FORMER football star Gary Pallister awarded trophies to young soccer players at a ceremony in Darlington.

The former Middlesbrough, Manchester United and England star presented medals to children at the Master Skills Football Academy at Haughton Community School. The academy holds evening and Saturday coaching sessions for youngsters from five to 15.

Trophy winners were: Adam Simpson, Joshua Ward, James Szoboszlai, Cameron Hardy, Adam Morley, Stephen Richardson, Grace Pattison, William Hughes, Matthew Simmons, Daniel Wheldon, Callum Roddy, Karl Hewitt, Michael Sweet, Jassim Alali, Curtis Simpson, Robert Fox, Jamie Kilday, Joshua Phillips, Lauren Claxton, Gary Hill, Lee Borrowdale, Chris Szoboszlai, Chris Wilson, Khalid Alali, Adam Beadle, Matthew Hufford, Michael Pattison, Nick Petch, Adam Laidlaw, Luke Kershaw, Rikki Gann, Daniel Thompson, Jack Johns, Jonathan Burn, Bradley Simpson, Matthew Carneley.