Matchday 1 - Wed 17th June 2026
4 vs 2
3 vs 1

Matchday 2 - Fri 28th July 2026
1 vs 4
2 vs 3

Matchday 3 - Fri 3rd July 2026
4 vs 3
1 vs 2

Matchday 4 - Fri 10th July 2026
2 vs 4
1 vs 3

Matchday 5 - Wed 22nd July 2026
4 vs 1
3 vs 2

Matchday 6 - Wed 29th July 2026
3 vs 4
2 vs 1

Group A
1 Chippenham Town
2 Tottenham Hotspur
3 Aston Villa
4 Arsenal

Group B
1 West Ham United
2 Darlington
3 Leamington
4 Bournemouth

Group C
1 Derby County
2 Nottingham Forest
3 West Bromwich Albion
4 Everton

Group D
1 Newcastle United
2 Manchester City
3 Sunderland
4 Liverpool

Group ...

Random.org pairings

All teams were allocated random numbers for the draw which was sent to FMFA staff group prior to drawing.

1: Nottingham Forest
2: Forest Green
3: Chelsea
4: Liverpool
5: Bournemouth
6: Leicester City
7: Darlington
8: Manchester City
9: Brighton
10: Solihull Moors
11: Leeds United
12: Brentford
13 ...

The Quarter Finals draw for the U23 League Cup has been made.

Two legged tie home and away.

First leg Wednesday 5th August 2026
Second leg date TBC

The following balls were allocated randomly and sent to FMFA staff group prior to draw:

Aston_Villa_U23 — 6
Coventry_City_U23 — 2
Everton_U23 — 8 ...

A_Cresswell 18 eng 1 20 6 3 20 300 886 703 544
T_Gill 19 eng 1 21 14 5 21 300 548 568 623

Selling one only.

Any offers on these guys? I have asked large money before which was probably a bit silly, but I won't take base AEM/FMFA sales rates either.
Would love a lesser skilled U23 player + cash ...

Bournemouth U23 0 - 2 Sunderland U23

Brutal game in which we were shut down by their style and somehow through sheer force of will we dragged ourselves to a two goal win, coming up winners when it mattered. We've qualified out of the group now and we eagerly await the draw for the quarter finals ...

Bournemouth - Sunderland

I think we've played some sort of flavour of Bournemouth about 67 times in the last month or at least that's how it feels. So hoping this means we've worked them out and we can unpick them and secure three points whilst the getting is good and we are in some form right now ...

Hartlepool United - Dagenham and Redbridge

Another home game, another opportunity to keep reeling in the guys up the very top of the division. Nothing new for me to say, we've got a plan and we know what we have to do - give Caton or Foreman the ball and point towards opposition goal. Simples ...

Sunderland U23 - Brighton U23

At home to Brighton under their new manager Charlie . A little pocket of form emerging now after a tough start to life in the U23 super league. We'll have Moore back as well after he serves that one match suspension for throwing a punch.

He's fortunate really, in the ...