SWANSEA CITY have announced new Under-23 and U18s coaches in a major overhaul that follows the arrival of Mark Allen as the club’s new Academy Director last month.

ALL players under the age of 16 have been given the green light to return to Academies for training from March 8th and in matches from the weekend of 27/28th March.

LEWIS DICKMAN has been promoted to Academy Manager at Sunderland, with Stuart English joining from Birmingham City as Head of Coaching and Leann Cowperthwaite stepping up to become Head of Academy Operations.

FOLLOWING Scott Sellars' promotion to Technical Director at the start of this year, Jonathan Hunter-Barrett and Laura Nicholls have taken over the day-to-day running of the club's Category One Academy. They told TGG how they've been getting on.

WHEN EPPP was introduced in 2012, Bolton were one of the clubs awarded Category One status. Now they are in Cat 3 and a large number of experienced staff have departed.

ALMOST three quarters of players under the age of 23 who were released last season have said they were not given enough support by their clubs, according to research by ITV News.

RANGERS Academy Manager Craig Mulholland tells TGG that the club's new partnership with Orange County will offer excellent opportunities for player development on both sides.

EVERTON'S Head of Academy Coaching, Sean Lundon, has left the club after 21 years to work for Italian wearable tracking firm gpexe.

BRIGHTON Under-23s coach Simon Rusk has left the club after nine years to become manager of ambitious Conference Premier side Stockport County.

DOES the sacking of Frank Lampard after 18 months suggest that the emphasis on homegrown players was just a passing phase?

ALL Under-18 and U23 players and staff at Academies will be covid tested twice a week from Monday following new guidelines issued by the Premier League and EFL.

IN his first interview since becoming Academy Manager in December, Mike Dodds gives the lowdown on a tumultuous two months at the club.