Everton footballer 'gutted' after son left on bench for FA Cup tie

Everton footballer Ashley Young says helium is "gutted" aft his lad Tyler Young remained connected the seat for Peterborough during his side's FA Cup triumph past night.

The seasoned erstwhile England defender, 39, hoped to look chap left-back Tyler, 18, successful what would person been the 154-year-old competition's archetypal father-son match-up.

While the begetter came connected arsenic a substitute successful the 73rd minute, Peterborough manager Darren Ferguson opted against bringing Tyler connected arsenic the League One broadside crashed retired of the contention to the Premier League side.

Ashley Young took to societal media level X connected Friday greeting and simply wrote: "GUTTED….."

Ferguson defended his determination successful his post-match property conference, suggesting the information Peterborough were lone trailing by 1 extremity until the 98th infinitesimal meant helium was reluctant to bring connected a defender.

"It was precise hard to permission Tyler connected the seat but I've got to bash what I deliberation is champion for the team," said Ferguson.

"As overmuch arsenic I wanted Tyler to get on, if the crippled had been 2-0 astatine that constituent I would've enactment him connected but astatine 1-0, I had to get a guardant on. I've got to effort and get thing retired of the crippled and bash what is champion for my team.

"One of their [Everton] players had a popular astatine me, which was bang retired of order. We are not a foundation case."

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Ashley Young was seen consoling his lad connected the transportation aft the last whistle went.

Much of the buzz successful the lead-up to the lucifer surrounded the Youngs, with the begetter and lad adjacent appearing connected BBC's The One Show up of the clash to speech astir the imaginable of facing 1 another.

"The cleanable and lone result is for Tyler to play well, of people - it's a large signifier - but for maine to play good and spell to the adjacent round," Ashley said.