St Cuthbert Wanderers boss building for the future with home grown talent

St Cuthbert Wanderers are building for the future.

The Kirkcudbright side are currently bottom of the South of Scotland League with just one win to show for their efforts.

But Ian Clark believes they have a talented crop of youngsters who can bring success to the club once they get experience.

And they’re set to increasingly be involved in the first team following the demise of the club’s colts team.

Clark said: “As a club, we do have one eye on next year. We need to use this season as a platform where we can give guys the experience of playing at this level. The only way we can get where we want to be with local boys is giving them the exposure.

“On Saturday, six who started were all local and another four were on the bench – three of them got on. They’re all from within 15 miles of the park.

“They’ve settled really well but they’ve also brought something to the squad and the team.

“They’re coming in and they’re not just there because they’re local lads, they’re good enough to play in the south.

“Chris Wilson has been fantastic and Charlie Caygill who only turned 17 two months ago has played almost every game. We also have Scott Harper, Owen Hall and Kenny Davies.

“I want to use the rest of the year to bed these lads in because the last thing we want is another rebuild.

“We want to be in a position where we only need to add three or four lads next year. I think over the last few years that’s maybe where we’ve fallen down as a club.

“We realise it’s not a quick fix and the committee is understanding with where we’re at. The people involved in the club have the right values and right ideas.

“That inspires me to want to bring these young boys through and set the club up.”
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