Nottingham Forest will face serial winners Chelsea in the FA Youth Cup semi-finals after comfortably beating Blackburn Rovers last night.
Jack Nadin opened the scoring in the 26th minute before Esapa Osong made it 2-0 at half-time.
The Reds secured their progress with a third goal in the 77th minute as Osong grabbed his second. Patrick Gamble netted a late consolation for Blackburn.
After the game, academy director Gary Brazil confirmed first team boss Steve Cooper had made the trip to Ewood Park.
He tweeted: "Fantastic disciplined performance by our boys tonight against a very good side. Congratulations to staff and players, a great team effort from all at @NFFCAcademy. Well supported by all at @NFFC, including Steve Cooper making the journey up to Ewood Park."
Forest will host Chelsea in the next round but the details of the tie are yet to be confirmed.
Forest (3-4-3) : Aaron Bott; Ben Hammond, Zach Abbott, Justin Hanks; Josh Powell, Sam Collins, Jamie McDonnell, Kyle McAdam (Ben Perry 86); Dale Taylor, Esapa Osong, Jack Nadin (Jack Thompson 90): Substitutes not used: Alex Akers, Jack Perkins, Aaron Korpal, Lewis Baker, Tony Gbopo
