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1st August 2011, 19:39
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Manchester United Premier Cup 2011
All eyes on the Premier Cup
The eagerly-anticipated Manchester United Premier Cup World Finals take place in Manchester this week with youngsters dreaming of a career in the game getting the chance to strut their stuff. The event takes place at Carrington on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday with the final itself staged at Old Trafford on Saturday. 20 Under-15 teams from across the globe are taking part and, with 18 years of history to the Premier Cup, they will be following in some famous footsteps including the likes of Barcelona trio Andres Iniesta, Alexis Sanchez and Lionel Messi plus United's da Silva twins. Boca Juniors, Chelsea, Valencia, PSV Eindhoven and Fenerbahce are just a handful of the prestigious clubs competing this year and we'll be covering the competition throughout on ManUtd.com. The matches are 20 minutes each-way with the format starting with four groups of five teams. United's provisional squad: Antoine-Clarke, Borthwick-Jackson, Daly, Fulwood, Harrison, Hart, McTominay, Naylor, O'Hara, Redmond, Riley, Rokka, Shields, Tuanzebe, Watson, Whiteman. link. |
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1st August 2011, 19:44
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Snatched up by Man U... at 11 years old
For most 11-year old boys, playing for Manchester United is a far-away fantasy. But for Axel Tuanzebe, from St John’s RC Primary School, it is a dream which is well within grasp. The gifted young sportsman has already been signed up by Manchester United, and shares his training ground with the most high-profile Man U celebrities. Having met all the players and been to various training camps, Axel is hoping to one day join his dream team as a full time career. Mayor of Rochdale, Councillor Keith Swift, last week awarded the him with the sports boy of the year award at a school ceremony. Speaking to Rochdale Online News about his dreams, Axel said: “I met all the players at different training camps. “I love football and I really want to stay playing for Manchester United until I am old enough to join the main team.” Chris Hickman, Sports Co-ordinator at St John’s RC Primary School said: “He is one talented lad. “I’ve been training him since he was in year three and he really has what it takes.” He added: “There is a contract from Man U every year, and the longer he stays in, the more chance he has at making it with the main team.” “I really think it could happen for him.” link. |
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1st August 2011, 19:47
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There's quite a few names from the Marveld squad Marveld 2011
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1st August 2011, 20:31
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1st August 2011, 22:19
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1st August 2011, 23:19
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1st August 2011, 23:20
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Location: 'Sometimes you look in a field and you see a cow and you think it's a better cow than the one you've got in your own field. It's a fact, right? And it never really works out that way. It’s probably the same cow and not as good as your own cow.'
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Maybe Davis will play against Ajax U13 on Wednesday then?
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1st August 2011, 23:22
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1st August 2011, 23:28
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Wonder if he's still at United...
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2nd August 2011, 09:17
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3rd August 2011, 13:22
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12:15 FT: Utd 0-0 Pachuca The Reds stood firm to withstand some late pressure and could even have nicked a winner themselves when Riley blasted into the side-netting. It was as entertaining a 0-0 draw as you're likely to see, and a vast improvement on this morning's earlier result. Coach Tommy Martin will be pleased with that. (NC)
12:13 The last two minutes has been non-stop Pachuca pressure. Reds goalkeeper O'Hara made a fabulous stop from a close-range header (I'm not sure how much he knew about it but his positioning was spot-on) and then another great reflex stop. Left-back Hart also played his part in helping to keep the score at 0-0. (NC) 12:10 It's still goalless here, although United are now on top and have gone close through both Antoine-Clarke and Riley. Five minutes to play... (NC) 11:56 Pachuca's no.88 has just missed an absolute sitter. Honestly, it was right on the line and he scuffed it back across goal. You have to say, that's a massive lifeline for United. (NC) 11:50 HT: Utd 0-0 Pac No goals in this contest yet, although United came close via Whiteman in the final minute of the first half. The Reds can certainly win this - they look good on the break - but will have to keep concentrating at the back. (NC) 11:44 Bizarrely, Pachuca don't seem to be fielding anybody with a squad number lower than about 80. In my immediate vicinity right now are numbers 81, 93, 98 and 101. Very odd. (NC) 11:37 So far, so good: it's 0-0 after seven minutes and both United and Pachuca have had chances. This looks like it may be a more even contest. (NC) |
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4th August 2011, 18:16
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It's far too early to judge. They had a disappointing Marveld also but as with anything you take a long term view.
The Barmby, Blackett etc team had a disappointing Premier Cup as well but some very good players are emerging from that team. |
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4th August 2011, 18:51
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Also, scandi/nothern people tend to physically develop later than their southern counterparts which distorts the results somewhat.
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4th August 2011, 20:40
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Incidentally, only one English club has won it, any guesses who? |
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4th August 2011, 20:45
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4th August 2011, 21:16
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I just saw it.......yep it`s Man City.
But clubs from Spain and Brazil have a great record in this tournament. 2008-2009 : Tournament History : About MUPC : Manchester United Premier Cup 2011 |
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4th August 2011, 21:24
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4th August 2011, 21:49
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1) United concentrate on skill rather than physical strength in early years - so we are usually outmuscled at young age 2) We start signing players at the age of 16 - so quite a few of our keyplayers in the FA Youth Cup of course didn't play in Marveld (Pogba, Cofie I believe, van Velzen, McGinty, Fornasier to name some) |
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8th August 2011, 22:21
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Kershaw said that at this age strength and size makes a difference. United were very small, boys really. Chelsea who did well had about 6 six footers. Pachuca aren't tall but are strong.
United have very good technical players but some haven't grown yet. |
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9th August 2011, 11:19
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9th August 2011, 16:33
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9th August 2011, 17:56
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Another thing Kershaw said is that it's not really about producing a 'team' it's about the individuals that might make a first team player.
He referred to the Leeds game in the FA Youth Cup where they beat us and but as he said they didn't really have any 'special' players, whereas Scholes, Beckham, Butt, Neville etc all came out of that United youth side to go on to great careers, whereas Tinkler, Whelan, Sharp (who did suffer from injuries) didn't really make much impression at the top level. He also said that at 14 you have maybe the biggest differential between size then any other age group. We should campaign to get Kershaw on Twitter, he's very engaging and knowledgeable. |
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15th August 2011, 15:19
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Very little shown from United in the program on MUTV. Just about only the goals and nothing from the 2 last games.
From what I have seen from the program and manutd.com + pics on net. This is the squad and who played: 1. Kieran O'Hara 2. Shaquille Antoine-Clarke 3. Sam Hart 4. Elliot Rokka 5. Cameron Borthwick-Jackson 6. Edward-Paul Fulwood 7. Joe Riley 8. Devonte Redmond 9. Ryan Shields 10. Alex Naylor 11. Ben Whiteman 12. Scotty McTominay 13. Kieran Harrison Luke Daly 15. Elliot Watson Axel Tuanzebe Fenerbache 1-6. O´Hara Antoine-Clarke, Borthwick-Jackson, Fulwood, Hart Riley, Rokka, Redmond, Whiteman Shields, Naylor. Whiteman scored a well taken penalty. He had some nice passes and is also a tall winger, so he looked promising. |
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15th August 2011, 15:22
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Game 2 (Pachuca) 0-0:
Same team. Only team not to loose against the winners was United in this game. Game 3 (Hannover 96) 2-0: Same team, although I didn´t see number 6. Redmond and Shields scored. Naylor passed to Shields unselfishly for the goal. |
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15th August 2011, 15:38
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Game 4. (Bangkok Christian Collage) 0-2:
Same team Game 5. () 0-2: O´Hara (Harrison) Antoine-Clarke, , ,Watson Riley, Rokka, McTominay, Whiteman Shields, ?. Game 6 (FC Metz) 1-2 Harrison Riley, Shields. Riley scored the goal and United ended in 12th place. |
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15th August 2011, 15:41
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Really hard to say who played best on that program on MUTV. The video was so sketchy that there is no way one can say about how well individuals did. But it seemed that the players were promising but the coach told that haven´t got much tournament experience. But I heard Antoine-Clarke and Watson did very well.
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