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« on: January 31, 2021, 09:06:53 AM »
Excellent presentation and most informative. Towards the end of the programme the Academy and all the good work being done there was highlighted.
As regards an "academy" things must have changed from a few years ago where with the exception of a few EFL clubs e.g. Crewe, academies were restricted to premiership clubs who could demonstrate they had certain facilities like indoor training facilites etc etc. I remember Crewe building their famous dome thanks to the likes of Dario Gradi who with the board invested around £1m a year keeping the academy running. Academies played academies and most EFL teams had what was called Schools of Excellence for their youth players who again played each other. All the youth players playing in non league set ups at the time played in local leagues or leagues like The North West Youth Alliance (even a few league clubs like Morecambe played youth teams in the NWYA). So something must have changed. Are their different levels of academies and which teams do the Alty Academy play against?
Just really interested. SBL
