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Duncan Fearnhead has left Accrington Stanley after 12-and-a-half years to become Academy Manager at Southampton.

St Mirren Assistant Diarmuid O'Carroll has been appointed as Newcastle United’s new Under-21s Lead Coach.

Charlton ‘legend’ Steve Avory has stepped down as Academy Director after 23 years with the club.

EFL Trophy games will no longer count as first-team appearances this season, potentially freeing up young players to get more senior football.

Wycombe Wanderers have taken the next step towards launching a new Academy by formally submitting intent to apply for a Category Four Licence for 2025/26.

A quartet of coaches have left Manchester United’s Academy after more than 50 years’ combined service as part of a club-wide revamp by minority owners INEOS.

Burnley are advertising for a new Academy Manager and Head of Academy Coaching after the two roles opened up. Academy Manager David Longwell resigned last week and Head of Coaching Ash Higgins is leaving in November to join the Football Association.

Dmitri Halajko has left his role as Sporting Director of Colchester United to become the new Academy Director at Ipswich Town. The club are aiming to be promoted to Category One status.

Former AFC Wimbledon Academy Manager Jeremy Sauer has been appointed as Wycombe’s first Academy Director and will start work tomorrow.

More than £1bn has been spent on built infrastructure at football Academies since the inception of EPPP in 2012. The centrepiece of the modern Academy is the indoor dome. We found out more about them from Collinson Tensile, the company behind the domes at AFC Bournemouth and Crystal Palace.

Wolves have created an innovative new PDP Technical Lead role after splitting their Head of Academy Coaching role in two.