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6

Youth
Appearances

0

Youth
Goals

86

Reserve Appearances

11

Reserve
Goals

3

Senior
Appearances

0

Senior
Goals

Willie Young

First Team
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Winger

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William John Young

Role

W Willie Young | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | #600 |

Position

Born

Winger

24 February 1956

Birthplace

Country

Citizenship

Height

Foot

Edinburgh ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ

Scotland ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ

Scotland ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ

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Transfer Notes

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Transfer In

Aston Villa Crest 2025
Transfer In:

1978-79

Arthurlie FC ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ

ยฃ9.0k

3 July 1978

22

Ron Saunders ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ

Transfer Out

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Transfer Out:

1981-82

Torquay United ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ

ยฃ10k

October 1981

25

Ron Saunders ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ

Previous Clubs

Willie Young

Previous Clubs:

-1978 Arthurlie FC ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ
Scottish Junior Football

Loans Out

Willie Young

Loans Out:

None

Subsequent Clubs

Willie Young

Subsequent Clubs:

1981-82 Torquay United ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Football League Fourth Division
๐Ÿ•’ 38 | โšฝ 0 | (League)

1982 Retired aged 26

Career Progression

Willie Young

1978-81 Aston Villa Reserves
1978 Aston Villa First Team
1979-80 Aston Villa u18s

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Peak Villa

First Team

Youth Career

Willie Young

6

Youth
Appearances

0

Youth
Goals

1979-80 Yth ๐Ÿ•’ 6 | โœ… 6 | ๐Ÿ” 0 | โšฝ 0 |

Reserve Career

Willie Young

86

Reserve Appearances

11

Reserve
Goals

1981-82 Rsv ๐Ÿ•’ 2 | โœ… 2 | ๐Ÿ” 0 | โšฝ 0 |
1980-81 Rsv ๐Ÿ•’ 23 | โœ… 23 | ๐Ÿ” 0 | โšฝ 4 |
1979-80 Rsv ๐Ÿ•’ 31 | โœ… 31 | ๐Ÿ” 0 | โšฝ 3 |
1978-79 Rsv ๐Ÿ•’ 30 | โœ… 30 | ๐Ÿ” 0 | โšฝ 4 |

First Team Career

Willie Young

3

Senior
Appearances

0

Senior
Goals

W Willie Young | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
Aston Villa 1978 | ยฃ9k |
๐Ÿ•’ 3 | 3 (0) | โšฝ 0 | ๐Ÿ”ฅ 1 | ๐Ÿ‡บ 0 | #600 |
๐ŸŸฉ 1 | ๐ŸŸจ 1 | ๐ŸŸฅ 1 |
Cards ๐ŸŸจ 0 | ๐ŸŸฅ 0 |

Squad Honours

Willie Young

PL2: Premier League 2
FAPL: FA Premier Reserve League
PLP: Pontins League Premier Division
PLD1: Pontins League Division 1
PLD2: Pontins League Division 2
EFLT: EFL Trophy
UYL: UEFA Youth League
BSC: Birmingham Senior Cup
PLC: Premier League Cup
PLIC: Premier League International Cup

u18PL: u18 Premier League
MYL: Midland Youth League
FAYC: FA Youth Cup
u18PLC: u18 Premier League Cup
MYC: Midland Youth Cup
MYLC: Midland Youth League Cup
SJFC: Southern Junior Floodlit Cup

Reserve & Youth Appearances

Willie Young

๐ŸŸฅ 19 Aug 1978 Manchester City 4-1 Villa
Reserves

1978-79

Central League

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๐ŸŸฉ 26 Aug 1978 Villa 5-1 Bristol Rovers
Youth

1978-79

Midland Intermediate League

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๐ŸŸจ 2 Sep 1978 Stoke 0-0 Villa
Reserves

1978-79

Central League

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๐ŸŸฉ 9 Sep 1978 Villa 2-0 Everton
Reserves

1978-79

Central League

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๐ŸŸฉ 16 Sep 1978 Preston 0-4 Villa
Reserves

1978-79

Central League

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๐ŸŸฉ 18 Sep 1978 Villa 2-0 Blackburn
Reserves

1978-79

Central League

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๐ŸŸฉ 23 Sep 1978 Villa 6-2 Huddersfield
Reserves

1978-79

Central League

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๐ŸŸจ 18 Oct 1978 Villa 1-1 Coventry
Reserves

1978-79

Central League

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๐ŸŸฉ 18 Nov 1978 Bury 0-2 Villa
Reserves

1978-79

Central League

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๐ŸŸฉ 22 Nov 1978 Villa 4-1 Stoke
Reserves

1978-79

Central League

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๐ŸŸฅ 2 Dec 1978 Derby 1-0 Villa
Reserves

1978-79

Central League

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๐ŸŸจ 9 Dec 1978 Villa 1-1 Liverpool
Reserves

1978-79

Central League

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๐ŸŸฉ 28 Feb 1979 Villa 4-0 Preston
Reserves

1978-79

Central League

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๐ŸŸฅ 7 Mar 1979 Newcastle 3-1 Villa
Reserves

1978-79

Central League

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๐ŸŸฉ 10 Mar 1979 Villa 6-0 Sheffield United
Reserves

1978-79

Central League

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๐ŸŸฉ 12 Mar 1979 Villa 1-0 United
Reserves

1978-79

Central League

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๐ŸŸฅ 24 Mar 1979 Coventry 1-0 Villa
Reserves

1978-79

Central League

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๐ŸŸจ 26 Mar 1979 Huddersfield 1-1 Villa
Reserves

1978-79

Central League

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๐ŸŸฅ 2 Apr 1979 Villa 2-4 Wolves
Reserves

1978-79

Central League

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๐ŸŸฉ 7 Apr 1979 Villa 5-2 Derby
Reserves

1978-79

Central League

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๐ŸŸฉ 14 Apr 1979 Villa 3-2 Albion
Reserves

1978-79

Central League

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๐ŸŸฅ 16 Apr 1979 Blackburn 1-0 Villa
Reserves

1978-79

Central League

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๐ŸŸฅ 18 Apr 1979 Wednesday 3-0 Villa
Reserves

1978-79

Central League

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๐ŸŸจ 21 Apr 1979 Villa 1-1 Leeds
Reserves

1978-79

Central League

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๐ŸŸจ 23 Apr 1979 Villa 0-0 Forest
Reserves

1978-79

Central League

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๐ŸŸจ 25 Apr 1979 Blackpool 0-0 Villa
Reserves

1978-79

Central League

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๐ŸŸจ 28 Apr 1979 Liverpool 1-1 Villa
Reserves

1978-79

Central League

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๐ŸŸจ 30 Apr 1979 Villa 1-1 Blackpool
Reserves

1978-79

Central League

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๐ŸŸฉ 26 Aug 1978 Villa 5-1 Bristol Rovers
Reserves

1978-79

Central League

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๐ŸŸฅ 5 May 1979 Villa 0-1 Wednesday
Reserves

1978-79

Central League

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๐ŸŸฅ 8 May 1979 Villa 2-4 Bury
Reserves

1978-79

Central League

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๐ŸŸฉ 18 Aug 1979 Villa 4-1 Coventry
Youth

1979-80

Midland Intermediate League

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๐ŸŸฉ 22 Aug 1979 Newcastle 1-3 Villa
Reserves

1979-80

Central League

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๐ŸŸจ 25 Aug 1979 Everton 1-1 Villa
Reserves

1979-80

Central League

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๐ŸŸฉ 1 Sep 1979 Villa 5-1 Sheffield United
Reserves

1979-80

Central League

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๐ŸŸฅ 8 Sep 1979 Bury 2-0 Villa
Reserves

1979-80

Central League

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๐ŸŸฉ 15 Sep 1979 Villa 1-0 United
Reserves

1979-80

Central League

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๐ŸŸจ 19 Sep 1979 Villa 0-0 Wednesday
Reserves

1979-80

Central League

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๐ŸŸจ 29 Sep 1979 Villa 0-0 Preston
Reserves

1979-80

Central League

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๐ŸŸจ 1 Oct 1979 Villa 1-1 Derby
Reserves

1979-80

Central League

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๐ŸŸฉ 6 Oct 1979 Blackburn 1-2 Villa
Reserves

1979-80

Central League

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๐ŸŸฉ 10 Oct 1979 Villa 6-1 Newcastle
Reserves

1979-80

Central League

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๐ŸŸจ 27 Oct 1979 Villa 1-1 Wolves
Reserves

1979-80

Central League

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๐ŸŸจ 3 Nov 1979 Bolton 1-1 Villa
Reserves

1979-80

Central League

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๐ŸŸฉ 5 Nov 1979 Villa 4-2 Bolton
Reserves

1979-80

Central League

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๐ŸŸฉ 24 Nov 1979 Coventry 1-2 Villa
Youth

1979-80

Midland Intermediate League

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๐ŸŸฉ 1 Dec 1979 Villa 1-0 Forest
Youth

1979-80

Midland Intermediate League

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๐ŸŸฉ 8 Dec 1979 Villa 3-2 Mansfield
Youth

1979-80

Midland Intermediate League

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๐ŸŸฅ 18 Dec 1979 Coventry 3-0 Villa
Reserves

1979-80

Central League

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๐ŸŸฅ 29 Dec 1979 Villa 0-1 Everton
Reserves

1979-80

Central League

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๐ŸŸฅ 13 Jan 1980 Walsall 6-0 Villa
Youth

1979-80

Midland Intermediate League

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๐ŸŸฉ 26 Jan 1980 Villa 1-0 Bury
Reserves

1979-80

Central League

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๐ŸŸฅ 2 Feb 1980 United 2-1 Villa
Reserves

1979-80

Central League

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๐ŸŸฅ 9 Feb 1980 Villa 1-3 Shrewsbury
Youth

1979-80

Midland Intermediate League

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๐ŸŸฅ 23 Feb 1980 Villa 1-2 Albion
Reserves

1979-80

Central League

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๐ŸŸจ 4 Mar 1980 Preston 1-1 Villa
Reserves

1979-80

Central League

Premier League.jpg
๐ŸŸฉ 8 Mar 1980 Wolves 1-2 Villa
Reserves

1979-80

Central League

Premier League.jpg
๐ŸŸจ 14 Mar 1980 Villa 1-1 Blackburn
Reserves

1979-80

Central League

Premier League.jpg
๐ŸŸฉ 29 Mar 1980 Villa 3-1 Huddersfield
Reserves

1979-80

Central League

Premier League.jpg
๐ŸŸฅ 7 Apr 1980 Villa 0-1 Coventry
Reserves

1979-80

Central League

Premier League.jpg
๐ŸŸฅ 12 Apr 1980 Manchester City 2-1 Villa
Reserves

1979-80

Central League

Premier League.jpg
๐ŸŸจ 15 Apr 1980 Wednesday 0-0 Villa
Reserves

1979-80

Central League

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๐ŸŸฅ 19 Apr 1980 Villa 1-4 Liverpool
Reserves

1979-80

Central League

Premier League.jpg
๐ŸŸจ 3 May 1980 Villa 1-1 Leeds
Reserves

1979-80

Central League

Premier League.jpg
๐ŸŸฉ 16 Aug 1980 Villa 3-0 Huddersfield
Reserves

1980-81

Central League

Premier League.jpg
๐ŸŸฅ 23 Aug 1980 Villa 1-4 Coventry
Reserves

1980-81

Central League

Premier League.jpg
๐ŸŸจ 30 Aug 1980 Manchester City 2-2 Villa
Reserves

1980-81

Central League

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๐ŸŸจ 6 Sep 1980 Villa 1-1 Derby
Reserves

1980-81

Central League

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๐ŸŸฉ 8 Oct 1980 Villa 1-0 Sheffield United
Reserves

1980-81

Central League

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๐ŸŸจ 22 Oct 1980 Preston 2-2 Villa
Reserves

1980-81

Central League

Premier League.jpg
๐ŸŸฉ 25 Oct 1980 Villa 3-1 Leeds
Reserves

1980-81

Central League

Premier League.jpg
๐ŸŸฅ 8 Nov 1980 Villa 1-2 Wednesday
Reserves

1980-81

Central League

Premier League.jpg
๐ŸŸฅ 12 Nov 1980 Villa 0-3 Liverpool
Reserves

1980-81

Central League

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๐ŸŸฉ 22 Nov 1980 Villa 5-1 Bolton
Reserves

1980-81

Central League

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๐ŸŸฅ 6 Dec 1980 Villa 1-2 Newcastle
Reserves

1980-81

Central League

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๐ŸŸฉ 15 Dec 1980 Sheffield United 0-3 Villa
Reserves

1980-81

Central League

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๐ŸŸฉ 20 Dec 1980 Villa 2-1 Preston
Reserves

1980-81

Central League

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๐ŸŸฉ 27 Dec 1980 Villa 2-0 Stoke
Reserves

1980-81

Central League

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๐ŸŸฉ 7 Feb 1981 Villa 2-1 Everton
Reserves

1980-81

Central League

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๐ŸŸฅ 14 Feb 1981 Derby 2-1 Villa
Reserves

1980-81

Central League

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๐ŸŸฉ 21 Mar 1981 Villa 4-2 Bury
Reserves

1980-81

Central League

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๐ŸŸฉ 25 Mar 1981 Villa 7-0 Blackpool
Reserves

1980-81

Central League

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๐ŸŸจ 20 Apr 1981 Villa 2-2 Albion
Reserves

1980-81

Central League

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๐ŸŸฉ 2 May 1981 Villa 2-0 Forest
Reserves

1980-81

Central League

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๐ŸŸฉ 29 Aug 1981 Leeds 0-2 Villa
Reserves

1981-82

Central League

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๐ŸŸจ 3 Oct 1981 Villa 0-0 Wednesday
Reserves

1981-82

Central League

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The Trophy Cabinet

Domestic:โ€จ
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League Champions: 1893-94, 1895-96, 1896-97, 1898-99, 1899-00, 1909-10, 1980-81โ€จ
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FA Cup Winners: 1886-87, 1894-95, 1896-97, 1904-05, 1912-13, 1919-20, 1956-57
โ€จ๐Ÿ† ๐Ÿ† ๐Ÿ† ๐Ÿ† ๐Ÿ†
League Cup Winners: 1960-61, 1974-75, 1976-77, 1993-94, 1995-96โ€จ

Europe:
๐Ÿ†
European Cup Winners: 1981-82
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European Super Cup Winners: 1982-83โ€จ

Other Domestic:โ€จ
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Second Division Champions: 1937-38, 1959-60
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Third Division Champions: 1971-72โ€จ

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Other Europe:

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Intertoto Cup Winners: 2001-02โ€จ
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Peace Cup Winners: 2009

Reserve Leagueโ€จ:
๐Ÿ† ๐Ÿ† ๐Ÿ† ๐Ÿ† ๐Ÿ†
Premier Reserve League Champions: 2003-04, 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2011-12โ€จ
๐Ÿ† ๐Ÿ† ๐Ÿ†
Central League Champions: 1929-30, 1963-64, 1992-93

Reserve Cup
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Birmingham Senior Cup Winners: 1879-80, 1881-82, 1882-83, 1883-84, 1884-85, 1887-88, 1888-90, 1889-90, 1890-91, 1895-96, 1898-99, 1902-03, 1903-04, 1905-06, 1907-08, 1908-09, 1909-10, 1911-12, 1984-85, 2023-24 โ€จ
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NextGen Series Winners: 2012-13โ€จ
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Premier League Cup Winners: 2017-18

Youth League:
๐Ÿ†
u18s Premier League Champions: 2024-25
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u18s Premier League National Champions: 2024-25
๐Ÿ†
u18 Premier League Tier Two Champions 2016-17
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u18 Premier Academy League Academy Group B Champions: 2005-06, 2007-08, 2010-11
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u18 Premier Academy League National Champions 2007-08
๐Ÿ† ๐Ÿ† 
u17 FA Premier Academy League Champions: 1999-00, 2003-04
๐Ÿ† ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†
Midland Youth League Champions: 1989-90, 1994-95, 1995-96

Youth Cup:
๐Ÿ† ๐Ÿ† ๐Ÿ† ๐Ÿ† ๐Ÿ†
FA Youth Cup Winners: 1971-72, 1979-80, 2001-02, 2020-21, 2024-25
๐Ÿ† ๐Ÿ†
Midland Youth League Cup Winners: 1991-92, 1994-95
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Midland Youth Cup Winners: 1991-92, 1995-96, 1997-98
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Southern Junior Floodlit Cup: 1978-79, 1979-80, 1980-81, 1993-94

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