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LFA advert:LFA advert 01/04/2010 13:48 Page 1 Issue 12 - August 2010 News from League Football Education Touchline In this issue: Assessment Trials | Club Profile - Millwall FC | Pre-season Tours Burgin Happy with New Start LFE is a partnership between The Football League and The Professional Footballers’ Association. WEB PERSON BLOG TWITTER VIDEO Got a story? Want to share news with other LFE partners? EMAIL news email: [email protected] PHONE Stakeholder Feedback Youth Alliance & Youth Alliance Honours The feedback we receive is vital in enabling 2009-10 Season LFE would like LFE to make judgements about the quality of Academy League provision and the continuous improvement North West Conference to thank all Winners Preston North End stakeholders for of the ASE programme. Round-Up Runners-Up Rochdale The results from feedback provided last North East Conference their continued season was very positive and response rate Congratulations go to Queens Park Rangers who took Winners Hull City for the most recent questionnaire, On & Off home the silverware in the Youth Alliance Cup (2009-10). Runners-Up York City feedback from the Job Training & Communications, The final at Loftus Road provided nail-biting action as QPR atoned South West Conference questionnaires was over 70%. Winners Swindon Town for last season’s heartbreak by coming back from the brink against 97% of Apprentices gave an overall score Runners-Up Bristol Rovers ten-man Stockport County to be crowned champions winning 4-3. throughout the of ‘good or better’ for the Apprenticeship At the same stage of the Cup twelve months ago, QPR let victory slip South East Conference programme and 100% of Club staff scored season. through their fingertips by slumping to a 2-1 defeat to Grimsby Town. Winners Millwall the same question as ‘good or better’. But Rangers came back from 3-1 down to clinch their first ever victory Runners-Up Brighton & Hove Albion Leonardo Life in the competition. Long Learning Programme In the Academy League Leicester City took the title in Group B with European Tour an exceptional unbeaten run throughout the season, winning 22 and Leonardo Life Long Learning Programme Leonardo Funding European Tour drawing only 6 games to finish an impressive 16 points clear of second placed Tottenham. Certificate of In Group D Nottingham Forest edged past Sunderland to finish in 1st Completion place after an eventful season. A win over Leicester City in the Academy LFE has successfully been awarded and techniques. Being part of an environment Certificate ofAdam Mekki Congratulations on the successful completion of your 2010 Leonardo Mobi League Play-Off semi finals, meant Forest faced Arsenal in the final but where the values of conditioning, psychology, We hope that the tour has enhanced your experience of the ASE progr developed your social and cultural understanding of Europe, ex lity project. Completionof the possibilities that lie within it. funding for next season from the amme, as well as panding your appreciation the Reds were beaten 5-3 despite an early goal from Danny Elliot. speed and technique are paramount will also Certified by: European Commission’s Lifelong Learning Mobility project. Adam Mekki as well as Alan D Sykes, Chief Executive, LFE ompletion of your 2010 Leonardo our appreciation our experience of the ASE programme, Congratulations on the successful c provide immense value to all involved. understanding of Europe, expanding y With the season almost upon us teams are now busily putting the final We hope that the tour has enhancedt. y developed your social and cultural Programme. of the possibilities that lie within i LFE is a partnership between The Football League Certified by: and The Professional touches to their preparations ahead of the big kick-off on 14th August. Those involved in the projects will also be given Footballers’ Association. This will allow LFE to offer Clubs and Apprentices Alan D Sykes, Chief Executive, LFE LFE is a partnership between The Football League and The Professionalociation. the chance to experience social and cultural Footballers’ Ass two different opportunities: an on-programme practices within a European setting which is also Pre-Season Tour and an off-programme Player key to widening the horizon of opportunity that Placement programme. is open to them. Both opportunities provide a fantastic chance for Turn to page 12 for this year’s Pre-Season Tour feature, Apprentices to experience European training facilities and page 17 for to see Thomas Burgin talk about life in Sweden. 2 3 WEB PERSON BLOG TWITTER VIDEO Got a story? Want to share news with other LFE partners? EMAIL news email: [email protected] PHONE England U17’s & U19’s Goals from Andre Wilson (Liverpool) and Connor Unfortunately for Blake and an England team Wickham (Ipswich Town) proved enough to see containing Declan Rudd (Norwich City) and Video Analysis Software Training off Spain 2-1 in the final in Vaduz, Liechtenstein. Nathaniel Clyne (Crystal Palace) that was where In an absorbing match the young Lions came the journey ended. Their dreams of becoming LFE & E-Scout recently teamed to improve performance fall into LFE’s drive will definitely add value to the programme.” from behind to deny their Spanish counterparts European Champions dashed by an impressive up to support training to help Clubs adopt and explore new ways Also at the event, Bradford City Head of Youth, who were being watched in the stands by their Spain team, whose opening goal in the 3-1 of applying technology within delivery of the David Wetherall added: full squad. defeat of the Lions, came ironically from a player sessions for Club staff on ASE programme. “The day’s been very beneficial, it’s is a great based in England, Liverpool’s Daniel Pacheco. The highly-rated Wickham sealed victory early video performance analysis. Speaking after a training day at LFE HQ at the tool for us as a Youth department and especially in the second half with a sweet finish after a But despite the defeat Head Coach Noel Blake LFE & E-Scout recently teamed up to support end of June, Mark Jules from Chesterfield said: for the players. What I like about video analysis powerful run. Middlsbrough Apprentice Bruno insisted it was not all doom and gloom, he said: training sessions for Club staff on video “I found the day very informative and very is it takes opinion out of it – looking back on Pilatos and West Bromwich Albion youngster “We came here with a couple of objectives, performance analysis. This came after LFE interesting. We’re always looking for other the video it’s there for all to see, it’s fact, it’s not George Thorne also played their parts as the Lions firstly to get to the World Cup Finals and we’ve had received the backing of its board learning tools and ways to improve the players so opinion anymore and that can only help with secured their first age-group title since 1993. achieved that and then to get out of the group (The Football League & The Professional this is ideal in terms of a learning process and it player development.” England’s U19’s could not emulate the stages and we’ve achieved that. Footballers’ Association) to supply all clubs Congratulations achievements of their younger counterparts “Another one was to go all the way, we’ve engaging on ASE with performance analysis after falling 3-1 to Spain in the semi-finals of just fallen a bit short but to finish in the last equipment & software. go to the England the European U19 Championships. four of any major tournament is credible. Having originally secured Learning Innovation Under-17 squad The U19’s had hoped to go one better than last “When this campaign began, there were Grant funding to account for equipment for year when they reached the final only to fall at 52 nations involved and we made the last four, just over 30 football clubs, LFE obtained board after they went in to the final hurdle to a strong Ukraine side. so that’s something to be celebrating.” approval to source equipment for all club’s when the history books in After a 3-2 win in their opening group game it became known just how great the demand for against Austria, a 0-1 reverse in the penultimate the equipment was. becoming the first group fixture against Holland left the Young The resources which allow Club staff and Action Images/ITFC Lions with it all to do against host nation France Apprentices to break down matches and training English team to lift who had hit nine in their first two matches. the UEFA European And with the French leading 1-0 it looked curtains for England until Wycombe’s Matt U17 Championship Phillips popped up with an injury time equaliser Trophy. to send Noel Blake’s men through to the semi-finals as group runners up. 4 5 Tommy Smith Smith’s summer in South Africa Action Images/ITFC “I’m proud to have represented While most players were spending their summers on a beach or New Zealand on the world stage simply recharging their batteries in preparation for pre-season though and to training Ipswich Town’s Tommy Smith was doing battle with have remained some of the World’s best at the World Cup in South Africa. unbeaten in the competition. Now 20, Smith graduated from the Tractor “I’m proud to have represented New A student on and off the pitch (Smith got Boys Apprenticeship programme two Zealand on the world stage though straight Distinctions on his BTEC National ” summers ago and is hoping that his World and to have remained unbeaten in the Diploma) Smith is now hoping his summer Cup exploits can help him pin down a spot competition.