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Trueman: We’re Looking To Keep Building

Posted by FC Halifax Town
Posted on Tue 6 Mar 2018
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FC Halifax Town under 19s head coach Mark Trueman is confident that his squad can build on their fantastic form in the final few weeks of the season and is targeting a place in the final of the National Alliance League Cup.

The under 19s are currently on a run of 14 matches without defeat, with ten wins and just four draws since Octoberโ€™s 2-1 loss away to Hartlepool in the FA Youth Cup.

In late January, the young Shaymen progressed to the quarter-finals of the League Cup after coming from behind to defeat Mansfield 2-1, securing a fixture against either Dartford or Brentwood in the final eight.

Trueman is hopeful that his side can maintain their long undefeated and secure a place in the final of the competition.

โ€œWeโ€™re a strong team, obviously winning the league last year, and then the year before that we got to the semi-finals of the League Cup as well,โ€ Trueman said.

โ€œWeโ€™re looking to keep building from it. From our programme, it shows that weโ€™re one of the top academies and youth teams in the National League.โ€

โ€œOur goal now is to win the quarters and hopefully get to the final, thatโ€™s the challenge now for the team. Itโ€™ll be a tough test because weโ€™ve either got Dartford or Brentwood, who won the competition last year. If we perform as well as we did against Mansfield, then weโ€™ve got a chance.โ€

Whilst Trueman is eyeing league and cup success and youth team level, he admits that his aim is to bring young prospects through the first-team squad.

โ€œThere are a lot of second-year lads in the team now and obviously with Jamie (Fullarton) coming in, our lads, just like the first-team lads, will be looking to impress,โ€ continued the head coach.

โ€œOur youth team lads are looking to push to hopefully get a contract at the club. For us, itโ€™s all about developing the team and the better opposition that we face, the better for us. Itโ€™s about playing in big games.โ€

โ€œIf we can win something this season, then brilliant, but if we can get one or two of our players, first-team contracts, then that would be more beneficial for the club and the youth-team.โ€

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