Keeper could be next for big time

Peacehaven & Telscombe's teenage keeper Alieu Secko could be the next player to leave the Ryman League club for the professional game after going on trial at Premier League Norwich City.

The highly rated 17-year-old could be set to follow in the footsteps of Charlie Walker, the Magpies' top scorer two seasons ago when he fired them into the Ryman's top flight in 2014 to earn a move to League Two outfit Luton Town.

Manager Darren Freeman and coach Tony Coade are both delighted for the stopper, pictured, who made made his debut for the club towards the end of last season away at AFC Hornchurch aged just 16 and played well in a 1-1 draw.

A product of the club's youth system, Alieu has made three starts in Ryman South this season and was reported to be in outstanding form in a prestige pre-season friendly against Luton Town at The Sports Park this summer.

Coade, who spotted the keeper and brought him to the club, said: “I’m over the moon that he has got his chance. He is a local boy who has played in the club’s youth team and attended PCS School. If a young player shows promise at this club we are always keen to help them progress.”

Freeman told the club's website: “Alieu is a very good goalkeeper and I think he has a future in the professional game.

"To train with a top professional club will be a great experience for him. He has played a couple of games for them. The Canaries will assess him and we’ll go from there.”

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