K-Oed from Youth Cup

Oh well it was United 1 -2 Carlisle United in the FA Youth Cup tonight. Played in Northwich, a suburb of Manchester I've never visited. So I won't be seeing any later rounds played at Old Trafford this year.

I always take an interest in the FA Youth Cup. Possibly because it was the first game I went to as a very wee lad from Stretford. All I can remember is that it was dark, noisy, and standing both bewildered and fascinated amongst big adult people in the Main Stand. A year later I left my dad behind and came with my mates for a daylight Saturday match...

Fortunately for the future of football as a major spectator sport, parents still take their kids to accessible, low-priced matches and another generation of support is born.....