The A League’s Melbourne City Football Club has joined forces with a Keilor school.
Overnewton Anglican Community College announced on Thursday it had joined the MCFC’s College of Football program as an affiliate school.
The agreement allows the school to get access to the club’s development program and create partnerships in “coaching, football services, elite training and playing opportunities, female coaching and commercial and community opportunities”.
Forty students from the college also toured the club’s home base and were put their paces by MCFC coaching staff.
College principal Jim Laussen said the partnership would add another dimension to its football program and their players.
“From our beginners to those on an elite pathway, Overnewton students and coaches are motivated to learn and grow with Melbourne City,” he said.
The school won two Melbourne City school tournaments in 2014, including the prestigious Premier Boys category.
