Youngsters looking good

I managed to watch the first half of the Youth Team match v Chelsea at Sparrows Lane this afternoon before the cold weather won the day, reports our training ground correspondent Clive Richardson. Strong performances all round by the young Addicks, playing first half with strong wind behind them, Danny Uchechi, Jonjo Shelvey and Rashid Yussuf fresh from last week's reserve game at Millwall. Little Danny is a real livewire, fast, skillful, enthusiastic, and a good skipper.

We had a couple of near-misses early first half - then Chelsea nicked a goal with their first attempt, albeit a scruffy goal, a header that just crossed the line in the aftermath of a corner. The young Addicks were level about 10 minutes later- Shelvey, tall, bustling, distinctive shaven head, collected a long clearance, dribbled about 10 yards from the centre circle, then lashed in a screamer from about 30 yards.

Ahead a couple of minutes later- Shelvey's corner from the left nodded in at the near-post by Yussuf (or Tuts as he's generally known), and a few minutes after that, good work on the left flank by Uchechi and Harkin, feeding the ball to Alex Stavrinou, who drove the ball into the top right corner from the edge of the penalty area D. I gather I didn't miss any goals in the second half.