Liverpool Academy pay visit to 2 LANCS

The trip to Weeton Barracks near Preston saw the Academy players and coaches put through their paces with two tough physical sessions overseen by army PT instructors.

They were also given several 'Command Tasks' where the players had to problem solve within teams in exercises designed to improve communication and leadership, some of them blindfolded.

A paintballing exercise on the first evening saw the players team up in groups to clear a building before an evening meal of some army rations and bedding down in sleeping bags for the night.

A 5.30am roll call next morning was followed by a tough morning of physical tests. Later the players were able to take part in a test simulator and were…