After attending trials in both 2019 and 2020, three players; Lewis Waller, Rayan Radi and Ali Khral were picked up by Altrincham scout Ben Gardner and invited to trial for the club.

All three went on to sign for the club at both U17 and U18 after trialling, though some did experience some difficulties.

We were told by scout Ben: "Lewis Waller, who was training with the youth team for around a year or so kept getting injured so couldn’t get a game in. He finally signed for the U18s."

Others found it much easier as we were told: "Ali Khral signed after training re-started in March 2021 and scored his first goal in the first game back!"

After playing in the U17/U18 set up, all three have now progressed into playing for Altrincham Reserves in the Cheshire Football League Premier Division.

Including these three, 10 players have now signed for Altrincham over the past two years as a result of being scouted at a UK Football Trials event. We would like to congratulate Lewis, Rayan and Ali with their progression within the club. We hope they can continue to grow as players and push onto to first team football.