A SOUTHAMPTON school’s football team celebrated its victory by visiting Saints' training ground and meeting some of the players.
Earlier this year Hollybrook Junior School Under-11 team won the Hampshire trophy.
On the back of that victory they then qualified for the regional finals in Bath which they also won.
This weekend they take part in the national finals at Premier League champions Leicester’s King Power Stadium this weekend.
To celebrate, the team their success the boys and girls team’s from the school visited Saints' Staplewood training ground and met had a question and answer session with players Graziano Pelle and Dusan Tadic.
Later Graziano posted onto his Instagram account: “Lovely to make children happy... Q&A at training ground!”
A photo posted by Graziano Pellè (@gpelle19_official) on Apr 26, 2016 at 9:10am PDT
Teacher P.E. Co-ordinator and team manager Ewen O’Brien from Highfield said: "“The day was a great success. They were down to earth and enjoyed talking to the children.
“We got Tadic and Graziano to hold up the boys trophies for photos.
“They gave inspiration for the kids. It was a valuable experience. They gave them tips on all sorts such as how to take penalties. The kids loved meeting them.”
The meeting was arranged by Site Manager of the school Graeme Staddon who was previously a physiotherapist for Saints.
Ewen added: The boys are really excited about the nationals. “They are really up for it. They have been training hard all year and intensely for the past four weeks. It would be quite a big deal if we won the national cup. I think we’ve got a good chance.”
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