Sam Secures Football Contract

Upper Sixth student Sam Paul leaves Churcher’s to embark on an exciting new phase in his already successful footballing career.

He started playing for Petersfield Town Juniors at the age of seven and by nine he had been scouted by a few professional clubs, with Reading being the first to offer him a place in their Academy. It was a gruelling timetable – training after school three times a week with matches at the weekend, but all his hard effort has resulted in a professional contract, with Sam playing for the U23s in the Premier League 2 for the coming season.  

Sam says, “I’m hoping to get a chance to play for the first team. My highlight this year was playing against Manchester United in the FA Youth Cup in front of a thousand fans in the Madejski Stadium. We lost 3-1, but it was a good team performance.” 

All the very best to to Sam for the future.