Bristol City academy product Omar Taylor-Clarke still has to pinch himself when he has time to reflect on his whirlwind season.
His campaign started on loan at Yate Town in the Southern League Premier Division South, the seventh tier of the English football pyramid, before making his first-team debut in the New Year, playing against Premier League champions Manchester City and earning back-to-back league starts.
The 19-year-old midfielder has already smashed his goals to break into the first-team set-up, becoming the latest in a line of young players from the blossoming academy to take full advantage of the pathway into to the senior side. Taylor-Clarke has put in the hard yards in the youth set-up, watching the likes of Tommy Conway, Sam Bell and Cam Pring handed their opportunities, just hoping his time would come.
