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Issue 14 - April 2011 News from League Football Education Touchline Inside: Create Your Legacy | Club Profile - Stevenage | Goal of the Month Kelly flying at Killie LFE is a partnership between The Football League and The Professional Footballers’ Association. WEB PERSON BLOG TWITTER VIDEO Got a story?EMAIL Want to share news with other news LFE partners? email: [email protected] PHONE Youth Alliance & TopHOME Goal Academy Scorers Chart League In October 2010 LFE introduced a Top Goal Scorers Chart to the website homepage to sit alongside the YA and Academy League Tables. Round-Up Populated by data provided by The Football League, it charts the top scorers from all Clubs in the four Youth Alliance Leagues and those from Football League Clubs in the four Academy Leagues. As of the 25th March 2011 the top scorers were: Leona rdo 2011 YA Leagues 19 1 Godwin Abadaki Pre-Season Tours 2011 Placements 2011 (Rochdale) 19 2 Connor Deards The decision for this year’s Leonardo Two of last year’s player placements (Walsall) 17 Pre-Season Tours opportunity was made taken by Jamie Steele and Tom Burgin 3 Thomas Barkhuizen (Blackpool) in February after receiving 29 applications have proved successful after Solleftea 16 4 Sean Brean for the four available spaces. offered them both a contract to stay (Morecambe) 16 for another season. 5 Fredrick Ladapo After careful consideration (Colchester United) the successful Clubs Craig Gladwin & Academy Leagues chosen to take part in this Lee Bennett will head 16 The 2010-11 season In the North East Conference four of the next five teams having Merseyside rivals Liverpool in 1 Scott Wilson Chesterfield hold a slender one at least two games in hand, it Group C. But with three games in year’s Pre-Season tours back to Friska Viljor (Bristol City) 16 is heading for an are as follows: Scunthorpe at the start of the 2 Callum Ball point advantage over second should make for an intriguing hand the Reds will be hoping to (Derby County) Utd, Watford, Walsall, new season after 16 exciting climax, with placed Notts County. Third placed finish to the campaign. eclipse the men from Goodison Park. 3 Marc Lawson D’Ath Wycombe Wanderers. both players scooped (Reading) Darlington could enter the mix 16 every division likely to a contract from the 4 Jeffrey Schlupp should they earn maximum points In the Academy Leagues, it’s a lot Finally, Nottingham Forest will be LFE would like to extend (Leicester City) Ornskoldsvik Club. 15 go down to the wire. from their game in hand. closer in Group A with just five hoping to maintain their slender our congratulations to these Clubs and 5 Ibra Sekajja look forward to planning the trips with Jason Woods, Jordan Trott and (Crystal Palace) points separating leaders Norwich lead at the top of Group D with them very soon. Toby Davis will also start the new season In the North West Conference Swindon Town top the South West from fifth placed Arsenal. Sheffield Utd, Sunderland and it’s a three-way scrap at the top table, currently holding a healthy Newcastle all in the chasing pack. A further application has been made to in Sweden at Junsele IF. with Burnley leading Rochdale seven point lead whilst also having Leicester hold top spot in Group B, the Leonardo Programme for funding in Eight new placements have now been on goal difference and Port Vale a game in hand over their closest with Watford and Aston Villa 2012-13. Should this be successful we filled for April-May in Sweden for up WEB in contention to take over as rivals Exeter. Elsewhere, sitting in second and third place http://www.lfe.org.uk/news expect to be in a position to provide a to 12-weeks and a further 21 new leaders providing they win their QPR hold an eight point lead in the respectively. Meanwhile, Everton similar opportunity in 2012. placements for 12-weeks will be game in hand. South East conference, but with hold a five point advantage over available from July 2011 onwards. PERSON 2 3 BLOG TWITTER VIDEO EMAIL PHONE HOME WEB PERSON BLOG TWITTER VIDEO Got a story? Want to share news with other LFE partners? EMAIL news email: [email protected] PHONE Apprentice of the Month You Said, LFE OpportunitiesHOME Board Three months has passed since the launch of the Development Fund Opportunities Board and it continues to provide former Congratulations go to Gerald Mulholland expressed an interest for working in the media Set up in 2006 to provide Apprentices with relevant and more importantly realistic of West Bromwich Albion who was named and has gained valuable experience working Previous Apprentice of the Month Clubs with an opportunity We Did opportunities. February 2011 Apprentice of the Month. voluntarily in the Club’s Media Department winners for the 2010-11 season are: to invest in the delivery Every week new listings are posted on to the online facility Gerald has impressed throughout his conducting interviews and writing match and support of the ASE January – Connor Goldson, Shrewsbury Town to ensure the content is fresh and up to date so viewers have Apprenticeship, successfully achieving reports for the website. All of this is done in programme, the Development Fund is once again available LFE is pleased to announce access to the very latest opportunities in sport, education, both the NVQ and Coaching qualifications his own time and further showcases his desire December – Mauro Vilhete, Barnet this season. that a new section has employment and training. ahead of schedule. Due to his exceptional to succeed. November – Haydn Hollis, Notts County During the last 4 years Clubs have used The Opportunities Board has been fantastically received and commitment to education, Gerald advanced West Brom’s Education & Welfare Officer October – Dale Jennings, Tranmere Rovers been added to the website the fund in a variety of ways to enhance this is reflected by over 1,300 views between January and from the National Certificate to the National Mike Scott added: “I’d like to thank LFE their programmes and the Apprentice which lets you know September – Adam Thompson, Watford February, this is added to the vast amount of interest that has Diploma and is expected to achieve a triple for acknowledging Gez’s commitment to the Journey. Expenditure has included how we’ve analysed your distinction grade. apprenticeship programme. I am really pleased laptops, video cameras, performance been submitted for specific listings. analysis equipment, heart-rate feedback. On the pitch, ‘Gez’ has been labelled as one of that his hard work has been recognised.” monitors, smart boards, outward bound LFE is committed to continuous the quickest players in the Academy and was days, tours and even mini-buses. improvement for the benefit of called up to the Northern Ireland U17 squad By the end of the 2010-11 season the Apprentices and Clubs and listening in the first year of his Apprenticeship. He also minimum requirement will be for all to the views of Apprentices, Clubs Clubs to have acquired one laptop for and Education Providers is a critical every two Apprentices on programme. By the end of the 2011-12 season, part of this. Clubs will be expected to have obtained You Said, We Did is where we will post one laptop for each Apprentice on a summary of the results gathered in programme. LFE will also expect Clubs stakeholder feedback with in-house provision to utilise the fund to fill any gaps in resources or WEB questionnaires. equipment. We are now pleased Please ensure that you submit your to share the results PERSON applications before the deadline to of how you viewed the maximise the funding available. If 2010 InitialWEB Assessment & Induction you need any further help or advice and willBLOG continue to share further in relation to the Development Fund or have any ideas on how the scheme feedback results in the You Said, PERSON could be developed in future years We DidTWITTER section. please do not hesitate to contact Alan LFE would like to thank all those Sykes. BLOG who tookVIDEO the time to respond, * The deadline for the Development Fund without which it would be for the 2010-11 season is 31st May 2011. difficultEMAILTWITTER to know how satisfied you are and to know what needs further improvement. www.lfe.org.uk/ WEB From left to right: 0870 458 9250 PHONEVIDEO Haydn Hollis, Adam Thompson, progression/recruitment Gerald Mulholland, Connor Goldson, Dale Jennings, [email protected] HOMEEMAIL PERSON 4 Mauro Vilhete. 5 PHONE BLOG HOME TWITTER VIDEO EMAIL PHONE HOME FootballConnor Wickham Case Study “ PlaYERS OF COnnOR’S statURE ARE HARD TO COme BY, THE SORT OF stRIKER WHO can lead THE line SO effectiVelY. HE is in THE MOUld OF AndY A star CARROll, A big, POweRFUL stRIKER WHO is VERY MObile. in the THEY ARE SHORT in SUpplY.” making Since becoming the youngest England U17’s to European my mates from school tell me,” And Jewell himself admits it will be hard to hang Championship glory, scoring the said Wickham. I’m happy here, on to the teenage forward if someone comes in ever player to play for Ipswich winner against Spain in the final I signed a contract to keep with a crazy bid. and in the process picking up me here another few years Town in April 2009, aged 16 “I am hopeful he will stay but, let’s be honest, the tournament’s ‘Golden Player’ and that’s the way it is at the we are all at the mercy of the big clubs.

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