A NANTWICH-based physiotherapist is about to embark on a Champions League adventure.

Andy Leach is set to become a Champions League physiotherapist when his club, The New Saints, enter the first qualifying round of Europe’s most prestigious trophy at the end of June.

The Welsh Premier League side have been drawn against B36 Torshavn from the Faroe Islands and, if they are successful, they will face Videoton of Hungary in the second qualifying round.

Leach, who has worked locally in private practice for 20 years, joined The New Saints as head physiotherapist at the beginning of last season and has been an integral part of a team that has won the Welsh Premier League, the Welsh FA Cup and the Welsh League Cup in what has been the most successful campaign of any Welsh football club.

Leach, who works in private practice at the Lodge Clinic in Nantwich, has applied skills developed from more than 30 years as a physiotherapist to maintain the fitness of the players.

He has developed new initiatives in injury prevention which has enabled the club to have all their players fit and available for selection at the earliest opportunity.

This squad strength has contributed to The New Saints becoming the first team to win the domestic treble in the modern era.

Leach is hopeful that The New Saints will progress in the competition and is looking forward to being Nantwich’s first Champions League physiotherapist.