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SWEDEN FOOTBALL TRIALSA club invites you to join its Academy. What happens now?
Paul Holder, former assistant Academy director at Crystal Palace, explains the next stages
Life at the academy
At the Crystal Palace Academy, youngsters train three times a week - one and a half hours on Tuesday evenings and
A scout will talk with the parents/managers and/or teachers of a player. We do not approach children directly. If you are approached by an Academy scout...
Players who have progressed through the Academy and have shown the potential to play at a higher level are offered professional contracts and will then join
Development Centre’s are within one hour's travel of the Club. Each Centre is staffed by FA qualified coaches and the sessions last between one and
Academy will assess your application and decide whether or not to send a scout to watch the game.
Football is a hugely competitive profession in which to ‘make it’. Obviously talent is required, but it takes real resilience and determination to be successful in the game. Some people are noticed...
