Jamie Stephens

Jamie Stephens, Ex Katherine Lady Berkeley's School student, is currently part of Liverpool's Youth Team, formerly from Swindon town, signed March 2010.
Jamie started football in his early years playing at a local clubs from his hometown Wotton-under-Edge before joining Conference side Forest green rovers. After only 1 season at his supported side, he was asked along on a 6-week trial period at League 1 side Swindon Town F.c. They soon recognized his talent and signed him on a 2-year contract from under 15’s and under 16’s. He completed his 2 years at Swindon, where he was then fortunate enough to receive a scholarship from the club. This is a Two-year apprenticeship, where in this time, the club assesses the players ability and helps them towards achieving a professional football contract.
This was Jamie’s first opportunity towards a professional contract, where he would be training daily in Swindon under the current Youth manager, Paul Bodin. At the young age of 15, he moved up to Swindon with house parents.
Training daily at the club had given him the opportunity to meet people such as Danny Wilson, Peter Shirtliff and of course, George wood.
In March, Jamie was invited up to Liverpool for the week to train with the academy. They had been in contact with Swindon for some time, and had contact Danny Wilson personally for Jamie to have the opportunity to see what the club has to offer.
Since, they offered Jamie a contract, and at the age of 17, he would be able to sign a professional deal with the club for 3 years.
Swindon representatives said that about half a Dozen clubs had shown interest, but were beaten to the deal. Jamie is now currently playing for the academy and was involved recently on tour in the Future Cup where he played Barcelona, Ajax and the Chinese National team.
His contract should take him up to around 2012/2013, and fee's are still undisclosed until further notice.
Reference's
http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2557/news/2010/04/06/1866559/liverpool-sign-16-year-old-goalkeeper-jamie-stephens-from
http://www.gazetteseries.co.uk/sport/5028223.Football__Wotton_youngster_Stephens_set_to_train_with_Liverpool/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/8605359.stm
http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/latest-news/reds-confirm-new-signing

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