U18 2020-21 season

U18 2020-21 season
Academy information
Academy Director	Huw Jennings
Head Coach	Steve Wigley
Captain	Adrion Pajaziti & Ollie O'Neill
Ground	LSE Sports Ground
League season information
League	U18 Premier League South
Position	1st/13 (Champions)
Matches played	24 (W18 D2 L4)
Other competitions
FA Youth Cup	3rd round
Season statistics
Top goalscorer (League)	Mika Biereth (21)
Top goalscorer (All)	Mika Biereth (22)
Most appearances (League)	Stefan Parkes (24)
Most appearances (All)	Stefan Parkes (25)
Biggest home win	6-0 v Southampton U18 (13 Mar 2021)
Biggest away win	8-0 v Leicester U18 (1 May 2021)
Biggest home defeat	0-2 v C Palace U18 (6 Feb 2021)
Biggest away defeat	0-3 v Tottenham U18 (3 Oct 2020)
Previous season	Next season
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Overview

The U18's 2020-21 season began at a slightly later date due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was overseen once more by Head Coach Steve Wigley.

New scholars for the team were Xavier Benjamin, Matt Dibley-Dias, Imani Lanquedoc, Michael Olakigbe, Stefan Parkes, Olly Sanderson and Jaylan Wildbore.

37 goals and only 3 conceded in the last 9 matches, all wins

The team finished the season as U18 Premier League South champions for the second year running, with a remarkable run of form to end the season. They won all of their last nine matches during which they scored 37 goals, whilst conceding just 3 goals. Mika Biereth finished the season as top scorer, with 22 in all competitions. New signing Kieron Bowie followed up with an equally impressive 15 goals.

They later lost the National Final to U18 Premier League North winners Manchester City U18, with a 3-1 defeat.

Table

U18 Premier League (South)

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Additional info
1	Fulham U18	24	18	2	4	78	25	+53	56
2	Crystal Palace U18	24	18	2	4	67	32	+35	56
3	Brighton & Hove Albion U18	24	14	3	7	63	40	+23	45
4	Arsenal U18	24	12	4	8	52	45	+7	40
5	Aston Villa U18	24	11	5	8	45	52	-7	38
6	Tottenham Hotspur U18	24	10	7	7	52	37	+15	37
7	Chelsea U18	24	11	3	10	57	43	+14	36
8	West Bromwich Albion U18	24	9	3	12	51	62	-11	30
9	Norwich City U18	24	9	2	13	58	58	0	29
10	West Ham United U18	24	6	7	11	35	57	-22	25
11	Reading U18	24	5	4	15	51	83	-32	19
12	Leicester City U18	24	4	6	14	38	73	-35	18
13	Southampton U18	24	3	4	17	35	75	-40	13

Squad

Pos.	Name	Age	Prev. U18 Apps	Prev. U18 Goals	Scholarship signed
Goalkeepers
GK	Mac Chisholm	16	2	0	2019
GK	Alex Borto	16	0	0	2020
GK	Damian Las	18	13	0	2019
GK	Alfie McNally	15	0	0	n/a
GK	Dermot Mee	18	0	0	Loan
Defenders
CB	Thorsteinn Aron Antonsson	16	0	0	2020
C/LB	Harvey Araujo	15	1	0	n/a
CB	Ibane Bowat	17	16	0	2019
RB	Luciano D'Auria-Henry	17	6	0	2019
LB	Idris Odutayo	17	32	0	2019
C/LB	Stefan Parkes	16	7	0	2020
R/CB	Jay Williams	17	4	0	2019
Midfielders
DM	Xavier Benjamin	16	3	0	2020
CM	Tyler Caton	16	0	0	2020
CM	Matt Dibley-Dias	16	0	0	2020
AM	Luke Harris	15	0	0	n/a
DM	Imani Lanquedoc	16	3	0	2020
R/CM	Ollie O'Neill	17	23	5	2019
CM	George Okkas	16	0	0	2020
AM	Adrion Pajaziti (c)	17	20	2	2019
Forwards
CF	Mika Biereth	17	18	4	2019
LW/CF	Kieron Bowie	17	0	0	2020
LW/AM	Michael Olakigbe	16	3	1	2020
AM/CF	Olly Sanderson	16	1	0	2020
CF	Jay Stansfield	17	18	26	2019
CF	Jaylan Wildbore	16	0	0	2020

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Academy Director	Huw Jennings
Head of Academy Coaching	Ben Bartlett
U18 Head Coach	Steve Wigley
Goalkeeping Coach	Vic Bettinelli

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Name	From	Fee
1 Jul 2020	CF	Kieron Bowie	Raith Rovers	Compensation
1 Jul 2020	CM	Tyler Caton	Queen's Park	Free
1 Jul 2020	CM	George Okkas	Anorthosis Famagusta	Free
5 Aug 2020	GK	Alex Borto	Cedar Stars Academy	Free
17 Oct 2020	CB	Thorsteinn Aron Antonsson	UMF Selfoss	Free
4 Jan 2021	RB	Devan Tanton	UE Cornellà	Compensation

Loans in

Start date	Position	Name	To	End date
4 Jan 2021	GK	Dermot Mee	Manchester United	22 Feb 2021

New scholars

Date from	Position	Name	Date of Birth
1 Jul 2020	CB/DM	Xavier Benjamin	11 Jan 2004
1 Jul 2020	AM	Matt Dibley-Dias	29 Oct 2003
1 Jul 2020	CM	Imani Lanquedoc	14 Jan 2004
1 Jul 2020	RW/CF	Michael Olakigbe	23 Apr 2004
1 Jul 2020	L/CB	Stefan Parkes	28 Mar 2004
1 Jul 2020	CF	Olly Sanderson	3 Dec 2003
1 Jul 2020	CF	Jaylan Wildbore	4 Jul 2004

Trialists

Date from	Position	Name	From	Date end
Sept 2020	CB	Kayden Harrack	Queens Park Rangers	Oct 2020
Apr 2021	GK	Ben Roberts	Welling United	May 2021

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Fee
1 Jun 2020	CM	Josh Anifowose	Oxford United	Free
19 Aug 2020	CM	Tiago Augusto	Sporting	Free
23 Dec 2020	GK	Mac Chisholm	Watford	Free

Loans out

Start date	Position	Name	To	End date
21 Apr 2021	GK	Damian Las	North Carolina	30 Nov 2021

Matches

Pre-season

#	Date	Opposition	Venue	Result	Score	Additional Information
1	Sat 15 Aug 2020	Southend United U18	Home	Lost	0-2
2	Sat 22 Aug 2020	Bournemouth U18	Away	Lost	2-4
3	Sat 29 Aug 2020	Watford U18	Away	Won	?-?
4	Tue 1 Sept 2020	Crystal Palace U18	Home	Drew	2-2

U18 Premier League

#	Date	Opposition	Venue	Result	Score	Additional Information
1	Fri 18 Sept 2020	Brighton & Hove Albion U18	Away	Won	3-1
2	Sat 26 Sept 2020	West Ham United U18	Away	Won	2-1
3	Sat 3 Oct 2020	Tottenham Hotspur U18	Away	Lost	0-3
4	Sat 17 Oct 2020	West Bromwich Albion U18	Away	Won	4-1
5	Sat 24 Oct 2020	Aston Villa U18	Away	Won	3-0
6	Sat 31 Oct 2020	Southampton U18	Away	Won	2-0
7	Sat 21 Nov 2020	Arsenal U18	Away	Drew	0-0
8	Sat 12 Dec 2020	Chelsea U18	Home	Won	2-1
9	Wed 16 Dec 2020	Reading U18	Away	Won	5-1
10	Sat 19 Dec 2020	Leicester City U18	Home	Drew	3-3
11	Sat 16 Jan 2021	Crystal Palace U18	Away	Lost	1-4
12	Sat 23 Jan 2021	Brighton & Hove Albion U18	Home	Won	6-3
13	Sat 6 Feb 2021	Crystal Palace U18	Home	Lost	0-2
14	Wed 17 Feb 2021	Tottenham Hotspur U18	Home	Won	5-0
15	Sat 20 Feb 2021	West Bromwich Albion U18	Home	Lost	1-2
16	Sat 27 Feb 2021	Aston Villa U18	Home	Won	4-1
17	Sat 13 Mar 2021	Southampton U18	Home	Won	6-0
18	Sat 27 Mar 2021	Norwich City U18	Home	Won	5-0
19	Tue 30 Mar 2021	West Ham United U18	Home	Won	4-0
20	Sat 10 Apr 2021	Arsenal U18	Home	Won	3-1
21	Fri 23 Apr 2021	Reading U18	Home	Won	5-1
22	Sat 1 May 2021	Leicester City U18	Away	Won	8-0
23	Sat 8 May 2021	Norwich City U18	Away	Won	3-0
24	Sat 15 May 2021	Chelsea U18	Away	Won	3-0

National Final

#	Date	Opposition	Venue	Result	Score	Additional Information
	Sat 22 May 2021	Manchester City U18	Away	Lost	1-3

FA Youth Cup

#	Date	Opposition	Venue	Result	Score	Additional Information
3rd round	Mon 7 Dec 2020	Ipswich Town U18	Away	Lost	2-3

Statistics

Appearances & goals

No.	Nat	Pos	Player	Total		U18 Premier League		FA Youth Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
		GK	Alex Borto	16	0	15	0	1	0
		GK	Damian Las	3	0	3	0	0	0
		GK	Alfie McNally	2	0	2	0	0	0
		GK	Dermot Mee	5	0	5	0	0	0
		DF	Thorsteinn Aron Antonsson	4	0	4	0	0	0
		DF	Harvey Araujo	15	0	12+2	0	1	0
		DF	Caelan Avenall	0	0	0	0	0	0
		DF	Ibane Bowat	20	1	18+1	1	1	0
		DF	Luciano D'Auria-Henry	20	0	19	0	1	0
		DF	Kayden Harrack	3	1	3	1	0	0
		DF	Idris Odutayo	17	2	15+1	2	0+1	0
		DF	Stefan Parkes	25	1	23+1	1	1	0
		DF	Devan Tanton	2	0	1+1	0	0	0
		DF	Jay Williams	9	0	5+4	0	0	0
		MF	Xavier Benjamin	8	0	8	0	0	0
		MF	Tyler Caton	8	0	2+6	0	0	0
		MF	Matt Dibley-Dias	20	4	17+2	4	1	0
		MF	Luke Harris	19	8	16+3	8	0	0
		MF	Imani Lanquedoc	18	1	5+12	0	1	1
		MF	Ollie O'Neill	24	4	23	4	1	0
		MF	George Okkas	5	0	1+4	0	0	0
		MF	Adrion Pajaziti	14	4	13	4	1	0
		FW	Mika Biereth	23	22	22	21	1	1
		FW	Kieron Bowie	21	15	18+3	15	0	0
		FW	Michael Olakigbe	16	4	8+7	4	0+1	0
		FW	Olly Sanderson	14	6	7+6	6	1	0
		FW	Jay Stansfield	11	6	10+1	6	0	0
		FW	Jaylan Wildbore	9	1	0+8	1	0+1	0
Players who left the club during 2020-21:
		GK	Mac Chisholm	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goalscorers

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

#	Pos.	Name	League	FA Youth Cup	Total
1	FW	Mika Biereth	21	1	22
2	FW	Kieron Bowie	15	0	15
3	MF	Luke Harris	8	0	8
4	FW	Olly Sanderson	6	0	6
	FW	Jay Stansfield	6	0	6
6	FW	Michael Olakigbe	4	0	4
	MF	Matt Dibley-Dias	4	0	4
	MF	Ollie O'Neill	4	0	4
	MF	Adrion Pajaziti	4	0	4
10	DF	Idris Odutayo	2	0	2
11	FW	Jaylan Wildbore	1	0	1
	DF	Kayden Harrack	1	0	1
	MF	Imani Lanquedoc	0	1	1
	DF	Stefan Parkes	1	0	1
	DF	Ibane Bowat	1	0	1
/	/	Own Goals	1	0	0
/	/	Total	79	2	81

Assists

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

#	Pos.	Name	League	FA Youth Cup	Total
1	FW	Mika Biereth	14	0	14
2	MF	Ollie O'Neill	9	1	10
3	FW	Michael Olakigbe	4	0	4
	MF	Luke Harris	4	0	4
5	DF	Luciano D'Auria-Henry	3	0	3
	MF	Adrion Pajaziti	3	0	3
	MF	Matt Dibley-Dias	3	0	3
8	MF	Imani Lanquedoc	2	0	2
	FW	Jay Stansfield	2	0	2
	DF	Idris Odutayo	2	0	2
11	FW	Olly Sanderson	1	0	1
	MF	Tyler Caton	1	0	1
	FW	Kieron Bowie	1	0	1
/	/	Total	49	1	50

Disciplinary record

Cards

#	Pos.	Name	League	FA Youth Cup	Total
1	MF	Adrion Pajaziti	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
2	FW	Mika Biereth	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	DF	Luciano D'Auria-Henry	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	MF	Luke Harris	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
5	MF	Matt Dibley-Dias	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	DF	Harvey Araujo	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	MF	Xavier Benjamin	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	DF	Stefan Parkes	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	DF	Jay Williams	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	MF	Ollie O'Neill	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	DF	Idris Odutayo	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
12	FW	Jaylan Wildbore	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	FW	Kieron Bowie	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	FW	Jay Stansfield	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	DF	Ibane Bowat	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total	30	0	0	1	0	0	31	0	0

Suspensions

Player	Date Received	Offence	Length of suspension