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Tag: youth development

  • An Introduction to UK Academy Football

    An Introduction to UK Academy Football

    Youth academies. Anyone who’s played Football Manager will know how important they are in guiding your wonderkids towards a first team place. Improving the facilities, bringing in the greatest minds in terms of coaching and analysis, all of it has an influence when attempting to reduce the impact of the transition from youth football to…

  • Project 2034: How an Indian club is undertaking the most ambitious youth football project in the world

    Project 2034: How an Indian club is undertaking the most ambitious youth football project in the world

    Picture credits: Minerva Punjab FC Club Photographer Building from the bottom, achieving long-term sustainability and prioritizing youth development seems to be the latest trend in football. In the late 2000s and early 2010s, you’d be forgiven for thinking the way to grow in football was by spending as much money as possible, given the meteoric…