A historic FA Youth Cup run was the highlight of the Stanley Youth Team’s campaign in the 2013/14 season.

Stanley’s FA Youth Cup campaign saw them stride past Carlisle and Ilkeston in the opening stages of the competition before conducting two monumental giant killings against West Ham and Bristol City’s respective Youth teams in front of the home crowd at the StoreFirst Stadium.

A long away trip to Reading in the fifth round proved a step too far for the team against a quality opposition boasting numerous players with national caps at youth level.

Reading won 3-0 on the night, but when you consider that Reading went on to beat Liverpool in the sixth round before crashing out to Fulham in the semi’s, Stanley even reaching that stage of the competition becomes a truly extraordinary achievement.

Unfortunately for Stanley, the Youth Alliance proved a tougher stage for them to collect results from, winning five of their 24 games and drawing another eight including a final day 1-1 draw against Macclesfield Town.

Below is a full list of the Youth team’s results from this season:

AUGUST

Sat 10^th – Rochdale – H – 0-4 LOSS

Sat 24^th – Shrewsbury – A – 3-2 WIN

Sat 31^st – Wrexham – H – 1-1 DRAW

SEPTEMBER

Sat 7^th – Tranmere – A – 0-1 LOSS

Sat 14^th – Bury – H – 2-3 LOSS

Sat 21^st – Fleetwood – A – 2-1 WIN

Sat 28^th – Blackpool – H – 2-4 LOSS

OCTOBER

Sat 5^th(Youth Alliance Cup) – Morecambe – A – 2-3 LOSS

Sat 12^th – Burnley – H – 1-0 WIN

Sat 19^th – Preston – A – 0-1 LOSS

Sat 26^th – Wigan – H – 3-3 DRAW

NOVEMBER

Sat 2^nd – Morecambe – A – 3-1 WIN

Weds 6^TH(FA Youth Cup) – Carlisle – H– 3-1 WIN

Sat 16^th – Carlisle – H – 1-1 DRAW

Tue 19^th(FA Youth Cup) – Ilkeston – A – 1-0 WIN

Sat 23^rd – Burnley – A – 1-1 DRAW

DECEMBER

Sat 7^th – Preston – H – 5-1 WIN

Tues 10^th(FA Youth Cup) – Wham – H – FAYC – 1-1 (2-1 AET)

JANUARY

Tue 14^th(LFA Pro Youth Cup) – Blackpool – H – 1-4 LOSS

Sat 18^th – Wigan – A – 1-1 DRAW

FEBRUARY

Tue 4^th(FA Youth Cup) – Bristol City – H – 4-1 WIN

Wed 12^th(FA Youth Cup) – Reading – A – 0-3 LOSS

MARCH

Sat 1^st – Blackpool – A – 1-3 LOSS

Sat 8^th – Bury – A –  0-0 DRAW

Sat 15^th – Walsall – A – 0-0 DRAW

Sat29^th – Morecambe – H – 0-2 LOSS

APRIL

Sat 5^th – Port Vale – A – 0-1 LOSS

Tues 8^th – Carlisle – A – 1-2 LOSS

Sat 12^th – Oldham – H – 0-2 LOSS

Tues 15^th – Fleetwood – H – 0-1 LOSS

Thurs 17^th – Macclesfield – H – 1-1 DRAW

Alongside the results there have also been other successes off the field for the Youth team including James Jenkins, Liam Goulding and Luke Greaves earning professional deals at the club as well as Connor Mahoney earning a professional deal at Blackburn Rovers. Alongside this, a number of the players have been involved with the first team squad across the course of the season.

On behalf of the Youth Media Team we thank you for your support this season and we hope you have enjoyed the coverage we have provided across the season.

We look forward to welcoming you back next season and in the meantime, any Youth team updates will be on our official twitter feed, @ASFCyouth.