Blackpool Football Trial...
Thank you and here is the Blackpool Football trial application process.

All Blackpool Football Youth Department recruitment is dealt with by
the Head Centre of Excellence Scout John Hills.

Applications for trial must include the following details: Full name and address (inc postcode), home and mobile telephone number(s), email address, parents height, doctors name address and telephone number (plus any medical requirements), School address and telephone number, Head teacher and PE teacher name(s).It is not possible to respond to all requests for trial. If you don't hear from Blackpool, please assume that your request has not been successful.

This may be due to one of many reasons, such as squad numbers or number of trialists waiting for a trial.

Please be aware that Blackpool FC will only invite trialists in and you should never attend without an invitation. Anyone attending without an invitation will unfortunately be turned away without trialling. Send too,

ALL trialists must have a letter from their junior club giving permission to trial.

Trial periods will be between one and six weeks, during which the staff will make an informed decision on whether to sign or release.

Please do not be disappointed if your trial is short, as they are currently being inundated with requests every day.

This is not an open trial but your application on applying to be invited in or watched by a scout.

The Blackpool Football Club Youth Department have had several players progress to the professional ranks including current players, Ash Eastham, Mark Halstead and Louis Almond with this years Youth Team having several players feature for the 1st team. Adam Dodd, Kingsley Reynolds, Liam Tomsett and Tom Barkhuizen have all played in the 1st team this season!From the young age of 14 his career has taken him from the FA National School with Carragher and McCann, 24 England Youth Caps, signing for then Premiership Club Norwich City and League One Bristol Rovers to retiring at the young age of 22 to nurturing the likes of England Youth Goalkeeper Jack Butland and Wales Youth David Goldsmith from his own independent Bristol based Soccer School. Jamie Shore took up his position as Head of Youth in the January of 2011 and has an extensive background in coaching stretching over 15 years at the age of just 33.

 

Speaking about his switch to Blackpool, Jamie said: "When I was offered to work at such a massive football institution as Blackpool FC by Ian Holloway, who I already knew from my playing days with Bristol Rovers FC, I felt so excited and honored.” "We have a great challenge but also a great opportunity with the Youth Department and I am delighted to be appointed Head of the project. I can't wait to get going." “With the new training ground on the horizon, it’s a big challenge for me to instill our strategy and structures in time for when we relocate and one I am going to enjoy. To be given this opportunity and the chance to work with such a great team of people is brilliant." The Club has a 4 year plan and we will develop a special place; one where dreams are fired, hopes are heightened and aspirations are raised. It is also the first rung on the ladder that Young local talent could have a playing career with Blackpool Football Club."Are they good enough to become Premiership Players at our football club? Do they have the right character and personality and the ability we are looking for? Here Jamie describes the philosophy behind the club's desire to produce stars of the future:

 

Since achieving Premiership status, the Youth aspect is an integral part of the club and this means everyone who works, trains and plays here is expected to perform to the highest possible standards. Our ongoing challenge is to provide the ideal environment for talent to flourish and it is one which we endeavor to meet on a daily basis. We are only too well aware that in order to produce the best players you need to have the best staff and at the Blackpool FC we have one simple aim - to produce footballers of the future by nurturing the natural talent of youngsters from Blackpool and beyond. Where there is ability we want to get the best out of it; where there is talent we want to harness it and where there is desire we want to reward it with opportunity. Our determination to give young players of genuine potential the chance to make it in one of the toughest and most competitive sports is such that we aim to challenge every single young player who walks through our doors with the best technical syllabus, elite tours, facilities and the best possible guidance."It's a big job and a challenging job but I consider it a privilege to be working for this club and when you see the young lads we have here working hard and improving every day then it really puts a spring in your step and gives you the extra motivation to go and see what other young lads are out there."

Blackpool FC Academy Scholars enter a 2 year programme of football and education during which they embark on a full programme of tactical development, conditioning and technical development. The Youth Team have a demanding week with the inclusion in the Youth League and the reserve team. This is compounded by the education programme and their technical work. The Youth Team are assisted in their development with weights and conditioning, a video analysis programme and a monthly fitness test.

The team compete in the Football League Youth Alliance and results can easily be followed online at the Football League website Youth Section. More direct information can be found in this article Blackpool FC Youth Academy