Fisher youth‘s head of youth development paid tribute to Millwall Community Trust in a recent article which was published in Southwark News.
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Fisher FC continue to go from strength to strength as they launched their first-ever girls' team this season - and the club's head of youth development paid tribute to Millwall Community Trust for their help providing training facilities.
Chris Hiscock said that was "a landmark for us'. He told our paper.
"We also have an under-18 team which is a pathway to get lads into semi-professional football.
"The MCT partnership has been really good for us. They've worked really hard to facilitate us.”
Hiscock said prices if they had to train elsewhere would be "extortionate".
“If it wasn't for the MCT we'd be scattered around south-east London," Hiscock said. 'We have a great relationship with them, they sponsor the away kit, the girls' kit. Lots of our coaches work with MCT.
"It's good for the local kids, we've got around 190 local kids playing football.
We've sourced players from MCT. It's a relationship that's grown.
"The partnership with them has meant we've kept , it's enabled us to grow. I wouldn't underestimate the positive impact Millwall have made on our growth."
Hiscock has been busy building the foundations of the youth set-up over a number of years.
He said: "We're working on the structures that people after us can follow. From 2017 we've now got sixteen teams [from two).
Over recent seasons Hiscock says that "ten to fifteen players have moved on to Steps in the English football pyramid above and are getting wages. We don't pay wages. It's a grassroots club, it’s a pathway to go into semi-pro.”
To find out more, visit: http://www.fisherfc.org/fisher-youth-fc/
