Charlton Athletic v Spurs Youth Match Reports

Spurs overwhelmed a dogged Charlton Athletic side at Broadhall Way to take the Under-17 Premier League Cup with a 5-2 win.

The game started with Luca Williams-Barnett being released down the left wing and taking on three men to get into the box, just a couple of yards in from the left side of the area, he flashed a left foot shot into the far side of the goal from a narrow angle in the third minute.  Charlton didn’t take the goal lying down and soon hit back when ex-Spurs schoolboy Manu Wales struck a right foot shot from just outside the D to beat Blake Irow to his right with 18 minutes gone.  Thirty-four minutes had passed when Williams-Barnett was on the score-sheet again, this time adjusting his right foot to direct the low ball in from Tynan Thompson on the left in at the keeper’s near post to make it 2-1.

Williams-Barnett tricked his way past three Charlton players before pulling a ball back for George Feeney, whose goal-bound shot was blocked for a corner. The half ended with a Williams-Barnett free-kick from 25 yards out that beat the wall, but the keeper dropped on it to save and then a move down the left saw the impressive Thompson try and over-head kick but only hit a defender with his foot.

Reuben Reid tested Irow with a low shot that the Spurs goalie saved well at his right hand post, as Charlton came out fired up after the break.   Spurs responded with a Feeney header to a corner that drifted just wide of the far post, then Reid hit the foot of Irow’s left hand post from 16 yards out and then Jun’ai Byfield cleared off the line from the continuation of that attack.  When the ball was cleared ,Charlton dithered on the ball at the back and Williams’ Barnet showed his appetite for hard work by robbing the defender 25 yards from goal.  Running into the box in the 56th minute, he sat the keeper down by pretending to shoot and swiping his foot over the ball, leaving him the simple task of putting the ball into an empty net.

A cross was delivered into the Tottenham box from the right, but Tye Hall headed away to the edge of the box, but Feeney couldn’t get it away any further with his header and that allowed the ball to be played to Wales just left of centre on the edge of the box to fire a left foot shot that beat Irow all ends up to the keeper’s left in the 59th minute.

Elijah Upson made a good block to a Wales shot after the Charlton midfielder broke away from halfway, but when a visiting midfielder smacked the ball against his own player, it ran to Williams-Barnett on the left and he made a diagonal run to the right that was ended by a crude challenge by the lumbering Elliott, who was booked.  Harry Byrne took it from halfway between the right corner of the area and the D, firing a low left-footed shot under the wall to beat the keeper’s dive to his right.  65 minutes gone and 4-2 to Spurs, it remained to be seen if the Addicks could respond again.

Three minutes later the Charlton keeper had to push away a swerving powerful shot from Williams-Barnett, whose effort from 20 yards out was heading into the top corner.  Players were suffering with cramp and substitutions were made with Dexter Oliver slipping in Ellis Lehane, who couldn’t beat the keeper at his near post.  With ten minutes remaining, Oliver shopped the ball inside an opponent and slipped it through to Reiss Elliott-Parris to the left of the goal.  He came inside, dragged the ball away from Elliott to the left and lifted a shot high into the net between the keeper and the near post from a yard out.

Irow raced out to meet Burnham when he was through on the Charlton left, forcing him to shoot over the bar, with Reid breaking through to also shoot too high.  Oliver won the ball with high energy and ran at the Charlton defence in injury time, being denied a goal by a defender’s block as Tottenham saw the game out, despite having two central defenders unable to run having been suffering with cramp.

Teams :
Spurs : –   Blake Irow, Elijah Upson, Tye Hall (Jamal Beggs 65    90), Jun’ai Byfield (c)    90, Harry Byrne, George Feeney, Ronny Moncur (Samal Bangura 62), Luca Williams-Barnett (Reiss Elliott-Parris 73), Miracle Adewole, Ellis Lehane, Tynan Thompson    31 (Dexter Oliver 73)
Unused sub. : –   Samual Archer
Coach : –  Stuart Lewis
Charlton Athletic : –  Finley Woodham, Dionte Davis, Marley Dawkins, Tate Elliott    48, Phoenix Valentine, Jack Belton (c) (Ellis McMillan 75), Manu Wales, Sam Washington-Amoah, Reuben Reid, Emmanuel Sol-Loza (Shia-Lee Burnham 82), Bradley Tagoe (Richman 75)
Unused sub. : –  Williams, Ethan Brown
Coach : – Jason Pearce
Referee : – Luke Scott
Attendance : –  1,242

Spurs welcomed back Alex Pritchard and Zaine Francis-Angol from injury and Jonathan Miles started his first Academy league match, as Tottenham set about their task early on with Pritchard nicking the ball off the Addicks’ centre-half and playing in Laste Dombaxe, who hit the net with his shot.

While that was the only goal of the first half, Tottenham added two goals soon after the turnaround and they came from Pritchard with a curling 50th minute free-kick, then five minutes later, Shaquille Coulthirst put Pritchard away to beat the keeper and make the score 3-0. 

Spurs then put together a good move on the left and it was finished well from a narrow angle by Jesse Waller-Lassen to make it 4-0.

Teams :
Charlton Athletic : –  Gough, Morris (Osborne 60), Carter, Jordan, Ajayi, Cousins, Azeez, Warren (c), Pigott (Goldberg 46), Popo, Harriott (Camacho 66)
Unused sub. : –  Hall, Fox
Spurs : –   Jonathan Miles, Kevin Stewart, Callum Tapping, Yeboah, Zaine Francis-Angol (William Troost-Ekong 60), Jesse Waller-Lassen, Jack Munns, Shaquile Coulthirst (Lee Angol 75), Laste Dombaxe, Alex Pritchard (Freddie Champion 60)
Unused sub. : –   Jordan Archer
Attendance : – ,

Teams :
Charlton Athletic –  Callum Christie, Chris Solly, Jack Clark, Alexander Stavrinou (c), Yado Mambo, Carl Jenkinson, Sam Long (Liam Bellamy 64), Harry Pell, Ben Godfrey, Lewis Perkins (Tamer Tuna 75), Steve Lozano-Calderon
Subs not used : Harry Lee, Taylor Sinfield, Ben Davisson
Spurs –  Oscar Jansson, Adam Smith, Sam Cox, Yaser Kasim, Steven Caulker, Callum Butcher, Paul-Jose M’puku (Kudos Oyenuga 88), Dean Parrett (c), Jon Obika, John Bostock (Coskun Ekim 83), Andros Townsend
Subs not used : Jamie Butler, Nathan Byrne, Jake Nicholson
Attendance : –  ,

Ryan Mason twice tested keeper Christie, but he was equal to them, making a further fine save from Yaser Kasim.  The closest Tottenham came was in the 88th minute, when Andros Townsend crashed a shot past the keeper, but saw his effort bounce away off the goal-post.

Charlton Athletic –  Callum Christie, .
Subs not used :
Spurs –  Jamie Butler, Adam Smith, Nathan Byrne, Yaser Kasim, Steven Caulker, Calum Butcher, Andros Townsend, John Bostock (Etim 70), Ryan Mason, Dean Parrett, Jon Obika
Subs not used :  Dalton, Asajile, Shehu, Jack
Attendance : –  ,

Goalkeeper Alex Jennings, defender Ajet Shehu and midfielder Andre Blackman all played very well as they tried to impress the watching Spurs management.  Joe Martin leapt high to score a towering header from a 30th minute corner and midfielder Jake Livermore finished off a counter-attack with about an hour gone, after good build-up play from David Hutton provided a chance from 12 yards out.

Teams :
Charlton Athletic –  .
Subs not used :
Spurs –  Alex Jennings, Adam Smith (Takura Mtandari, 50), Ajet Shehu (Kyle Fraser-Allen 71), Joe Martin, Andre Blackman, Yaser Kasim, Jake Livermore, David Hutchins, David Hutton, Alex Olsen (Tomas Pekhart 61), Andros Townsend
Subs not used :  Jamie Butler, Alex Smith
Attendance : –  ,

The post was struck by both Ronnie Henry and Walter Thomas in the first 45 minutes, but it was Charlton who took the lead in the 20th minute from a free-kick.  A neat header from David Galbraith set up a chance for John Sutton and his 38th minute strike levelled the score.  Despite another effort hitting the crossbar, it was not to be Tottenham’s day as they could not force a winning goal.

Teams :
Spurs –  Paul Rutherford, Lee, Chris Herron, Dean Marney (Barnett 83), Ronnie Henry, Lee Gardner, Mark Hughes, Walter Thomas (Nicky Wettner 79), John Sutton, Lee Barnard, David Galbraith
Subs not used : –  Nicky Eyre, Mario Noto, Jamie Slabber
Charlton Athletic –  .
Subs not used : –
Attendance : –  ,

A 25 minute 20-yard shot gave the Addicks the lead, but Spurs hit back in the first half, with Snee’s finish to good build-up work from Yannick Kamanan. 

Once more, Charlton went ahead, early in the second half, but Snee levelled again, when he ran onto a ball over the hoe defence to slot the ball in past the keeper.

Teams :
Charlton Athletic –  .
Subs not used : –  .
Spurs –  Jamie Attwell, Blake Saker, Neil Lacy, Ben Bowditch, Jamie Quilter, Clayton Fortune (Stephen Kelly 75), Jonaton Partin (Maurizio Consorti 70), George Snee, Yannick Kamanan, Johnnie Jackson, Jon Jonsson (Andrew Burke 80)
Subs not used : –  Luca di Guiliantonio
Attendance : –  ,

Both sides exhibited signs of fatigue from the Youth Cup match, but Tottenham made their passes better an just before the break James Evans was fouled in the box and that gave Darren Davies the chance to beat the keeper to give us the lead.  The introduction of three players on schoolboy forms in the second half gave Spurs some fresh legs and it paid off with Dominic Cader crossing for Wayne Vaughan to finish in style.

Teams :
Spurs : –  Alan Marriott, Luke Young, Darren Davies, Glenn Southgate (Dominic Cader 46), Jamie Dormer, Ryan Spencer, Mark Gower (Stephen Mills 60), James Evans, Julian Delicata (Glenn Poole 46), Wayne Vaughan, Ricky Dobson.
Manager : – Bobby Arber
Charlton Athletic : –
Subs not used : – 
Attendance : –  ,

Both sides made a good game out of the awful conditions, but it was Spurs who took the lead when Wayne Vaughan scored from Mark Gower’s corner.  Alan Marriott was keeping Charlton out as the game swung from end to end and Vaughan had the ball in the net again before the interval, but it was disallowed.

The half-time changes stiffened up the Tottenham defending and gave them a base to launch attacks including the one where Julian Delicata buried Darren Davies’ pinpoint cross past the home keeper to see Spurs through to the Fifth Round.

Teams :
Charlton Athletic : –
Spurs : – Alan Marriott, Luke Young, Shane Samways, Glenn Southgate, Darren Davies, John Piercy (Julian Delicata 46), James Evans, Mark Gower, Ryan Spencer, Wayne Vaughan, David Lee (Jamie Dormer 57).
Manager : – Bobby Arber
Attendance : –  ,

Teams :
Charlton Athletic : –
Spurs : –  M. Hyde, R. Thomas, B. Todd, A. Goodchild, M. Furneaux, Neil Stepney, C. Smith, S. Rawlings (P. Murphy), Elmore Toppin, D. Durrant, Richard Cooke
Attendance : –  ,

The home team went into the lead early on, but Robert Poague pulled Tottenham level at 1-1 .  Charlton lead again by half-time and although Poague equalised again to make it 2-2 late on, there was still time for the Addicks to get the winner, although it came from an own goal by Des Walker.

Teams :
Charlton Athletic : –
Spurs : –  R. Frost, B. Todd, Robert Poague, M. Furneaux, Des Walker, A. Isaacs (A. Goodchild), C. Smith, Terry Robbins, Elmore Toppin (S. MacManus), A. Smith, Richard Cooke
Attendance : –  ,

One slip left Charlton and easy opportunity to score and they took the lead into half-time, but Jimmy Bolton’s header from Chris Harvey’s cross levelled the score halfway through the second half.  However, Charlton finished the match off towards the end of the game.

Teams :
Charlton Athletic : –
Spurs : –  Paul Allies, Terry Emms, P. Baxter, Pat Corbett, Simon Webster, Terry Gibson, Ian Crook, Alex Hamill, Terry Chambers, Paul Wilkins (Chris Harvey), Jimmy Bolton
Attendance : –  ,

Teams :
Spurs : –  Tony Parks, John Kearney, Paul Baxter, P. Ferguson, Simon Webster, D. Bowman (D. Parker), M. Duffield, Allan Cockram, Steve Cox, Mike Jones (S. Flynn), Paul Gallagher
Charlton Athletic : –
Attendance : –  ,

The big win was secured with goals from Garry Brooke, Jimmy Bolton, Chris Harvey and two goals each scored by Terry Gibson and Kerry Dixon.

Teams :
Charlton Athletic : –
Spurs : –  Paul Allies, Peter Southey, Alex Hamill, Giorgio Mazzon, G. Brown, Garry Brooke (P. Wood), Jimmy Bolton, Chris Harvey, Kerry Dixon, Kevin Dickenson, Terry Gibson
Attendance : –  ,

Mark Falco’s goal earned Spurs the draw as they travelled to South London.

Teams :
Charlton Athletic –  .
Subs not used :
Spurs –  A. Luff, R. Johnson, Peter Southey, Gerry Reardon, G. Brown, S. Dean, Micky Hazard, P. Houble, Mark Falco, R. Richardson, Garry Brooke
Subs not used :
Attendance : –  ,

Tottenham scored through Mark Falco and Kevin Stead, while Charlton’s goal-scorers were Dutton and Carter.

Teams :
Charlton Athletic –  N. Fell, Campbell, Brand, Fountain, D. Campbell, Turner, Dutton, Walker, Carter, O’Sullivan, Carey
Unused subs :  Stock, Husdon.
Spurs –
Sub. not used :   .
Attendance : –  ,

Gary Hyams got a hat-trick and Steve Cavanagh a single goal to put the game out of Charlton’s reach, although they got two goals of their own – the first from the penalty spot.

Teams :
Spurs –  Nicky Markwick, Roger Wade, M. Cleaver, Fred Barwick, Phil Holyoak, Barry Pace, Andy Bradbury, Steve Cavanagh, Kevin Stead, Staurt Beavon (Gary O’Brien), Gary Hyams
Charlton Athletic –  .
Sub. not used :
Attendance : –  ,

The South-East Counties Division One game was decided by Boyle’s second half header from Andy Bradbury’s corner.

Teams :
Spurs – Nicky Markwick, Lee Bowman, Roger Wade, M. Cleaver, Terry Boyle, Stuart Beavon, Trevor King, Andy Bradbury, Kevin Stead, Gary Lucas, Gary Hyams
Sub. not used :
Charlton Athletic –  .
Sub. not used :
Attendance : –  ,

Teams :
Charlton Athletic : –
Sub. not used :
Spurs : –   Ian Cranstone, Roger Wade, Micky Stead, Andy Keeley, Steve Walford, Ian Smith, Noel Brotherston, Fred Barwick, Martin Robinson, Glenn Hoddle, Trevor King (Gary Hyams)
Sub. not used : 

Teams :
Spurs –  Ian Cranstone, Roger Wade, Micky Stead, Andy Keeley, Kieran Barrett, Fred Barwick, Noel Brotherston, Kevin Stead, Martin Robinson, Andy Bradbury, Gary Hyams
Sub. not used :
Charlton Athletic –  .
Sub. not used :
Attendance : –  ,

Tottenham went ahead in the first half when Gary Hyams scored and the lead was doubled when Martin Robinson headed home Glenn Hoddle’s corner early in the second half. Robinson smashed home a volley for the third and a cross from Noel Brotherston was put past his own goalkeeper by a Charlton defender to complete a 4-0 victory.

Teams :
Charlton Athletic –  .
Sub. not used :
Spurs –  Ian Cranstone, Ian Smith, Roger Wade, Steve Walford, Kieran Barrett, Gary Bacon, Noel Brotherston, Glenn Hoddle, Martin Robinson, Neil McNab, Gary Hyams
Sub. not used :
Attendance : –  ,

Spurs might have been 3-0 winners, but Margerrison’s late penalty was kept out by the Charlton keeper.

Teams :
Charlton Athletic –  .
Sub. not used :
Spurs – Ian Cranstone, Ian Smith, Gary Anderson, Andy Keeley, Micky Stead, Roger Gibbins, Noel Brotherston, John Margerrison, Martin Robinson, Chris Jones, Neil McNab
Sub. not used :
Attendance : –  ,

Teams :
Spurs –  Ian Cranstone, Ian Smith, Andy Keeley, Micky Stead, Wayne Cegielski, Gary Bacon, Noel Brotherston, S. Cooper, Martin Robinson, Howe, Konrad Powley
Sub. not used :
Charlton Athletic –  .
Subs not used :
Attendance : –  ,

Teams :
Charlton Athletic –  .
Sub. not used :
Spurs –  Ian Cranstone, Roger Gibbins, Gary Anderson, Andy Keeley, Wayne Cegielski, Danny Clapton, Chris McGrath, John Margerrison, Gary Mabee, Chris Jones, Bobby Scarth  
Sub. not used :
Attendance : –  ,

Teams :
Spurs –
Sub. not used :
Charlton Athletic –  .
Sub. not used :
Attendance : –  ,

Teams :
Spurs –
Subs not used :
Charlton Athletic –  .
Subs not used :
Attendance : –  ,

Teams :
Charlton Athletic –  .
Sub. not used :
Spurs –  Terry Lee, Les Boughey, Eddie Jones, Keith Osgood, Joe Peck, M. Jackson, Gary Mabee, Danny Clapton, Ray Clarke, John Lewis, Mike Flanagan
Sub. not used :
Attendance : –  ,

Teams :
Spurs –   , , , , , , , , , ,
Charlton Athletic –  J. Thorpe, Gilfillan, R. Tunbridge, A. Hamilton, P. Houlden, R. Clayton, B. Morrison, Gray, P. Lover, C. Batchelor, W. Gallagher
Unused sub : F. Reaney.
Attendance : –  ,

Striker Mike Flanagan scored the first for Spurs, but the visitors pegged us back before the half-time break with a goal from Howell.  However, Spurs cruised through in the second half with an impressive display and added to the score through a Graeme Souness penalty and two more from centre-forward Ray Clarke to seal a tie against Chelsea Youth in the next round.

Teams :
Spurs –  Ward, M. Jackson, Eddie Jones, Mike Dillon, Gemmill, Graeme Souness, Gary Mabee, Les Boughey, Ray Clarke (Gary Plackett), John Lewis, Mike Flanagan
Charlton Athletic –  Clarke, J. Kavanagh, Corbett, Howell, Wood, O’Kane, R. Rivron, K. Brown, Arnold, J. MacGonagle, Bowman
Unused subs. : Kalinka
Attendance : –  ,

A game of eight goals saw Spurs score through two goals from Mike Flanagan and one each from Graeme Souness (penalty) and Eddie Jones.

Teams :
Spurs –  Ward, Les Boughey, Eddie Jones, Gemmell, Joe Peck, Graeme Souness, Danny Clapton (M. Jackson), Gary Plackett, Peter Johnson, John Lewis, Mike Flanagan.
Sub. not used :
Charlton Athletic  –  .
Sub. not used :
Attendance : –  ,

There was a home South East Counties League  Division One 4-1 win over Charlton Athletic Youth for Spurs Youth, as Graeme Souness, Mike Dillon and John Oliver two – one a penalty – scored to secure both points.

Teams :
Spurs –  Barry Daines, Ron Gilson, M. Embleton, Mike Dillon, M. Edwards, Graeme Souness, John Oliver, Gary Plackett, Ray Clarke, Bobby Wiles, S. Hayzeldean
Sub. not used :
Charlton Athletic –  .
Sub. not used :
Attendance : –   ,

Spurs overcame Charlton Athletic Youth in this game at White Hart Lane thanks to two Ray Clarke goals.

Teams :
Spurs –  Barry Daines, Phil Holder, W. Edwards, Mike Dillon, A. Bennett, L. Charker, Graeme Souness, Steve Perryman, Jimmy Neighbour, Ray Clarke, Terry Shanahan
Subs not used :
Kit : – White shirts, navy shorts
Charlton Athletic –  Hayward, Eyles, J. Hardy, S. O’Keefe, Shipperley, O’Kane, Ellis, Masiello, R. McAlpine, Gilchrist, J. Davis.
Subs not used :
Kit : – Red shirts, white shorts
Ref. : – Mr. J. S. Marshall (Kent)
Linesmen : – Mr. L. A. Plastow (London) – Red flag; Mr. L. D. J. Shuttleworth (London) – Yellow flag
Attendance : –   ,

Teams :
Spurs –
Subs not used :
Charlton Athletic –  .
Subs not used :
Attendance : –  ,