Managing your wage budget is probably the most important aspect of non-league management and signing young free transfers is a good way of keep control of your finance and you will often be able to sell them on and increase your team's finances. All of the players listed below start unattached from any clubs. At the end of the season, keep an eye open for players being released from Premier League clubs as I have signed some great youngster whilst in the National League or below from the likes of Arsenal, Spurs, Man Utd and Man City.
Goalkeepers
Jahquil Hill – 23-years-old – GK – £150 p/w
Centre-Backs
Max Broughton – 19-years-old – DC – £425 p/w
Adam Curry – 23-years-old – DC DL – £375 p/w
Ben Erickson – 19-years-old – DC – £140 p/w
Maxim Kouogun – 23-years-old – DC – £180 p/w
Guillaume Vacter – 20-years-old – DC £190 p/w
Tom Gaston – 19-years-old – DC – £275 p/w
Full-Backs
Jake Kenyon – 21-years-old – DL WBL ML – £300 p/w
Adam Curry – 23-years-old – DC DL – £375 p/w
Jordan Corke – 20-years-old – DC DR – £200 p/w
Ted Moulden – 19-years-old – DC DR – £225 p/w
Loris Flifel – 20-years-old – DR – £200 p/w
Louison Cavalier – 19-years-old – DR – £225 p/w
Dennis Gyamfi – 18-years-old – DR – £150 p/w
Central Midfielders
Keiran Evans – 21-years-old – AMC AMR AML – £350 p/w
Dion McGhee – 19-years-old – AMC MC AMR – £575 p/w
Vilius Piliukaitis – 19-years-old – AMC MC – £175 p/w
Mark Waddington – 23-years-old – MC – £475 p/w
Conor Tee – 20-years-old – AMC MC – £225 p/w
Adam Bale – 21-years-old – MC DM – £350 p/w
Lamin Jagne – 22-years-old – MC DM AMC – £200 p/w
Jack Kiersey – 21-years-old – MC – £375 p/w
Wingers/Inside Forwards
Jordan Cox – 21-years-old – AMR AML – £850 p/w
Keiran Evans – 21-years-old – AMC AMR AML – £350 p/w
Colin Odutayo – 19-years-old – AML AMR ML – £575 p/w
Denilson Carvalho – 21-years-old – AMC AMR AML – £200 p/w
Miguel Maldonado – 19-years-old – AMR AML – £190 p/w
Henri Ogunby – 19-years-old – AMR ST – £475 p/w
Aaron Eyoma – 22-years-old – MR AMR AML – £475 p/w
L'Varn Brandy – 18-years-old – AMR – £60 p/w
Strikers
Okera Simmonds – 20-years-old – ST AMR AMC – £425 p/w
Henri Ogunby – 19-years-old – AMR ST – £475 p/w
Ntumba Massanka – 23-years-old – ST – £375 p/w
Yannick Becker – 21-years-old – ST AMC AMR – £400 p/w
Sacha Hamache – 19-years-old – ST AMR – £325 p/w
Gabriele Savino – 19-years-old – ST – £200 p/w
Some of the non-British players in this list might not show up in your save if you only load up a large database and the English leagues. To ensure you gain access to even more young free transfer prospects, either load up all of the divisions from Germany, Spain, Italy and France along with the English leagues; or when selecting the database try loading up all players from the aforementioned countries. Obviously the more leagues you load up and the more players you add to the database, the slower your game will run, so make sure you are happy with the game speed star rating before you continue any further.
You might raise your eyebrows at the stats on some of these young players but remember that when you're managing in non-league the physical stats often prove more effective than either the technical or the mental stats. If you are able to bring in some of these youngsters and they play well, you will soon find that other clubs will come in for them and you will be able to cash in on them and build up your club's finances. Developing the stats on these players whilst in non-league and without decent facilities will be difficult, so selling them on might be your best option. When you move up the leagues you will often find that you replace a lot of your squad with higher quality players, so don't get attached to last season's top goalscorer who netted 25 league goals, as they often won't perform to the same standard in a higher division.
