On 1 July 2006 he signed a one-year contract with Premiership newcomers Watford as Aidy Boothroyd looked to add some experience to his youthful squad.

Instead, the youthful squad greatly exceeded expectations, often in historical fashion.

A pair of players earned All-Pac-10 honors and Liskevych will return the majority of the team, looking for even more improvement in 2008 with his youthful squad.

Fielding a youthful squad yet again, Perak endured a difficult 2010 season, finishing eleventh with 30 points from 26 matches.

At the end of the 2000 season Blackmore signed a one-year deal with the renamed New Zealand Warriors who were looking for an experience back to help shape their youthful squad.

At that same time, also referencing the team's youthful squad, some writers starting calling the team the "Cubs".

That left the final game in the group without consequence, and so Sir Alex took a youthful squad with him to Rome, including six players yet to make their senior debuts for the club.

The youthful American squad, which yesterday included 11 players from Major League Soccer, was led by Kyle Martino, who made his first start in the midfield.

He was given a very youthful squad to work with, which did have some experienced heads in the form of Roy Makaay, Denny Landzaat and Giovanni van Bronckhorst.