youth
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Thanks to Man Utd having a dedicated TV channel (something I hope Spurs are at least thinking about), their U18 matches are recorded, which gives fans a great opportunity to see Academy and Reserve matches that they otherwise wouldn’t. Our U18s played a friendly against them last Saturday morning (with Rio Ferdinand, Edwin van der […]
- WindyCOYS
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- 21st August 2010 at 08:12
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A couple of notable absentees for the Spurs XI – Steven Caulker, strongly linked with various loan moves (including to Leeds), and Paul-Jose M’Poku, who had played last week at Ipswich. New Academy First Year, Laste Dombaxe, who impressed in the Milk Cup in Northern Ireland (see this previous article), was brought into the side. […]
- WindyCOYS
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- 11th August 2010 at 07:27
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Following their second place finish in the Eurofoot Tournament last week, our Academy squad are back in action in the PSV Otten Cup. We’ve taken quite a young squad: Ranieiri, Byrne, Tapping, Nicholson, Durojaiye, Francis-Angol, Stewart, Luongo, Coulthirst, Kane, Champion, Oyenuga, Archer, Ekong, Sheriff, Day, Hawkins, Yeboah. No M’Poku, Fredericks and Carroll amongst others, which […]
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- 7th August 2010 at 11:57
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Tim Sherwood’s growing influence A Spurs XI, managed by Tim Sherwood, drew 2-2 draw with Leyton Orient last week. I must admit that I didn’t make it to the game – I couldn’t face the four hour round trip on a Wednesday evening, and I felt that £15 was a bit steep for what was […]
- WindyCOYS
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- 29th July 2010 at 17:58
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There was an interesting article about youth development in ‘Sky Sports Magazine’ (included in yesterday’s Times). Some snippets: Huw Jennings, head of Fulham’s Academy and former Head of Development at the Premier League, has pointed out that young players in Europe tend to make their first team debuts aged between 21 and 22, when they […]
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- 25th July 2010 at 11:46
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