The ESFA is delighted to announce the successful trialists from the Midlands England U18 Schoolboys’ Pro:Direct regional trial. These boys will now progress to stage two, representing their region against the North, with the aim of reaching the final trial in December.


The ESFA hosted the Midlands England U18 Schoolboys’ Pro:Direct Trial yesterday (Sunday 23rd October) in the Midlands. From this trial, a squad of successful boys has been selected to go forward and represent their region in stage two of the trial process.
You can view the selected squad details below –


Regional Trials
The successful boys from last weekend’s event will go forward to create the Mildands squad which will face off against the North in stage two of the trials process on Sunday 27th November. Further regional trials are due to take place in the North (Sunday 30th October) and South West (Sunday 6th November), concluding stage 1 of the trials process.
Full details of the International Trials and a rundown of what to expect from the 2022/23 international season can be found here.
A huge congratulations to the boys listed below for making the Midlands representative squad:
Players Name | Players County |
Jay Owen | Shropshire |
Jake Williams | Leicestershire |
Kian Brade | West Midlands |
Jack Bostock | Staffordshire |
Douglas Hughes | Staffordshire |
Ashton Musgrave | Northamptonshire |
Tyrease Hughes | West Midlands |
Tafari Hinds | West Midlands |
Daniel Hughes | Staffordshire |
Mario Novaku | Staffordshire |
Liam McCullagh | West Midlands |
Jay Sangha | Shropshire |
Arran Cocks | Leicestershire |
Nick Tanko | Shropshire |
Ben Wodskou | Leicestershire |
Charlie King | Staffordshire |
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