31/10/2024
BREAKING 🗞️ contract 📑 ✍️
There is such a thing as a happily ever after story and Lyndon and Laura are the proud owners of a professional Scholar 🥳
A massive congratulations to Charlie Brier who has secured a scholarship at league 1 club Blackpool .
Charlies story is full of ups and downs after joining us 4 years ago he came in with bags of confidence and goalkeeping talent and subsequently was fast tracked to our older groups also playing 3 years up in our u18s.
After a couple of unsuccessful trials last season Charlie half resigned Himself to a future of educating and part time football when a window 🪟 of opportunity opened up and Sheffield United academy offered him the chance to spend pre season with them.
After showing up well in his 1st 2 weeks he was invited to go on pre season tour with their 18s and 21s and ended up staying with them the whole of preseason.
Come the start of Sheffield United u18s season he found himself on the bench for the youth team against Ipswich and after 30 mins found himself between the sticks due to the keeper getting sent off he finished the game on the pitch in a 3.1 win.
After spending another month with the cat 2 academy his performances earned him a number of possibilities and Blackpool were quick to pounce on the young stopper and offer him a 2 year scholarship.
Congratulations Charlie you have shown unbelievable resilience , dedication , professionalism and determination to reach your goal and we are all proud of you at akidemy
Fittingly your not just our 106th academy signing ,
Your Akidemy’s 1st goalkeeper to make the grade so you are
⚽️🧤AKIDEMYS NO 1 🧤 ⚽️
