Hednesford Town are giving young people aged between 16 and 18 the chance to kick-start their footballing career, with the first trial set to take place today.

The ‘in-house’ academy, which will be located at Keys Park, sees the Pitmen working in partnership with Championship side Wolverhampton Wanderers in order to produce and develop local footballers.

Players will study a variety of nationally recognised qualifications within sport, coaching and fitness managed by the SCL Education Group – one of the UK’s leading independent providers of education through sport.

• Year 1 – BTEC Level 3 Subsidiary Diploma in Sport
• Year 2 – BTEC Level 3 Diploma in Sport

Where required, students will study Maths and English GCSE or Functional Skills.

Those enrolled on the course will then benefit from:

• Daily training from highly qualified FA coaches
• Guidance on individual football fitness
• Nutritional advice
• Regular appraisal to monitor development both on and off the pitch

There will be a subsidised cost for purchasing training kit at the start of the season. Further details about this will be provided upon the player’s acceptance into The Football Academy.

Details of the trials are as follows:

Trial 1                    Keys Park                            26/10/17              12-2pm

Trial 2                    Keys Park                            23/11/17              6-7pm

Trial 3                    Keys Park                            22/02/18              12-2pm

Trial 4                    Keys Park                            05/04/18              12-2pm

Interested in what you have seen?
Make sure you visit: http://wearescl.co.uk/hednesford-town for more details and to book your place on the course.