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FA Youth Cup 2025/26Match Finished

Manchester City U18 vs Blackburn Rovers U18

10 Apr 2026 · 19:00 BST · Semi-finals

⚽ Ryan McAidoo 45′⚽ Lamb 52′⚽ Reigan Heskey 64′ (Penalty)⚽ Oliver Tevenan 73′
⚽ Joseph 11′
Venue not suppliedReferee: Not suppliedRecorded clock 90′
01
THE MATCH AT A GLANCE

Match overview

THE SCORELINE

Manchester City U18 win 4–1

Match Finished in the semi-finals of the FA Youth Cup. 5 goal events recorded in the supplied feed.

90 MINUTES4 – 1
HALF-TIME1 – 1
MATCH COVERAGE

Know what’s in the report

LineupsAvailable
Match eventsAvailable
Team statisticsNot supplied
Expected goalsNot supplied
Player ratingsNot supplied
02
HOW THE TEAMS COMPARE

Team statistics

Manchester City U18Blackburn Rovers U18

Detailed statistics aren’t available for this match

The provider has not supplied possession, shots, passing or xG. These will appear when they are included in an updated import.

03
THE PLAYERS BEHIND THE RESULT

Lineups & substitutions

Manchester City U18

Formation not supplied

Coach Not supplied

Pitch positions not supplied. The list preserves the provider’s team selection.

Starting XI11

  1. 13
    Max HudsonProfile: Goalkeeper · 18 at kick-off
  2. 2
    Dante HeadleyProfile: Defender · 17 at kick-off
  3. 3
    Adeleke DrakeProfile: Defender · 18 at kick-off
  4. 4
    Kaden BraithwaiteProfile: Defender · 18 at kick-off
  5. –
    Oliver TevenanProfile: Defender
    Normal Goal 73′
  6. 6
    Harrison MilesProfile: Midfielder · 17 at kick-off
  7. 7
    Ryan McAidooProfile: Midfielder · 17 at kick-off
    Normal Goal 45′
  8. 8
    SambaProfile: Midfielder
  9. –
    LambProfile: Attacker
    Normal Goal 52′
  10. 16
    SambaProfile: Attacker
  11. 11
    Reigan HeskeyProfile: Attacker · 18 at kick-off
    Penalty 64′

Substitutes7

  1. –
    VickeryProfile: Goalkeeper
  2. –
    Charlie CourtmanProfile: Defender
  3. –
    WainMatch position not supplied
  4. –
    CassimProfile: Midfielder
  5. –
    Finley GormanProfile: Midfielder · 17 at kick-off
  6. –
    Christian Dunbar-McDonaldProfile: Attacker · 18 at kick-off
  7. 9
    Xavier ParkerProfile: Midfielder

Blackburn Rovers U18

Formation not supplied

Coach Andrew Kidd Ryan

Pitch positions not supplied. The list preserves the provider’s team selection.

Starting XI11

  1. 13
    HoltProfile: Goalkeeper
  2. 12
    WilkinsonProfile: Midfielder
  3. 5
    DecandiaProfile: Defender
  4. –
    Leon Kelley-QuinnProfile: Defender
  5. 14
    PatesProfile: Defender
  6. 6
    Isaac DunnProfile: Midfielder
  7. 15
    BallProfile: Midfielder
  8. 53
    Frank VareProfile: Midfielder · 18 at kick-off
  9. 7
    McCoyProfile: Attacker
  10. 10
    Igor TyjonProfile: Attacker · 18 at kick-off
  11. 54
    JosephProfile: Attacker
    Normal Goal 11′

Substitutes6

  1. 4
    Alfie McIlroyProfile: Midfielder
  2. –
    PittProfile: Defender
  3. –
    MansbridgeProfile: Defender
  4. –
    ListerProfile: Midfielder
  5. 11
    SergeantProfile: Midfielder
  6. 9
    Harvey HigginsProfile: Attacker
04
FOLLOW THE MATCH

Events & commentary

Event commentary from recorded goals, cards, substitutions and VAR decisions. This is not a full play-by-play feed.

  1. Normal GoalBlackburn Rovers U18

    Joseph

  2. Normal GoalManchester City U18

    Ryan McAidoo

  3. Normal GoalManchester City U18

    Lamb

  4. PenaltyManchester City U18

    Reigan Heskey

  5. Normal GoalManchester City U18

    Oliver Tevenan

05
INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTIONS

Player performance

No individual performance data supplied

Ratings, minutes, shots, passes, tackles, duels and goalkeeper saves need a detailed player feed. Explore profiles and recorded involvement through the lineups above.

06
THE BIGGER PICTURE

Recent form & meetings

Previous matches in this 2025/26 cup import only, before this fixture. Newest first. W/D/L reflects the score before any penalty shootout.

Previous meetings Within this cup import

No earlier meetings between these teams in the imported records.

Source & coverage
API-Football · Retrieved 10 Oct 2026. Saved snapshot, not a live feed. Missing values are not treated as zero. Player ages are calculated at kick-off from supplied birth dates.