Away tickets are available for Manchester United’s FA Youth Cup semi-final at Aston Villa on Monday 31 March (19:00 BST). Find the key information and more in our regular Academy Briefing below…
FA YOUTH CUP TICKETS AVAILABLE
Manchester United’s FA Youth Cup semi-final at Aston Villa will be played at Villa Park on Monday 31 March (19:00 BST).
Tickets are being managed by the home club. They will cost £5 and are on sale now. Away supporters are encouraged to buy tickets in blocks B3 and B2 to allow our fans to congregate.
The support of travelling United fans in the quarter-final at Arsenal was greatly appreciated by all players and staff involved.
WATCH U21s LIVE AT LEEDS
Our Under-21s are taking on Leeds United this Friday, at the Yorkshire club's Thorp Arch Training Ground. You can watch Travis Binnion’s side in action live on MUTV, with coverage beginning five minutes before the 13:00 GMT kick-off.
LEARNING WHAT IT TAKES ON LOAN
“Our club, in a wonderful way, distorts the perception of what a journey to the first team looks like,”
says Nick Cox, director of Manchester United’s Academy, in a recent feature with our Inside United magazine.
Read it in full here, to understand how loans work for young Reds.
INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE
Congratulations to midfielder Jack Moorhouse on making his debut for Republic of Ireland Under-21s side and to Chido Obi on his first appearance for Denmark at the same level. They are two of several young United players enjoying great international experiences across Europe over the last week.
Striker Ethan Wheatley, currently on loan at Walsall, netted a fine goal for England’s Under-19s, who were up against a Wales side spearheaded by fellow Red Gabriele Biancheri.
Also for the Three Lions, Toby Collyer and Elyh Harrison started for the Under-20s in a 2-2 draw against Switzerland, while Collyer was a second-half substitute in a draw against France. Jack Fletcher and Harry Amass featured in Under-18s draws against Czech Republic and France, before Amass contributed an assist, as captain, in a 1-0 win over Portugal on Tuesday.
Three youngsters — Dan Armer, Tyler Fletcher and James Overy — started together for Scotland Under-19s in a 1-1 draw with Sweden.
Samuel Lusale was a second-half sub for Slovakia Under-19s against both Montenegro and Georgia.
NON-LEAGUE LEARNING FOR GOALKEEPERS
On Non-League Day, we looked at our long history of loaning players into non-league football, particularly goalkeepers.
Read more here, with insight from Tommy Lee, Academy goalkeeping coach.
MUTV INFO AT A GLANCE
Friday 28 March | Leeds v UNITED U21s | 13:00 | Live on MUTV