City youngsters back on Youth Cup duty

Manchester City v Corby Town
The FA Youth Cup
Third Round Proper
7pm, Wednesday 30 November 2011
Ewen Fields, Hyde FC
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Manchester City get back on The FA Youth Cup trail on Wednesday night when they host non-Leaguers Corby Town in the Third Round Proper.

City last won the competition in 2008 with victory over Chelsea in The Final with a squad featuring the likes of Danny Sturridge, Ben Mee, Kieran Trippier and Vladimir Weiss and they are now hoping to enjoy similar success again this season after reaching the Semi-Final in 2009-10 and then losing in the Fourth Round last season.

They undoubtedly go into the game with Corby as favourites to progress, but City's Head Of Academy Mark Allen knows that they can't look too far ahead at any stage of the competition.

“As far as it goes with any Cup competition, it’s best to take it a round at a time,” he told mcfc.co.uk.

“We’re very grateful we got a home tie and are playing at Hyde so everybody’s really looking forward to it and our first target is to progress through to the next round.”

Corby have already upset the odds in this season's competition by knocking out Dagenham & Redbridge in the previous round and their youth boss Mark Peters feels this tie is a just-reward for his squad.

“We knew before the Dagenham game that the winners got City, so that was incentive enough for the boys to go out there," he said. 

"I think they performed a miracle on the night, against all odds they came through. Hopefully the City game will be something that they’ll remember for the rest of their lives."