Town’s rookies get teeth into test

Saturday 5th December 2009, 10:30AM GMT.

Prostar Stadium Shrewsbury’s stars of the future have been urged to enjoy the opportunity to pit their wits against Premier League Hull in the FA Youth Cup.

Town’s reward for victories against Port Vale and Morecambe in the opening two stage is a third round visit from Hull at the Prostar Stadium on Monday night.

Shrewsbury turned on the style in the last round, defeating Morecambe 5–2.

And Head of Youth Dave Hughes has urged his side to play with the same freedom on Monday against the Tigers.

“It’s a great draw for us and I know the lads are really looking forward to it,” he said.”We have tried not to look at the game too much because we were playing Accrington Stanley today.”But once that’s out the way, I’m sure the lads will be ready to get going against Hull.”PlayersAnd Hughes is confident his side have the potential to progress to the last 32.”We know Hull are going to have good players – they are a Premier League club,” he added.”But I believe we have got good players and it’s all about passing the ball for us.”We want the lads to go out and be focused but relaxed and play with a smile on their face.”It’s a credit to the players that we are even talking about this game.”They have done superbly to get this far – all we have done is give them a framework of how we want to play and encouraged them.”Monday’s tie kicks off at 7pm, with admission £3 adults and £1 concessions.