Not all local young players of ability will qualify for or be attracted by the academy system. I believe there to be a seam of talent with potential to develop playing in local 'men's football', which has some obvious advantages over academies, where they are playing against teams from the same age groups. Joe Taylor is constantly mentioned as a beacon that illustrates the academies success, yet in certain respects he has achieved that in spite of the efforts of his local club? In similar vein we did quite a good job in knocking Fletcher Toll's confidence but credit to him, he is now scoring for fun at Downham and i believe he will eventually play at a higher level. An example of one that we could have nurtured and developed?
