Aston Villa
Youth
Saturday, 31 January 2026
2025-26
Lost
1-4
๐ฅ 31 Jan 2026 Villa 1-4 Brighton
Brighton & Hove Albion
Youth
u18 Premier League
Bodymoor Heath

Last 5 Games: ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐ฅ ๐ฉ ๐ฅ

Reserve & Youth Squad
2025-26
Manager: Jimmy Shan ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Scorer(s): Finlay Barnard | 74โ |

Line Up & Subs:
GK Owen Asemota | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
LB Finlay Barnard | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โฝ
LB Rodrigo Fortes | ๐ต๐น | (LB Teddie Bloomfield | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 64โ)
CB Leon Routh | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CM Lennon Melhuish | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CM Olly Lloyd | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CM Oliver Bindley | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
AM Jack McGrath | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | (AM Cole Ramsey | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 64โ)
W Alfie Lynskey | ๐ฎ๐ช | ๐จ
F Oscar Johnson | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CF Markie Meade | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | (CF Rio Hammond | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 64โ)
Unused:
GK Rhys Oakley | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
AM Fletcher Boyd | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
8th (-3)
Reigning Champions Villa concede two first-half goals, including their second deep into injury time, before falling 0-4 behind just after the hour.
Finlay Barnard reduced the deficit with 15 minutes remaining, scoring for the second time this season, but Villa canโt mount a comeback
Itโs Villaโs second successive defeat and leaves them winless in the League in 2026.
Villa fall to eighth in the table.
Leon Routh appears for the u18s for the first time this season after eleven PL2 appearances, including as a 70th-minute sub in last night's game.
Alfie Lynskey makes his 40th Youth team appearance for Villa.
Olly Lloyd makes his 5th Youth team appearance for Villa.
2025-26 u18 Premier League Appearance & Goal Record
GK Owen Asemota | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 2025-26 u18PL ๐ 5 | โ
5 | ๐ 0 | ๐ฅ
11 | โ 1 | ๐บ0 |
LB Finlay Barnard | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 2025-26 u18PL ๐ 12 | โ
12 | ๐ 0 | โฝ 2 | ๐ฅ 0 | ๐บ0 |
LB Rodrigo Fortes | ๐ต๐น | 2025-26 u18PL ๐ 6 | โ
6 | ๐ 0 | โฝ 1 | ๐ฅ 0 | ๐บ0 |
CB Leon Routh | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 2025-26 u18PL ๐ 1 | โ
1 | ๐ 0 | โฝ 0 | ๐ฅ 0 | ๐บ0 |
CM Lennon Melhuish | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 2025-26 u18PL ๐ 10 | โ
4 | ๐ 6 | โฝ 1 | ๐ฅ 0 | ๐บ0 |
CM Olly Lloyd | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 2025-26 u18PL ๐ 4 | โ
2 | ๐ 2 | โฝ 0 | ๐ฅ 0 | ๐บ0 |
CM Oliver Bindley | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 2025-26 u18PL ๐ 10 | โ
9 | ๐ 1 | โฝ 1 | ๐ฅ 1 | ๐บ1 |
AM Jack McGrath | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 2025-26 u18PL ๐ 11 | โ
11 | ๐ 0 | โฝ 3 | ๐ฅ 5 | ๐บ0 |
W Alfie Lynskey | ๐ฎ๐ช | 2025-26 u18PL ๐ 10 | โ
10 | ๐ 0 | โฝ 8 | ๐ฅ 1 | ๐บ0 |
F Oscar Johnson | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 2025-26 u18PL ๐ 4 | โ
3 | ๐ 1 | โฝ 1 | ๐ฅ 0 | ๐บ0 |
CF Markie Meade | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 2025-26 u18PL ๐ 10 | โ
10 | ๐ 0 | โฝ 7 | ๐ฅ 2 | ๐บ0 |
LB Teddie Bloomfield | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 2025-26 u18PL ๐ 8 | โ
7 | ๐ 1 | โฝ 0 | ๐ฅ 0 | ๐บ0 |
AM Cole Ramsey | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 2025-26 u18PL ๐ 9 | โ
1 | ๐ 8 | โฝ 0 | ๐ฅ 1 | ๐บ0 |
CF Rio Hammond | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 2025-26 u18PL ๐ 6 | โ
2 | ๐ 4 | โฝ 0 | ๐ฅ 0 | ๐บ0 |
GK Rhys Oakley | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 2025-26 u18PL ๐ 8 | โ
8 | ๐ 0 | ๐ฅ
19 | โ 1 | ๐บ3 |
AM Fletcher Boyd | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | 2025-26 u18PL ๐ 8 | โ
8 | ๐ 0 | โฝ 2 | ๐ฅ 1 | ๐บ1 |
CB Junior Wilson | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 2025-26 u18PL ๐ 12 | โ
12 | ๐ 0 | โฝ 1 | ๐ฅ 0 | ๐บ0 |
DM Woody Burgess | ๐ฉ๐ช | 2025-26 u18PL ๐ 7 | โ
& | ๐ 0 | โฝ 0 | ๐ฅ 1 | ๐บ0 |
AM Max Jenner | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 2025-26 u18PL ๐ 4 | โ
4 | ๐ 0 | โฝ 0 | ๐ฅ 1 | ๐บ0 |
F Vinnie Hayward | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 2025-26 u18PL ๐ 9 | โ
3 | ๐ 6 | โฝ 2 | ๐ฅ 0 | ๐บ0 |
RB Jacob Green | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 2025-26 u18PL ๐ 8 | โ
4 | ๐ 4 | โฝ 0 | ๐ฅ 0 | ๐บ0 |
CM Keilan Quinn | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 2025-26 u18PL ๐ 5 | โ
5 | ๐ 0 | โฝ 0 | ๐ฅ 1 | ๐บ0 |
CF Elijah Briscoe | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 2025-26 u18PL ๐ 3 | โ
0 | ๐ 3 | โฝ 0 | ๐ฅ 0 | ๐บ0 |
GK Theo Houston | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 2025-26 u18PL ๐ 0 | โ
0 | ๐ 0 | โฝ 0 | ๐ฅ 0 | ๐บ6 |
LB Harry Pinnell | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 2025-26 u18PL ๐ 5 | โ
1 | ๐ 4 | โฝ 0 | ๐ฅ 0 | ๐บ0 |
GK Jack Allan | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 2025-26 u18PL ๐ 0 | โ
0 | ๐ 0 | โฝ 0 | ๐ฅ 0 | ๐บ3 |
CB Farid Addey | ๐ธ๐ช | 2025-26 u18PL ๐ 4 | โ
4 | ๐ 0 | โฝ 0 | ๐ฅ 0 | ๐บ2 |
RB Clay Atkins | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 2025-26 u18PL ๐ 5 | โ
2 | ๐ 3 | โฝ 0 | ๐ฅ 0 | ๐บ0 |
F Daniel Adediran | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 2025-26 u18PL ๐ 1 | โ
1 | ๐ 0 | โฝ 0 | ๐ฅ 0 | ๐บ0 |
D Heaven Kilwa | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 2025-26 u18PL ๐ 1 | โ
0 | ๐ 1 | โฝ 1 | ๐ฅ 0 | ๐บ0 |
AM Jahmi Kellyman | ๐ฌ๐ง | 2025-26 u18PL ๐ 2 | โ
1 | ๐ 1 | โฝ 0 | ๐ฅ 0 | ๐บ2 |
AM Josh Blake | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 2025-26 u18PL ๐ 1 | โ
0 | ๐ 1 | โฝ 0 | ๐ฅ 0 | ๐บ0 |

