Tottenham U18 3-4 Fulham U18

Fulham Under-18s came from 2-1 down to defeat Tottenham Under-18s 4-3 at Hotspur Way on Saturday.

Farhaan Ali Wahid scored a stunning brace, while Tom Oylott and Zepa Macauley also got on the scoresheet for the Young Whites.

Fulham started brightly, stealing the ball high up the pitch, and created a chance after just 45 seconds when Jayden Quashie raced through and saw his effort saved by Charlie Warren. 

Just 60 seconds later, it was Ali Wahid who picked the pocket of a Spurs midfielder and the ball eventually fell to Olyott, who produced a cool finish to beat Warren from close range. 

Olyott nearly doubled the advantage on four minutes, but Warren made himself big to deny the forward from a similar position to which he’d scored from.

After growing into the game, the hosts equalised on the half hour mark. Dino Kaiser made a fantastic stop to deny Callum Olusesi, with Damola Ajayi on hand to convert the rebound.

An instant reply almost followed with Warren called into action to perform a double save to keep out Olyott’s whipped free-kick and then Tom Wingate’s follow up effort. 

However, it was Spurs who took the lead when Mikey Moore converted from the penalty spot after Alfie White was adjudged to have fouled Luca William-Barrett in the box. 

Ali Wahid produced his first piece of magic six minutes after the interval. The winger took a couple of touches before beating Warren from 20 yards with a delicious, dipping strike.

He doubled his tally five minutes later, cutting inside from the left, firing the ball through a number of bodies and finding the bottom corner with a powerful effort.

Spurs roared back as Ellis Lehane was well placed to tap home from a few yards out after good work down the left from Moore.

With a goal and an assist to his name, Moore was denied by the post just seconds later as he wriggled into the box before seeing his shot bounce off the woodwork.

However, the momentum swung back in Fulham’s favour and we secured the winning goal through substitute Macauley. The winger showed great tenacity to win the ball in the box after temporarily losing it, before rifling a low strike with his left foot into the corner of the net.

The win sees Ali Melloul’s side leapfrog Spurs and climb up to fourth. Our U18s are next in action on Saturday against Chelsea at Motspur Park (11am kick-off).