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Bristol City U18 v Cardiff City U18

11am  19 November 2011
Premier Academy League
Bristol City U18 0 Cardiff City U18 2 (att 50)

Nice to go to a Premier Academy League game where visiting spectators are welcomed, rather than being grudgingly tolerated and treated with suspicion, as seems increasingly to be the case these days.

Bristol City's youngsters use the club's training ground, part of the huge QEH sports ground, primarily set up for rugby, just outside Bristol near the village of Failand. Free teamsheets where available from a friendly chap overseeing the car park, and he helpfully pointed me in direction of the pitch, which was hidden from view and a fair walk from the entrance.

As well as the Under 18s game, the two sides met at Under 16s level on an adjacent, parallel, pitch. Spectators are limited to half of the touchline between the two pitches, as well as space behind the goal.

Cardiff took an early lead with a penalty, and sealed their win with a second goal midway through the second half. They probably deserved to take all the points.

I quite enjoyed the game, but looking back on it neither keeper had much to do and, as is often the case with Academy games, the neat and precise football too often lacked a cutting edge.

Ground no 3,673



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