FORMER Manchester City Head of Education Pete Lowe says he's shocked by the bullying cases he's encountered since setting up welfare organisation PlayersNet. We explore what needs to be done.

FULHAM are looking for a Head of Academy Coaching after Steve Wigley was switched to a new role.

TRANMERE ROVERS, who scrapped their youth teams below Under-16 level in the summer, had a more productive Academy than three Premier League teams in our 2017/18 rankings.

LEICESTER CITY have appointed Guy Branston as loans manager with specific responsibility for the Professional Development Phase group.

WOLVES Academy manager Gareth Prosser is leaving the club after a decade to lead the new body that will be auditing clubs.

FORMER Luton and Norwich Academy Manager Gregg Broughton explains how we should judge the relative merits of Academies.

FORMER Blackburn and Newcastle winger Scott Sellars tells TGG about his work at Wolves' renowned Academy.

MK DONS Head of Coaching Steve Brown, one of the original auditors under the EPPP system, has questioned why Academy performance data is not put in the public domain by the Premier League and EFL.

HERE is the second edition of our annual Academy Productivity Rankings - the only such publicly-available resource in the country.

GARETH SOUTHGATE has said “we can’t allow the trend to continue” after the number of England-qualified players starting in the Premier League hit an all-time low last weekend.

FORMER MK Dons manager Dan Micciche has been appointed as the Under-15 boss at Arsenal.

AZ ALKMAAR have installed a foot squash court and teqball tables at their Academy and are getting youngsters to organise ‘deliberate play’ tournaments every month.