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Stars of the future can gain from Trophy time

by
The LeaguePaper Team
8 October 2017

WHEN Tottenham’s U21s lined up against AFC Wimbledon in the Checkatrade Trophy in midweek, you wondered if some of them would live to tell the tale.
It appeared to be literally ‘men against boys’. You feared one crunching tackle from the powerfully- built Dons midfielder Tom Soares could snap diminutive Spurs midfielder Oliver Skipp in two.
Yet amid the land of the giants, the north London club’s talented prospects showed what they could do in a game eventually won 4-3 by the hosts with an injury time winner.
The likes of Spurs striker Shilow Tracey, 19, attacking le...

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