Who is Going to Win Football Icon?

By The Kid
December 5 2005

The Academy secured a second win the the trot on Saturday morning away at Crystal Palace with Shaun Cummings netting his third goal of the season.

Academy coach, Brendan Rodgers was full of praise for the youngsters. He said "We had good possession in the first-half, and in the second-half produced seven shots on target. We were unfortunate not to get more than one goal."

Rodgers continued "I was very pleased with the performance. Again, another team has failed to get a shot on target against us."

"There was a terrific sequence of passes which eventually led to Liam Bridcutt playing Scott Sinclair in wide on the left, and he supplied an excellent cross which Shaun Cummings finished well inside the box." It was his third goal of the season.

"We were there at the same time last year just before the Youth Cup and lost 3-2. This year we never gave them a kick of the ball. I thought we passed them off the pitch."

Team: Hamann; Hutchinson, Worley, Cork (c), Bertrand; Fernandes (F Ferreira), Bridcutt, Furman; Cummings, Watkins, Sinclair.

Next Saturday the boys are at home to Charlton Athletic and then a week today they travel to Norwich for a FA Youth cup-tie. I wonder if the Football Icon winner will play a part in the game.

In case you didn't already know one of the Icon finalists, Mark Gradosielski, has featured in an Academy game when he was a last minute substitute at Coventry City, earlier this season. The game ended in a 1-1 draw.