DREAMS of playing professional football are rife as the countdown to the new season has begun for the students on the Duchy College Plymouth Argyle Football Club (PAFC) Football Education Programme. 

Students at the Duchy Stoke Climsland College have had their first few training sessions and are eager to get started in the Devon Wednesday League next week against Plymouth Dukes.

Trained by Plymouth Argyle coach Bobby Hopkinson, the team will be up against the likes of HMS Raleigh, Devonport High School for Boys and University of Plymouth Student Union amongst others.