2013-14 Academy Under 18s season

2013-14 season
General information
Manager	Mike Garrity Neil Critchley
Captain	Connor Randall
Performance
U18 Premier League	3rd in League 1
FA Youth Cup	Quarter-final
Top scorers
League	Sinclair (14)
FA Youth Cup	Wilson (4)
Overall	Sinclair (14) Wilson (14)
←2012-13	2014-15→

The 2013-14 Academy season began with a trip to Northern Ireland as Liverpool competed in the prestigious Milk Cup. An U17 side coached by Mike Garrity took part in the competition, however this was mostly composed of U18 squad players. Initially, the Milk Cup sees all 20 club sides compete together in one group, however each team only has to face a random selection of three opponents. Liverpool finished fifth, narrowly missing out on a place in the Milk Cup proper, however they qualified for the secondary tournament- the Milk Cup Globe- which they went on to win. Garrity led the U18s as their league campaign kicked off, replacing the recently-departed Steve Cooper, until the Reds recruited a new full-time U18s coach in the shape of Crewe Alexandra's Neil Critchley.

Critchley oversaw the Reds compete in the top tier of the U18 Premier League. In this season, the Reds played home and away matches against other top tier Northern U18 Premier League sides, and one match against each of the Southern U18 Premier League sides. A leaky defence proved costly in the season as Liverpool finished third in the division, missing out on a place in the season-ending knockout stages. The Reds also toiled in the Youth Cup- crashing out at the quarter final stage after falling to Reading on penalties. In attack, Harry Wilson- who early in the season had become the youngest ever player to feature for the senior Welsh national side- and Jerome Sinclair led the goalscoring charts with 14 goals each in all competitions. Sinclair's goalscoring was particularly impressive, with him clocking up his 14 goals in just 18 appearances.

Friendlies

Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
16 July 2013	Derby	2-1	Wilson (?, ?)
23 July 2013	Birmingham	4-1	Wilson (?), Kent (?), Hart (?), Canos (?)
10 August 2013	Leicester	2-1	Cleary (?), Canos (?)

Milk Cup

Premier Section Group Stage

Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
29 July 2013	County Armagh	2-3	Robles (?), Phillips (?)
30 July 2013	O'Higgins	3-1	Canos (20), Wilson (23), Chirivella (?)
31 July 2013	Newcastle	4-2	Wilson (?, ?), Cleary (?), Kent (?)

Milk Cup Globe

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
Semi-final	1 August 2013	Corinthians	1-1	Wilson (pen 27)
Final	2 August 2013	Newcastle	2-0	Kent (10, 90)

Newark Liberty International Soccer Summit

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
Group Stage	27 August 2013	Fuddercol	2-0	Burke (pen 48), Robles (85)
Group Stage	28 August 2013	St. Benedict's Prep	3-1	Wilson (12), Burke (pen ?), Canos (44)
Group Stage	30 August 2013	Maccabi Haifa	2-1	Wilson (6), Phillips (90)
Final	31 August 2013	QPR	1-5	Canos (44)

Results

U18 Premier League

League 1

Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
16 August 2013	Arsenal	1-2	Burke (42)
24 August 2013	Everton	1-0	Burke (pen 45)
14 September 2013	Chelsea	2-4	Cleary (21), Phillips (39)
21 September 2013	Norwich	3-3	Kent (45), Trickett-Smith (69), Phillips (82)
28 September 2013	West Ham	0-5
2 October 2013	Fulham	2-4	Trickett-Smith (pen ?, ?)
19 October 2013	Blackburn	4-2	Wilson (?, ?), O'Hanlon (?), Trickett-Smith (?)
26 October 2013	Southampton	3-3	Wilson (5), Trickett-Smith (14), Sinclair (69)
29 October 2013	Middlesbrough	1-1	Wilson (?)
2 November 2013	Reading	4-2	Wilson (?, ?), Sinclair (pen ?), O'Hanlon (90)
9 November 2013	Stoke	3-1	Sinclair (19), Sanders (og 27), Brewitt (75)
16 November 2013	Sunderland	3-1	Ojo (10), Sinclair (35), Blinco (og 50)
23 November 2013	Wolves	2-0	O'Hanlon (?), Canos (?)
26 November 2013	Everton	1-3	Sinclair (pen 82)
30 November 2013	Newcastle	3-3	Kent (?), Sinclair (?), Wilson (?)
7 December 2013	Man Utd	3-1	Sinclair (pen 60, 90), O'Hanlon (75)
14 December 2013	Man City	2-3	O'Hanlon (49), Trickett-Smith (50)
11 January 2014	Middlesbrough	3-0	Sinclair (39, 60), Cleary (89)
18 January 2014	Blackburn	5-0	Ojo (?, ?), Cleary (?), Canos (?), Wilson (pen ?)
2 February 2014	Stoke	1-4	Rimmer (?)
15 February 2014	Sunderland	1-0	Phillips (89)
22 February 2014	Wolves	1-0	Sinclair (?)
1 March 2014	Newcastle	4-1	Marsh (12), Trickett-Smith (44), Wilson (46, 58)
8 March 2014	Man Utd	1-1	Trickett-Smith (13)
15 March 2014	Bolton	2-4	Ojo (pen ?), Waldron (?)
22 March 2014	Man City	1-2	O'Hanlon (43)
29 March 2014	Tottenham	0-1
5 April 2014	Leicester	2-1	Chirivella (?), Sinclair (?)
12 April 2014	West Brom	4-2	Kent (22, pen 59), Canos (pen 43), O'Hanlon (63)
26 April 2014	Aston Villa	2-3	Chirivella (?), Sinclair (?)
2 May 2014	Bolton	4-2	Trickett-Smith (57), Holding (og 58), Chirivella (73), Sinclair (77)

FA Youth Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
3	18 December 2013	Blackpool	3-3	Ibe (23, 57), Ojo (107)
4	15 January 2014	Aston Villa	3-1	Trickett-Smith (19), Wilson (67, 79)
5	2 February 2014	Watford	2-0	Trickett-Smith (40), Wilson (79)
Quarter-final	12 March 2014	Reading	4-4	Williams (83), Rossiter (90), Trickett-Smith (95), Wilson (105)

Player stats

Pos.	Name	League		FA Youth Cup		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
DF	Jack Alexander	2	0	0	0	2	0
MF	Cameron Brannagan	2	0	4	0	6	0
DF	Tom Brewitt	20	1	0	0	20	1
DF	Nathan Burke	15	2	0	0	15	2
FW	Sergi Canos	14	3	3	0	17	3
MF	Pedro Chirivella	14	3	3	0	17	3
DF	Daniel Cleary	29	3	1	0	30	3
GK	Ryan Crump	15	0	3	0	18	0
MF	Yan Dhanda	1	0	0	0	1	0
MF	Josh Dobie	1	0	0	0	1	0
GK	Andy Firth	13	0	0	0	13	0
GK	Ryan Fulton	2	0	1	0	3	0
DF	Liam Griffin	5	0	0	0	5	0
DF	Sam Hart	23	0	0	0	23	0
FW	Jordon Ibe	0	0	1	2	1	2
GK	Ben Jackson	1	0	0	0	1	0
DF	Lloyd Jones	0	0	4	0	4	0
MF	Herbie Kane	1	0	0	0	1	0
FW	Ryan Kent	23	4	4	0	27	4
DF	Joe Maguire	14	0	4	0	18	0
FW	William Marsh	11	1	0	0	11	1
MF	Wade Maxwell	1	0	0	0	1	0
MF	Alex O'Hanlon	28	7	0	0	28	7
MF	Seyi Ojo	25	4	4	1	29	5
MF	Adam Phillips	16	3	1	0	17	3
DF	Kristof Polgar	4	0	0	0	4	0
DF	Connor Randall	18	0	4	0	22	0
MF	Matty Rimmer	1	1	0	0	1	1
DF	David Roberts	13	0	0	0	13	0
FW	Louis Robles	6	0	0	0	6	0
MF	Jordan Rossiter	0	0	4	1	4	1
DF	Nathan Sheron	2	0	0	0	2	0
FW	Jerome Sinclair	16	14	2	0	18	14
DF	Lewis Travis	3	0	0	0	3	0
FW	Daniel Trickett-Smith	22	9	3	3	25	12
MF	Matthew Virtue-Thick	9	0	0	0	9	0
DF	Dharius Waldron	12	1	0	0	12	1
MF	Jack Watts	1	0	0	0	1	0
GK	Owen Wheeler	1	0	0	0	1	0
DF	Corey Whelan	3	0	0	0	3	0
DF	Jordan Williams	11	0	4	1	15	1
FW	Harry Wilson	22	10	4	4	26	14

Tables

U18 Premier League

League 1

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
2	Everton	31	20	2	9	62	41	21	62
3	Liverpool	31	15	5	11	69	59	10	50
4	Man Utd	31	15	3	13	60	51	9	48

Milk Cup- Premier Section

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
4	Cherry Orchard	3	2	0	1	8	2	6	6
5	Liverpool	3	2	0	1	9	6	3	6
6	Club America de Mexico	3	2	0	1	7	5	2	6

Newark Liberty International Soccer Summit

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Liverpool	3	3	0	0	7	2	5	9
2	Maccabi Haifa	3	2	0	1	12	3	9	6
3	St. Benedict's Prep	3	0	1	2	3	8	-5	1
4	Fuddercol	3	0	1	2	1	10	-9	1

See also

• 2013-14 season
• 2013-14 Reserves season