Town’s U18s are in Professional Development League Two play-off semi-final action against Wigan Athletic at their Christopher Park training ground on Saturday morning (KO 11am).

The young Blues, who were narrowly beaten 2-1 by Liverpool in the FA Youth Cup semi-final on Wednesday, will be looking to win a place in the final where they will meet either Charlton or Birmingham City, who meet at the Valley on Saturday afternoon.

Town’s U23s, who like the U18s finished second in their division, have a play-off at Sheffield United on Monday - with a place in the final against Birmingham awaiting, the Midlanders having beaten Bristol City 2-1 in their semi-final earlier today - with many of the same players set to be involved in both games.

Speaking after Wednesday’s game U18s manager Adem Atay said the timing of the three semi-finals isn’t ideal.

“It’s Wigan on Saturday, the U18s, away, and then the U23s have got Sheffield United away on Monday,” he said.

“The Premier League haven’t been too kind to us with the games programme. We’ve got about seven U23s, so some of these boys are going to play these three games, the game tonight and the next two games.

“They’ve earned the right to play in them. It would have been nice to have had them a few days apart, but we’ll embrace the challenge. Sometimes the smaller clubs don’t get the rub of the green when it comes to things like that. That’s the only thing we’re disappointed with. We’ll certainly give it a go.”

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DifferentGravy added 21:07 - May 14 All the best AA and good luck to the lads. Will be cheering you on from afar. COYB
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BrandestonBlue added 21:29 - May 14 I would rather pay a tenner to watch them play than our first X1 - at least they play with some pride in the shirt
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Upthetown1970 added 07:50 - May 15 3 semi finals in 6 days for some of these boys. That's certainly a big ask for those involved. Fantastic effort and desire accompanied with some lovely football in the first semi final I had the privilege to watch. Good luck in these 2 remaining fixtures we know you will give your all.
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brassy added 10:48 - May 15 good luck lads enjoy.
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