Nottingham Forest 3 – 2 Everton U18s
Everton U18s play Nottingham Forest at The City Ground on Sunday in their last away game of the season, kicking off at 11:30 am BST.
As George Pickford said after signing his first professional contract this week, it’s been a tough season:
“With the Under-18s, I think we’ve developed as a team. It was tough early on as we had a lot of players new to the age group but we’re working as hard as ever and we’ve done well.
“It’s good because [Baines] knows so much about the positions and tactics, so he can help players out when they need it. He likes giving little bits of advice to the players which really helps.”
A new name on the bench: Shea Pita, a Welsh forward.
The young Blues fell behind after 25 minutes but Callum Bates got them back in the game a few minutes later, and the Blues took the lead through Bradley Moonan before half-time.
Everton kept the hosts at bay for almost the whole of the second half and were about to celebrate a win when two late goals for the home side turned the result on its head and the Blues walked away from the City Ground crest-fallen.
Everton: Lukjanciks, Finney, Van Schoor, Thomas, O Samules-Smith, Moonan, Stewart (88′ Pita), Foster [Y:71′] (74′ Lambert), Wren (70′ Roberts), Bates, Catesby (88′ Billington).
Subs not Used: G Pickford.