YOUNGSTERS are being given a chance to improve football skills with the help of a Premiership side.

Stokesley Leisure Centre has teamed up with Middlesbrough to give weekly coaching under the club's Football in the Community scheme.

The sessions, for five to seven-year-olds, begins today and will run for ten weeks.

The centre's assistant manager, David Earl, said: "These sessions are bound to be very popular.

"The qualified coaches provide high-quality training in all aspects of football, and everyone taking part will receive an MFC goody bag as well as a course certificate."

The course, from 9.30am to 11am, costs £25 for ten weeks.