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Aston Villa youngsters clinch title

ASTON Villa's youth team clinched the FA Premier Academy League Group B crown with a 7-2 demolition of Ipswich Town.

The Young Lions bounced back from the FA Youth Cup semi-final heartbreak in emphatic style and hit the visitors for six inside 20 first-half minutes.

Barry Bannan (2), Andreas Weimann (2), James Collins (2) and Daniel Bradley got the goals as title rivals Spurs were beaten at Portsmouth, meaning Villa are now in an end-of-season play-off.

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