Coach Carver!

Accrington Stanley first team striker Marcus Carver turned into the coach this morning when he attended the Community Trust’s Football Scholarship session.

Carver put the new scholars through their paces and was impressed with what he saw. ‘I enjoyed coaching the Community Trusts new scholars this morning, there are some talented players signed on ready to start the full course in September. I like to keep myself busy in the close season and stay active with a bit of coaching. I am looking at doing my UEFA B Licence this year and this morning’s session is great preparation for it.’

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Despite the wet weather it didn’t dampen the spirits of the players involved with everybody putting the effort in and working hard. Carver introduced a passing session followed by some shooting and a small sided game.

Community Trust Manager Martin Fearon said ‘I contacted Marcus earlier this week to ask him if he wanted to do some coaching with our new scholars. Marcus still lives in the area and attended Norden High School which is the same school that some of our new scholars are leaving this month. It is important that we get our first team players involved with the local community and this session is the start of a busy programme of activity planned for next season’.

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Accrington Stanley Community Trust have been running the Football Education Scholarships for over three years now and will take on their fourth intake in September. The scholarship is open to males leaving year 11 who want to come and study their education and play football for the club. They will study a BTEC Level 3 in Sport which takes place in the classroom at Accrington Stanley Football Club and is the equivalent to 3 A-Levels. The practical side sees two outdoor training sessions per week on the brand new 3G pitch at Hyndburn Leisure Centre as well as two indoor futsal sessions. Matches are played on a Wednesday in both the English Colleges Category 3 league and the Football League Futsal League.

There are a limited amount of places left on the course, if you are interested please fill in the expression of interest here: http://www.stanleytrust.co.uk/?page_id=200

For more information please contact the Community Trust on 01254 304071 or email info@stanleytrust.co.uk

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