People who knew Trent Walliker, 17, a metal work apprentice killed in a single vehicle motorcycle crash on Nook Road on Thursday morning, said he wanted to contribute to his town.

His devastated Sheffield Football Club team mates will pay a touching tribute to the teenager at their match against East Ulverstone.

Club president Deon Heyward, who is reserves coach, said the team would gather in a circle with Trent’s football jumper in the centre to pay respect to the young Robin. The players will wear black armbands during the match.

”We’re devastated and right at the moment it’s a bit hard to say anything,” Mr Heyward said.

Although it was Trent’s first season at the club, he’d already made his presence felt in all the right ways. Mr Heyward said Trent was always willing to listen and learn.

“Which is a credit to his family,” he said.

“He’d not played football before we were teaching him and his development was going well. He was always willing to put his hand up to help the club out as much as he could. We were struggling last year for seniors players so Trent put his hand up to play in the seniors a couple of times when we needed it.”

Mr Heyward said for a couple of weeks when Trent was too sick to play he’d volunteered to act as timekeeper.  

“Last week he was dressed and ready to play but I didn’t know he was well enough and we didn’t have the room so he volunteered to be the water boy for that game.

”He was one of those kids always willing to help out and I take my hat off to people like that. It’s a very big, sad loss and very sad for his parents.” 

Trent was in the process of becoming a volunteer firefighter at the Claude Road Brigade. Fire Brigade chief Callum Woodham said he’d first asked to join when he was only 16. “He was very keen and for a 16-year-old to do that off his own bat is not usual. For a 17-year-old to be so keen to volunteer is rare. The boys all thought he was a great sort of a young fella.”