Keepsake – pupils Ellis Cole and Billy Cottrill, both 12, present Blues’ chief executive Geoffrey King with pictures to mark his visit
FOOTBALL-MAD youngsters taking part in a ground-breaking school scheme received a visit from a special guest.
The Double Club, at Shoeburyness High School, run with Southend United, has made great strides in improving pupils’ academic achievement and behaviour.
Last week, Blues’ chief executive Geoffrey King paid a visit to the club to see the work the club does.
The project involves 45 boys from Years 7, 8 and 9, who for a day a week, are allowed to wear their Blues football kit and club tracksuits to school.
They are taught numeracy and literacy in the mornings, and in the afternoons go out on the pitch to train and play football.
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