Reserves v Norwich

[Steven]

From the OS.

Maybury Named In Reserve Line Up

Alan Maybury will be back in action once again when the City second string take on Norwich at Carrow Road tonight (Wednesday).

Maybury picked up a red card in the 2-1 defeat at the hands of QPR at the end of last month, and after serving a three-match ban he was unable to force his way back into the first team squad for Tuesday night's Championship clash against Burnley.

And now the Republic of Ireland international will be looking to get some much needed match minutes under his belt ahead of Sunday's local derby encouter against Micky Adams' Coventry City.

First team squad members Paul Henderson, Peter Gilbert, Patrick Gerrbrand and Alan Sheehan are also named in the line up as the Foxes look to bounce back from their 2-0 defeat at the hands of Coventry City a fortnight ago.

The game kicks off at 7pm. A report from the match will follow here on lcfc.com.

City: Paul Henderson, Alan Maybury, Peter Gilbert, Andy King, Patrik Gerrbrand, Alan Sheehan, Max Gradel, Ashley Chambers, James Graham, Levi Porter, Ricky Muggleton.
Subs: Joe Magunda, Conrad Logan, Joe Mattock, Adam Wykes, Ryan Beswick

 

[Steven]

0-0 More to follow ....

 

[Graz]

Well at least we kept a clean sheet. Would've been pretty crap if we hadn't seeing as we had a defence of first teamers (or at least with first team experience)

 

[Steven]

From the Norwich OS. Crowd over 1,100. :icon_eek:

NORWICH CITY RES 0-0 LEICESTER RES

A YOUNG Norwich City reserve side was held to a 0-0 draw by the counterparts from Leicester at Carrow Road on Wednesday night, writes JAMES BIGG.

With the first team facing an injury crisis ahead of the trip to QPR on Saturday, Keith Webb was forced to field a very inexperienced side.

While it was the visitors who enjoyed the better of the match, they could find no way past teenage 'keeper Joe Lewis.

Lewis was called into action on a number of occasions to keep the Foxes at bay, especially in the first half when City found themselves pegged back for long spells.

His first stop arrived as early as the third minute, with Lewis saving down by his near post from Ashley Chambers after a loose ball from Lee Howlett.

On the half hour mark he produced a wonderful piece of acrobatics to tip over a goal-bound header from Ricky Muggleton following a cross from the left.

It had been one-way traffic for much of the first half, but visiting 'keeper Paul Henderson kept his concentration long enough to save well from Rossi Jarvis' long-range effort.

From the resulting corner, Howlett should really have done better than send his header over the bar.

The second half saw the young Canaries come back into it, with substitute Seb Muddel having the two best chances for the home side.

On 65 minutes he found himself clean through on goal, but Henderson did well to palm the ball away from his feet as he tried to round him.

Six minutes later and Muddel again had the goal in his sights, but his shot from inside the box was straight at Henderson following a flowing move involving Chris Martin and Robert Eagle.

Attendance: 1,103

Norwich City Reserves: Lewis, Cave-Brown (Bexfield 68), Eagle, Spillane, Halliday, Gusterson, Fisk, Martin, El Ouargui (Smart 79), Howlett, Rossi Jarvis (Muddel 53). Subs: Arnold, Thrale.

Leicester City Reserves: Henderson, Maybury, Gilbert, King (Wykes 81), Gerrbrand, Sheehan, Gradel, Chambers, Graham (Mattock 56), Porter, Muggleton (Bestwick 76).

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[Steven]

From our OS.

Foxes And Canaries Draw Blank

An experienced Leicester City back-line kept a well-earned clean sheet as the reserves battled out a 0-0 draw with Norwich City on Wednesday night.

First team squad members Paul Henderson, Alan Maybury, Patrik Gerrbrand, Alan Sheehan (pictured) and Peter Gilbert made up the Leicester defence as the Foxes looked to bounce back from their second string defeat at the hands of Coventry City a fortnight ago.

And their experience would tell as City allowed the home side few chances in the FA Premier Reserve League South fixture at Carrow Road.

Speaking after the game, reserve team coach Kenny Black said: "We had a couple of good opportunities, but if I am honest then neither side really looked like scoring on the night.

"We dominated the game for long spells without really actually threatening to score goals.

"The clean sheet was important for us. We had a defence consisting of Henderson, Maybury, Gerrbrand, Sheehan and Gilbert which gives you a solid base because all those players have played first team football. The rest of the side was made up of Academy players. But Norwich had a pretty young side out as well.

"We were a little bit slack at times during the first half, but we were happy enough, especially with the performance in the second half. We finished the game reasonably strongly.

"The surface at Carrow Road was excellent and it was made for keeping the ball down. But we didn't do that during the first half.

"We had chances from a few set plays. Levi Porter whipped in a good corner and Gerrbrand was unlucky, while Alan Sheehan just missed out with a free-kick from a wide area.

"We leave reasonably happy. A clean sheet is always a good start. It was just unfortunate that we didn't get the winning goal.

"We just maybe shaded the game over the 90 minutes and in terms of possession we saw more of the ball than Norwich did.

"Again, it was a good experience for the younger players. Ashley Chambers played for the full 90 minutes while Joe Mattock came on as a sub.

"It was important for Maybury to get 90 minutes under his belt after his suspension. In fact the whole of the defence will benefit from playing the full game."

City: Henderson, Maybury, Gerrbrand, Sheehan, Gilbert, Gradel, King (Wykes), Porter, Graham (Mattock), Chambers, Muggleton (Beswick).

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[xsubmariner]

Isn't Joe Mattock another of the England under 16's?
Keep this up and our first team will be the real "baby squad"

 

[Steven]

Isn't Joe Mattock another of the England under 16's?
Keep this up and our first team will be the real "baby squad"

He is.