U18s Face Cheltenham

Young U's in Youth Alliance Action

3 November 2023

Oxford United U18s host Cheltenham Town U18s on Saturday in the EFL Youth Alliance.

Kick off is at 11AM at the Bangkok Glass Training Centre.

United and Cheltenham currently have equal records in the South West Division, both sitting on eight points after seven games.

The U's go into the game off the back of a confident 3-0 victory over Bridgwater United in the First Round of the FA Youth Cup in midweek.

Coach Chris Hackett said

"The boys did really well in the Youth Cup and showed a professional and disciplined performance.

"They now need to take that confidence and togetherness into the league and continue to build as a group.

"Cheltenham will pose threats and have had a similar start to us so it's important that we give a good account of ourselves and start strong.

Match Reports

U18s Lose To Cheltenham

Young U’s Suffer Loss

6 November 2023

Oxford United U18s lost 2-1 at home to Cheltenham Town U18s in the EFL Youth Alliance League on Saturday afternoon.

Leo Snowden scored the U’s only goal of the game, but it wasn’t enough to get anything from the fixture.

Coach Chris Hackett said

“It was a disappointing result after a good performance in the Youth Cup in midweek. We went two goals down and it gave us a bit of a mountain to climb to get something from the game.

“Leo did well to get on the scoresheet coming off the bench but now we have to go again and refocus ahead of Newport on Saturday who have had a similar start to the campaign as us.

LINEUP: Marriott, Maxwell, McIntyre, Smith, Lacey, Bradney, Burton, Brenan, Cooper, Fowler, Griffiths

SUBS: Mole, Patel, Snowden, Doyle, Holton

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