Young stopper offered pro deal

Last updated : 14 May 2004 By Jon Boyle
LUTON goalkeeper Rob Beckwith has been rewarded with a professional contract for some promising displays in his first full season.
The teenage stopper, who began the season as Hatters' first choice 'keeper before getting injured, has already attracted the attention of Arsenal scouts, despite the fact that he is not yet fully established in Division Two.
His youth team teammates Curtis Davies and Stephen O'Leary have also been offered professional terms after both broke into the first team at the end of the season.
Fellow starlet Michael Leary is undergoing a review on the two-year deal signed last summer, with some impressive first team displays in the middle of the park boosting his wages.
Meanwhile, Hatters have released final year youth team scholars Matthew Judge and Parys Okai.
Luton boss Mike Newell told Luton Today: "It's the worst thing in the world to be told you're not going to be kept on.
"When I told them I also said it had happened to me at Liverpool when I was 18. "You think the world's ended, but it hasn't and that's what I told them. "Sometimes it's for the best and you can go on and make a living playing somewhere else and I sincerely hope that they do that."