His rise to full time professional football could be complete with an offer coming from the club. Joe has been skipper of the reserve team and will be looking to break into the first team this coming season.
Excellent news for Joe and his proud father.
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City are changing their scholarship scheme from three years to two.
Six players, Jamal Easter, Curtis McDonald, Michael Corcoran, goalkeeper Scott Allison, Scott McCoubrey and Gregg Coombes have just completed their second year and will now have a transitional year with the club to try and achieve a professional contract.
8 players are moving from the first to second year. They are Darcy Blake, Matthew Smith, James Simpson, Chris Gunter, Lloyd Evans, Mika Chunuonsee, Mark Jones and Kyle Bassett.