Arron Davies - Success Story Update
Following
a successful attendance at our Manchester UK Football Trial back in May 2018,
young goalkeeper Arron Davies was scouted by many clubs, including Accrington
Stanley, Burnley and Blackburn. It became clear that his hard work and
dedication has paid off when we recently checked back in with him to see how he
had progressed.
Arron’s History
Following
Arron’s successful trial in 2018, he was considered so good that he earned
himself a 2-year deal at Accrington Stanley at the age of 12-years-old without
even attending an official trial with the club. Following that same Manchester UKFT
trial, Arron was also scouted by and trained each week with Burnley and Blackburn,
and he was also due to go in and train with Everton. However, before this could
happen, and after being offered official 6-week trial periods with several
other clubs, after some consideration Arron and his family decided to sign with
Accrington Stanley. Before he signed his contract with Accrington Stanley,
Arron continued to play every weekend for his local grassroots clubs, Durham
Federation Wolves on a Saturday and Wallsend Boys on a Sunday.
Current Status
After
playing at Accrington Stanley for 3 years Arron decided to end his time there for
undisclosed reasons. At that time, there was some concern about whether Arron
would be tall enough to become a professional goalkeeper. Now, at the age of 17
years-old, Arron is 6’3” and is still growing.
The
next important event was that Arron had an opportunity to play for English
Football League One Club Port Vale, ironically against his former club
Accrington Stanley. Following this game, Port Vale were so impressed and had
seen enough of Arron’s ability during the game to offer him a permanent
contract with the club.
Arron’s
Dad, Martin, was delighted to be able to share the great news with us and
commented that the success that Arron is having all started with a UK Football
Trial event in Manchester back in 2018 and would never have happened without an
opportunity at the trial to be seen by all the scouts at that one event.
We
are very excited to hear of Arron’s success and how he has worked tirelessly to
get to where he is now with the real possibility that he will go on to much
bigger things in the future. We very much look forward to following Arron’s career
in the new season.
All of us here at UK Football Trials are thrilled to hear of his progress and wish him the very best of luck at Port Vale.
Arron Davies - Aged 17 - Originally scouted by Accrington Stanley F.C and now signed a pro contract at Port Vale F.C
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