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get to give them first team experience
we will, if that means drip feeding
them game time and sending them
back to get familiar with senior
football at reserves level that is what
we do, some take to it like a duck to
water and have now played 30/40
games for the first team having
filled in whilst we have had lads
previously injured/suspended.”
Community
it’s a great conveyor belt for us and
producing talent consistently.”
Youth
“Youth football is the club! We
love to see players coming through
- we now have a great structure and
it has been very much the platform
which we build upon. We have
brought through lads who have been
at the club since they were six and
seven years old and hopefully long
may this continue - it is very easy to
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go out and pay money for players
– however we love to build from
within and have lads who knows
what it means to wear a Boro shirt
with passion and pride.”
Integration
“We have some great people
working for us to help players
transition into the senior game,
they have known them since they
were kids, they care about their
progression and any opportunity we
“We are very much a community
club; we have had a number of
unfortunate circumstances around
the club over the last few years with
family members passing away at
very young ages, the club has come
together no matter what the charity
event may be and we have produced
some very special days and raised
substantial amounts of money for
various charities.
Not only that, we have players
coaching younger squads, mascots,
support where needed for each
other – like I previously said it’s a
very much family club and always
has the interest of the community at
heart.”