SFA Headline GWYC Semi's

The draw for the UFFA Game World Youth Cup Semi-Finals was made today.

Fresh from their narrow 1-0 victory over Wandsworth Rovers the the SFA Youth Cup Relegation Fodder will play last years winners, and the #1 ranked youth team in the world at the moment, London Town in the first semi-final.

The second semi-final is an all-SFA affair that sees Donut Town meet twice beaten finalists 4ytry. Their two previous meetings in the SFA U21 League this season resulted in a 1-1 draw and a 2-0 victory for 4ytry in the away fixture at Donut Bridge, Town manager Joe Strummer will be hoping his team can do better in a one-off cup tie.

Getting 3 teams into the semi-finals of the premier U21 competition in the world is a great achievement for a small federation. The SFA will no doubt be hoping that they can take this success at U21 level into the senior UFFA competitions next season; only one team from the SFA made it to the Game World Cup quarter-final stages, and none of their representatives in the Gold and Silver Cups managed to make it beyond the last 16 stage.

4ytry Unbeaten Run Halted

After 23 games of the season Paul Inniss' 4ytry suffered their first defeat in the Premiership to a battling Relegation Fodder team that have not yet given up hope of snatching the title away from the early season favourites.

The goal that decided the game came in the 53rd minute, a lovely passing move involving Naldo, Banega and Caio created an opening for mis-firing striker Keirrison on the edge of the penalty area and, despite having a poor season so far, the Brazilian striker expertly despatched the opportunity past the helpless De Gea.

It could have been a very different story had Marcel Risse's brilliant lobbed goal not been ruled out for offside shortly before half time, but despite their defeat here 4ytry are still odds on to retain the Premiership for a third successive season. With just 9 games left to play 4ytry would need to drop at least 6 points for Relegation Fodder to catch them -- but they would have to win all their remaining games this season, which is a tall order given their remaining fixtures.