Millwall 1 Southend United 1: Anthony Furlonge's late goal ensured that the Blues Under-18 side earned a deserved share of the spoils in their opening Youth Alliance Cup Group 5 match, stopping a run of seven successive defeats to the hosts!
Put a face to the names of the players you read about every week in the Shrimpers Trust youth team reports section, who will be the next Harry Crawford or Franck Moussa?
Southend Unired 3 Dagenham & Redbridge 0: Ryan Auger grabbed a first-half brace and front-man Duane Ofori-Acheampong got off the mark for the new season at Boots & Laces saturday morning.
Leyton Orient 1 Southend United 2: A rare goal from left-back Teddy Nesbitt and a penalty kick dispatched by James Stevens earned the Shrimpers Under-18 team their first league points of the season.
Southend United 0 Millwall 2: The clash of the last two Football League Youth Alliance South-East Conference champions ended in another victory for the south London side at Boots & Laces, their seventh in a row against the Shrimpers under-18's!
The Lion cubs of Millwall beat the Shrimpers under-18 side three times last term, and they open the new youth team season Saturday, but boss Ricky Duncan is still confident about the year ahead.
A youthful Southend United XI lost 5-2 to Ryman League Division One North side Ware at Wodson Park on Tuesday evening, despite Marcus Milner's second half double.
It was the young Hammers that pipped the Gunners in an all-London Youth Cup Final at Roots Hall Sunday afternoon, after coming from behind to win with an own goal in the 65th minute.
The Youth Cup being held at Roots Hall this weekend gave the home side a chance to come back after their unlucky penalty defeat Saturday, but it happened again, this time losing by the odd spot kick in 23!
The Youth Cup being held at Roots Hall this weekend gave the home side a chance to shine and they were unlucky to lose out by the odd spot-kick in seven to their East London neighbours.
The Youth Cup kicks off at Roots Hall this weekend with a win for the young Gunners to take them to the final Sunday afternoon. Next up Shrimpers v Hammers!
Charlton Athletic 1 Southend United 1: Plenty of players tried out in this under-18 pre-season friendly before a trip to Holland later this week and a Stevens penalty got the young Shrimpers off to a good start.
The Shrimpers under-18 youth team tournament will be played over the weekend of July 24-25 and has attracted the likes of Arsenal, West Ham and Dutch side FC Twente.
With all the troubles at the club the Shrimpers faithful have been able to rely on Ricky Duncan's successful Under-18 side, and the fixture list for the new season has been announced.
Tough as it's been for the Shrimpers faithful, we can be proud of the continued good form of the under-18 side led by Ricky Duncan, and the dates of next seasons FA Youth Cup have been released.
Blues young midfielder Marcus Milner had just signed a development contract with the club when he found himself coming on a sub for the final league game at Southampton!
Northampton Town 3 Southend United 2: With many of the usual side on the south coast it was an even younger Shrimpers who lost their final Youth Alliance South-East Conference game of the season to finish fifth.
Southend United 0 Millwall 3: The young Shrimpers faint hopes of retaining the Football League Youth Alliance South-East Conference title were extinguished as the Lion cubs claimed another victory over them at Boots & Laces.
Blues striker Harry Crawford, who has left the subs bench to play first team football recently, has been called up to the Republic of Ireland's Under-19 squad.
Brentford 2 Southend United 3: At last, a win for a Shrimpers side! Their Under-18 team returned to winning ways as they edged a five-goal thriller at the Bees Jersey Road training ground Saturday.
Southend United 3 Peterborough United 4: A stunning second-half comeback came up marginally short as the Posh found a late winner to edge a seven-goal Youth Alliance thriller at Boots & Laces.
Southend United 1 Luton Town 2: The Shrimpers Under-18's gave a much-improved performance but were unable to prevent the Hatters from gaining victory at Boots & Laces after the first-half dismissal of Justin Hazell.
