LEAGUE TWO Mansfield Town have been promoted to Category Three status, meaning eight additional teams will now enter their Academy.

LEEDS UNITED have been awarded Category One Academy status on what has been described as a “landmark” day for the club.

JON BEALE has left Hull City after six years. He joined the club as Professional Development Phase coach in 2014, before being promoted to Head of Coaching and then Academy Manager.

CRYSTAL PALACE have been promoted to Category One status and are now focused on becoming “one of the country’s leading Academies” to “capitalise on the hotbed of footballing talent in south London”.

BURNLEY have been promoted to Category One Academy status, making them the 25th club in the country to reach the top ranking.

PAUL REID has left his position as Academy Manager of Sunderland with immediate effect.

THREE staff have been made redundant from Barnsley’s Academy as the club cuts costs in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

THE Premier League will not restart the Academy games programme until 12th September at the earliest, following a vote of shareholders last week - and no date has yet been set for a return to training.

SALFORD CITY are scrapping their Academy and switching to the B team model used by Brentford.

LUTON TOWN have asked supporters to return season ticket refunds to the Academy as they bid to be upgraded to Category Two.

THE six clubs bidding to move up an Academy category are set to discover their fates within the next few weeks.

STEPHEN TORPEY has been appointed Head of Coaching for the Under-15s to 23s by Manchester City.