How to get a trial at Tottenham Academy

You must be selected to have a trial at Tottenham Academy, so it is important that players are spotted in the right places at the right times. For some players, they prefer a direct approach sending in

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How to get scouted by a Tottenham Academy scout

Tottenham Academy scouts offer players the chance to trial. Many players are lucky enough to find themselves in the right places when scouts are watching games, but Tottenham are also very aware that good talent can...

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Syllabus at Tottenham Academy

The training programme at Tottenham Academy is broken into technical and tactical training, with a special module for....

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How does recruitment work at Tottenham Hotspur Academy?

We have a network of scouts who work for the Club on a local, national and international basis. They look for players predominantly from Under-7s to....

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Identifying Young Talent at Tottenham Academy

Tottenham aim to identify and recruit young talent through the Academy's extensive scouting network. This means that if one of Tottengham's academy staff identifies a talented player, the boy

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#1 What does it take to be spotted by a football academy scout?

What are scouts looking for from young players on a Sunday morning? Which attributes, personality traits and raw skills set kids on the road to footballing stardom?

Given the money the top footballers now earn, it is hard to imagine that the likes of Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale once plied their trade in school teams and in their local parks. Read this article...>>

#2 How do I get scouted and impress scouts in football?

I work as a football scout for a professional club in Scotland and also provide player information for club...

You have to play in the best team you can for your age in your area - a side that scouts keep tabs on.

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#18 I Was at the Real Madrid Football Academy and Absolutely Hated It

My teammates and I lived on fast food, spent hours playing football and never studied. It sounds like every boy's dream but it was the hardest thing I've ever done.

Every morning at eight, my teammates and I would storm the bathroom armed with hair straighteners and tubs of wax and gel. The smaller boys would fight the 

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#17 Meet the man who discovered Gareth Bale – in a six-a-side aged nine

Rod Ruddick is rummaging around in his office at his home near Bath and has just found a piece of paper that ought to be in a frame on his mantelpiece. It is a fax he sent to Southampton Football Club on 28 September 1998, titled "players recommended to sign". There are three names listed and the last boy is a nine-year-old 

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#16 How to get Scouted by a top Football Club

It’s probably just about every young or amateur league footballer’s dream to get scouted by a top Premier League club. Just about any footballer will have dreamed about being watched or scouted by a professional scout at some time or another, so in this article we’ll give you

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