Our February Trials in Numbers - 110 players scouted by 40 clubs!
Published Wednesday 1st of March 2017 04:29 PM
- 684 players came to our football trials in February as we visited West London, Birmingham, Essex, South London, Manchester and Cardiff.
- There were 40 different club scouts/ coaches from the Premier League through to Semi Pro in attendance at these trials.
- 110 players were lucky enough to get scouted by clubs from the Premier League through to Semi Pro. 12 of the 110 were goalkeepers.
- This means that better than 1 in 7 players were scouted at the trials - again this improves upon the 2016 average where 1 in 9 players were scouted.
- A few players were scouted more than once - so got more than one opportunity from our trials. In total, there were 155 opportunities for the 110 players!
- We hope to get at least 55 players trial opportunities in the coming months with other players having games watched by scouts or being monitored.
- Of the scouted players, 25% were scouted by Premier League clubs, 23% were scouted by Championship clubs, 7% League One, 9% League Two, and 36% Semi Pro clubs.
- 33% of the scouted players were aged 10-14, 44% of the scouted players were aged 15-17, and 23% of the scouted players were aged 18+.
- In 2016 we had 429 players scouted - can 2017 beat that?!
Our next trials are in April with a 5 day training and trial camp taking place from the 2nd to the 7th for the ultimate way to learn and develop your game!
A big thank you to all the players who attended and congratulations and good luck to our scouted players - there will be plenty of stories to come about players on trial in the coming weeks!!