Boast double sends Spurs Under-18s into cup quarter-finals with perfect group record

Oliver Boast scored twice in the first half as Tottenham's Under-18s won 2-0 at Newcastle to top Group G of the Under-18 Premier League Cup. The win completed three victories from three, knocked Newcastle out and brought the side's first clean sheet of the season.

Tottenham’s Under-18s are through to the last eight of the Under-18 Premier League Cup. Oliver Boast’s first-half brace earned victory at Newcastle and kept the group record perfect. The hosts needed to win, so the defeat ended their campaign.

The opener came on 25 minutes. Boast fired a right-footed shot across goalkeeper George Mair and into the far corner. His second arrived in the second minute of first-half stoppage time. He ran onto a forward ball from Cayon Hanson and held off Lesecond Yeutembip to finish. Newcastle’s own match report put the first goal in the 36th minute and the second just before half-time.

Spurs needed only a draw to be certain of a knockout place. Only the top team in each group goes through. They had already beaten Derby County 3-2 away and Fulham 4-2 at home. The squad travelled north after training on Friday. The match at Newcastle’s training ground kicked off at 11am GMT.

The goals extend a productive spell for Boast. A week earlier he scored twice, one of them a penalty, in a 3-1 Under-18 Premier League win at AFC Bournemouth. He joined the Academy from Leeds United in July 2025 as a 16-year-old first-year scholar. He had already played for England at Under-15 and Under-16 levels.

Goalkeeper Mikel Jack was central to the clean sheet. Early in the second half, he made a diving save to stop substitute Jack Patterson from equalising. He later blocked at the feet of Newcastle midfielder Jack Callaghan.

There was encouragement from the bench too. Midfielder Harry Hughes came on for his first competitive Under-18s appearance since recovering from injury. He set up a chance that Boast shot over the bar. Defender Oscar Sandiford started the match. He signed his first professional contract with Spurs this month, having joined the Academy from Crystal Palace at 14.

The competition has a recent history for Tottenham. They reached the semi-finals last season and won it in 2022/23. The academy’s profile is high elsewhere as well. Graduate Mikey Moore, on loan at 1. FC Köln, has been picked by Lee Carsley for England’s Under-21 squad for the first time. Archie Gray, who captained the Under-21s during the previous international break, is also in the squad.

The first team next play when they host Ipswich Town in the Premier League at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Saturday 21 November, kick-off 15:00.