Youth Team

[britwell]

Hi all first post, blah blah blah.

 

I have always wondered about Slough Town and it's lack of a youth team.

 

Burnham has one, Windsor has one so what is it about the club that has always stopped this from being formed. It would seem to me that given the year in year our player shortage that a youth team playing in the local Combination league (I hate you Woolman!!) would provide at least 1 or 2 players a year worth looking at.

 

My idea for the club would be to approach one of the local sides, basically whoever passes off as Crusaders or Britwell Boys these days, and say right you are Slough Town Under 7's-18's. They provide all their own kit, registration fees etc but the lads have a chance of being a semi pro.

 

Anyone know why this would not work?

 

My other idea would be to have Marcus become the club's official Sunday league scout. However, if he put forward the name of every player that tackled him, Slough would need 4 teams.

 

David Kingsbury

[Guest]

Hi britwell....

 

we would love this to work...but we don't have the faclities to do this without a ground really and also we need people with the know how and the FA coaching qulifications...

 

This is a step for the future, which all slough fans want to see..but while the club is forced to continue its exsistance outside the borough we have to bounce along at the bottom..trying to convince our council that we are a majoe part of the community and would love the club to be the local centre for all our budding youth...

 

cheers chris sliski slough town supporters Trust

[britwell]

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britwell said:

My idea for the club would be to approach one of the local sides, basically whoever passes off as Crusaders or Britwell Boys these days, and say right you are Slough Town Under 7's-18's. They provide all their own kit, registration fees etc but the lads have a chance of being a semi pro.


David Kingsbury

What about this part?

[mal316]

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Anonymous said:
Hi britwell....

we would love this to work...but we don't have the faclities to do this without a ground really and also we need people with the know how and the FA coaching qulifications...

This is a step for the future, which all slough fans want to see..but while the club is forced to continue its exsistance outside the borough we have to bounce along at the bottom..trying to convince our council that we are a majoe part of the community and would love the club to be the local centre for all our budding youth...

cheers chris sliski slough town supporters Trust

Chris,

There is no reason not to join up with a local side.

Unless there have been changes recently you do not need FA qualifications to run a football club at that level.

Also, apart from the under 18's (if you enter the Allied Counties), they can play on local parks which I would assume they are already doing.

Maybe joining up with someone for the coming season, maybe not paying for everything but more to see how the relationship works, will show the council how commited you really are.

[GarySTFC]

They already have that commitment with one team, now branded Slough Town Juniors (I think), and I'm hopeful that this would be expanded further.

 

However, given the lack of a youth team and the clubs apparent lack of desire to look at local unproven talent, I can't see them supporting this idea.

[Matt]

This is a great post by Britwell, and youth teams would greatly benefit the club - but it has to be the club who make the move, and for whatever reason, as Gary says, they haven't - a great shame in my view. It makes perfect sense to try and get involved with youth football in the borough.

 

We do have one team under the Slough Town banner, I think it's an under-14 side in Langley, but it would be great to see teams across all ages up to 17 or 18.

[britwell]

So why not bring it up at team meetings? Sit the manager down explaining the idea in detail.

 

mal316 was right, like I said this shouldn't actually cost Slough anything.

 

Don't waste your money paying some two bit players wages, invest in a local youth team by giving them the money for the season

 

Find a local side with 3-4 team at different ages, ask them if they want to link up with Slough as the official youth team, they say yes thank you very much. You say great. At most you have to bung em a couple of free tickets.

 

They were going to pay their own fees anyway and they can play in any kit they like for the first few seasons. If a local side like Britwell Boys started calling themselves Slough Town Under 11's they would have a ton of kids interested and would have no trouble making money for new kit etc.

 

Mal also highlighted that it would be great press, donate a training session with one of the better players to help keep them motivated

[Matt]

It all makes far too much sense...

[Tom]

Surely the trust can be used to sponsor teams under its banner, especially if its at no cost?

[Barry Scott]

this all makes so much sense but the club yet again refuses to move on such an opportunity. What a f***ing surpise...

[Martin]

Tom, the Trust did sponsor a junior side last season - we provided their kit so it was at a cost. I think we will take on a second age group this season so we will have two sides. These are junior sides however and will not be used to provide stop gaps for the first XI.

 

I believe the club also sponsored a junior side and provided them with kit last season.

[Guest]

We are trying very hard to link up with the Slough Juniors set up...a first step was last year...In fact at the board meeting we will approve some funding for the continued help towards these teams...In turn we have been promised help from these teams..(ball boys for sat matches) and some help around the ground...so in our little way we have started to adopt and hopefully to nurcher them...

 

cheers chris s