Fourteen-year-old Robert Harker from Gargrave has been awarded a football scholarship with Bury. He plays with the League Two club’s Academy’s under-16 team and occasionally their under-18 youth team. Just over a year ago Harker was playing football for Grassington Juniors. Since then he has played and scored against academy teams such as Manchester United, Blackburn, Sunderland and others.
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