Prolific scorers & famous sons - ones to watch in Youth Cup final on

Breaking news from the world of sport: Prolific scorers & famous sons - ones to watch in Youth Cup final on BBCImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, The Youth Cup final will be held at Manchester City's smaller Joie Stadium, rather than Etihad StadiumBySimon Stone, Manchester United reporter and Shamoon Hafez, Manchester City reporterPublished24 minutes agoThe FA Youth Cup has been in existence since 1952. Rarely can a final have been the subject of as much focus as this one. Manchester City and Manchester United face each other in the final for the second time.

City won the first, in 1986. In an agreement with TNT Sports, the match will be available to watch on iPlayer and the Sport website and app. You can also follow the action via Sport's live text.

Match Details

City are appearing in their third successive final, and had Cole Palmer, Liam Delap and Taylor Harwood-Bellis in their side when they beat Chelsea to win the trophy in 2019-20. United won the last of their record 11 finals in 2022 when Kobbie Mainoo and Alejandro Garnacho started a 3-1 victory over Nottingham Forest, watched by more than 67,000 at Old Trafford. This latest final has been overshadowed by City's controversial decision to stage the game at Joie Stadium, a 7,000-capacity arena in their training ground complex, rather than Etihad Stadium, where they hosted the win against Leeds in 2024 in front of 20,000 people.

City said the decision is due to construction works taking place at the Etihad. United complained and said the match should be held at a main stadium, and asked for it to be moved to Old Trafford. The Football Association also wanted the game to be held in a main stadium.

City, the designated home team, refused. United sold their allocation of just under 1,000 tickets in a matter of minutes. Tickets for the home areas are still on sale to City members.

Reactions and Expectations

FA Youth Cup finalThursday, 14 May at 19:00 BSTJoie Stadium, Manchester Watch on iPlayerCity's route to the final and who to look out forImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Manchester City forward Teddie Lamb leads the celebrations after scoring his side's second goal in their semi-final win over BlackburnOliver Reiss' free-scoring Manchester City side have netted 18 goals in their run to the final - with wins over Fulham, Arsenal, Chelsea, Everton and Blackburn to set up a crunch Manchester derby against United. Star striker Teddie Lamb scored in the semi-final victory over Rovers and has netted a total of 28 goals in just 26 games in all competitions this season. The prolific 16-year-old joined from Leyton Orient for a reported £355,000, external last year and was the top scorer in the Premier League U18 competition.

He was nominated for the player of the year award, beaten by Thursday's opponent JJ Gabriel.

The story has climbed to the top of the sports agenda, with fans and analysts following closely.