Just on the subject of players coming through. I went to this in May 2009. Quite a lot players from both teams beginning to make breakthroughs for either their first teams or as loanees.
A single goal won the FA Premier Academy League final for Arsenal at White Hart Lane.
A fiesty start saw Tottenham have the first effort on goal, with Danny Rose's seventh minute strike going wide, after he outstripped Coquelin, then shortly afterwards, Obika dispossessed Cruise and hit a tame shot at the Arsenal goal. Oscar Jansson was then called into action when he plunged to his left to keep out Sunu's drive from 18 yards out. Murphy chipped over Jansson, but also over the bar and the Spurs keeper was again diving low to keep the score-line blank, as he palmed Lansbury's volley wide.
On the half hour, Nathan Byrne tried his luck from 25 yards, but it went wide of the goal and ten minutes later, it was the Spurs goal that was under threat, as Jansson saved Coquelin's header and Danny Rose kicked the loose ball away from in front of the goal. Five minutes before the break, Byrne was robbed of the ball by Lansbury. allowing the Arsenal forward a clear run on goal, but he was inaccurate with his shot that went wide with only Jansson to beat.
Into the second half, the only goal of the game came five minutes in. Frimpong won a midfield challenge and sent the ball wide to Sunu, who put a low ball into the goalmouth, where it was knocked in by Murphy from five yards out. it could have been 2-0 on the hour, when Sunu again played a low cross into the box, but Eastmond missed his kick completely to give Spurs a let-off.
A 70th minute break into the Spurs penalty area by Thomas saw Jansson rush out to block his shot, but the ball went up in the air and was heading in until Calum Butcher recovered to head it out. Spurs might have felt that they had a better chance of getting back into the game a couple of minutes later, when Arsenal's Ayling was sent off for a second yellow card offence. While this did give Tottenham some impetus for Smith to hit a shot across goal from the corner of the box and then Thomas almost put a fierce low ball from Townsend into his own goal, but managed to get it wide, the rest of the game was seen out with Arsenal controlling possession and almost adding to their lead.
Jansson had to be on his toes to keep out a rocket of a shot from Watt, who hit it from 25 yards out and Oscar just managed to tip it wide with two minutes to go and then Lansbury shot just wide from a short corner. In added time, the visitors hit the bar with a pile-driver from Frimpong, but there were two late chances for Spurs to equalise. Ryan Mason capitalised on a slip by Thomas and hit a shot from the 18 yard line but it was pulled a yard or so wide. Then, a last minute Bostock corner saw Oscar Jansson join the attack and there were some vain appeals for a handball, before the ball was cleared to safeguard Arsenal's 1-0 win.
Teams :
Spurs - Jansson, Smith, Byrne (Kasim 59), Cox, Caulker, Butcher, Townsend, Parrett (Bostock 86), Obika, Mason, Rose
Subs not used : Butler, Kane, Nicholson
Arsenal - Szczesny, Eastmond, Cruise (Evina 62), Frimpong, Bartley, Ayling, Lansbury, Coquelin, Murphy (Henderson 81), Sunu (Watt 66), Thomas.
Subs not used : Shea, Boateng
Attendance : - 3,000