[History of Everton Reserves]
Everton's Under-21s largely represent the end product of the renowned Everton Academy at Finch Farm which is a Category A Elite Development entity under the current Premier League/FA rules and has produced a number of players now on the threshold of breaking into the Blues' first team. Since 2016, they play in the FA Premier League 2, with the number of teams increasing to 14 in Division 1.
As well as the U21s competing in the Premier League Cup and the Premier League International Cup, Everton are also one of the Premier League Development sides that enter U21 teams into the Papa John's (ne EFL) Trophy against the senior sides from Football League One and League Two.
Everton Under-21s will split their home matches between the 'Pure' Stadium at Haig Avenue in Southport and Goodison Park this season, with some games also being played at Finch Farm.
Everton's games in the 2021-22 Liverpool Senior Cup and Lancashire Senior Cup were contested by the Under-18s, together with the FA Youth Cup too.
F denotes Friendly fixture TF denotes Friendly tournament fixture XI denotes Friendly fixture involving an Everton XI (not necessarily the first team)PL2 denotes Premier League 2 fixtures PLC denotes Premier League Cup fixturesPLIC denotes Premier League International Cup fixturesPJT denotes EFL Trophy fixtures
FA PREMIER LEAGUE 2, Division 1, 2021-22
The section below contains team details, scorers, and brief match reports for Everton Under-23 matches during the 2021-22 Season.
Starting in 2017-18, the U21 Premier League (which itself replaced the old Reserves league that stretched back to an age that pre-dated the formation of the Football League in 1888) was renamed Premier League 2 formed of 24 Category 1 Development teams from top-tier Premier League and Championship clubs. Last season saw PL2 expanded to 26 teams; this season, PL2 has been further expanded to 28 clubs operating in two divisions.
Each team can field a goalkeeper over the age limit and up to three ‘over-age’ outfield players in every match.
Clubs play each other once at home and once away, with the top team in Division 1 named as Champions. The bottom two teams in Division 1 get relegated to Division 2. In Division 2, the league winners get automatic promotion to Division 1; teams ranked 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th go into a promotion play-off. There is no relegation from Division 2.
The Average Age of PL2 squads in the 2021-22 season, as listed at Transfermarkt were:
Premier League 2; Game #1 Monday 16 August 2021 Ewood Park, Blackburn
David Unsworth's Under-23 side started the season in earnest with a hard-fought draw at Ewood Park when they took on Blackburn Rovers U21s in their first Premier League 2 game.
Everton battled hard for much of the first half but went behind just before the break when Tyrer parried a shot, the rebound slotted into the net.
The Everton youngsters went further behind in the second half, in similar fashion. But Charlie Whitaker headed home a Hughes corner to half the deficit and then they got another one to equalise when Hughes's free-kick was headed out but Stanley Mills smashed a glorious half-volley into the top corner of the net.
Everton U23s: Tyrer, John, Anderson (62' Garcia [Y:87']), Astley, Welch, Butterfield, Hughes, Whitaker, Dobbin (61' Cannon), Price, McAllister (46' Mills). Subs not Used: Barrett, Warrington.
Premier League 2, Game #2 Monday 23 August 2021 Haig Avenue, Southport
Everton were under the cosh from their older rivals from the off and did remarkably well to get to 40 minutes before they conceded to the inevitable red onslaught.
Liverpool went further ahead after the break but substitutes Dobbin and Garcia combined as Garcia hit back to get on the scoresheet. But Liverpool went further ahead before another Everton substitute, Liam Higgins, hit the bar and then missed an absolute sitter from 4 yards.
Everton U23s: Leban, John, Anderson (78' Higgins [Y:]), Astley, Welch, Butterfield, Mills [Y:65'], Whitaker [Y:29'], Cannon (58' Garcia), Price [Y:31'], McAllister (58' Dobbin). Subs not Used: Barrett, Hughes.
Premier League 2; Game #3 Friday 27 August 2021 Selhurst Park, London
Everton's Under-21s suffered a second successive 3-1 defeat, this time at Selhurst Park this evening.
Newcomers to Premier League 2, Crystal Palace took the lead just before the half-hour mark through Rak-Sayki but the Blues had the chance to level things up 5 minutes into the second half when Lewis Dobbin powered past his man but was felled and the referee pointed to the spot.
Unfortunately Rhys Hughes's tame spot-kick was saved and Palace were awarded a penalty of their own just a couple of minutes later, Rob Street made no mistake from 12 yards.
It was 3-0 not long afterwards when Street bundled it over the line from close range after the Blues' defence failed to clear their lines.
A brilliant free-kick from Charlie Whitaker clawed a goal back 12 minutes before the end.
Everton U23s: Leban, John, Welch, Astley, Campbell, Price [Y:62'], Butterfield, Mills, Whitaker, Hughes [Y:16'] (60' Garcia), Dobbin. Subs not Used: Barrett, Anderson, Higgins, Cannon.
Premier League 2, Game #4 Friday 10 September 2021 Haig Avenue, Southport
Everton got off to a brilliant start, going ahead through a fine Charlie Whitaker strike inside the first 5 minutes. Stan Mills played him in but he had a lot of work to do, controlling the ball well then changing direction and firing across goal, inside the far post.
But as the half progressed, they allowed Derby to come back into the game more and more. Yet they still kept crafting fairly decent attacking moves, creating a number of half-chances, none of which was converted.
Everton came under more pressure in the second half especially from a Derby free-kick, when the ball was cleared on the line by a fantastic kick by Eli Campbell off his own crossbar, it was that close!
But Everton defended their lead through 6 minutes of added time to secure their first very hard-fought win of the season.
Everton U23s: Leban, Mills [Y:77'], Campbell, Astley, Welch, Anderson, Butterfield, Warrington (64' Hughes), Dobbin (73' Cannon), Price, Whitaker (82' McAllister [Y:88']). Subs not Used: Barrett, Hunt.
Premier League 2; Game #5 Friday 27 August 2021 LCFC Training Ground, Leicester
Everton U23s: Leban; Mills [Y:48'], Campbell, Astley, Welch (47' Garcia), Anderson; McAllister, Butterfield, Dobbin (64' Cannon), Price (71' Hughes), Whitaker. Subs not Used: Barrett, Warrington.
Premier League 2, Game #6 Friday 24 September 2021 Haig Avenue, Southport
Jarrad Branthwaite, at 19 one of the older players that Usworth can call upon, was a bit of a surprise in the starting line-up, returning to the U21s after being a part of the senior squad and on the bench for most of the Premier League games so far, without being utilized.
Giving up an early goal has been something of an ongoing theme and this match was no different as the Blues went behind inside just 3 minutes. But they stabilized things and prevented the visitors from going any further ahead before the break.
The display from the Blues was better in the second half, when they defended well and were worth a goal at least but the elusive equalizer was not forthcoming.
There was some fine argie-bargie at the end of normal time, Whitaker reacting to blatant aggression from Elanga, the Man Utd goalscorer. Whitaker, Elanga and another Man Utd player were dismissed by the referee.
Everton U23s: Barrett, John, Anderson, Astley, Welch, Branthwaite, Mills (46' Garcia), Butterfield, Whitaker [R:90+2'], Price (78' Warrington), Hughes [Y:56'] (58' McAllister).Subs not Used: Leban, Campbell
Premier League 2; Game #7 Saturday 2 October 2021 Rush Green, London
West Ham scored 2 goals before the half-hour mark but Stan Mills got one back before the break. However, West Ham went further ahead with a goal just after the hour to chalk up another 3-1 loss for the young Blues.
Everton U23s: Barrett, John, Campbell (81' McAllister), Astley, Welch [Y:80'], Butterfield, Mills, Hunt [Y:69'], Kouyate (67' Cannon), Price, Hughes. Subs not Used: Stewart, Anderson, Warrington
Premier League 2, Game #8 Monday 18 October 2021 Haig Avenue, Southport
Everton fell behind to two goals from the visitors in the first half. But the fightback began with Eli Campbell climbing high to power a terrific header over the keeper and into the net before half-time.
Then Harry Tyrer found Whitaker on the right with a good piece of distribution from the back and he flicked the ball into the path of Mills, who squared it for Dobbin to fire first-time past the keeper and put Everton level before the hour mark.
And the fightback was complete when Cannon's shot fell to Whitaker and he fired home to make it 3-2 for the young Blues with 5 minutes left. But the scoring wasn't complete as there was more to come before the final whistle Rhys Hughes finding the bottom corner to make it 4-2 at the end of normal time.
Everton U23s: Tyrer, John [Y:49'], Campbell [Y:44'], Welch, Astley, Warrington, Mills (80' Hughes), Price, Whitaker, Onyango (82' Butterfield [Y:90+2']), Dobbin (68' Cannon). Subs not Used: Barrett, Anderson.
Premier League 2; Game #9 Friday 22 October 2021 Meadow Park, London
Arsenal inflicted a comprehensive 4-0 defeat on Unsworth's proteges — their biggest defeat of a poor season so far.
Everton U23s: Tyrer, John, Campbell, Welch, Astley, Warrington, Mills (56' Hughes), Price, Cannon, Onyango (82' Butterfield), Whitaker (77' Hunt). Subs not Used: Barrett, Anderson.
Premier League 2; Game #10 Saturday 30 October 2021 Kingsmeadow, London
Everton went ahead when Tom Cannon ran on to a great forward pass and fired it into the Chelsea net.
But the home side snatched a draw when they equalized in the 90th minute.
Everton U23s: Tyrer, John, Campbell, Welch, Astley, Warrington, Hughes (85' Quirk [Y:89']), Onyango, Cannon (74' Whitaker), Price, Dobbin (62' Mills [Y:85']). Subs not Used: Barrett, Anderson.
Premier League 2, Game #11 Saturday 6 November 2021 Haig Avenue, Southport
David Unsworth's U21s came back from a first-half goal down in Southport to secure a massive win over Manchester City.
[Kyle John was unwell before the game and Seb Quirk played in his place, reducing the subs bench to four players.]
And they could only keep Man City at bay for less than half-an-hour before conceding the first goal, but did very well to come back before the break with Tom Cannon pouncing on a through-ball from Stan Mills to score a really good equalizer.
In the second half, Tom Cannon's drive beat the Man City keeper but hit the bar and Stan Mills followed up to volley a super shot that hit the post and goes in off the keeper. They all count!
And it got even better for the young Blues as the second-half subs combined superbly Hughes pulling the ball back for Whitaker's shot to squirm underneath the keeper, who may feel he should have saved it.
But City came back into it with a low cross that was deflected into his own net by Ryan Astely. In the last minute of added time, City hit the bar but the Blues hung on for a tremendous morale-boosting win!
Everton U23s: Tyrer, John Quirk, Anderson [Y:90+3'], Welch, Astley, Warrington, Mills (72' Hughes), Price [Y:36'], Cannon, Onyango [Y:74'] (79' McAllister), Dobbin (68' Whitaker). Subs not Used: Barrett.
Premier League 2, Game #12 Monday 22 November 2021 Goodison Park, Merseyside
Everton did well to gain the advantage in the first half with goals from Lewis Dobbin and Reece Welch. Tom Cannon and Joe Anderson came on after the break.
In the second half, Brighton came back into the game strongly with a stream of attacks that included hitting the post and forcing important saves from Harry Tryer. Mills was the last sub, replacing Lewis Warrington.
Evan Ferguson had been a danger all night for the visitors and he finally scored with 12 minutes left after a fine run and hard shot that Tyrer could not stop. But Everton held on to secure an important win.
Everton U23s: Tyrer, Astley, Welch, Branthwaite [Y:35'] (46' Anderson), John, Onyango [Y:27'], Warrington (72' Mills [Y:90+4']), Price [Y:11'], Hughes, Dobbin, Simms (46' Cannon).Subs not Used: Barrett, Garcia.
Premier League 2; Game #13 Friday 26 November 2021 Lamex Stadium, Stevenage
Spurs inflicted a comprehensive 4-0 defeat on Unsworth's protégés — close on the heels of a similar hammering on their visit to Arsenal last month.
Everton U23s: Tyrer, John, Anderson, Welch (78' Campbell), Astley, Warrington, Mills, Onyango, Cannon, Price, Hughes. Subs not used: Barrett, McAllister, Hunt, Higgins.
Premier League 2, Game #14 Saturday 6 December 2021 Haig Avenue, Southport
This game kicked off an hour before the big one involving the senior teams at Goodison Park.
It was getting late into the second half when Tom Cannon scored. Katiya Kouyate came on as a sub and made sure of the fine win in added time.
Everton U23s: Tyrer, John, Anderson, Welch, Astley, Onyango, Dobbin (90' Mills), Price, Cannon (90+2' Campbell), Warrington [Y:65'], Hughes [Y:37'] (75' Kouyate). Subs not Used: Barrett, Whitaker.
Premier League 2; Game #15 Monday 20 December 2021 LNER Community Stadium, York
Everton U21s travelled to York for their Premier League 2 encounter with Leeds Utd, where they played out a goalless draw.
Everton U23s: Tyrer, John, Anderson [Y], Welch, Astley, Price, Mills (59' Kouyate), Whitaker (59' McAllister), Cannon [Y], Warrington, Hughes (69' Hunt). Subs not Used: Barrett, Campbell.
Premier League 2, Game #16 Monday 10 January 2022 Haig Avenue, Southport
Everton Under-21s returned in Premier League 2 action on Monday evening as Crystal Palace made the trip to The Pure Stadium.
Ellis Simms featured after seeing Dobbin and Onyango in the team for FA Cup tie at Hull on Saturday.
Stan Mills was on the scoresheet again, putting Everton in the lead. But Crystal Palace hit back on the hour mark.
Isaac Price, on as a sub for Mills, put Everton back in the lead, only to see Palace equalize again 4 minutes later. And that's how it stayed.
Everton U23s: Tyrer, Welch [Y:50'], John, Astley, Hunt, Campbell, Warrington, Simms, Mills (64' Price), Cannon, Hughes (64' Quirk). Subs not Used: Leban, Butterfield, Anderson.
Premier League 2; Game #17 Saturday 15 January 2022 Liverpool Acedemy
Everton U21s came back to draw their Liverpool counterparts at their Academy in Halewood, thanks to a late goal from Tom Cannon.
With Rafa Benitez no longer needing any of Simms, Dobbin, Onyango or Cannon for his Canaries Catastrophe, those promising youngsters were returned to the U23s, and helped secure a point for their PL2 campaign.
Everton U23s: Tyrer, Quirk, Hunt (56' Hughes), John, Astley, Anderson [Y:67'], Dobbin, Warrington, Simms (90+3' Higgins), Onyango, Cannon. Subs not Used: Leban, Kristensen, Hagan.
Premier League 2, Game #18 Monday 24 January 2022 Haig Avenue, Southport
Everton U21s continue their Premier League 2 campaign with a home win over Spurs on Monday night, thanks to a goal from Lewis Dobbin just before the break.
Nathan Patterson made his first appearance for any Everton team and played a key role in the only goal of the game.
Lewis Dobbin put Everton ahead just minutes before half-time after good play by Mills and a great cross in from Patterson with pace and accuracy for a clinical headed strike by Lewis Dobbin. And the Blues held out for a very important win.
Everton U21s Tyrer, Patterson (61' Quirk), John, Welch [Y:88'], Astley, Branthwaite (62' Anderson), Mills [Y:90+5'], Warrington, Simms, Price, Dobbin (71' Hughes). Subs not Used: Leban, Butterfield.
Premier League 2, Game #19 Friday 4 February 2022 Haig Avenue, Southport
Leicester City U21s came from behind to end a seven-game unbeaten run for David Unsworth's U21s in Southport his evening.
Coming ahead of the FA Cup 4th Round tie against Brentford tomorrow, and with a number of key first-team players injured, youngsters Dobbin, Onyango, Branthwaite and Kyle John held over tonight so some of them could be on the bench or even starting tomorrow's game.
And there was a first sighting in an Everton shirt for Billy Crellin, the young goalkeeper who was signed from Fleetwood Town on Deadline Day, on the bench tonight.
But the imperative tonight is to continue working their way back up the Premier League 2 table. Kick-off is at 7 pm GMT and the game will be streamed live on Everton's Official YouTube channel.
The squad included a number of players elevated from the U18s for the first time this season: Okoronkwo, Metcalfe, and Sherif.
Everton took the lead in blustery conditions when an excellent free-kick take by Rhys Hughes was delivered deep into the Leicester area where Joe Anderson got a deft foot on the ball to turn it past the Leicester City keeper from close range.
Stanley Mills, after having a great shot saved before the goal, had to be withdrawn 10 minutes before the end of the first half. Jenson Metcalfe came on for his first appearance ta this level after some excellent showings for the U18s.
The visitors piled on after the break, forcing Everton back, and the pressure eventually paid off with the equalizer.
The young Foxes kept pressing and a header from a free-kick came back off the post but Campbell could not stop it from bobbling over the line off his leg for the go-ahead goal.
Everton U23s: Tyrer, Quirk (71' Hagan), Campbell, Welch, Astley, Anderson, Mills (37' Metcalfe [Y:78']), Price [Y:51'], Hughes, Okoronkwo (76' Sherif), Cannon. Subs not Used: Crellin, Kristensen.
Premier League 2; Game #20 Monday 22 February 2022 Loughborough University
Everton U21s won at Derby County tonight with two goals from Tom Cannon.
And David Unsworth started with pretty much his strongest squad, sans loanees Ellis Simms and Lewis Warrington, with Charlie Whitaker and a few others out injured. No sign of Billy Crellin, the new goalie.
Everton were a little slow to get going but took the lead against the run of play when Cannon controlled the ball well and made space to his left before firing an unstoppable shot into the top corner to put the Blues ahead.
Tom Cannon got a second when a lovely cross from Seb Quirk was bundled over the line by him at the far post. And he almost got his hat-trick minutes later with a fabulous strike off another feed from Quirk down the right at was cleared off the line.
Dobbin then got clear with a straight run in on goal but fired his shot too close to the keeper. Derby had two very good chances near the end but failed to score.
Everton U23s: Tyrer, Quirk [Y:91'], John, Welch (56' Campbell), Astley, Anderson, Mills (66' Butterfield), Price [Y:37'], Cannon, Onyango (56' Hughes), Dobbin. Subs not Used: Leban, Kristensen.
Premier League 2; Game #21 Friday 11 March 2022 The Amex Elite Football Performance Centre, Brighton
Everton U21s were trounced by Brighton & Hove Albion at The Amex Elite Football Performance Centre tonight.
The home side went ahead with Everton trying to play out from the back, losing possession, and a ball in was half-cleared by Anderson smacking off Price and past Crellin into the Everton net.
But Everton got back into the game when Price saw a chance and played the ball forward to Dobbin who finished crisply into the corner.
But Everton came back with a good solo goal from Dobbinm a great run down the left before he cooly slotted it across the keeper into the corner of the goal to make it 1-1 at the break.
A poor challenge by Astley sandwiched an attacker between him and Kristensen, with the ref calling a penalty that was polled past Crellin.
A few minutes later and Brighton were 3-1 ahead when Crellin was well beaten on a decent free-kick.
The fourth goal for Brighton showed up Crellin's poor judgement, coming out for a long ball hoofed up from the back but he completely missed it and allowed the Brighton man to roll run past him and roll the ball into an empty net.
But Astley spoilt any late revival, diving in and getting a straight red, although there seemed to be limited contact.
Everton U23s: Crellin, Quirk, Hunt [Y:68'], Kristensen (61' Metcalfe), Astley [Y:49';R:86'], Anderson, Mills (87' Jones), Butterfield [Y:13'] (46' Hughes), Cannon, Price, Dobbin. Subs not Used: Leban, Hagan.
Premier League 2; Game #22 Friday 18 March 2022 Old Trafford, Manchester
Everton U21s had no answer to three second-half goals from their hosts at Old Trafford this evening.
Isaac Price was unlucky after 5 minutes with an early shot from 25 yards. Lewis Dobbin might have put Everton ahead on 15 minutes from Tom Cannon's flicked header but his shot was blocked.
Dobbin had a better shot that flew inches wide of the top corner and he would go close a third time after the break, before the Everton defence was breached.
One positive from the game was the return of Sean McAllister in the second half, who had not played since December.
Everton U23s: Tyrer, Quirk [Y:36'] (51' Hughes), Hunt, John, Welch, Anderson, Mills (77' Campbell), Butterfield, Cannon, Price [Y:20'] (46' McAllister [Y:90+3']), Dobbin. Subs not Used: Crellin, Kristensen.
Premier League 2, Game #23 Monday 4 April 2022 Haig Avenue, Southport
Charlie Whitaker returns after being out since January. Sean McAllister had also been missing for a number of games before he appeared as a sub last time out against Man Utd.
Eli Campbell was booked after 17 minutes. Blackburn went ahead on 38 minutes. And before the hour-mark, Rhys Hughes put the ball into his own net to give the visitors a 2-goal advantage.
Elevated from the U18s, Emilio Lawrence came on as sub for the first time at this level. But he could do little to change the depressing scoreline, Everton's 4th defeat in the last 5 games.
Everton U23s: Tyrer, Mills, Campbell [Y:17'] (66' Kristensen), John, Anderson, Hunt, Hughes [Y:68'], Butterfield (46' Garcia), Cannon, McAllister [Y:81'], Whitaker (70' Lawrence). Subs not Used: Leban, Hagan.
Premier League 2, Game #24 Friday 15 April 2022 Goodison Park, Merseyside
Everton U21s scored a fine win over Chelsea at Goodison Park in Premier League 2 on Friday night.
The form of the U21s has slipped badly again as the news that their manager of 9 years, David Unsworth, is leaving the club. The side has lost 5 of their last 6 games and they have slid down the PL2 table into 12th, place, just 4 points ahead of their opponents. Tonight, they were managed by John Ebbrell, assisted by fellow former players, Jose Baxter and Leighton Baines.
Jarrad Branthwaite dropped down from the first team to captain the side. Everton should have gone ahead on 12 minutes when Dobin slipped but Dobbin's penalty lacked power and was poor.
But Everton went ahead after the half-hour through Tom Cannon with a fine strike on a backheel pass from Onyango on a ball over the top.
Rafael Garcia was back in action after a season or more of injury problems, and he made it 2-0 for the home side with a superb strike in added time following a mazy run by Stan Mills.
Chelsea dominated the second half and threw everything at Everton but could not alter the scoreline.
Everton U23s: Tyrer, Mills (80' Butterfield), Campbell [Y:90+5'], Welch, Branthwaite, Price, Whitaker (65' McAllister), Onyango, Dobbin, Cannon, Garcia (87' Lawrence). Subs not Used: Crellin, Anderson.
Premier League 2, Game #25 Monday 25 April 2022 Finch Farm, Merseyside
Everton U21s were twice leading against West Ham tonight in the penultimate game of their Premier League 2 season, but ended up the losing side at Finch Farm.
Everton have slipped to 11th in the PL2 after a poor season that saw David Unsworth depart as manager barely 2 weeks ago, while the visitors are riding high at 2nd.
Emilio Lawrence, just 16, gets to start this one as Everton bend over backwards to try and persuade the youngster that his place is here with the Blues and to sign a new contract.
Everton drove into a 2-0 lead with goals from Lewis Dobbin and Tom Cannon, only for the visitors score either side of half-time to equalize.
Everton went ahead through Luke Butterfield but two more goals from the Hammers would steal the game from the Blues.
Everton U23s: Crellin, Mills, Campbell, Astley, Welch, Butterfield, Whitaker (31' Hunt), Price, Dobbin, Cannon, Lawrence (67' McAllister). Subs not Used: Tyrer, Anderson, Garcia.
Premier League 2; Game #26 Friday 29 April 2022 Etihad Stadium, Manchester
While the main focus of concerned Evertonians has rightly been on the dreadful performances of the senior side, Everton U21s were comprehensively thrashed by the PL2 Champions on their night of celebration in the season finalé at The Etihad. But Everton narrowly avoided the greater horror of relegation from PL2 Division 1, after Leeds Utd could only draw at Arsenal.
Only one change for Everton from the last game versus West Ham, Harry Tyrer replacing Barry Crellin in goal.
After complete domination by Man City for the first 7 minutes, in Everton's first attack, Whitaker drove a great volley against the bar.
Everton should have taken the lead on 14 minutes when Dobbin got free and past the City keeper a long way out but his shot on the empty net was poor and could not be finished at the far post by Cannon running in, who saw his shot cleared off the line. City then hit the post and had the rebound cleared off the line.
The deadlock was broken on 22 minutes when Cole Palmer was allowed time to tee up a lovely curling shot beyond Tyrer and inside the post.
City went further ahead on the half-hour with another very slick goal, a tremendous finish by Lewis getting in behind the moribund Everton defence.
Palmer, easy as you like, put a dangerous free-kick inch-perfect into the top corner that Tyrer was desperately trying to cover. 3-0.
Emilio Lawrence had a rare venture forward and saw his shot slightly deflected wide, the resulting Everton corner was also headed wide from close range.
It was 4-0 well before the hour-mark when City passed their way through the Everton defence to score with ease. And it was 5-0 with 22 minutes left when City walked the ball into the Everton net. Delap then made it 6-0, quickly followed by the 7th for a rampant Man City.
Everton U23s: Tyrer, Mills, Campbell, Astley, Welch, Butterfield, Whitaker (46' McAllister), Price (62' Hunt [Y:90+3']), Dobbin, Cannon, Lawrence (74' Garcia). Subs not Used: Crellin, Anderson.
2014-15 saw the introduction of The Premier League International Cup. The tournament was cancelled last season because of the Covid-19 Pandemic and did not take place this season.
The 2021-22 Premier League Cup is the eighth campaign of the knockout cup competition following the launch of EPPP. Everton are the defending champions after the tournament was cancelled in 2019-20 and spent 2021-22 on hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The Premier League Cup is contested initially in 4-team groups of Category A Development sides, playing home and away. The top two teams from each of the eight groups progress to the knockout stages, with one-off ties from the last 16 through to the final to determine the champions. Everton U21s were drawn against Burnley, Peterborough and Sheffield United in Group D of the Premier League Cup for 2021-22.
Premier League Cup; Group D, Game #1 Friday 17 September 2021 Haig Avenue, Southport
David Unsworth's side started well and scored in the 9th minute when Rhys Hughes delivered a corner from the right and Lewis Dobbin reacted quickly to flick the ball into the net at the near post for his first competitive goal for the Under-21s.
But this enlivened the visitors who would go on to score two goals in the first half and add a third right after the break.
Everton U23s: Leban, Mallon, Hunt [Y:78'], Astley, Welch, Anderson, Hughes, Warrington, Dobbin, McAllister, Cannon. Subs not Used: Barrett, Butterfield, Price, Whitaker, Campbell.
Premier League Cup; Group D, Game #2 Monday 25 October 2021 Haig Avenue, Southport
Two late goals in the second half gave Everton U21s victory over Burnley in a Premier League Cup "must-win" group game in Southport tonight after having lost the first 3-1 to Sheffield United back in September.
Tyler Onyango continued his progression to full match fitness with a hint that he may travel with the senior side to Wolves on Monday when he was substituted at half-time by Stan Mills.
Rhys Hughes came on as a sub and scored an excellent goal from a long-range free-kick after 74 minutes to open the scoring. Hughes was then involved in an excellent passing move that set up Tom Cannon to score the second goal.
Everton U23s: Tyrer, John, Campbell, Welch, Astley, Onyango (46' Mills), Whitaker (67' Hughes), Price, Cannon, Warrington (86' Butterfield), Dobbin. Subs not Used: Barrett, Anderson.
Premier League Cup; Group D, Game #3 Monday 1 December 2021 Haig Avenue, Southport
Everton U21s lost 3-0 to Peterborough Utd in the third of six games to be played in Group D of the Premier League Cup.
Everton were left with a mountain to climb after falling two goals down during the first half, and Peterborough'third made the task impossible.
No match details beyond the teamsheet are available for this game.
Everton U23s: Tyrer, John, Campbell, Welch, Astley, Onyango, Mills, Price, Simms, Warrington, Hughes Subs: Barett, Anderson, Cannon, Whitaker, Kouyate.
Premier League Cup; Group D, Game #4 Friday 17 December 2021 Peterborough
With a handful of U21s press-ganged into action at Stamford Bridge last night, the rest of the squad is battling it out against Peterborough United at the Weston Homes Stadium in a Premier League Cup group game at lunchtime today.
Plenty of action and chances but no goals until near the end of the game when Everton took the lead. Whitaker broke clear after Hughes intercepted a poorly taken Peterborough free-kick. Whitaker played a super pass to Stan Mills who drilled home a great finish.
Everton held on to mark up a fine revenge win after losing 3-0 in the home group game at the start of the month. The win puts Everton 2nd behind their hosts today with two away games to play, at Sheffield Utd and Burnley.
Everton U23s: Tyrer, John, Anderson, Welch, Astley, Hughes, Mills, Price, Cannon (75' Kouyate), Warrington, Whitaker. Subs not Used: Barrett, McAllister, Hunt, Campbell
Premier League Cup; Group D, Game #5 Thursday 6 January 2022 Weston Homes Stadium, Peterborough
Premier League Cup; Group D, Game #6 Friday 11 February 2022 Lancashire FA County Ground, Leyland
Everton Under-21s scored first but gave up goals at the end of each half of their last game in Group D of the Premier League Cup away against Burnley.
Everton took the lead on the half-hour when Dobbin cut in from the left and slotted his right-footed effort past the Burnley 'keeper. But the home side responded just before the break, drawing level.
And a second goal just before the end of the second half for the home side denied Everton any points from this one.
Everton U23s: Crellin, Astley, Welch, John*, Anderson, Quirk, Onyango, Gbamin (Price), Hughes (Campbell), Cannon, Dobbin. Subs Not Used: Tyrer, Hagan, Kristensen.
* No line-up information was provided by Everton FC for this game. A 10-man teamsheet, plus subs was listed by other sources. We think the unlisted player was probably Kyle John.
Everton failed to qualify for the knockout stages of this season's U23 Premier League Cup, finishing 3rd in Group D:
Everton U21s were drawn against Carlisle United, Hartlepool United, and Morecambe in North Group A of the EFL Trophy for 2021-22.
EFL Trophy; Group A, Game #1 Tuesday 14 September 2021 Mazuma Stadium, Morecambe
In a difficult game against their elders and presumed betters, Everton youngsters battled to impose an impressive degree of control on the game without scoring.
But that would change after Sean McAllister came on as a substitute for Lewis Dobbin just before the hour mark. And 7 minutes later, McAllister picked up a pass from Eli Campbell, made space, turned smartly and fired in off the post with the keeper rooted, to put Everton ahead.
That set up increasingly frantic later stages to the game as the home side tried everything in their playbook to get through the Everton defence... but failed.
Everton U21s: Leban, Mills, Astley, Campbell, Welch [Y:30'], Anderson, Whitaker, Price, Butterfield, Cannon (82' Warrington), Dobbin (57' McAllister). Subs not Used: Barrett, Hunt, Kristiensen, Hughes, Hagan.
EFL Trophy; Group A, Game #2 Tuesday 28 September 2021 Brunton Stadium, Carlisle
For the hosts, former Everton Academy players included Morgan Feeney who was very solid in defence, while Manassa Mampala came on as a second-half sub.
After a long period of pressing, with Barret making a number of key saves in a tough first half, the home side went ahead just moments before half-time.
Unsworth made some changes and for a spell, Everton showed some attacking intent to relieve the relentless pressure. But his third change approaching the hour-mark, that saw Kouyate enter the action for the first time this season, was immediately followed by another soft goal for the hosts, headed on easily over Barrett.
And that's how the game finished, with Everton needing to pull out their tripe at Hartlepool in the final group game in November.
Everton U21s: Barrett, Welch, Anderson, Astley, John, Campbell, McAllister, Whitaker (46' Butterfield), Price (46' Warrington), Garcia (57' Kouyate), Dobbin.Subs not Used: Leban, Hughes, Quirk, Mills.
EFL Trophy; Group A, Game #3 Tuesday 2 November 2021 Victoria Park, Hartlepool
An Everton Under-21 team lost narrowly to Hartlepool United in their third and final group game in the Papa John's (EFL) Trophy.
Everton's best chance came when Stan Mills glommed onto a tremendous ball over the defence and he tried to lob the Hartlepool goalkeeper, hitting the crossbar with him well beaten.
But Hartlepool had pushed Everton back and pressed them all game and their reward finally came on 71 minutes after more sustained pressure on the Everton defence. That's how it finished with Everton once again failing to progress in the EFL Trophy.
Everton U21s: Tyrer, Campbell, Astley, John, Welch, Price (73' Whitaker), Hughes, Onyango, Warrington (83' McAllister), Dobbin, Cannon (46' Mills). Subs not Used: Barett, Anderson, Hunt, Quirk.
Pre-season friendly; Game #1 Tuesday 13 July 2021 Finch Farm
Pre-season friendly; Game #2 Saturday 17 July 2021 Nethermoor Park, Guiseley
Everton U21s saw another hat-trick from Lewis Dobbin secure a win in their second pre-season friendly, this one against Guiseley at Nethermoor Park on Saturday afternoon.
Everton were 4-1 winners, with all the goals being scored in the first half, Tom Cannon also getting on the scoresheet.
Guiseley got a goal back in the first half from a set-piece, but Unsworth's side saw the game out with no further scoring in the second half.
In the second half, Elijah Campbell and Isaac Price made way for Isaac Heath and the Number 17 [Who does not seem to have a name on the team sheet].
Everton U23s: Barrett, McAllister, Campbell (Heath), Astley, Welch, Butterfield, Mills, Dobbin, Cannon, Price (#17?), Hughes. Subs not Used: Leban, Kristensen, Hagan, Higgins.
Pre-season friendly; Game #3 Wednesday 21 July 2021 Horsfall Stadium, Bradford
David Unsworth's U21s traveled to Bradford on Wednesday evening and secured a strong 6-1 win in their third pre-season friendly.
Everton went behind early on but then recovered to end the first half 3-1 up with goals from Lewis Dobbin, Tom Cannon and Kyle John.
Cannon got another after the break, with goals from Kristensn and Campbell rounding out Everton's impressive performance.
Pre-season friendly; Game #4 Tuesday 27 July 2021 Brunton Park, Carlisle
Everton U21s travelled to Carlisle Utd for a training game this afternoon. The game was played behind closed doors with the home side edging it 3-2, with ex-Everton Academy player Manasse Mampala hitting the winner.
Everton went in front on 7 minutes through Tom Cannon and retook the lead when 16-year-old Eli Campbell struck on 66 minutes after a first-half equaliser from the home side.
Carlisle's second equaliser arrived on 83 minutes and, 60 seconds later, former Everton Academy player Manasse Mampala bent in a terrific finish for the winner.
Everton U23s: Leban, Campbell, John, Astley, Hughes, Iversen, Cannon, Dobbin, Butterfield, Price, Welch. Subs: McAllister, Baningime, Mallon
Pre-season friendly; Game #5 Tuesday 3 August 2021 Victory Park, Chorely
Lewis Dobbin scored his third pre-season hat-trick for the Under-21s as they beat Chorley this evening.
The young striker had already bagged hat-tricks against both Warrington Rylands and Guiseley earlier in pre-season, after playing for the first team in their practice match against Accrington Stanley at Finch Farm.
The 18-year-old took less than 10 minutes to find the net after a great forward pass from Tom Cannon.
Chorley equalised before the break, but Dobbin restored the lead with a right-footed shot under the keeper from a Stanley Mills cross.
A few minutes before full time, Dobbin completed his hat-trick with another lovely finish which found the back of the net off the far post.
Everton U23s: Tyrer, Quirk (70' Hunt), Anderson, Astley, Welch, Butterfield (65' Warrington), Mills, Dobbin, Cannon (60' McAllister), Price, Whitaker.
Pre-season friendly; Game #6 Tuesday 3 August 2021 The Pure Stadium, Southport
Everton U21s came back from giving up a first-half goal to win their final pre-season friendly game 2-1 at their adopted home ground against hosts Southport.
A couple of very well-taken goals from Charlie Whitaker and Sean McAllister completed the turnaround after the interval. Whitaker weaved his way forward but unleashed an unstoppable shot that flew into the top corner from outside the area. McAllister, on as a substitute, dribbled down the left-wing before shooting into the bottom corner of the Southport goal from outside the box.
Everton goalkeeper Zan-Luk Leban saved a late penalty to ensure another impressive win for David Unsworth's side, who take a 100% pre-season record into the start of the Premier League 2 season next Monday when they travel to Blackburn Rovers.
Everton U23s (incomplete): Leban, Branthwaite, Quirk, Whitaker, (McAllister) Cannon.
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