Andy Barcham News Today

A ten-man Town U18 side lost 3-2 at Spurs on Saturday lunchtime. The Blues were ahead on two occasions but the home side netted twice in a last five minutes during which Irish midfielder Owen Garvan was sent off.

Towns reserves were defeated 2-0 at Portman Road on Monday night by a classy Tottenham second string. Goals from Lee Barnard and Kieran McKenna ensured that the visitors left with all three points.

Towns U18s take on the Tottenham at White Hart Lane tonight in the second leg of the FA Youth Cup semi-final (KO 7pm). The Blues are 2-0 up from last Fridays first leg and must be confident that they can progress to the two-legged live-on-Sky final.

Goals from Liam Trotter and Aidan Collins took Town into their first FA Youth Cup final for 30 years. The Blues, two-up from the first leg, went behind on the night when Simon Dawkins netted in the 63rd minute but hit back immediately though Trotter, Collins sealing the 4-1 aggregate win late on.

Towns U18s will take on Tottenham Hotspur in the semi-finals of the FA Youth Cup. Spurs beat Watford 2-0 at Vicarage Road on Thursday night to set-up the two-legged tie, Charlie Daniels and Andy Barcham scoring the goals