'We've moved all over England for my football career - now we've opened a cafe in our home county Shropshire'

Callum Burton was just 17 when he found himself a keeper at a Shropshire restaurant.

Now the former Shrewsbury Town goalie and his wife Day are hoping their new coffee shop will hit the back of the net with villagers.

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The couple, both 29, have just opened Beans of Baschurch, which has a picturesque view of fields and horses in the village near Shrewsbury.

Callum and Day first met when they were 17. Day was a waitress in The Red House in Lilleshall, and when Callum was in as a customer once, he plucked up the courage to ask for her number. The rest is history: they’ve travelled up and down the country for Callum’s football career, making plenty of memories along the way.

After starting off at Shrewsbury Town and picking up caps for England as a youth international, Callum has played for Hull City, Cambridge United, Plymouth Argyle, Salford City and Chesterfield.

And Day has been by his side throughout. They have two young sons: Hugo, aged three, and six-week-old Miles.

“We first moved to Hull when we were 20,” Callum said. “She was amazing. We’ve loved living away. We’ve become best friends through it all.”

Callum currently plys his trade for Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney’s Wrexham in the Championship, and after settling near home 18 months ago, he and Day decided to snap up the coffee shop.

“We’ve moved all around the country and it’s always been our thing to do together, enjoying good coffee and good food,” Callum said.

“When we moved to Plymouth it was very picturesque and we were quite spoiled for nice coffee shops.

“We’ve settled in Baschurch now. We’ve wanted to live here for a long time, but we were shocked there wasn’t really anywhere to go for coffee, unless you want to drive 20 minutes to Shrewsbury.

“So we made it our objective to make something for the village, and somewhere we would enjoy going ourselves.

We’ve recently just had our second baby. We’ve spent a lot of time planning. I’ve been mainly doing the operational side like getting coffee suppliers in place. Day has been in charge of the decor - that’s why it looks so nice!

“We’ve always wanted to live in Baschurch. It was always somewhere we could see ourselves retiring to. When the opportunity came to join Wrexham we jumped at the chance to buy a house here.

“We’ve been here about 18 months and we absolutely love it. Being from Shropshire, we’re quite accustomed to village life.”

They have sourced their beans from places including Wrexham Bean and All Caps Coffee in Chester.

“We want to make sure everyone on that first sip goes ‘ooh, that’s lovely’,” Callum said.

“I refuse to go to the big chain coffee shops because I don’t feel like the drinks are made with love.

“We’re overlooking Shrewsbury Polo Club. The horses are running in the field right now. It’s the perfect location.”

As well as hot drinks and cakes, they serve hot food. They have bagels and French toast menus.

After a soft launch followed by an official launch on Saturday, things are looking positive at the cafe for Callum and Day.

“We’ve been really busy,” he said. “Much busier than we expected.”

Currently they have six members of staff at Beans of Baschurch, but Callum and Day are on the lookout for a chef and more baristas.

Anyone who is interested is encouraged to email [email protected].