Brighton & Hove Albion v Spurs Reserves & Youth Match Reports

A second minute goal gave Tottenham an early advantage as George Feeney put a square pass into the path of Luca Williams-Barnett, who took a touch and slid the ball past keeper Alfie Mansell with his left foot.  Brighton looked to get level, but Sam Archer pulled off a superb finger-tip save to put Zac Brennan’s drive over the bar and that allowed Tottenham to take a 2-0 lead from Tynan Thompson, who converted Williams-Barnett’s corner with a shot low into the net in the eighth minute.

The home team reduced the deficit when Zebedee Lawson found the net from a narrow angle after 10 minutes.  Mansell produced a fine save to prevent Jun’ai Byfield’s shot finding the top corner, although Spurs could not be stopped and following a flowing move halfway through the first half, with Thompson and Williams-Barnett confounding the Brighton players with back-heels, Luca then played a one-two with Reiss Elliott-Parris before showing quick footwork to leave the keeper grabbing at thin air as the ball ended up in the net to give Tottenham a 3-1 lead.

Jacob Parsons pulled a goal back when he converted Brennan’s cross and then the provider came close to an equaliser when he hit the post when faced with an open goal, before Parsons had a goal ruled out just before the interval as he was offside.  Brighton continued their attack on the Tottenham goal in the second half, with Lawson finding the woodwork with an effort, but six minutes after the restart, Luca Williams-Barnett completed his hat-trick when Elliott-Parris’ pass allowed him to hit his shot inside the far post.

Just three minutes later, the Seagulls pulled another goal back from a scramble that ended with Parson’s shot deflected by Tye Hall onto the post and the linesman judged it had crossed the goal-line.  It was only a brief respite as Spurs went forward, with Williams-Barnett shooting wide and then Reiss Elliott-Parris received the ball after Jun’ai Byfield’s won a tackle on the halfway line and sent the ball soaring over Mansell in the Brighton goal to make it 5-3 on 65 minutes.

The stunning goal allowed Spurs to see out the game in the Brighton half, bringing on new signings Dan Batty and Luca Furnell-Gill for their debuts as Elliott-Parris and Tynan Thompson went close to increasing the winning margin.

Teams :
Brighton : –   Alfie Mansell, Matthew Haydenm Corbin Mthunzi, Theo Outen, Tate Ferdinand, Zach Brennan (Billy-Ray Cullinane 76), Zebedee Lawson, Ronnie Gorman (Younes Ibrahim 61), Jesse Middleton (Cristiano Anah 73), Henry Kasvosve, Jacob Parsons (Isaiah Alakiu 76).
Unused subs. : –  Liam Doyle
Manager : –  Gary Dicker
Spurs :-  Samuel Archer (c), Elijah Upson (Luca Furnell-Gill 76), Harry Byrne, Jun’ai Byfield, Tye Hall, Jamel Beggs (Dan Batty 57), Miracle Adewole, George Feeney (Ronny Moncur 57), Reiss Elliott-Parris (Jamel Bangura 86), Luca Williams-Barnett (Dexter Oliver 76), Tynan Thompson
Manager : –  Stuart Lewis
Attendance : –  .

Tottenham had the first opportunity of the game when Ellis Lehane struck an angled drive at goal, but Brighton were more clinical when they had a chance in the 24th minute.  A move down the right wing saw Lane put in a low cross that gave Oriola a tap-in at the far post.

Spurs hit back with Ronny Moncur slipped in by Luca Williams-Barnett’s cute pass but Alfie Mansell was quick out to him and made sure he wasn’t beaten by the Tottenham midfielder.  A replay of the Seagulls first goal was denied when Sam Archer made ground to the far post to block Nti’s shot at the far post. 

Almost straight from the kick-off of the second half, Tottenham levelled with Herbie James holding off a challenge and firing home a shot off the underside of the bar from outside the box. 

Both teams tried long-range efforts, with Brighton’s Nti hitting one that was blocked by the bodies in the box and Williams-Barnett’s effort was blocked by Mackley in the Brighton penalty area.  There was eight minutes left on the clock when Miracle Adewole put in a fantastic cross and Luca Williams-Barnett made a clever run to meet it with his head to put Tottenham ahead.

Brighton’s response was a downward header from Nti that Archer held well, but an 86th minute equaliser came for the visitors as substitute Middleton put the ball across for Nti to find the bottom corner with his shot.

The final minutes saw both sides go close to a winner, with Williams-Barnett grazing the crossbar with a shot that went over and then Lane squeezed through a couple of challenges but he couldn’t beat Archer, who was quickly out to block the Brighton man to ensure the spoils were shared. 

Teams :
Spurs :-  Samuel Archer (c), Miracle Adewole, Calum Logan, Jun’ai Byfield, Malachi Hardy, Jamel Beggs, Ronny Moncur (Tynan Thompson 56), George Feeney  , Ellis Lehane   , Luca Williams-Barnett, Herbie James  (Reiss Elliott-Parris 87).
Unused subs : –  Charlie Warren, Dante Orr, Harry Byrne
Manager : –  Stuart Lewis
Brighton : –  Alfie Mansell, Matthew Hayden, Tate Ferdinand (Theo Outen 64), Corbin Mthunzi, Callum Mackley, Layth Gulzar (Jesse Middleton 69), Shane Nti, Aidan West, Darius Lane, Nehemiah Oriola (Billy-Ray Cullinane 78), Joe Belmont    (Ronnie Gorman 64).
Unused subs. : –  Isaiah Alakiu
Manager : –
Attendance : –  .

The visitors had a couple of openings in the first half as the two teams cancelled each other out for the majority of the first 45 minutes.  Remeiro Moulton put in a quick cross across the face of goal with no team-mate on the end of it and the same player missed the target from just inside the box.

With six minutes of the second half gone, Brighton appealed for a penalty when Archie Chaplin challenged Fuller in the penalty area, but there was no award from the referee and the game progressed as it had done previously until the 79th minute.  Substitute Tyrese Hall supplied the assist for Oliver Irow to find the net from the left of the goal ten yards out. 

The goal seemed to knock the stuffing out of Brighton and Spurs grew from that point.  We had to wait until two minutes from time for the second goal, with Thomas Bloxham coming off the bench to claim a goal that deflected off Gulzar to loop over the keeper and into the goal after he got on the end of an Max Moore right wing cross.  Things got better for Tottenham in the 90th minute, when the high press caused the ball to be turned over by Brighton and Max Moore ran past four defenders to finish with a left-footed shot across the keeper, who got a hand to it but couldn’t keep to out to wrap up a 3-0 win.

Teams :
Spurs :-  Luca Gunter (c), Max McKnight, Jaziah Linton (Maeson King 76), Archie Chaplin, Will Andiyapan, George Abbott  , Riley Owen (Thomas Bloxham 74), Han Willhoft-King  (Tyrese Hall 46), Oliver Irow, Callum Olusesi (Brandon Bryan-Waugh 60), Max Moore (James Rowswell 90+1)
Manager : –  Stuart Lewis
Brighton : –  Tommy Reid, Ruairi McConville (Harry Lee 62), Charlie Penman, Kain Ryan  56 (Shane Nti 89), Harry Mills, Layth Gulzar, Bailey Smith, Zane Albarus (Yussif Owusu 62), Jaydon Fuller (Ronnie Gorman 79), Joe Knight  82, Remeiro Moulton.
Unused subs. : – Hugo Fisher
Manager : –  Gary Dicker
Attendance : –  .

A scramble following Maxwell McKnight’s shot that came back off the bar failed to bring Spurs a goal that would have been just reward for their dominant opening.  What followed from the resulting corner was a clearance off the line by Hinshelwood and Jaden Williams fired in a shot that keeper Fynn Talley did well to stop.  Renaldo Torraj shot Spurs ahead with a dart in from the left wing to hit the top right-hand corner to make it 1-0 with 36 minutes on the clock.  In added time at the end of the first half, Hinshelwood volleyed over the bar and Luca Gunter did well to push aside a shot that gained pace off the turf.

The second half started with Brighton attacking, but again Hinshelwood was off target, this time with a header, but Spurs went further ahead when Jamie Donley sent Kyerematen through to lift the ball out of the keeper’s reach to give Spurs a 2-0 lead in the 52nd minute.  Brighton came back at Spurs and an effort by Jack Gee four minutes after the goal hit the bar and a goal from a Jaami Quereshi was disallowed for offside in the 58th minute.  Five minutes later, Brighton did reduce the deficit when a free-kick into the Spurs box caused a melee in which Luca Gunter appeared to have been impeded, but Hinshelwood put the ball into the net to get Brighton on the score-sheet. 

The Seagulls pressed for a second goal, but chances for Samy Chouchane and Elliot Jenks both went wide, while at the other end, Kyerematen and Thomas Bloxham brought saves from the Brighton keeper before the end.

Teams :
Spurs :-  Luca Gunter, Brandon Bryan-Waugh, Will Andiyapan, Dante Cassanova (c)  21, Alfie Dorrington  45, Archie Chaplin, Maxwell McKnight, Rio Kyerematen, Jaden Williams (Thomas Bloxham 79), Jamie Donley, Renaldo Torraj (Khalon Haysman 68),
Unused subs : – Elliott Krasniqi, George Abbott, Riley Owen
Manager : – Stuart Lewis
Brighton : –  Fynn Talley, Joe Winstanley, Ben Jackson, Leigh Kavanagh, John Lucero (Elliot Jenks 52), Jack Hinshelwood, Marcus Ifil, Jack Gee, Samy Chouchane, Joshua Duffus (Bailey Smith 67), Zak Emmerson (Jaami Qureshi 46)
Unused subs. : – Hugo Fisher, Ruairi McConville
Manager : –  James Baxter
Attendance : –  .

Having started well, Spurs had to wait until the 35th minute to take the lead with Luke Bauckham picking off a pass and advancing to the 12 yard mark to beat the keeper.  The same player was involved in the second goal, winning a header at the near post to direct it across goal and give Ledley King an easy header into the net from six yards out.

Several other opportunities had been created before the third Tottenham goal, which came from a Nicky Hunt right wing cross that was stuck past his own goalkeeper by a Seagulls defender.

Teams :
Brighton : –
Spurs : –  Chris Marshall, Alton Thelwell, Jamie Sinclair, Gavin Stone, Ledley King (Narada Bernard 80), Nicky Hunt, Ciaran Toner, Daren Twidell (Ross Fitzsimon 80), Ian Hillier, Luke Bauckham (Ian Stonebridge 80), Ciaran Duffin
Attendance : –  .

Tottenham’s juniors dominated the match for long periods but ended up losing 1-3 to Brighton & Hove Albion.

The first half was particularly frustrating, as Spurs made a lot of chances that they did not take, so it was against the run of play when Brighton went ahead just before half-time, scoring from the penalty spot.

An equaliser came for Spurs straight after the restart when Simon Webb ran through to fire in a shot that beat the keeper at his near post, but the Seagulls capitalised on sloppy defending with two goals in ten minutes when Spurs looked as though they might take the game.

Teams : –
Spurs : – Alan Marriott, Ross Outram, Simon Webb, Tully, Darren Davies, Mark Janney, Evans, Alan Mannix (Lee Kersey 75), Julian Delicata (Warrington 60), Sammy Winston, Shane Samways
Brighton : – .

Spurs won with two goals from Mark Salmon, both set up by Lee Hodges, who along with Del Deanus and Kevin Watson stood out.

Teams :
Spurs : – John Cheesewright, Neil Young, McInnes (Roast 46), Darren Caskey, Del Deanus, Chris Bartlett, Menzies (Laing 70), Mark Salmon, Lee Hodges, Kevin Watson, Dickson.
Brighton : –
Attendance : –  .

It was a young Spurs side that gave a good report of themselves in a game against an older Brighton team, but despite playing some neat passing football, it was the Seagulls who took the lead against the run of play.  A penalty given for a foul on Lee Fulling in the penalty box allowed Tottenham to equalise with Warren Hackett confidently sticking it away.  It was the same pairing who linked for the winning goal a minute from time when Fulling crossed for Hackett to plant a far post header into the net.

Teams :
Brighton : –
Spurs : – Richard Eldridge, Chris Bartlett (Dave McDonald 75), Warren Hackett, Robert Anton, Steven Bence, Kevin Smith, Mark Hall (Andy Theodosiou), Jamie Redknapp, Lee Fulling, Neil Carey, Matthew Edwards
Attendance : –  .

Teams :
Brighton : –
Spurs :-  H. Phillips, D. Dionisiou, Eddie Solomon, D. Martin, John Polston, Martin Kidd, Brendan Conroy, G. Hardwick, A. Veitch, Tom Lawrence (M. Jeeto), Danny Maddix
Attendance : –  .

Goals from Trevor Wilkinson and Shaun Close sealed the win for Spurs.

Teams :
Spurs :-  Peter Corder, A. Savva, E. Martin, Andy Edmonds, M. Furneaux, Martyn Kidd (Steve Grenfell), John Moncur, Carl Hoddle, Trevor Wilkinson, Shaun Close, S. Rawlings (Julian Langenham)
Brighton : –
Attendance : –  .

Spurs Youth beat Brighton and Hove Albion Youth in the First Round replay in the Southern Junior Floodlit Cup on a Monday night at White Hart Lane.

It was not an easy win for Tottenham against a feisty Brighton team, coming back from a 23rd minute opener by Gary Mabee to level through a Tony Towner header.  Spurs went in at the break 2-1 ahead thanks to Danny Clapton’s goal.

The second half saw the Tottenham lead extended when Chris Jones scored halfway through the half, but the Seagulls narrowed the gap with another Towner goal and then almost grabbed an equaliser as they went close twice towards the end of the 90 minutes.

Teams :
Spurs :-  Ian Cranstone, Gary Anderson, Gary Hayzeldean, Keith Osgood, Wayne Cegielski, Chris McGrath, Chris Jones, John Margerrison, Gary Mabee, Danny Clapton (Roger Gibbins), Bobby Scarth.
Brighton : –  , , , , , , , , , , Tony Towner, ,
Attendance : –  .

However, the home side struck a few minutes from time to level the scores.

Teams :
Brighton : –
Spurs : –  Ian Cranstone, Gary Anderson, Gary Hayzeldean, Andy Keeley, Wayne Cegielski, Keith Osgood, Chris Jones, John Margerrison, Gary Mabee, Roger Gibbins, Bobby Scarth
Attendance :  ,  .