Today's youth game

[Darlo_Pete]

Does anybody know how we got on at Wigan in the semi-final of the League Cup?

[alfonse]

won 4-2. jordan marshall 2, scott harrison and danny lambert. play oldham in final.

[QuakerJake]

Well Done lads. Great win

[1Superlidds]

[saint crow]

Excellent. Well done Lidds and the boys!

[AndyPark]

Full credit to Craig Liddle for his tremendous work

[Darlo_Pete]

That's absolutely fantastic. Craig Liddle was saying before the game that Wigan were the strongest team left in the competition. I really hope the final is a two legged affair, as the kids really deserve playing in front of a decent home crowd. If the game isn't played at Darlo and Darlo aren't playing a League game, then I'm up for going to the final. I believe the other semi final involved Oldham, but I can't remember exactly who the other side was, for some reason Macclesfield springs to mind, but I may be wrong. I hope the youth team can be paraded to the half-time crowd at one of our up coming home games, they deserve it.

[BeefSpud]

To be fair Pete, if our first team game crowds aren't anything special then I doubt we'd manage to attract a bumper crowd for a Youth game.

It's a shame though, as the lads have obviously done a super job in getting this far.

[Darlo_Pete]

Well I'm sure a lot more will turn up than the usual 100 we get for the rare home youth cup games.

[Darlo Cockney]

This is fantastic result for the youngsters.

Just look at who they have beaten in getting so far - and we are not even a League Club any more !!.

Lidds has done an amazing job and I would hope that all the rest of Darlo supporters send messages of congratulations and support to the Youth set up.

DC

[rj50]

Our youth set must be better than Tottenhams!

[danny_88]

brilliant well done lads

[we_8_poolie]

Final 16th April ...same day as first team away @ H & Y

[divas]

The next round v Oldham is a regional final, if we win that then we progress to the absolute final v a southern team.

To get as far as we have is a fantastic achievement, even though premiership teams apart from Wigan & Blackpool don't have youth teams in this cup, we've still done better than most of the league one and two teams and a handful of championship clubs

I'd love to see a reserve team which some of these lads could progress into. I've always been impressed by Jordan Marshall and if we didn't have so many striking options surely he'd be on the fringes. Lambert & Hopson certainly look to have some decent potential.

It's testament to the job not just Lidds has done but the whole youth set up who I believe have merged with Kev Stonehouse's FITC to attract some really decent players to join under the noses of some big local clubs with renowned set ups in Boro & Sunderland

[Darlo_Pete]

Right well I was never going to Hayes & Yeading, so looks like I'll be going to the final wherever that is taking place.

[quakersam]

Speaking to one of the Youth lads earlier there hopefully playing it at The Arena

[QUAKERMAN2]

That's absolutely fantastic. Craig Liddle was saying before the game that Wigan were the strongest team left in the competition. I really hope the final is a two legged affair, as the kids really deserve playing in front of a decent home crowd. If the game isn't played at Darlo and Darlo aren't playing a League game, then I'm up for going to the final. I believe the other semi final involved Oldham, but I can't remember exactly who the other side was, for some reason Macclesfield springs to mind, but I may be wrong. I hope the youth team can be paraded to the half-time crowd at one of our up coming home games, they deserve it.

Totally agree Pete, Lidds is doing a fantastic job, really hope we can hang onto him.I too will be up for the final if we get there but will be at the Arena for the home leg against Oldham.

[1Superlidds]

It wouldn't surprise me if Lidds was head hunted by a bigger club - not sure where we would stand for compensation if that did happen.
We definately need a reserve team to offer those players a step up

[quakersam]

Game v Oldham will take place

http://www.darlington-fc.net/page/NewsD ... 23,00.html

[Norm_D_Ploom]

March 23rd at Oldham according to that

[quakersam]

Balls, that's not what it said when I posted that

[wylam_rangers]

Ian - Ali B gave your facebook message an airing towards the end of the programme - so Greater Darlington may be slightly more aware of YT success

[1Superlidds]

he aint a bad chap that Ali B