Holloway happy for Alston as he hopes to bring through youngsters

Boss Ian Holloway described as a “wonderful kid” Swindon Town midfielder George Alston after he gave him his EFL debut on Saturday.

The 18-year-old, who played in the group stage of the EFL Trophy last season, came off the bench as Town played out a 0-0 draw with MK Dons at the Nigel Eady County Ground on Saturday.

And Holloway insisted giving Alston his first Football League appearance was hopefully a sign of a promising pathway for youth development at the club.

"I am lucky to have little George, he did a wonderful thing,” said the Swindon Town manager.

"It is all about him growing and working and making sure that he gets the shirt off of a senior player who I am going to bring in, who will try and help him.

"He is a wonderful kid, and I am really looking forward to setting the pathway up, I will be taking the sessions on Tuesday and Thursday.

"They will have a chance with me if they have the right attitude and he has certainly got that.

"This is a good club to come to if you are a young man, because you are going to get a chance, the manager will leave a space for you if you can earn it.

"Our youth department has given me so many young people with wonderful attitudes."

The draw with the Dons meant Town finished 12^th in the League Two table, with 62 points from 46 games.