Sells Pro Training Reading Goalkeeper Trial Day & Scholarship Trial Day

Sells Pro Training are running a goalkeeper trial day at the RFC Forest Academy Air Dome on Saturday 12 December, from 2:20 pm to 4:20 pm. It's open to goalkeepers from Under 8s right up to Under 18s, so it covers a huge age range in one afternoon. The whole point is to give young keepers a chance to show what they can do in front of scouts and recruitment staff from professional football clubs and The SPT Coaching Network, with the aim of creating pathways into academy and professional football.

SPT set these sessions up to give talented keepers more exposure. They point to Xander as a good example: he represented Portsmouth and England before signing professionally with Wolves. Since then, goalkeepers identified through the programme have gone on to sign for clubs like Brighton, Reading, Portsmouth, Barnsley, Bristol City, Oxford United, Nottingham Forest, Leicester City, Chelsea, Fulham, Bournemouth, Leyton Orient, Notts County, Hull City, Woking Academy and Eastleigh. Professional contracts have come at Sunderland, Wolves and Coventry City, with call-ups for England, Wales and Ireland. An Under-16 goalkeeper earned a scholarship with Colchester United, and Chelsea Women signed a keeper through the programme too.

On the day, the sessions run on a 4G pitch, and there's free on-site car parking and a parent viewing area, so you can watch from the sidelines. The trial is at the RFC Forest Academy Air Dome, Arbor Lane, Winnersh, RG41 5JE, which is also known as The Football Dome. Entry is £64.31.