For the past few years many of the youngsters on the scholarship scheme have been from the north west of England and that was the case with the four new lads who started last week – Mark Crossley, Cayne Hanley, Rob Henry and Nicky Platt.
That is not the case with the two new lads this week who are both from the Republic of Ireland and have, like the other four, signed up for a two year Modern Apprenticeship In Sporting Excellence.
Both of them have arrived from the renowned Home Farm Boys Club and have started training with the Clarets today.
The first of them is left-back Martin Reilly who is from Cavan. He came to
Along with him was Chris McCann who is from Meath which is just outside the capital
It’s not just
Clarets Mad would like to wish both Martin and Chris every success at the Turf.