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[andrewflynn]

We've put together a decent little afternoon of entertainment to fill the 3pm gap tomorrow.

http://www.altrinchamfc.com/news/its-saturday-its-3pm-and-its-almost-live

[Freddie]

Looking forward to this, thanks to you and others involved.

[distancetraveller]

Good forward thinking
Well done
Onwards and Upwards we go..

[Saughall Robin]

Looking forward to it! 👍

[Alty TV]

Link to this afternoon's YouTube Premiere:
https://youtu.be/0KmjHiVYgmg

[Darren]

Thank you totally enjoyed it.

[Steve from Sale]

Enjoyed it very much, very excited to hear who the new player is going to be!

Great to here the updates from Lawrence and Bill, even the little mention of our fan meetings every Sunday too.

[JD]

Thoroughly enjoyed it and thanks to LL, Bill and Alty TV. Was great to see the feedback and ideas in the comments too.

[Saughall Robin]

Thanks for that. Entertaining, informative and inspiring.
You're doing a great job lads!
Come on you Supers!! 😉 👌👍

[Sarf London Alty]

That was excellent. Really gave the fans a good insight into our off the pitch plans and the very positive overall direction of the club. The wider ground improvements, the plan on the pitch and the strategy to sign younger players who might progress up the ladder was all a delight to hear.

[Silent but Ledley]

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

[rorysgrandad]

The club goes from strength to strength. Where will it all end? The football league we all hope!

[Brian Flynn]

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

Thank you SBL.

The Academy side plays in the National League U19 Alliance - Title Sponsors UCFB

We are in Division H.

The teams in the league are different age groups. Our team is an U17 team.

https://fulltime-league.thefa.com/ProcessPublicSelect.do?psSelectedSeason=58579364&psSelectedDivision=421309651&psSelectedCompetition=0&psSelectedLeague=209426463

Here's an article on the first game played:-

http://www.altrinchamfc.com/news/national-league-u19-alliance-altrincham-fc-u19-academy-1-rochdale-elite-decelopment-centres-u18-1

The U18 team (which is the team that plays in the FA Youth Cup) is a member of the North West Youth Alliance:-

We are in the Premier Division.

https://fulltime-league.thefa.com/Index.do?league=66002204

[Alty TV]

Just a quick heads-up. The original video including goals footage was always intended to be a one-off for Saturday afternoon and the link will  be deleted shortly. It will be replaced by a new video without goals footage (just interview) which will be available permanently.

[Toff Apple]

Should we attain football league status, the academy would be set to receive a fair bit of fa funding