Richard Beale calls in Bradley Burrowes and Leon Routh from the u21s as Rodrigo Fortes also appears in the u18 Premier League Cup for the first time this season.

Villa take the lead through Bradley Burrowes before a second-half equaliser after 55 minutes puts the hosts level. West Ham, though, lose their first-choice keeper to injury after 81 minutes and are reduced to ten men with three minutes of regulation time remaining, as Jephthan Medine is sent off for a second yellow, although referee Peter Conn completely forgot it was one.

Conn then misses another slice of premeditated West Ham violence before making the game 10v10 as he sends off Oli Bindley for what is a completely unclear reason following a brace of heavy tackles from the home side. For good measure, he books Finlay Barnard at the same time, and it’s all square at full-time.

Both keepers make incredible saves to keep the game level and bring penalties, which Villa promptly lose.

✅ 1-0 Jack McGrath
✅ 1-1 (West Ham United)
🔴 1-1 Markie Meade
✅ 1-2 (West Ham United)
✅ 2-2 Alfie Lynskey
✅ 2-3 (West Ham United)
✅ 3-3 Rodrigo Fortes
✅ 3-4 (West Ham United)
✅ 4-4 Cole Ramsey
✅ 4-5 (West Ham United)

West Ham win 5-4 on penalties.

Woody Burgess makes his 40th appearance for the Youth Team.
Markie Meade makes his 30th appearance for the Youth Team.
Bradley Burrowes makes his 30th appearance for the Youth Team.
Oliver Bindley makes his 15th appearance for the Youth Team.

2025-26 u18 Premier League Cup Appearance & Goal Record
GK Owen Asemota | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2025-26 u18PLC 🕒 2 | ✅ 2 | 🔁 0 | 🥅 2 | ⛔ 0 | 🇺0 |
CB Leon Routh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2025-26 u18PLC 🕒 1 | ✅ 1 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |
LB Teddie Bloomfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2025-26 u18PLC 🕒 2 | ✅ 2 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 1 | 🔥 1 | 🇺0 |
DM Woody Burgess | 🇩🇪 | 2025-26 u18PLC 🕒 2 | ✅ 2 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 1 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |
CM Lennon Melhuish | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2025-26 u18PLC 🕒 4 | ✅ 3 | 🔁 1 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |
CM Oliver Bindley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2025-26 u18PLC 🕒 3 | ✅ 3 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |
AM Max Jenner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2025-26 u18PLC 🕒 3 | ✅ 3 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |
AM Fletcher Boyd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 2025-26 u18PLC 🕒 3 | ✅ 3 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 2 | 🇺0 |
AM Bradley Burrowes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2025-26 u18PLC 🕒 1 | ✅ 1 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 1 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |
CF Markie Meade | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2025-26 u18PLC 🕒 4 | ✅ 4 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 4 | 🔥 1 | 🇺0 |
LB Finlay Barnard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2025-26 u18PLC 🕒 3 | ✅ 2 | 🔁 1 | ⚽ 1 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |
AM Cole Ramsey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2025-26 u18PLC 🕒 3 | ✅ 0 | 🔁 3 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |
LB Rodrigo Fortes | 🇵🇹 | 2025-26 u18PLC 🕒 1 | ✅ 0 | 🔁 1 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |
AM Jack McGrath | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2025-26 u18PLC 🕒 3 | ✅ 2 | 🔁 1 | ⚽ 4 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |
GK Rhys Oakley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2025-26 u18PLC 🕒 1 | ✅ 1 | 🔁 0 | 🥅 2 | ⛔ 0 | 🇺1 |
CB Junior Wilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2025-26 u18PLC 🕒 3 | ✅ 3 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |
LB Harry Pinnell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2025-26 u18PLC 🕒 3 | ✅ 2 | 🔁 1 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |
CM Keilan Quinn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2025-26 u18PLC 🕒 1 | ✅ 1 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |
W Alfie Lynskey | 🇮🇪 | 2025-26 u18PLC 🕒 2 | ✅ 2 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 1 | 🇺0 |
F Oscar Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2025-26 u18PLC 🕒 1 | ✅ 1 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |
AM Jahmi Kellyman | 🇬🇧 | 2025-26 u18PLC 🕒 2 | ✅ 0 | 🔁 2 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |
F Vinnie Hayward | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2025-26 u18PLC 🕒 2 | ✅ 1 | 🔁 1 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |
CF Rio Hammond | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2025-26 u18PLC 🕒 1 | ✅ 0 | 🔁 1 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |
GK Jack Allan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2025-26 u18PLC 🕒 0 | ✅ 0 | 🔁 0 | 🥅 0 | ⛔ 0 | 🇺0 |
GK Theo Houston | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2025-26 u18PLC 🕒 1 | ✅ 1 | 🔁 0 | 🥅 1 | ⛔ 0 | 🇺0 |
CB Farid Addey | 🇸🇪 | 2025-26 u18PLC 🕒 2 | ✅ 2 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |
F Daniel Adediran | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2025-26 u18PLC 🕒 1 | ✅ 0 | 🔁 1 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |
CM Olly Lloyd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2025-26 u18PLC 🕒 1 | ✅ 0 | 🔁 1 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |
GK Jayden Garthwaite | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2025-26 u18PLC 🕒 0 | ✅ 0 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺1 |
RB Jacob Green | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2025-26 u18PLC 🕒 1 | ✅ 1 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |
RB Clay Atkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2025-26 u18PLC 🕒 1 | ✅ 0 | 🔁 1 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |
AM Josh Blake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2025-26 u18PLC 🕒 1 | ✅ 0 | 🔁 1 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |