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More representative honours for our Irish youngsters



AZ Gull

@SeagullsAcademy Threads: @bhafcacademy
Oct 14, 2003
11,512
Chandler, AZ
Tonight (7pm) Republic of Ireland's U-19s take on Azerbaijan in a friendly in Dublin. Our young professional goalkeeper Harry Doherty was named in the original squad, and on the evidence of recent tweets his U-18 compatriot Des Hutchinson also received a late call-up.

Congratulations to the pair of them. There is a second friendly, against the same opponents at the same venue, on Friday afternoon (3pm).
 

AZ Gull

@SeagullsAcademy Threads: @bhafcacademy
Oct 14, 2003
11,512
Chandler, AZ
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Harry Doherty - back row, third from left.

Dessie Hutchinson - front row, second from left
 


AZ Gull

@SeagullsAcademy Threads: @bhafcacademy
Oct 14, 2003
11,512
Chandler, AZ
Harry Doherty keeps a clean sheet during his 73 minutes in goal:-

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AZ Gull

@SeagullsAcademy Threads: @bhafcacademy
Oct 14, 2003
11,512
Chandler, AZ
As was probably to be expected, both Harry Doherty and Des Hutchinson started on the bench for the ROI U-19s this afternoon.

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AZ Gull

@SeagullsAcademy Threads: @bhafcacademy
Oct 14, 2003
11,512
Chandler, AZ
We seem to have some good contacts in Ireland.

John Morling is our academy manager. In 2005 he became the Irish FA's player development manager, three years later he was appointed manager of their U-15 and U-16 teams and then coached their U-17s before joining the Albion in 2012.

A bit more info: Morling was a youngster in the Norwich City youth system but wasn't offered an apprenticeship at 16. He went on to Scarborough for a year but was already interested in coaching and he is apparently the second-youngest coach to achieve his badge (after Graham Taylor). He joined Peterborough after finishing his A-levels and was instrumental in setting up their academy system. Simon Rusk, our U-18s coach, was an academy player with Peterborough when Morling was the youth coach at Posh.
 

AZ Gull

@SeagullsAcademy Threads: @bhafcacademy
Oct 14, 2003
11,512
Chandler, AZ
Doherty came on for the final 19 minutes in today's 2-0 win over Azerbaijan.

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