FA Youth Cup heartbreak
Thursday, 17th Jan 2008 17:32

Leeds suffered an agonising defeat to Bristol City in the FA Youth cup last night, going out to a goal in the 94th. minute.

Wed 16 Jan 2008 Bristol City Yth v Leeds United Yth
F.A Youth Cup 4th Round
Ashton Gate, Bristol 7pm

1 MATT EDWARDS
2 LIAM DARVILLE
3 CHRIS FISHER
4 FABIAN DELPH
5 DUANE GRACE
6 ROSS WILKINSON
7 CHRIS OVINGTON
8 NATHAN CARTMAN
9 TOM ELLIOTT
10 OLIVER HOTCHKISS
11 JOSH FALKINGHAM
SUBS
12 SAM JEROME
13 NO SUB KEEPER
14JASON MYCOE
15 ANDREW MILNE
16 WILL HATFIELD
17 AIDEN WHITE

Leeds had the injured Matt Edwards in goal who had only played 15 mins of football since November,
with Chris Fisher taking the goal kicks for him.

5 mins Bristol have the first corner of the match, Edwards takes a comfortable catch in
6 yd box
6 Edwards makes a fine one handed save to push the ball away from goal, a Bristol forward
sidefoots the rebound wide, with the goal at his mercy
19 Edwards does well to tip a shot over the bar
24 Grace makes a well timed tackle to stop a Bristol run thro the middle
26 Hotchkiss corner into 6yd box, Elliott header saved
27 Hotchkiss piledriver from 25yds, shot well saved at foot of the post
33 Elliott shot wide from edge of the area
45+1 Cartman did well on the bye line to cross into the box, unfortunately
Ovington swung his left foot and missed the ball completely

ht 0-0

49 Ref made an error and failed to give a foul when Darville went down, Bristol
clear ball up into far corner of Leeds half
50 Bristol free kick, Bristol kick seems to elude several players in the box and creep in at the
back post to put Bristol 1-0 up
52 Hotchkiss shot just over
53 12 Jerome replaces 11 Falkingham
Leeds change formation with Jerome and Elliott up front
54 Darville does well to get across 6yd box and cut out a cross for a corner
57 Edwards does well to get a one handed save on a cross shot and palm the ball out,
Darville tidys up and clears
59 Cartman shot saved
60 Wilkinson does well to make a good recovery tackle and slide ball out for a corner
61 Delph shot, well saved by keeper
62 Delph shot just over bar
67 Hotchkiss shot, keeper managed to get fingertips to divert ball for a corner
75 Cartman booked for hefty challenge
78 Jerome somehow bundled the ball over the line to equalise,
ref and linesman both agree ball crossed the line before being hacked away.
80 Delph lucky to stay on the pitch after retaliating to a foul, yellow card for both players
81 Delph shot narrowly wide
83 Cartman snatched at a left footed shot, ball went wide
89 Fisher cut in from left and his shot well saved by keeper
90 Ovington was chopped down on a surging run thro the middle, no red card given
90+1 Hotchkiss free kick just over the bar
90+2 Cartman shot saved
90+3 Leeds corner, ball cleared
90+4 Bristol free kick from dugout area into the Leeds box, Edwards manages to get a fist to the ball
ball falls to a Bristol player who manages to sidefoot the ball through several players in a crowded box
to score a cruel winner

The 1st half wasn't the best Leeds have played, but we looked comfortable enough.
2nd half, especially the latter stages Leeds' superior fitness and strength showed.
A number of us felt that if we had gone into extra time we would have won this match
as Bristol had got very little left at 90 mins
but that's the cup for you

Leeds man of the match Duane Grace