Director of Football Simon Line writes: “Part of the clubs new strategy of creating a successful, sustainable future is underpinned by ensuring a clear pathway for young Market Drayton footballers. this team now bridges this gap better than ever, it will provide an environment where players graduating from the Market Drayton Tigers setup at under 17 or 18 level have a natural path to follow and aim for into this side and in turn our 1st team.

The team will play in the Midlands development league, with the majority of fixtures played on a Monday evening, enabling players to be involved/available for the 1st team on a Saturday afternoon if needed. They will experience a more professional environment playing at the likes of Hednesford Town, Alvechurch, Chasetown and Tamworth, and with our new team minibus this will give a great environment and facilities for these players to develop within our club umbrella.

The key factor in getting this side off the ground was the guys managing the team and in Paul McMullen and Nigel Wellings the next generation of Market Drayton town players really do have two legends of the club to learn from and work under. The team will train at the same time as our 1st team and be much more integrated as one unit of players, with Vesty and Nige working closely with Dan Dawson on player integration”

Any players that are interested in being involved please contact Paul McMullen: 07855 281473 or Simon Line: 07818 854358