TALENTED Taunton footballer Emily Syme is set to play for England Under-18s next week.

She is in line to gain further international experience against Northern Ireland (Monday) and the Republic of Ireland (Wednesday) at Ethelburga’s College in York.

The Richard Huish College and Bishops Lydeard Ladies player has just completed her A-levels, and is now looking to continue her England journey with an eye on the next Under-19 Women’s Euros.

She has taken a gap year from her education in order to focus on playing football full-time, and hopes to play in the Women’s Super League this season.

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FORMER Richard Huish College student Kitty Wells will be playing in the Uefa Women’s Champions League in the Ukraine this August, with her current team, Cardiff Metropolitan. 

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ONE TO WATCH: Kitty Wells

Cardiff Met are the current Welsh Premier League champions, so will be representing Wales in the qualifying round of the competition. 

The qualifying matches take place as one-venue mini-tournaments on August 7, 10 and 13 in a host country, with 10 group winners and the two best runners-up progressing to the main competition. 

The draw last Friday in Nyon, Switzerland, pitted Cardiff Met against Kharkiv (Ukraine also being the hosts), Olimpia Cluj (Romania) and Birkirkara (Malta). 

Cardiff Met are the only UK university team, male or female, to have ever played in the Uefa competition. 

Wells joined the team last August when she started her BA in education studies at the university and became their main striker, while also representing Welsh Universities against Scotland. 

Before moving to Cardiff, she played for Bishop Lydeard Ladies, moving to them at 16 years old from the Somerset Centre of Excellence, having begun her football journey at nine years old, with Avishayes Combe FC.