 Neutral Won 4-0
Gordon Jago Super Group A Mon 14 Apr 2014 IF Brommapojkarna U19 Neutral Won 2-1
Gordon Jago Super Group A Wed 16 Apr 2014 Coritiba U19 Neutral Lost 0-3

Sparkasse & VGH Cup[]

(A 5-a-side indoor tournament which took place in Germany)

# Date Opposition Venue Result Score Other info
Coca-Cola Group Thu 9 Jan 2014 Hardegsen U19 Neutral Won 9-0
Coca-Cola Group Thu 9 Jan 2014 Groß Ellershausen/
Hetjershausen
U19
Neutral Won 4-1
Coca-Cola Group Fri 10 Jan 2014 Heiligenstadt U19 Neutral Won 3-0
Coca-Cola Group Fri 10 Jan 2014 Radolfshausen U19 Neutral Won 6-0
Coca-Cola Group Sat 11 Jan 2014 Schalke U19 Neutral Lost 3-4
Coca-Cola Group Sat 11 Jan 2014 Hannover U19 Neutral Lost 2-5
Intermediate Group B Sun 12 Jan 2014 Mainz U19 Neutral Won 2-0
Intermediate Group B Sun 12 Jan 2014 Austria Wien U19 Neutral Lost 3-5
Quarter-final Sun 12 Jan 2014 Borussia
Mönchengladbach
U19
Neutral Drew 3-3 Fulham won 9-8 on penalties
Semi-final Sun 12 Jan 2014 Austria Wien U19 Neutral Lost 0-2

Statistics[]

Appearances & goals[]

No. Nat Pos Player Total U18 Premier League FA Youth Cup Dallas Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Flag of England GK Ryan Boot 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
Flag of England GK Josh Lukwata 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
Flag of England GK Magnus Norman 14 0 11 0 0+1 0 2 0
Flag of Slovakia GK Marek Rodák 23 0 14 0 8 0 1 0
Flag of England DF Elijah Adebayo 14 1 11+1 1 2 0 0 0
Flag of Republic of Ireland DF Noe Baba 28 0 21+4 0 0+2 0 0+1 0
Flag of Scotland DF Cameron Burgess 32 3 20+1 1 8 1 2+1 1
Flag of Northern Ireland DF Liam Donnelly 30 4 19 2 8 1 2+1 1
Flag of England DF Tayo Edun 10 0 9 0 0+1 0 0 0
Flag of England DF Nick Kelliher 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Flag of Republic of Ireland DF Daniel O'Reilly 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Flag of England DF Jerome Opoku 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Flag of England DF Josh Passley 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Flag of England DF Ryheem Sheckleford 28 0 11+6 0 6+2 0 1+2 0
Flag of England MF Dennis Adeniran 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
Flag of England MF DJ Buffonge 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
Flag of England MF Jamie Clarke 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Flag of Denmark MF Lasse Vigen Christensen 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Flag of England MF Lyle Della-Verde 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Flag of Republic of Ireland MF Shane Elworthy 10 0 4+6 0 0 0 0 0
Flag of Wales MF Jordan Evans 33 4 22 3 8 1 2+1 0
Flag of England MF Marlon Fossey 2 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 0
Flag of United States MF Emerson Hyndman 26 7 16 4 8 3 2 0
Flag of England MF Mekhi Leacock-McLeod 16 1 8+7 1 0+1 0 0 0
Flag of England MF Jai McKinlay 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
Flag of England MF Foday Nabay 9 0 6+3 0 0 0 0 0
Flag of Republic of Ireland MF Dean O'Halloran 30 6 17+2 5 6+2 1 1+2 0
Flag of France MF Ange-Freddy Plumain 3 0 0 0 0 0 2+1 0
Flag of England MF Patrick Roberts 27 14 17+2 9 8 5 0 0
Flag of Gambia MF Solomon Sambou 34 3 22+1 2 8 1 3 0
Flag of Iran MF Ravi Shamsi 7 0 5+2 0 0 0 0 0
Flag of England MF Josh Smile 28 1 12+7 0 4+2 0 1+2 1
Flag of England MF Josh Walker 6 1 3+1 1 0+2 0 0 0
Flag of France FW Moussa Dembélé 20 26 10+1 14 6 9 2+1 3
Flag of England FW Stevie Humphrys 9 6 7+2 6 0 0 0 0
Flag of England FW Aaron Redford 15 5 8+6 5 0 0 0+1 0
Flag of Wales FW George Williams 32 14 21+1 13 8 1 1+1 0
Players who left the club during 2013-14:
Flag of England MF Wes McDonald 2 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 0

Goalscorers[]

When total goals are equal, the list is sorted by player who achieved that number first

# Pos. Name U18 Premier League FA Youth Cup Dallas Cup Total
1 CF Flag of France Moussa Dembélé 14 9 3 26
2 LW/AM Flag of Wales George Williams 13 1 0 14
RW/AM Flag of England Patrick Roberts 9 5 0 14
4 CM Flag of United States Emerson Hyndman 4 3 0 7
5 RW/CF Flag of Republic of Ireland Dean O'Halloran 5 1 0 6
CF Flag of England Stevie Humphrys 6 0 0 6
7 CF Flag of England Aaron Redford 5 0 0 5
8 LB/LW Flag of Wales Jordan Evans 3 1 0 4
R/CB Flag of Northern Ireland Liam Donnelly 2 1 1 4
10 CB Flag of Scotland Cameron Burgess 1 1 1 3
DM Flag of Gambia Solomon Sambou 2 1 0 3
12 RW Flag of England Mekhi Leacock-McLeod 1 0 0 1
CB Flag of England Elijah Adebayo 1 0 0 1
LW/AM Flag of England Josh Walker 1 0 0 1
CM Flag of England Josh Smile 0 0 1 1
Own Goals 1 0 0 1
Total 67 23 6 96

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