U18 defender Tunji Akinola achieved outstanding GCSE results
Having excelled in his GCSEs, picking up an outstanding seven A*’s and five A’s highly-rated defender Tunji Akinola is looking forward to West Ham United U18s game against Norwich City on Saturday 22 August.
Last weekend, the young Hammers picked up their first point of the new campaign, Oscar Borg’s goal against rivals Tottenham Hotspur sealing a 1-1 draw.
Describing the moment he opened the all-important results letter, Akinola said: “I’m very happy with my results; I worked really hard so I’m glad the grades reflected that.
“I picked up my results from school, it was a bit nerve racking opening the letter, but obviously I was very happy as soon as I saw them.”
Like all scholars at the Club, the Londoner will continue his education alongside his football commitments, as he confirmed that he will be starting BTEC courses this September.
“I’m going to do the BTEC that West Ham are offering, all my teammates and coaching staff have been very supportive; they were happy for me too.”
Paul Tighe, Head of Education at the Academy congratulated the youngster on his phenomenal achievement, saying: “We’ve always known that Tunji is a bright lad and he’s demonstrated that. He worked incredibly hard and thankfully his efforts have been rewarded. We like to push every player at the Academy to be the best they can be, not just in a football sense, but in all aspects.
“If, like Tunji, a player shows an aptitude for something away from football, we’ll do all we can to support them.
Alongside Akinola, several scholars passed their GCSEs in a variety of different subjects, including teammate Joe Powell who secured a B in Spanish, opening the door for a possible move to La Liga, should he ever leave the Hammers.
Having celebrated their results, both are likely to feature in the Hammers’ game against Norwich City on Saturday morning.
Akinola, who has started both League games so far, is confident his side can record their first win of the season.
“Training has been very good lately; everyone’s looking very sharp and hungry recently. Everyone looks like they are enjoying themselves which is always a good sign.
“Norwich are quite a physical side, we just about beat them last year but it was tough. We’ve been playing pretty well but only got one point so I want us to start winning and moving up the table.”
Similarly, the Canaries have got their campaign off to a slow start with a 4-1 home defeat to Chelsea on the opening day of the season followed by a 2-0 loss away at Arsenal.
Kick off on Saturday from the Canaries’ Colney Training Centre is at 11am. We’ll have a match report and reaction on www.whufc.com.
Last weekend, the young Hammers picked up their first point of the new campaign, Oscar Borg’s goal against rivals Tottenham Hotspur sealing a 1-1 draw.
Describing the moment he opened the all-important results letter, Akinola said: “I’m very happy with my results; I worked really hard so I’m glad the grades reflected that.
“I picked up my results from school, it was a bit nerve racking opening the letter, but obviously I was very happy as soon as I saw them.”
Like all scholars at the Club, the Londoner will continue his education alongside his football commitments, as he confirmed that he will be starting BTEC courses this September.
“I’m going to do the BTEC that West Ham are offering, all my teammates and coaching staff have been very supportive; they were happy for me too.”
Paul Tighe, Head of Education at the Academy congratulated the youngster on his phenomenal achievement, saying: “We’ve always known that Tunji is a bright lad and he’s demonstrated that. He worked incredibly hard and thankfully his efforts have been rewarded. We like to push every player at the Academy to be the best they can be, not just in a football sense, but in all aspects.
“If, like Tunji, a player shows an aptitude for something away from football, we’ll do all we can to support them.
Alongside Akinola, several scholars passed their GCSEs in a variety of different subjects, including teammate Joe Powell who secured a B in Spanish, opening the door for a possible move to La Liga, should he ever leave the Hammers.
Having celebrated their results, both are likely to feature in the Hammers’ game against Norwich City on Saturday morning.
Akinola, who has started both League games so far, is confident his side can record their first win of the season.
“Training has been very good lately; everyone’s looking very sharp and hungry recently. Everyone looks like they are enjoying themselves which is always a good sign.
“Norwich are quite a physical side, we just about beat them last year but it was tough. We’ve been playing pretty well but only got one point so I want us to start winning and moving up the table.”
Similarly, the Canaries have got their campaign off to a slow start with a 4-1 home defeat to Chelsea on the opening day of the season followed by a 2-0 loss away at Arsenal.
Kick off on Saturday from the Canaries’ Colney Training Centre is at 11am. We’ll have a match report and reaction on www.whufc.com.