Awards Round-Up

May is Awards season in football, and with clubs having largely held their end-of-season dinners to honour the best of 2008/09, here’s a quick rundown on who in the top 50 carried away a trophy.

Delfouneso and Ranger put England Under-19s on Final track

Two games, two wins, and plenty of goals for England Under-19 strikers Nathan Delfouneso and Nile Ranger as Brian Eastick’s boys look set to progress to July’s European Under-19 Championships.

Welbeck’s Under-21 Euro dream ended through injury

Less than a week after being named in Stuart Pearce’s final squad for the upcoming European Under-21 Championships in Sweden, Manchester United striker Daniel Welbeck has withdrawn from the party with a knee injury.

Arsenal win FA Youth Cup

They held a strong advantage heading into Tuesday night’s Second Leg, and after a 2-1 win at Anfield, Arsenal have clinched the 2009 FA Youth Cup. Captain Jay Emmanuel-Thomas lifted the trophy exactly 20 years to the day that the first team won the English First Division on the same ground.

Midweek/Weekend Round-Up: May 18-25th

The English season drew to a close this week, but not without some impact from the prospects, and a top quality showing from Arsenal in the first leg of the FA Youth Cup.

Under-17s: Team of the Tournament

To finish off our coverage of the European Under-17 Championships, here’s a look at our Team of the Tournament.

Under-17s: Glory for Germany as Trinks sinks Dutch (video)

They’ve been the tournament’s best team, and although it took until just a few minutes were remaining in extra time, hosts Germany won their first ever European Under-17 Championship courtesy of a quite stunning free kick from Florian Trinks to beat a heartbroken Dutch team, who pushed their opponents all the way.

Under-17s: Final Preview

It’s an early start on Monday morning if you want to catch the Final of the European Under-17 Championships. At 11am CET, Germany and Holland will take to the field in Magdeburg to fight for one of the most prestigious crowns in youth football.

Murphy downs Spurs to win Academy League title

Arsenal and Tottenham went head-to-head at White Hart Lane on Sunday afternoon to contest the Final of the Premier Academy League, and it was the Gunners who clinched what they hope to be the first of two trophies in May, with Rhys Murphy’s goal edging a close and hot-tempered clash 1-0.

Midweek/Weekend Round-Up: May 11th-17th

Winding down the home stretch now with matches few and far between, but this weekend has seen a couple of notable prospects take part in title celebrations, even if they didn’t claim medals themselves.