- Aug 3, 2003
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I mentor a 10yr old boy in my spare time for a children's charity. He's pretty good with the ball, quite direct rather than showy skills, plays centre forward, for his school and every weekend for a junior-league team, he is very fast and scores a lot of goals.
We (his mother and I) are going to see if we can get him a trial at a London club (he lives in Chelsea). He's had a few offers to go to open trails before but his single mother has been unable to take him because of the other children and it was before I was involved with the family.
Having looked into it, it seems that most clubs allow you to send request letters/forms (Chelsea, Fulham, QPR) but Spurs don't provide any such info on their website, they simply say that they rely on their scout network. Same goes for Watford.
So yeah, I just wanted to see if any SC members (or scout ITK!) can advise on if there's a way for Spurs scouts to come see the boy play or if it's a waste of time? Maybe some of you have tried this in the past with your own kids, or know people connected to the youth couching set up.
Cheers
Jay
We (his mother and I) are going to see if we can get him a trial at a London club (he lives in Chelsea). He's had a few offers to go to open trails before but his single mother has been unable to take him because of the other children and it was before I was involved with the family.
Having looked into it, it seems that most clubs allow you to send request letters/forms (Chelsea, Fulham, QPR) but Spurs don't provide any such info on their website, they simply say that they rely on their scout network. Same goes for Watford.
So yeah, I just wanted to see if any SC members (or scout ITK!) can advise on if there's a way for Spurs scouts to come see the boy play or if it's a waste of time? Maybe some of you have tried this in the past with your own kids, or know people connected to the youth couching set up.
Cheers
Jay