Bolton Wanderers into the Summer

MCFC U18s 5 - 0 BWFC U18s

City and Bolton Wanderers finished their academy season off at Hyde United's Ewan Fields and City finished theirs off in style. Goals from Ahmad Benali, John Guidetti and a hat-trick from Jack Redshaw; who finished top goalscorer in academy and reserves with twenty eight goals; twelve academy and sixteen reserve.

Bolton did themselves no favours with an ill disciplined display that led to their substitute being given a straight red card for a really bad two footed challenge on Tom Smith after only being on the field for a few minutes.

City opened their account in the seventeenth minute when a Chris Chantler corner was not fully dealt with and there was Redshaw to force the ball over the line. City were controlling the game and so there was no surprise that City doubled their lead just after the half hour mark when Jeremy Helan showed good skill and pace on the left to cross in and there was Redshaw again to fire the ball into the far corner of the goal.

The third goal came just a few minutes before half time and effectively killed the game off in City's favour. The goal was all about Guidetti as he held the ball up on the right before having a sublime flick and turn to leave the defender looking like he was billy no mates stood all alone as John ran into space on the right of the penalty area before pulling back an inch perfect pass for Benali to slot the ball into far corner of the goal.

City scored their fourth in the fifty seventh minute when Redshaw slipped in Adrian Cieslewicz who crossed in and Guidetti saw Helan in space on the left but Jeremy could not get his shot away and passed back to John who made space for himself before curling a twenty five yard shot into the far corner of the goal.

A minute later and Bolton were down to ten men when their substitute launched himself at Tom Smith when he was deep in City's half and under no pressure and so the referee was left with no choice but to send the player off.

Redshaw had a really good chance to score his third goal mid way through the second half but he lashed at the shot that went well wide. He made up for the miss when Cieslewicz laid the ball on a plate when he pressurised the defender into a mistake before running into space into the penalty box before sending a low hard cross to the feet of jack to tap into the goal from two or three yards.

That result means that City finish top of the national academy statistics by being the only side to remain unbeaten in the normal league season, highest points gained; seventy two from twenty eight games. The best goal difference of plus fifty five; nearly a plus two per game and only being pipped by Leicester by two goals; eighty eight against ninety in terms of goals scored.


City: Clegg(GK), Smith, Chantler(Grandison 54), Carter(Capt.), Paldan, Mitchell, Cieslewicz, Benali(Kapsalopodas 59), Guidetti(Paris 72), Redshaw, Helan.

Subs: Dean(GK).