Young Newcastle United stars beat Liverpool in 4-3 thriller on Merseyside – Great to see | OneFootball

A morale boosting victory over Liverpool for the young Newcastle United stars.

Having started the season with a draw and three wins (one of them in the PL Cup), the Newcastle United Under 18s continue to march on.

Great to see, as they went to Merseyside and got that latest win on Saturday against Liverpool on their own patch.

Also, it came in the most dramatic of circumstances, keep reading…

The young Liverpool stars had won both league matches so far this season and looked set to continue their 100 per cent record, when they took the lead just before the half hour mark.

However, United quickly hit back with an equaliser from Matt Taylor before half-time.

Newcastle’s teenagers then came out for the second-half and within seconds it was Alfie Seldon putting United 2-1 up.

Things got even better as less than ten minutes later it was 3-1 to the visitors, Kacey Wooster with the goal.

Liverpool not done though and they pulled it back to 2-3 and then 3-3.

With a minute to go, the inevitable happened, yet another 4-3 on Merseyside.

Yes, Newcastle United won it!

Kacey Wooster with his second goal, meaning it was United who came out on top in this seven goal thriller away at Liverpool.

That actually makes it three seasons in a row that the Newcastle United Under 18s have won away at Liverpool.

Final score:

Liverpool Under 18s 3 Newcastle United Under 18s 4

Newcastle United Under 18s team:

Mair, Bloomer, Durrant, Old, Moran (Yeutembip 67), Taylor (Pattison 90), Waddani, O’Donovan, Hutchison (Gilligan 90), Seldon (Pinnington 67), Wooster

That leaves the Premier League Under 18s (North) table looking like this on Monday morning:

That sets the young Newcastle United stars perfectly for a huge match this Thursday.

One of the many benefits of Eddie Howe taking us into the Champions League once again, is that the youth team get to face some bonus top notch opposition.

The Newcastle United teenagers are playing the reigning U19 UEFA Youth League champions Barcelona on Thursday, ahead of the main event.

It is clear to see that one of the biggest pieces of progress at Newcastle United is with the Academy.

The appalling neglect for a decade and a half under Mike Ashley, who refused to allow the club to spend a penny more than the absolute minimum on facilities and recruitment in the youth set-up.

Now instead, we are seeing that essential proper investment in the coaching, the facilities and recruitment of young talent across the UK and overseas.