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Football: IoM U14's to compete in Celtic Cup

Squad heading to Scotland this coming weekend

One of the Isle of Man FA's academy teams will travel to Scotland for a challenging competition this weekend.

The U14 boys are set to take part in the Celtic Cup 2023 being held at the Sportscotland National Sports Training Centre in Inverclyde this weekend.

The Manx squad will face a Scottish Youth FA side on the opening day on Saturday morning (24 June) before taking on a Northern Ireland Boys FA Select team in the afternoon.

The following day (25 June) they'll face a side from the Schoolboys Football Association of Ireland.

There will be 21 players making up the Isle of Man squad accompanied by their coaches Andrew Asbridge, Tom Creer, Lewis Qualtrough and Simon Ellison.

Qualtrough, the Isle of Man FA's Football Development Manager, says this tournament will be a 'fantastic opportunity' and offer an 'excellent test'.

The IoM squad for the Celtic Cup 2023 is listed below:

 

Aiden Pickering (Corinthians)
Oliver Burden (Laxey)
Harry Higgins (Rycob.)
Noah Campbell (Corinthians)
Preston Anderson (St Johns)
Charlie Alstead (St Johns)
Bo Caluter (St Johns)
Max Smith (St Johns)
Jimmy Butler (Peel)
Saul Tumblety (Laxey)
Alfie Price (Corinthians)
Jonah Kelly (St Johns)
Charlie Arculus (Corinthians)
Ollie Eyres (Rycob.)
Lex Johnston (St Johns)
Cameron Parsons (Rycob.)
Josh Parsons (Rycob.)
Bobby Baxter (Peel)
Oscar Christian (Corinthians)
Charlie Craine (Rycob.)
Aaron Vincent (Laxey)

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