He then moved on to the schoolboy team of League of Ireland club, Shelbourne.

The schoolboy team will set off at the end of the month.

He began to develop a leg break and googly and represented his school against a visiting schoolboy team from Ceylon.

The club operate schoolboy teams at every age group from under 10 to under 18.

After the game it was announced the cup would be contested annually by schoolboy teams from the two clubs.

He also tried out on two occasions for the English Schools Football Association's national schoolboy team, but was unsuccessful.

He returned for a third spell with Bristol Rovers in 1983, where he spent a year coaching their schoolboy teams.

He won two caps for England's schoolboy team, one of which came against Wales in 1915.

This schoolboy team drew larger crowds than Crook United, having local attendances in excess of 5-6000.

The club fielded eight schoolboy teams, two schoolgirl teams and three junior team.