Accrington Stanley Academy, through its

expanding Scouting Network, is always on

the lookout for talented young players

who have the technical ability to play

at Academy level.

Players from Under 12 and above, upto and

including U16, should be playing regularly for school,

‘Town Team’ and preferably at County level and those

at Under 9 through to Under 12 will be playing regular

local league football.

The Football in the Community programme at

Accrington Stanley FC operate a number of football

skill programmes and identify players below the

under 9 age group.

If you consider a player is capable of attaining the

required standards of academy football you should

e-mail the following details to

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and the trial request will be considered in order that

we can ensure the player is observed in games before

inviting him to the Academy.

Full Name, Address, Date of Birth, Preferred

Playing Position, Experience (teams played/playing for),

Previous Centre of Excellence/Academy

experience, telephone contact details (home/mobile)

and most importantly Games he will play in, dates,

venue and kick-off time. e-mail –

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Please note: The Club (including the Director

of Youth and all Youth Department staff) will

not enter into correspondence about trials,

including e-mails and text messages and only

the procedure outlined above will be accepted.