It wasn’t just the football league play-off champions who were lifting silverware at Wembley over the May Bank Holiday weekend.
Telford College’s footballers were also presented with their Community & Education Football Alliance (CEFA) trophy at the home of English football after winning their league by completing an entire season unbeaten.
Telford College A level photography student D’sharn Brown-Mccatty, who has been capturing images of the team throughout the season, travelled with the players to photograph the trophy-lift.
Students on the college’s ‘Football and Education’ programme get to wear the famous old gold and black colours of Wolverhampton Wanderers FC through a partnership between the college and the Wolves Foundation.
Competing in fixtures against other professional club foundation teams, the Telford College completed a clean sweep of their league this season, with 14 straight wins, scoring 98 goals and conceding just 11.
Teddy Munroe, student development officer at the Foundation, said: “The trip to Wembley was a brilliant way to round off what has been an absolutely fantastic season.
“The team got to watch the play-off final at Wembley in hospitality, as well as receiving their trophy and medals. It was a day I’m sure they will never forget.”
The ‘Football and Education’ programme gives Telford College students the chance to obtain a sports qualification alongside a series of enrichment opportunities with the club.
The squad got to visited Molineux stadium for a behind-the-scenes tour, met some of the club’s key officials, and saw the Wolves under 21 team take on their counterparts from Spanish giants Real Madrid.
Wolves senior squad members also took part in masterclass and Q&A sessions with students, and students have access to player data GPS and Veo cameras which is used in top-level sport around the world to analyse their performances.
- Recruitment is now under way for both male and female football teams at the college. More details about the sports courses can be found here
