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Season 2000 - 2001

Liverpool - West Ham United 0- 2

Wednesday 30 August 2000 U 17s FA Premier Academy Group A


"Liverpool"	0 - 2	"West Ham United"
	(0-0)

GOAL


Team: 1. . Subs: .		Team: Subs:

SUBSTITUTIONS
Massie (Gillespie ?)

OFFICIALS & BOOKINGS
Referee:
Booked:		Booked:
VENUE		U 17s COACHS
Kirkby (capacity ) Attendance:		Hughie McAuley (Liverpool) (West Ham U)

Millwall - Liverpool 1- 3

Saturday 2 September 2000 U 17s FA Premier Academy Group A


"Millwall"	1 - 3	"Liverpool"
	( -3)

GOAL
		Whitbread 11, Murray 21, Nicholas

Team: Subs:		Team: 1. Andrew Marsh, David Chambers, Andy Nicholas, Chris McGrath, Stephen McNulty, Ian Dawes, Mark Thomas, John Welsh, Stephen Gillespie, Matty Murray, Zak Whitbread. Subs: Paul Harrison, Chris Butler, Andy Wright, Jason Massie, Adam Flynn.

SUBSTITUTIONS
		Murray (Massie ?)

OFFICIALS & BOOKINGS
Referee:
Booked:		Booked:
VENUE		U 17s COACHS
(capacity ) Attendance:		(Millwall) Dave Shannon (Liverpool)

Notes:

- Chris McGrath makes his LFC U 17s debut.

Sunderland - Liverpool 2- 1

Saturday 9 September 2000 U 17s FA Premier Academy Group A


"Sunderland"	2 - 1	"Liverpool"
	(1-1)

GOAL
? 44		Peers 8

Team: Subs:		Team: 1. Andrew Marsh, David Chambers, Andy Nicholas, Stephen McNulty, David Raven, Mark Peers, Ian Dawes, Andy Wright, Zak Whitbread, Mark Thomas, Mark Smyth. Subs: Paul Harrison, Stephen Vaughan, Jason Massie, Stephen Gillespie, Matty Murray.

SUBSTITUTIONS
		Thomas (Gillespie ?), Smyth (Murray ?)

OFFICIALS & BOOKINGS
Referee:
Booked:		Booked:
VENUE		U 17s COACHS
(capacity ) Attendance:		(Sunderland) Dave Shannon (Liverpool)

Liverpool - Newcastle United 2- 4

Saturday 16 September 2000 U 17s FA Premier Academy Group A


"Liverpool"	2 - 4	"Newcastle United"
	(1-2)

GOAL
Noel, 25 Gillespie

Team: 1. Paul Harrison, David Chambers, Chris Butler, David Raven, Stephen McNulty, Ian Dawes, Mark Peers, Andy Wright, Mark Thomas, Leon Noel, Zak Whitbread. Subs: Andrew Marsh, Stephen Vaughan, Jason Massie, Stephen Gillespie, Mark Smyth.		Team: Subs:

SUBSTITUTIONS
Thomas (Gillespie ?), Noel (Smyth ?)

OFFICIALS & BOOKINGS
Referee:
Booked:		Booked:
VENUE		U 17s COACHS
Kirkby (capacity ) Attendance:		Hughie McAuley (Liverpool) Alan Irvine (Newcastle U)

Birmingham City Reserves 2 - 1 Liverpool Reserves

L10

Manchester United - Liverpool 4- 0

Saturday 11 November 2000 U 17s FA Premier Academy Group A


"Manchester United"	4 - 0	"Liverpool"
	(2-0)

GOAL


Team: Subs:		Team: 1. Andrew Marsh, Stephen Vaughan, Chris McGrath, Zak Whitbread, Andy Nicholas, Mark Peers, Ian Dawes, Stephen Gillespie, Mark Smyth, Leon Noel, Jason Massie. Subs: Paul Harrison, Mark Thomas, Andy Wright, Matty Murray, David Mannix.

SUBSTITUTIONS
		Whitbread (Wright ?), Noel (Murray ?), Massie (Mannix ?)

OFFICIALS & BOOKINGS
Referee:
Booked:		Booked:
VENUE		U 17s COACHS
(capacity ) Attendance:		(Manchester U) Dave Shannon (Liverpool)

Liverpool - Bolton Wanderers 3- 2

Saturday 18 November 2000 U 17s FA Premier Academy Group A


"Liverpool"	3 - 2	"Bolton Wanderers"
	( -0)

GOAL
Peers, Noel, Gillespie 90

Team: 1. Paul Harrison, Stephen Vaughan, David Chambers, Zak Whitbread, Andy Nicholas, Mark Peers, Ian Dawes, Andy Wright, Mark Thomas, Leon Noel, Stephen Gillespie. Subs: Andrew Marsh, Matty Murray, Darren Potter, David Mannix, Mark Smyth.		Team: Subs:

SUBSTITUTIONS
Dawes (Potter ?), Wright (Mannix ?), Thomas (Smyth ?)

OFFICIALS & BOOKINGS
Referee:
Booked:		Booked:
VENUE		U 17s COACHS
Kirkby (capacity ) Attendance:		Hughie McAuley (Liverpool) (Bolton W)

Liverpool Under 17s 3 - 0 Wolverhampton Wanderers Under 17s

Saturday 2 December 2000 U 17s FA Premier Academy Group A


Liverpool U 17s		Wolverhampton Wanderers U 17s
3 - 0 ( -0)

GOAL
Whitbread, Massie, Peers

	1 - - - - - - - - - - Subs: 13 - - - -		1 - - - - - - - - - - Subs: 13 - - - -

SUBSTITUTIONS


OFFICIALS & BOOKINGS
Referee:
Booked:		Booked:
VENUE		U 17s COACHS
The Academy, Kirkby (capacity ) Attendance:		Dave Shannon (Liverpool U 17s) (Wolves U 17s)

Notes:

- Start line Liverpool U 17s and match details not full. Now I know what in this match Liverpool U 17s used next players: Zak Whitbread, Mark Peers, Jason Massie.

- Start line Liverpool U 17s written on Official single sheet:

- 1. Paul Harrison, 2. David Chambers, 3. Andy Nicholas, 4. Zak Whitbread, 5. Stephen McNulty, 6. Andy Wright, 7. Mark Peers, 8. Ian Dawes, 9. Leon Noel, 10. Jason Massie, 11. Mark Thomas.

Subs: 13. Steven Gorton, 12. Matty Murray, 14. Chris McGrath, 15. Adam Flynn, 16. Stephen Vaughan.

- Start line Wolves U 17s written on Official single sheet:

- 1. Steven Nicholson, 2. Nick Clark, 3. Steve Bamphield, 4. Chris Slater, 5. Mark McCrystal, 6. Marion Walters, 7. Ian McGrane, 8. Garry Gungam, 9. Jimmi Lee Jones, 10. Andrew Massey, 11. Paul Carvill.

Subs: 13. Scott Brown, 12. Lewis Gobern, 14. Ashley Vincent, 15. Lee Wherton, 16. Ryan Mahon.

L20

Liverpool Under 17s 2 - 0 Crewe Alexandra Under 17s

Saturday 24 February 2001 U 17s FA Premier Academy Group A


Liverpool U 17s		Crewe Alexandra U 17s
2 - 0 (1-0)

GOAL
Smyth

	1 Andrew Marsh - Andy Wright - David Chambers - Zak Whitbread - Andy Nicholas - Mark Peers - Darren Potter - Ian Dawes - Mark Thomas - Mark Smyth - Leon Noel Subs: 13 - Chris Butler - - Matty Murray -		1 - - - - - - - - - - Subs: 13 - - - -

SUBSTITUTIONS
Whitbread (Butler ?) Thomas (Murray ?)

OFFICIALS & BOOKINGS
Referee:
Booked:		Booked:
VENUE		U 17s COACHS
The Academy, Kirkby (capacity ) Attendance:		Dave Shannon (Liverpool U 17s) (Crewe A U 17s)

.Liverpool u17 2 Crewe u17 0

Scorer(s) - Zak Whitbread, Mark Smyth
Half Time - 1-0
Venue - The Academy
Date - Sat 24 Feb 2001
Star Man - Zak Whitbread / Ian Dawes

This was the first opportunity I've had to watch the under 17's this season, and I'm glad to say I was very impressed. After three months of watching the under 19's draw and lose at the Academy, it was nice to finally see a win.</b>

It finished two nil, but that doesn't tell the story of this game, as the young reds hit the woodwork three times and the Crewe keeper pulled off a couple of stunning saves to keep the score down. The reds defence was particularly strong, with Zak Whitbread and Andy Nicholas outstanding, although the other two lads at the back, David Chambers and Andy Wright also had good games as well.

Crewe rarely threatened, but when they did they were unable to find a way past impressive goalkeeper Andy Marsh, who caught every cross and twice saved bravely at the feet of onrushing strikers. He looked an assured figure and I'm looking forward to watching him again.

Right from the start the reds took control, with the bustling Leon Noel and darting Mark Smyth causing the visitors defence numerous problems. All too often though the final ball into the box failed to match the quality of the approach play.

One exception to that though came when Mark Peers skinned his marker down the right wing and set off on a run to the byline. He whipped over a wonderful ball which was met by the head of Smyth, who did exceptionally well to climb and control a header back across the goal, only to see it hit the far post.

Peers should have scored himself a few minutes later when he played a superb one-two with Leon Noel before shooting wide from about eight yards out. It was a bad miss, but a wonderful move. Peers was fairly quiet in this game, but when he did have the ball you could see the quality he possesses. He's been sensational in the youth cup games this season, and should he ever make it through to the first team he'll become a real crowdpleaser due to his direct style and close control.

The reds were totally dominant, with the stocky figure of Ian Dawes - ably assisted by the elegant Darren Potter- running the midfield. Dawes - known to his colleagues as 'George' - was snapping into tackles, spraying the ball about effectively and getting forward to good effect. He's an all action type of player, and although I'd heard a bit about him this was my first look at him. I was impressed.

A goal simply had to come, as it was constant pressure on the Crewe goal. A succession of Peers corners and Andy Nicholas long throws gave the reds the chance to send Whitbread forward, and eventually he came up trumps, striking home a low shot after the ball dropped to him in the box. That was his seventh of the season, not bad for a centre half!

The goal was the least the reds deserved, and Crewe will have been mightily relieved to be only one down at half time. The second half was more of the same, with the reds dominating possession and playing some fine football. Dawes was proving to be very influential, and was linking up well with the exciting Peers. One delightful interchange between the two sent Dawes racing through the middle, and he was desperately unlucky to see his powerfully struck shot from twenty five yards hit the foot of the post.

'George' was fairly prolific from midfield last season, but the goals seemed to have dried up this time around. On this evidence it's hard to see why, as he strikes a ball very well and likes to get forward. Anyway, a short while later he was forced off the field through injury, and was replaced by Carl Clampitt.

Whitbread also had to leave the field after being struck in the face by the ball. He seemed to be suffering from double vision and was replaced by Chris Butler, which meant skipper Nicholas switching from left back to the centre. Nicholas is a dead ringer for Sami Hyypia. He's the same build, and has the same loping running style. His feet are bloody massive though, and even puts Steve Nicol to shame!

But despite losing their two most impressive performers through injury, the reds were untroubled. They were two up by then anyway, as Smyth, who had seen another effort strike the woodwork early in the second half, finally got the goal his performance had merited.

He'd been switched to the left wing following the introduction of Matty Murray for Mark Thomas, but he picked up the ball from a throw in and ran unchallenged into the box before emphatically beating the keeper with a high shot. Earlier, the Crewe keeper had denied Smyth with a stunning close range save, but this time the young reds striker would not be denied.

Potter was outstanding in the second half, and showed some lovely touches on the ball. He looks a good player, and with the exceptional David Mannix (who along with David Raven and Stephen Vaughan missed this game due to being with England under 15's) also vying for a place in the centre of midfield, the reds are well stocked in this position.

Dave Shannon could even afford the luxury of leaving top scorer Jason Massie on the bench. The strikers worked very hard, particularly the tireless Noel. He's not the most naturally gifted player in the world, and sometimes he holds on to the ball too long, but his contribution to this game was valuable. He's a game lad who'll run all day and work hard for the team, and he was a good foil for the livewire Smyth.

TEAM: Andy Marsh; Andy Wright, David Chambers, Zak Whitbread (Chris Butler), Andy Nicholas; Mark Peers, Darren Potter, Ian Dawes (Carl Clampitt) Mark Thomas (Matty Murray); Mark Smyth, Leon Noel:

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Liverpool Under 17s 1 - 1 Middlesbrough Under 17s

Saturday 10 March 2001 U 17s FA Premier Academy Group A


Liverpool U 17s		Middlesbrough U 17s
1 - 1 (1-0)

GOAL
Smyth		?

	1 Andrew Marsh - Andy Wright - David Chambers - Zak Whitbread - Andy Nicholas - Mark Peers - David Mannix - Ian Dawes - Mark Thomas - Mark Smyth - Matty Murray Subs: 13 - Jason Massie - Leon Noel - -		1 - - - - - - - - - - Subs: 13 - - - -

SUBSTITUTIONS
Thomas (Massie ?) Smyth (Murray ?)

OFFICIALS & BOOKINGS
Referee:
Booked:		Booked:
VENUE		U 17s COACHS
The Academy, Kirkby (capacity ) Attendance:		Dave Shannon (Liverpool U 17s) (Middlesbrough U 17s)

Liverpool u17 1 Middlesboro 1

Scorer(s) - Mark Smyth
Half Time - 1-0
Venue - The Academy
Date - Sat 10 Mar 2001
Star Man - Andy Marsh

A late equaliser denied Dave Shannon's lads all three points in an even contest against the Teessiders. The visitors were well worth a draw as they dominated the last twenty minutes and really piled on the pressure. In fact, had it not been for a string of fine saves by reds keeper Andy Marsh, Boro may have came away with all three points.</b>

The young reds had been very impressive when I had seen them beat Crewe a few weeks ago, but they weren't as good today. The first half was pretty scrappy, although the reds did put together a few excellent moves, and were just about good value for their half time lead, given to them with a fine goal from livewire striker Mark Smyth.

Smyth latched onto strike partner Leon Noel's pass and fired home a left foot shot into the bottom corner. It was a good finish, although I don't think the Boro keeper will be too pleased with it. Boro had some half chances of their own, mainly through the good work of their left winger who was giving reds right back Andy Wright a particularly hard time.

All of their attacks were coming down that side, but despite finding themselves in some promising situations, the attacks all came to nothing, either due to a poor final ball or a last ditch tackle by a reds defender. As a result, reds keeper Marsh didn't really have much to trouble him in the first half. Not that his Boro counterpart was particularly over-worked either, as the reds appeared to lack a cutting edge.

The midfield duo of Dawes and Mannix were competitive enough, but weren't getting their foot on the ball and dictating the play enough, whilst dangerman Mark Peers was starved of possession out on the wing. Other than Smyth's goal, the only other occasions the reds threatened was through an Andy Nicholas shot from distance that went just wide, and when Peers played a good one two on the edge of the box before shooting tamely straight at the keeper.

Smyth almost doubled the lead when he latched onto an underhit backpass, but the keeper closed him down well and managed to block his shot. The first half was littered with stoppages though, as the Boro physio was on the field on at least three seperate occasions. This didn't help the flow of the game.

So it was one nil at the break, and the second half started in much the same manner that the first ended. The reds were on top, but only just. Ian Dawes was a lot more influential in the second half, and had it not been for the string of fine saves by Andy Marsh, Dawes would have been the reds' star man. Dawes was involved in every reds attack, and was unlucky to see one stunning long range effort go just over the bar. Alongside him, the classy David Mannix showed that as well as being an excellent passer, he can put his foot in too, and they linked up pretty well in the second half.

As the half wore on though, Boro really came into the game. Marsh had to pull off three outstanding saves from one on one situations, as the visitors carved gaping holes the reds rearguard. To be fair to Boro, some of their football was excellent, although they were often guilty of trying to walk the ball into the net at times.

A goal was looking likely, and it was no surprise when it came with about ten minutes to go. Marsh had no chance, as he was unsighted, and ultimately wrongfooted by a shot from the edge of the box that found it's way into the corner.

The reds had brought on top scorer Jason Massie in place of the ineffective Mark Thomas, but Massie didn't see much of the ball as Boro dominated the final twenty minutes. Smyth was also replaced by Matty Murray, but he too didn't have much chance to shine, although he did show some nice touches in the short time he was on.

Overall, it wasn't a great performance. I thought Chambers was the reds best defender, whilst Dawes and Smyth performed well. Mannix looks a good prospect, and sprayed the ball about well on occasion, but too many players were below par today.

TEAM: Andy Marsh; Andy Wright, David Chambers, Zak Whitbread, Andy Nicholas; Mark Peers, David Mannix, Ian Dawes, Mark Thomas (Jason Massie); Mark Smyth (Matty Murray), Leon Noel:

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