SCHOOLBOY footballers have scored another success after securing nine places in the county side.

Students from Richmond School and Sixth Form College will again play for the North Yorkshire squad after rigorous trials for places in the U16 and U18 squads.

Adam Walker, 17, Sean Thompson, 17, Josh Devlin, 17, Nathan Simpson, 16, Ryan Hart, 16, Thomas Gilroy, 17, Joey Hope, 15, Dan Luck, 15, and Sanny Lingthep, 15, continue a school tradition of providing some of the best footballers in the county.

Six of them will play in the U18 squad and the other three in the U16s tackling sides from all over the north of England region.