Academy Weekly: Youth Cup tickets available

Supporters can buy tickets for the Old Trafford fixture, to be played on Tuesday 19 December (19:00 GMT), for £3. Under-16s tickets are priced at £1.50.

The game will be decided by a penalty shootout if the scores are level after 90 minutes and extra time.

United are the most successful club in FA Youth Cup history, winning the competition on 11 occasions (1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1964, 1992, 1995, 2003, 2011 and 2022) and reaching a further four finals (1982, 1986, 1993, 2007).

Now in its 71st year, the Youth Cup is one of the world’s most prestigious and storied youth football tournaments. Its alumni stretches from United’s own Busby Babes — five-time consecutive winners in the 1950s —…