Hi all. We're new to the community and would like to introduce ourselves. I'm Dave (dad) and my son is Mason who is an u13s goalkeeper. It will be mainly me thats commenting and posting so just be aware to anyone, you'll be talking to an adult. Mason started playing football at u8s and was quickly picked up by sheffield wednesday pre academy. He was there for u9s + u10s but was released. He also was unsuccessful in a trial for Rotherham. Obviously gutted, I assured Mason that this was not the end of his journey and with some hard work he could get picked up again. Due to the Rotherham trial ending in November, finding a new team was difficult because all high level teams had already established keepers so we decided to drop down a couple of leagues and Mason would spend the rest of the season playing centre back. This would give him a better understanding of defence and would be great for his feet. Mason made a big impact in this team and grew confidently into the position. Meanwhile he was playing Saturdays for a JPL team in goal. Mason finished the season strong, 2nd in the league for his Sunday team and player of the season for his Saturday team. He moved on for the next season signing for Chesterfield fc in JPL, northern rep team for JPL and Sheffield Rangers in Sheffield A division. U12s. Things went great winning silverware for all 3 teams. Which leads me up to now and why I waited for my first post. This season, Mason again started strong playing for the same teams and also playing up for Chestfield u14. He retained his place for the northern rep team after trials and just last week played against Hull City academy. He played fantastic, receiving plaudits from opposition players, coaches and even the ref. We got home and not long after, I received a txt saying that Hull are interested in Mason and would like to offer him a full trial with the academy. Mason starts in the new year. Hard work paid off.

Well what can I say except I’m a very proud grandad and that Zack’s trial session last night went really good, he was introduced to the other boys and some of the coaches, so he had 3 coaches drilling him with different drills for 1/2hr then they other lads were shooting at him from about 15yrs then some other light training drills then at the end they have a mad 15min which equals about 20 a side I thought this was fun as it should be and to hear Zack laughing along with the other boys who he had just met was magical, the director of the football club said that they would get back to us in a couple of days as he was watching from a far and get feedback from the other coaches, but he came up to myself and Zack at the end of the session and was so impressed with him that he’s not going to wait as all the feedback from the coaches was they were very impressed with him, so they have 4 x team’s at 2014 and the director asked him if he would sign for them Zack’s face just lit up like a neon sign, well I had to turn away as I had watery eyes “ it was the wind that made them watery “and the director said the most impressive thing about tonight was that Zack never turned or backed away on any of the shots that were taken against him, and Zack is going to sign so proud, and to Finnish off the night my daughter got a message from the director asking if I was interested in being a coach for them and to contact him wow I’m blown away with last night “ keep the faith “ 🧤

Keepers some times get over looked and don't get the praise they deserve

So after Leo’s very busy weekend of academy football, we heard today that he’s been invited to Peterborough United for a trial! So proud of him as he played amazing on that day and he came away buzzing from It. After getting knocked back by Lincoln he thought it was all over at age 8! He kept his head up and worked hard on his feedback and look what’s happened for him. So proud of him for not giving up and working hard ☺️

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