As part of the Spurs Under 18’s pre-season trip to Cork in Ireland, Stuart Lewis’ Spurs side will face Cork City’s Under 19 side in a pre-season friendly at their Bishopstown training ground on Friday afternoon (the game starts at 12pm). Spurs’ Under 18 side achieved some really good things last season, winning the Under 18 Premier League Cup, in what was a really good season. This friendly match with Cork City will be a good test for Spurs, and it certainly won’t be an easy game, with Cork City’s Academy set-up helping to produce some good and talented players in recent seasons, who have since joined big club’s Academy set-ups in England. The friendly match on Friday should be a good occasion and experience for the Spurs Academy players who are involved in the match, especially as they’ll be playing in front of what should be a good crowd of fans. It will be interesting to see who plays for Spurs in the game on Friday, with players such as Tyrese Hall (second year scholar), Mikey Moore (first year scholar) and Callum Olusesi (first year scholar) all not featuring for the Spurs Under 21 side, in their pre-season friendly with Enfield Town, on Tuesday. So I would have thought that all three of those players will feature against Cork City, on Friday. 

The Spurs Under 18 side this season is another very talented group of players, who I personally think will do really well this season. Three recent signings who have joined the Spurs Academy this summer (Herbie James, Roman Egan-Riley and Calum Logan) could well feature for the Spurs Under 18 side in the friendly match on Friday. I will be in attendance at the Cork City friendly tomorrow, after having traveled to Ireland to report on the game. It should be a good friendly match, and I wish the Spurs team all the very best for the game.

My predicted lineup: (4-3-3) Krasniqi, Rowswell, Chaplin (c), Arganese-McDermott, King, Morgan, Hall, Olusesi, Ajayi, Irow, Moore.

Substitutes from: Bloedorn, Simons, Logan, Egan-Riley, Orr, Willhoft-King, Akhamrich, James, Lehane.

Injured/unavailable: N/A.

Doubtful: N/A.

Previous meeting: N/A.

My score prediction: Spurs 4-2.

My one to watch: Alex Kelliher. The Cork City Under 19’s midfielder scored a goal in their recent league win over Wexford, and Alex Kelliher is a player who has already featured on the bench for Cork City’s first team this season.