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McDavidUSA.com - Youth Contour Protective Cup Lite mcdavidusa.com |
The Football Association Youth Challenge Cup is an English football (soccer) competition run by The Football Association for under–18 sides. Only those players between the age of 15 and 18 on 31 August of the current season are eligible to take part. It is dominated by the youth sides of professional teams, mostly from the Premier League, but attracts over 400 entrants from throughout the country. At the end of the Second World War the FA had decided to organise a 'Youth Championship' for County Associations considering it the best way to stimulate the game among those youngsters not yet old enough to play senior football. The matches didn't attract large crowds but outstanding players were selected for Youth Internationals and thousands were given the chance to play in a national contest for the first time. In 1951 it was realised that a competition for clubs would probably have a wider appeal. The 'The FA Youth Challenge Cup' (season 1952-53) was restricted to the youth teams of clubs, both professional and amateur, who were members of the FA.[1] Manchester United have won the FA Youth Cup nine times, more than any other club. Arsenal won the 2009 FA Youth Cup Final beating Liverpool 6-2 on aggregate. The tournament has served as a springboard into the professional game for many top British players. The likes of George Best, Ryan Giggs, David Beckham, Gary Neville, Frank Lampard, Michael Owen, Jamie Carragher, Joe Cole, Wayne Rooney, Theo Walcott and Gareth Bale had all won the tournament or played in the final. The 1991-92 FA Youth Cup famously spawned the rise of Fergie's Fledglings.
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[edit] FA Cup and FA Youth Cup doubleOnly four clubs have ever achieved the FA Cup and FA Youth Cup 'double'. [edit] Attendance recordThe highest attendance at an FA Youth Cup match was 38,187 for the first leg of the Arsenal against Manchester United semi-final at the Emirates Stadium on March 14 2007 which Arsenal won 1–0.[2] [edit] International capped winners[edit] 2000s
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