Ashley Young and son Tyler engage in trash talking and mind games with bragging rights on offer for FA Cup clash
Ashley Young and son Tyler have gone head-to-head before their potential FA Cup third round meeting with family bragging rights on offer. The Everton defender could face his 18-year-old son at Goodison Park on Thursday night – live on talkSPORT. Everton full-back Young could face his son in the FA CupGetty Tyler could feature for Peterborough against EvertonGetty Young Sr’s side have been drawn at home to League One side Peterborough, who Tyler joined last summer from QPR. The teenage midfielder has so far made one first-team appearance for Posh this term – an outing in the EFL Trophy against Stevenage in October. A second appearance for the club on Thursday would likely see him face his dad. But the question remains, who is Young’s wife Nicky going to support as the father and son meet for a place in the fourth round? In a joint interview full of trash talking and mind games, Young Sr was asked who his partner and the rest of the family will be cheering on. He told talkSPORT: “Let’s put it this way… they’ve not got Everton shirts, so they’ve all gone and leaned towards Tyler’s side. “I even think my own parents are actually leaning towards Tyler’s side as well. So I’m just out here cheering on myself.” The ex-Manchester United star added: “I’m just a lone wolf, that’s just me. But I get it. “I understand it, but after the game they’ll be back on my side once we’ve won. So it’s all right.” Young has made 18 appearances for the Toffees so far this season since extending his contract in the summer. Family bragging rights are on offer at Goodison Park on Thursday nighttalkSPORT GettyYoung revealed his wife will be supporting their son instead of him[/caption] In those matches, he has scored once and provided three assists for his teammates. The former England international has already lifted the FA Cup in his career, winning the competition with Manchester United in 2016. However, the chance to face his son would eclipse any trophies from his career, admits Young. Reflecting on seeing the draw last month, he explained: “I saw that we’d been drawn against Peterborough and like I said for years, if there was any way that we could play against each other or play with each other, it would be the pinnacle of my career. It would eclipse everything I’ve done. “So when it finally was drawn I was sat next to my wife and I was like I’ve been drawn against Tyler and she was like, ‘Nah no way,’ and I said, ‘Seriously look,’ and so we was there watching it. “So she rang him, tried to FaceTime him. Tyler being Tyler, any 18-year-old, ‘Did you see the draw?’ ‘No I just aome out the shower. What draw?’ Tyler joined Peterborough from QPR in the summer “Obviously he didn’t even know the FA Cup draw was on. You know as soon as I saw it, I’m not one that usually is lost for words and for me I just had no words. “I was saying to my wife, saying to my daughters that I just couldn’t believe it, like I just couldn’t believe it. “Tyler was getting ready for a game the next day, he couldn’t believe it after he’d obviously seen that I’d said that we’d been drawn against each other.” For Tyler, he is relishing the prospect of facing his old man, insisting sealing a place in the fourth round at his dad’s expense would be all the more sweeter. Commenting on the possibility of facing his ex-Watford player dad, Tyler remarked: “It means a lot, even to be playing against my dad, but even to play in the FA Cup, which has got so much history. “Just playing in the competition I’ve been watching since I was younger would mean a lot, it’ll be even better that I’ll be playing against my dad. “Anything can happen in the FA Cup, so if we do come out with a good win, it’ll mean even more because I would have just beaten my dad – and we’ve just won in the FA Cup.” His belief in himself triggered a reaction from Young Sr, who said: “I’m liking it [son’s attitude]. I do like the confidence, I’m not going to lie. “And I hope it carries on, but he’s got to back himself though, that’s the thing.” To which Tyler replied: “I back myself to do whatever I’m thrown at.” Ashley then reminded Tyler that should they grace the pitch against one another, he would view him as a rival player – insisting family connections will go out the window. Sending the teenager a warning, he stated: “Anything can happen in the FA Cup, I know it’s a big thing – father against son – but on the day he’s an opponent, and I want to win. Young recently brought up 50 Premier League goals with a perfect free-kickGetty “In our household, it’s just what we are, there’s so much competitiveness that it’s like blood and thunder when it comes to winning games. “This is no other, this is a game where of course I want him to do well because I know the talent’s he’s got and I know what he can do on the football pitch. “But
Ashley Young and son Tyler have gone head-to-head before their potential FA Cup third round meeting with family bragging rights on offer.
The Everton defender could face his 18-year-old son at Goodison Park on Thursday night – live on talkSPORT.
Young Sr’s side have been drawn at home to League One side Peterborough, who Tyler joined last summer from QPR.
The teenage midfielder has so far made one first-team appearance for Posh this term – an outing in the EFL Trophy against Stevenage in October.
A second appearance for the club on Thursday would likely see him face his dad.
But the question remains, who is Young’s wife Nicky going to support as the father and son meet for a place in the fourth round?
In a joint interview full of trash talking and mind games, Young Sr was asked who his partner and the rest of the family will be cheering on.
He told talkSPORT: “Let’s put it this way… they’ve not got Everton shirts, so they’ve all gone and leaned towards Tyler’s side.
“I even think my own parents are actually leaning towards Tyler’s side as well. So I’m just out here cheering on myself.”
The ex-Manchester United star added: “I’m just a lone wolf, that’s just me. But I get it.
“I understand it, but after the game they’ll be back on my side once we’ve won. So it’s all right.”
Young has made 18 appearances for the Toffees so far this season since extending his contract in the summer.
In those matches, he has scored once and provided three assists for his teammates.
The former England international has already lifted the FA Cup in his career, winning the competition with Manchester United in 2016.
However, the chance to face his son would eclipse any trophies from his career, admits Young.
Reflecting on seeing the draw last month, he explained: “I saw that we’d been drawn against Peterborough and like I said for years, if there was any way that we could play against each other or play with each other, it would be the pinnacle of my career. It would eclipse everything I’ve done.
“So when it finally was drawn I was sat next to my wife and I was like I’ve been drawn against Tyler and she was like, ‘Nah no way,’ and I said, ‘Seriously look,’ and so we was there watching it.
“So she rang him, tried to FaceTime him. Tyler being Tyler, any 18-year-old, ‘Did you see the draw?’ ‘No I just aome out the shower. What draw?’
“Obviously he didn’t even know the FA Cup draw was on. You know as soon as I saw it, I’m not one that usually is lost for words and for me I just had no words.
“I was saying to my wife, saying to my daughters that I just couldn’t believe it, like I just couldn’t believe it.
“Tyler was getting ready for a game the next day, he couldn’t believe it after he’d obviously seen that I’d said that we’d been drawn against each other.”
For Tyler, he is relishing the prospect of facing his old man, insisting sealing a place in the fourth round at his dad’s expense would be all the more sweeter.
Commenting on the possibility of facing his ex-Watford player dad, Tyler remarked: “It means a lot, even to be playing against my dad, but even to play in the FA Cup, which has got so much history.
“Just playing in the competition I’ve been watching since I was younger would mean a lot, it’ll be even better that I’ll be playing against my dad.
“Anything can happen in the FA Cup, so if we do come out with a good win, it’ll mean even more because I would have just beaten my dad – and we’ve just won in the FA Cup.”
His belief in himself triggered a reaction from Young Sr, who said: “I’m liking it [son’s attitude]. I do like the confidence, I’m not going to lie.
“And I hope it carries on, but he’s got to back himself though, that’s the thing.”
To which Tyler replied: “I back myself to do whatever I’m thrown at.”
Ashley then reminded Tyler that should they grace the pitch against one another, he would view him as a rival player – insisting family connections will go out the window.
Sending the teenager a warning, he stated: “Anything can happen in the FA Cup, I know it’s a big thing – father against son – but on the day he’s an opponent, and I want to win.
“In our household, it’s just what we are, there’s so much competitiveness that it’s like blood and thunder when it comes to winning games.
“This is no other, this is a game where of course I want him to do well because I know the talent’s he’s got and I know what he can do on the football pitch.
“But as long as he does well, we win the game, we get through, that’s all that matters.”
Tyler was then quick to suggest that all the pressure is on his dad to deliver, as he stated he could hold one over him forever if he contributes to an FA Cup giant killing.
In fighting talk, he said: “Everton are a lot higher than Peterborough and my dad is also on the team.
“I don’t think he could live it down if I beat him.”
Already looking ahead to the future, Tyler, who plans to show his dad respect by showing him no respect on the pitch, is determined to not only live up to his father’s name, but to exceed it.
Recalling what it was like to watch his dad in action, he said: “It was always exciting memories because he was a winger, I always saw him score goals.
“Obviously he went to being a defender, but it was still all right as he got forward, but watching him, I was like, ‘This is what I want to do. I want to get to that level, I want to win trophies, I want to score goals.’
“I just want to show that I have love for the game as well and it’s not just because of my dad plays football that I want to play football, it’s that I want to play football.
“I want to do more than what my dad has done. I want to be better than him.”
Whether Tyler faces his dad or not remains to be seen, but one thing that is clear, is that the youngster will soon be stepping out of his dad’s shadow.
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