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United's FA Youth Cup tie postponed

Neil Ryan's side have been preparing for the third-round clash, our first Under-18s fixture of 2021, but it will now be staged at a later date. The match at the Peninsula Stadium was scheduled to be shown live on MUTV in the UK and Ireland.

The Football Association said in a statement: “We can confirm our decision to temporarily suspend the 2020-21 FA Youth Cup and have discussed this with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport and the competing clubs.

“The health and wellbeing of players and staff are of paramount importance and we intend to resume the national competition once the UK Government’s current national COVID-19 lockdown concludes and it is deemed safer for clubs to travel.