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Young ‘baller on the rise

By Owen Sinclair

Feb 14, 2025

Ayden Burrows in his under-16s Murray United gear. Photo by Contributed

Cobram’s Ayden Burrows is taking his love of football to new highs.

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Even in the face of his under-16s Murray United side’s loss to Melbourne Victory on Sunday, February 9, the left back remains sanguine about his team’s prospects.

Despite the scoreline - 7-1 in the Victory’s favour - Ayden, 14, said his team will have improved by the next time they meet the Melbourne side.

“We still lost by quite a bit, but it’s all right. I reckon next time we play them, it will be closer,” he said.

“From the first game to that, there was a lot of improvement.”

Even though the Victory was a difficult team to play, Ayden added it wasn’t as much of a challenge as he’d expected.

“If we play how we did against Melbourne Victory, and we keep it like that, we could be winning our games,” he said.

In a personal highlight from the match for Ayden was that he managed to prevent the Victory’s strikers pocketing a further two goals.

Ayden in the box for a corner kick. Photo by Contributed

Ayden and his team faced Brunswick Juventus at home on Sunday.

An ardent fan of Chelsea FC, Ayden hopes to eventually turn his love for football into a career.

“I’d like to go further than Murray [United], I’d like to get into the MPL1 [Men’s Premier League Division 1, in the Victorian Churches Football Association],” he said.