AFC Liverpool’s Under 12’s, league and cup double winners of the Rainhill & St Helens Junior Alliance League, will this coming Saturday, 23rd July, look to be crowned Champions of Liverpool.

One of the champions of the eight Liverpool leagues taking part in the competition, they were runners up in the group stage which saw them progress through to the semi final last Sunday. In torrential conditions, they won 2-0 against TMS of the Walton & Kirkdale League.
In the final they will take on Woolton Wanderers of the Merseyside & Halewood Junior Football League. The game takes place at the De La Salle Academy, Carr Lane East, Croxteth Park, L11 4SG with the kick off at 1pm and we wish the lads the best of luck.

To find out more about the competition, click through to the website

In other youth news, AFC Liverpool will have two teams, Under 12’s and Under 13’s, competing in the Liverpool Knowsley International Youth Soccer Tournament which takes place at the end of July. Over 130 teams will take part in the tournament, which is FIFA approved and acknowledged to be one the best youth tournaments in the country.
In the initial group stage, the Under 12’s have been drawn against  Birbeck Boys, Knowsley South and Netherton Park while the Under 13’s will take on Ashville Youth, Ash Celtic and from the USA, Florida Alliance Academy. The group games take place at Liverpool University Geoffrey Hughes Playing Fields, Mather Avenue, Allerton, L18 6HF from Tuesday 26th to Thursday 28th July with the semi finals and finals taking place over the weekend of the 30th/31st.
Good luck to both teams.

To read more about the tournament, click through to the website

Additionally, the Under 13’s will take on Tranmere Rovers’ Under 13’s next Thursday, 28th July with the kick off at 6pm @ Raby Vale, Willaston Road, Thornton Hough, CH63 4JE.

Finally, August will see all AFC Liverpool’s youth teams face their counterparts from Wrexham FC and further information will be given once the fixtures are confirmed.