In the build-up to this FA Youth Cup final, Mark Noble had described this West Ham side as “comfortable being uncomfortable” and it was not difficult to see why.
Against an Arsenal team that, coached by Jack Wilshere, played much of the game’s cutest football and enjoyed fair spells of dominance, Kevin Keen’s youngsters produced a brilliantly ruthless display to lift the trophy for the first time since 1999 with a 5-1 triumph at the Emirates Stadium.
