A new Nantwich Football Academy run by Nantwich Town and Malbank School & Sixth Form College, will kick off in September.
Sixteen-year-olds can study for a BTEC Diploma in Sport at Malbank Sixth Form while being coached at Nantwich Town FC.
They will also play competitive football matches in the English Colleges League.
The boys could also represent Nantwich Town in the FA Youth Cup and play other games against professional and semi-professional football clubs under the banner of Nantwich Town.
Jon Gold, chairman of Nantwich Town FC, said: “Nantwich Town Football Club celebrates its 130th birthday this season and we cannot think of a better way of celebrating than the launch of this exciting Academy.
“The Academy cements our long relationship with Malbank School and the local community.
“Malbank has an outstanding reputation for educational provision and we have fantastic training and coaching facilities and a proven record of developing young players that progress to professional clubs – Kelvin Mellor, a former Crewe Alexandra player, being a recent local example.”
The Academy will be formally launched at an open evening at Nantwich Town FC on Thursday June 12 at 7pm.
Parents and boys will learn the BTEC Diploma in Sport structure, find out how the Malbank Sixth Form College timetable will work, and discover the content of the football and other sporting activities.
Successful boys will be selected based on ability following a trial game on the club’s 3G pitch and interview with the club and Malbank Sixth Form College.
The course will be classed as full time education, with a BTEC Diploma earning credits towards university entry, as well as exposure to the world of football.
“This is an outstanding opportunity, one that we are delighted to be a partner in,” added Jeannette Walker, headteacher at Malbank.
“We are very excited to welcome the first cohort of Academy students onto our already successful BTEC PE Diploma programme where results in previous years have been outstanding and well above national standard.
“As such we look forward to giving these promising footballers the same opportunity to succeed academically alongside their pursuit for footballing success.
“We look forward to expanding the Academy in future years.”
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