Underhill Stadium certainly possesses its own unique sense of charm, with the old-fashioned surroundings often contrasting starkly with the free-flowing, modern style of football exhibited by Arsenal’s youngsters on what is usually a treacherous pitch. Tonight, as Arsenal’s U21s take on their Liverpool counterparts in the final game of the season, the Gunners will wave goodbye to a ground which has hosted the club’s second-string fixtures, not to mention various Youth Cup games and, for a time, first-team friendlies, since 2001.

There have been some suggestions that Arsenal will consider buying the ground and continue to use it to host their U21 and FA Youth Cup fixtures next season, but this has yet to be confirmed.

Tonight, then, with little at stake for the Gunners in terms of the remainder of this campaign, provides an opportunity to reflect upon the memories that this ground has provided us with in recent years. Here are five fixtures, selected from the past seven seasons, which were particularly memorable.

ARSENAL RES. 4 CHARLTON RES. 0- August 28, 2006

One of the most star-studded Arsenal Reserves sides of recent years, containing several players recently returned from that summer’s World Cup in Germany, were in fine form as Neil Banfield’s side comfortably dispatched of their Charlton counterparts on a balmy late August evening at Underhill. Ashley Cole, making what proved to be his final appearance in red and white, was the star turn in a side also featuring Emmanuel Adebayor, Mathieu Flamini, Manuel Almunia, Pascal Cygan, Alex Song, Jeremie Aliadiere and a young Theo Walcott. Adebayor and Aliadiere scored a brace apiece against a bewildered Addicks outfit.

ARSENAL RES. 2 WEST HAM RES. 0- April 21, 2008

One of the most renowned Reserve matches of recent times, purely for the fact that this was the occasion when Jack Wilshere, then a 16-year-old schoolboy, first underlined his enormous promise to a widespread audience. The midfielder, showing remarkable confidence for a player of his age, played an expert through-ball into the path of Rui Fonte to open the scoring before finding the net himself with a stunning curled shot that was accompanied by a clip on the now-defunct Arsenal TV station of Arsene Wenger smiling approvingly in the stands. The Frenchman promoted Wilshere into the senior squad just a few months later.

ARSENAL RES. 2 CHELSEA RES. 3- September 1, 2008

The beauty of second-string fixtures is that you often don’t know which players are going to feature until you see them step off the coach before the game. For this five-goal affair, there was an air of unbelievability when Didier Drogba walked through the gates of the stadium. The striker, making his return from injury, didn’t make much of a contribution on the pitch, but the two sides served up a thriller, with Arsenal, who found the net through Fonte and Mark Randall, being punished for their vulnerability at the back.

ARSENAL RES. 2 PORTSMOUTH RES. 0- December 16, 2008

Accompanied by one of the most fervent atmospheres experienced at a second-string encounter, Croatian striker Eduardo made his long-awaited come-back in an Arsenal shirt after recovering from his horrific broken leg sustained away to Birmingham City. The forward was barely involved during his 45 minutes on the pitch, but his every touch received rapturous applause from the Arsenal supporters and the game, which also saw Aaron Ramsey feature, was marked by stunning goals from Randall and Kieran Gibbs.

ARSENAL RES. 4 BLACKBURN ROVERS 3.- September 7, 2010

Sebastien Squillaci, then hailed as a player capable of improving Arsenal’s defensive fortunes, made his first outing in an Arsenal shirt as the young Gunners edged past Blackburn Rovers in a seven-goal thriller. Benik Afobe hit a brace and Chuks Aneke and Jay Emmanuel-Thomas also found the net for Arsenal against a strong Blackburn side, for whom Benjani was in impressive form, with the Zimbabwean striker scoring to add to David Dunn’s strikes from the penalty spot.

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As far as tonight’s game is concerned, Arsenal will be looking to build upon Tuesday’s success over Wolves, and will be seeking to finish the season in the best way possible by exacting revenge on a Liverpool side who beat them 3-2 at Anfield just last month.

With the first-team facing Queen’s Park Rangers tomorrow evening, it is likely to be a similar squad to the Wolves game, although the likes of Kristoffer Olsson, Gedion Zelalem, Serge Gnabry and Thomas Eisfeld, who started that game on the bench, should be restored to the starting line-up.