If your kid was offered a choice of ManYoo’s academy or Bradford City’s, which one is he going to?
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Hulmebantam Squad PlayerP.L. 21/22 Entrant Supporter
Don't think we can criticise the club on this.Stop hovering to collapse... Click to collapse... Hover to expand... Click to expand...Jay, Johnny Yen, Inspector and 10 others like this. -
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What a game to make your debut.
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Happens to all clubs.Stop hovering to collapse... Click to collapse... Hover to expand... Click to expand...Jay, Inspector, bantamlad92 and 1 other person like this. -
Sadly teams like Man u and man city can afford to give parents a car and pay them a scouts wage ive seen it happen.
If you have a player thats got any form of talent the scouts come out of the woodwork.Jay, rmbenson007, Hulmebantam and 1 other person like this. -
Talented player, would have gone far if he hadn’t got injured.Jay, Gardscoigne, Skyebantam and 1 other person like this. -
My lad plays u7 football and their is scouts at most games that he plays in from many of the northern big clubs man Utd man city Liverpool Everton etc they just pick up as many as kids as they can then reject 99% before they get to 13/14
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Idlebantam Squad PlayerP.L.22/23 Entrant P.L.23/24 Entrant P.L. 20/21 Top 10
City soon snapped him up but then of course lost him to Man Utd. Theres nothing we can do about it when a lad and his family's head is turned.Jay, rmbenson007 and Onside like this. -
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There is also the education outside of football aspect. While most aren't at Man City's levels where they pay private tuition at a private school but most PL teams do have agreements with the best state schools in the area that ensures a place for their players (in exchange for a hefty donation which helps improve the school for everyone) so they also get a good education if they don't make it as footballers. As you go down the league's clubs don't have the money to be able to make such donations to ensure their academy players are in a good school and certainly not enough to really help the school get even better. Those who get cut from most PL teams now even if its before the age of 16 are much more likely to be able to make a good life for themselves outside of football and these days clubs pay real attention to school performance and not just ignore it like they would decades agoStop hovering to collapse... Click to collapse... Hover to expand... Click to expand...Inspector, BradfordBanter and Interested Bystander like this. -
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I've made a team on fifa purely from players who were born in Bradford/Keighley, and some surrounding areas like Dewsbury. Unbelievable the talent that has come through tbh
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