THIRTY girls from Carlton-le-Willows Academy's girls' football teams were given a footballing lesson they won't forget, with coaching from AC Milan and Sampdoria during a recent tour to Italy.
The girls, aged between 11 and 18, played seven matches during their trip and also visited a water park and took in the sites of Venice.
The girls were joined by former Academy pupils, and now FA qualified coaches, Fiona Kiernan and Emily Bryan.
Depupty Head Simon Graves, who coaches the girls' football team and organised the tour, said: "A tour like this helps develop their football skills because they are playing matches against tougher opponents. The Italian girls play a much more physical game than we are used to.
"But while that is important, this trip was about much more than that. The girls also had a chance to bond outside of school, they experienced being away from home, which is a big deal especially for some of the younger students, they experienced the culture, were introduced to different foods and learned a few words of Italian into the bargain."
