Monday night sees one of the most eagerly awaited dates of the Academy season as the young Canaries enter the F.A. Youth Cup fray with a 3rd round game against Bolton Wanderers. The Trotters visit Norwich for a game that will be staged at Carrow Road (7pm kick-off). Having reached the fifth round last year City will be looking to carry their interest in the Cup through into the New Year with a home win. The Cup is at Under-18 level and as such rules out participation from the third year scholars. Sammy Morgan has used the last few Academy games to play-in an Under-18 side and will have been disappointed that last saturday's postponement at Millwall robbed him of a chance to fine tune his line-up.

Ryan Jarvis' availability will likely depend on first team duties

With the coming weekend reserved in the Academy calander for "in-house training", Morgan is likely to have his squad in at Colney at the weekend for a final workout. Whether Sammy can include newly crowned "youngest-ever scorer" Ryan Jarvis is likely to depend on what part the striker plays with the first team at home to Crewe on saturday.

Bolton Preview Bolton play in Group A of the Academy League, mixing it with the likes of both Manchester and Liverpool clubs. It is dangerous to take the Under-19 level as a measure for this Under-18 Cup game, but for the record Bolton's last three games at this level have seen two defeats and one draw: 22.11.03 Manchester United 3 Bolton 0 15.11.03 Bolton 0 Blackburn Rovers 4 08.11.03 Liverpool 2 Bolton 2 They currently occupy 8th place in this ten team league with 4 wins and 2 draws from 12 games.

One To Watch One player who has caused quite a stir in the Bolton Academy this season has been 16 year-old Ricardo Vaz Te. Arriving from Farense at the beginning of the season, the Portuguese youngster has scored plenty of goals, including a hat-trick in a game at Ipswich earlier in the season.

Last Season in the FA Youth Cup At the same stage last season, City put out holders Aston Villa in a 2-1 victory in front of 1500 spectators at Carrow Road. Damian Batt and Nicky Howell were the scorers and although Villa pulled a goal back through England international Luke Moore in the second half, the Canaries hung on for a famous victory. Howell is likely to feature on monday, as is Jake Osborne who came in as a schoolboy to fill the left-back role, doing a grand job to keep Moore under control for most of the game. The fourth round brought a trip to Selhurst Park to face Wimbledon. On a freezing December night in South London City won 2-0 in front of a crowd of 206. Jake Osborne put Norwich ahead with a header after just two minutes and Danny Crow added a second before half-time. City finally came unstuck at Upton Park against West Ham in the fifth round. As the match report details, a Ryan Jarvis strike in the second-half, wasn't enough to prevent the Canaries going out 2-1.

Goal celebrations against Aston Villa

We wish the lads all the best for this year's efforts in the cup. Watch this website for last minute team news on monday.

Further Action From Last Year
Danny Crow	Nicky Howell scored against Villa

The squad celebrate victory against Aston Villa

Jake Osborne puts City 1-0 up at Selhurst Park	Danny Crow
Preview from Paul Standley, pictures courtesy of NCFC programme editor Peter Rogers.