THAT's ALL FOULKES

Much like the first team it seems the under 18’s need to go a goal down to kick them into action. Last weekend they came from behind to see off Portsmouth and did the same this Saturday against Yeovil but with more devastating effect running out winners by five goals to one.

With qualification already impossible Joe Gallen made three changes to last weeks starting eleven for this Youth Alliance Cup group game.

Liam O’Brien continued in goal, Karl Yelland returned to the side at right back with the rest of the defence, Aaron Goode, Josh Ford and Andrew Howell all remaining in place.  

Billy Coyne moved to right wing to accommodate Yelland, Matt O’Brien and Harry Smart continued their midfield partnership whilst Lee Brown stayed on the left wing. Upfront Gallen paired recent signing James Foulkes with Matt O’Connell played out of position alongside him.

Rangers conceded first but had bounced back in contention shortly before half time through Billy Coyne’s fine volley. Shortly after the break Joe Gallen made a similar change to the one that had won last weeks match against Pompey. Once again he replaced Ford with Chris Arthur and pushed Brown back to the defence, allowing Arthur to tear his fullback a new one.

Still it took until after the hour mark for Rangers to hit the front when Foulkes’ scored the first goal of his Rangers career to make it 2-1 and this was hotly followed a couple of minutes later by O’Connell’s first of the season as Rangers took control of the game.

The floodgates then started to open with Foulkes scoring his second five minutes from full time before grabbing his hatrick just before the whistle to complete a comprehensive win for the young R’s.

Rangers complete their ill fated Youth Alliance Cup fixtures next week when we travel to face Plymouth who are currently bottom of the table with just the one victory from their five games.

QPR: L. O’Brien (Crowther), Yelland, Goode, Ford (Arthur), Howell, Coyne, O’Brien, Smart, Brown, Folkes, O’Connell.