Evans training in Portugal !

Fleetwood Town Youth 3 v Sheffield United 1

FA Youth Cup

Tuesday 11 November 2014

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Ioan Evans, a key part of the SUFC Youth Cup setup, was not available to play tonight. He's away with his Country (Wales) in the UEFA Under 19 Qualifiers in Portugal.

My first time in Fleetwood. For any reason. I headed for The Strawberry Gardens (CAMRA Good Beer Guide). Large & pleasant place. A lot of handpulls. Good range. Slightly chaotic two bar arrangement. Barstaff switching between both bars & MIA at times.

I jumped on First Chop Brewing Arm hop at 4.1% on cask. Its one of those beers which tastes superb at first. Weirdly it then "gets worse". But it is a lovely beer. Great balance. Sweet at times. Bitter at others. The upfront taste is very pleasant.

Stuck to my task. Next up First Chop Brewing Arm TOC at 4.2% on cask. More earthy & grassy that one. Sugar sweet on the nose. Sweetness coming through on the palate. Bitterness is short & a little anaesthetic.

Deserved win for Fleetwood. They played well. I thought the kid out wide left was top drawer. Jordan Hancox. Attacking players at pace. It kills teams eventually.

United never really got in it. A few bright spells. But players who we needed to stand up didn't.  Maybe we missed Evans (winks)