Tomorrow will be a big night for United’s stars of the future, as our Under-18s travel to Spytty Park to face Newport County in the F.A Youth Cup 1st Round (03/11/21 7pm KO).
United’s U18s warmed up for the tie with a resounding result in the Wotton Printers Devon Youth Cup 2ndd Round on Sunday, by beating Chaddlewood Miners Youth Clarets by a resounding 17-0 scoreline.
County, meanwhile, play in the D Division of the F.A Youth Alliance League, and are currently in 8th position, having a league record of 2 wins, 1 draw, and 6 defeats, the latest being a 1-0 home defeat to our Devon rivals, Exeter City.
In the opposition Dugout – Damien Broad
Damien Broad has been at the Newport Academy for over 3 years and became Academy Manager in September 2019. He led the Exiles U-18s to the 3rd Round Proper of the Youth Cup last season where despite taking a 2-0 lead they finally bowed out against Premier League youth in the form of Tottenham Hotspur.
Broad’s previous roles have included Football Development Officer at Cardiff City, International Lead at City Football Group at Manchester City where he was based in China as well as Academy Coach and BCCT Sports Lecturer at Bristol City. Damien also spent over 5 years as manager of Pontypridd Town AFC and is still an active ambassador of the Show Racism the Red Card Wales charity.
The Venue – Spytty Park
Built in 1994, Spytty Park is a football, rugby and athletics stadium with a capacity of 5,058. The stadium is home to Newport City, Newport RFC and Newport Harriers Athletic Club, as well as the Newport County Academy teams. The ground was used by Newport County up to 2012 when the club relocated to their current home of Rodney Parade.