FORMER Bridgwater Town goalkeeper, Liam Bull, had an important date in his diary when he flew back to his American university in Florida yesterday (Monday).

The 20-year-old from Somerton Close, Bridgwater was a key member of the Lynn University Fighting Knights squad, from Boca Raton, who won the National Collegiate Athletic Association soccer title for the first time.

Read Liam's story and see him in the sports pages of this week's Mercury.