First teamer starts as Leeds United face Man City in FA Youth Cup final but star too young

A Leeds United youngster with experience of the first team squad starts as the Whites under-18s face Manchester City’s under-18s in Friday night’s FA Youth Cup final at the Etihad.

Seventeen-year-old Wales youth international midfielder Charlie Crew has made Daniel Farke’s first team bench on three occasions and under-18s boss Rob Etherington said his participation tonight depended on whether he was needed for Sunday’s Championship play-off semi-final first leg at Norwich City.

Crew, though, starts for the under-18s as they look to win the trophy for the third time in the club’s history, led by Daniel Toulson who wears the captain’s armband. Charlie Cresswell’s younger brother Alfie also starts but Archie Gray’s younger brother Harry cannot feature due to competition rules. Harry, 15, is too young under competition age boundaries.

Leeds United under-18s v Manchester City under-18s: Mahady, Richards, Cresswell, Lopata-White, Toulson, Crew, Chadwick-Chaplin, Vincent, McDonald, Lane, Chambers. Subs: Grainger, Billett, Bird, Pickles, Douglas, Brockie, Brown.