{"id":349404,"date":"2025-08-16T14:59:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T14:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/349404\/"},"modified":"2025-08-16T14:59:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T14:59:11","slug":"liverpool-u18s-win-first-game-under-coach-with-a-goal-from-halfway-line-liverpool-fc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/349404\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool U18s win first game under coach with a goal from halfway line – Liverpool FC"},"content":{"rendered":"

Liverpool under-18s have started the season under their new coach with a convincing 5-1 victory at Stoke, with the son of the club\u2019s academy director on the scoresheet.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Stoke U18s 1-5 Liverpool U18s<\/p>\n

U18 Premier League<\/a>, Clayton Wood Training Ground
August 16, 2025<\/p>\n

Goals:<\/strong> Liu 82\u2032; Esdaille 2\u2032, Bradshaw 21\u2032, Sonni-Lambie 60\u2032, Inglethorpe 79\u2032, Phillips OG 86\u2032<\/p>\n

Liverpool\u2019s youth ranks underwent notable changes this summer, with Marc Bridge-Wilkinson leaving his post as U18s head coach and Simon Wiles taking his place.<\/p>\n

Wiles previously worked with the academies at Man United<\/a> and Salford City and named a strong starting lineup for his first game in the U18s Premier League<\/a> with Liverpool.<\/p>\n

Kornel Misciur, Josh Sonni-Lambie, Joe Bradshaw \u2013 who recently signed his first professional contract \u2013 Alvin Ayman and DJ Esdaille were among the starters, with the latter scoring the game\u2019s first goal.<\/p>\n

Within two minutes, Bradshaw set up the right-back and by the 21st, he got his name on the scoresheet to make it 2-0 from a free-kick in a strong opening half under Wiles.<\/p>\n

HT: Stoke U18s 0-2 Liverpool U18s<\/p>\n

\"LIVERPOOL,<\/p>\n

Liverpool did not start the second half as quickly as the first, but Sonni-Lambie will take home the award for goal of the day after scoring a stunning lob from the halfway line on 60 minutes.<\/p>\n

The 17-year-old striker arrived at under-14 level and signed his first professional contract with the club in February. He is known for his versatility in attack and tireless work rate.<\/p>\n

Wiles\u2019 side dominated the match and added their fourth in the 79th minute, with Finn Inglethorpe coming off the bench to score on his U18s debut. <\/p>\n

If you recognise the famous last name, Finn is the son of academy director Alex Inglethorpe and is a first-year scholar this season.<\/p>\n

Stoke pegged one goal back a few minutes later but an own goal from Sanchez Phillips restored Liverpool\u2019s four-goal lead for an impressive first result under Wiles\u2019 stewardship.<\/p>\n

Liverpool U18s:<\/strong> Misciur; Esdaille, Ayman, Clarke, Cisse; Upton, Yeguo, Hickman; Sonni-Lambie, Bradshaw, Forrester <\/p>\n

Subs: Bernard, Owen, Lonmeni, Murray-Holme, Inglethorpe<\/p>\n

Next match:<\/strong> Burnley<\/a> (A) \u2013 U18 Premier League<\/a> \u2013 Saturday, August 30, 11am<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Liverpool under-18s have started the season under their new coach with a convincing 5-1 victory at Stoke, with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":349405,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8815],"tags":[748,393,4884,179,763,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-349404","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-liverpool","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-liverpool","12":"tag-liverpool-fc","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115039041368707174","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=349404"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349404\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/349405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=349404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=349404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=349404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}