?LEIGH BROMBY has been promoted to Head of Football Operations at Huddersfield Town, with Emyr Humphreys stepping up to take his former role as Academy Manager at the club.

BLACKBURN have been one of the surprise packages of the Championship season so far - and 35-year-old Stewart Downing has been their talisman. He tells TGG about the astute management of Tony Mowbray and how it's helped prolong his career.

GED RODDY, the architect of the EPPP system, shares his guide to the core functions of an elite football Academy.

SAM ROSE, Professional Development Phase lead at Burton Albion, explains how he has tried to implement the High Performance Model in his work.

IN the latest edition of the Training Ground Guru Podcast, Stewart Downing talked about 10 key coaches in his career - from his earliest days at Marton Juniors through to Liverpool, England and now Blackburn Rovers.

EVERY year, 25,000 children try out for a place at the Right to Dream Academy near Accra. With its links to FC Nordsjælland in Denmark, the Academy offers unique opportunities to youngsters in West Africa.