READING have sent redundancy letters to between 17 and 20 staff this week, with more than a third of them working in the Academy, TGG understands.
READING have sent redundancy letters to between 17 and 20 staff this week, with more than a third of them working in the Academy, TGG understands.
LEE SKYRME has left Southampton after almost three years as the club abandon the model of Game Coach and Individual Development Coach introduced by Matt Crocker.
JOEL WALDRON, Everton’s Academy Chief Operating Officer and former Academy Director, has left the club after 12 years.
CHELSEA’S Under-12s won the annual Christmas Truce Tournament for the third straight time as clubs from England, Germany, Belgium and France came together for a flagship commemorative event.
BRISTOL CITY are the leading team in England’s top two divisions this season when it comes to fielding homegrown players. The CIES has ranked teams around the world according to the percentage of domestic league minutes played by ‘club-trained’ footballers during the current season.
MANCHESTER UNITED have launched an Academy Alumni Programme which they say is “unique in English football” and formalises support for their former players.
ANDY MYERS is leaving Chelsea after 13 years to become Joe Edwards’ Assistant at Millwall. Myers made more than 100 appearances for the Blues as a player and first joined their Academy coaching staff as Under-14s Assistant in 2010/11.
SUNDERLAND have opted to replace Under-18s Lead Adam Asghar with two coaches who will work across the entire U15 to U18 age range and focus on the individual development of every player.
STEPHEN TORPEY has left Manchester City after nine-and-a-half years to become Brentford’s Academy Director and will spearhead the Bees’ drive to achieve Category One status.
MANCHESTER UNITED have appointed a new Head of Local Recruitment and Pre-Academy Lead Scout as they continue to assemble a “best-in-class” Academy scouting and recruitment team.
FORMER England Head of Psychology Dr Ian Mitchell has joined Newcastle United as Sporting Director Dan Ashworth continues to upgrade operations behind the scenes at the club.
MANCHESTER UNITED Academy Director Nick Cox made an impassioned rallying cry for Academies when he spoke at TGG Live last week and we wanted to share it with a wider audience.