Next season’s 10 new full-time Academy scholars will be formally inducted into the club today. They will be shown around the stadium and officially welcomed to Town by chief executive Simon Clegg.

Midfielder Byron Lawrence is the most familiar name amongst them with the one-time Histon youth player likely to make his first team debut in either of the next two games.

In addition to Lawrence, there’s locally-based right-back or midfielder Kyle Hammond, who has been with the Academy for three years.

Joe Robinson from Haverhill is a versatile defender who has also been with the club for three years.

Midfielder or defender Rory Thompson is, like Lawrence, from Cambridge and again has been with the club for three seasons.

Wide midfielder Cory Galvin is from Cork and was in the Irish U16 side which beat Belgium 4-1 away in a friendly yesterday.

Amir Berkane, from Kelvedon in Essex, has been with the Academy for six years. A holding midfielder who likes a tackle.

Jack Willbye also plays in the centre of midfield. A set-piece expert, he has been with the Academy since he was 10 and is also based in Cambridge.

Another midfielder, Teddy Bishop, again from Cambridge, has been with the club since U8 level.

Taylor Hendry is a striker from Edinburgh, who holds the ball up well and works hard.

Central defender Omar Sowumni, from Colchester, joined the Academy late last year.

[Edit] Norwegian keeper Michael Crowe, 16, was a late addition to the new intake. The 6ft 5in tall stopper, whose father is English and whose sister is at college locally, was previously with Kristiansand-based club IK Start.

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itfcsmithlarr added 12:01 - Apr 20 Thats all well and good, but how many of these will we actually see.
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Andy32Cracknell added 12:16 - Apr 20 jesus, nothin like a positive first comment hey.
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hodgie1989 added 12:18 - Apr 20 good to see we have still got youngsters coming through the ranks. how about chucking them into the millwall to see how long it takes for them to s**t themselves
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Crock added 13:07 - Apr 20 Welcome to them all. Will Cambridge Utd & Cambridge City be mad at us for nicking their youngsters now? Amir Berkane & Omar Sowumni sounds excotic. Does anyone know if they (or any of the others) have dual citizenship so they may turn out for another country in the future?
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LFCITFC added 16:38 - Apr 20 Well done to the ones taken on, I feel for the ones that have been released, its the worst thing in the world at 16 (I know from experience) I hope they find another club and fulfill their dreams.
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EatonBlue added 18:15 - Apr 20 It would help these lads if they had the opportunity of playing competitive reserve team football.
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up_the_town4 added 09:58 - Apr 24 Massive achievment boys do the club proud although I do feel abit for you as I have been told by a lot of people within the club that Russel Osman is an awful coach and very disliked person by players and staff but hopefully they wont play for him and be in the 1st team.
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PunchNoHopers added 10:00 - Jun 27 Now Klug is back I suspect we will see a few more than we have been recently!
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