Tiverton kids offer hope for the future

TIVERTON Town's first team might not be pulling up trees right now, but their Under-18s side are the talk of the town after reaching round two of the FA Youth Cup in midweek.

- STUART JAMES

Coached by Paul Harris, who doubles up as coach of South West Peninsula League side Crediton United, the young Yellows beat Newport County on penalty kicks, following a 2-2 draw, to book a second round clash with Cambridge United, which will be played at Ladysmead on Tuesday, November 18.

“I've coached most of the lads for years, to be honest,’ Harris said. “There's a lot of ex-academy lads that come out of the (Exeter City and Plymouth Argyle) academy that are a bit down, so we are bringing them back up, coaching them for a number of years now and bringing them all back together.