TRIBUTES have been paid to Bradford City Academy Manager Neil Matthews, who has died from cancer at the age of 56.

BURNLEY will not be returning to Category One status next season after withdrawing their application, TGG understands.

SOUTHAMPTON Academy Director Matt Hale is leaving the club at the end of the season after a decade’s service.

SOUTHAMPTON B are “in the middle of something really really powerful” after being crowned Premier League 2 Division 2 champions, according to coach Dave Horseman.

MANCHESTER CITY manager Pep Guardiola has hailed an “incredible achievement” after the club completed a ‘double hat-trick’ of Under-18 and Premier League 2 titles.

OLDHAM ATHLETIC have vowed to “continue to support” their Category Three Academy despite a fall in funding next season because they are remaining in the National League.

SCUNTHORPE UNITED owner David Hilton has granted a reprieve to the club’s Academy, just two weeks after announcing it would close.

JON GREY is ending his 45-year association with Swansea City and joining the Football Association of Wales as assistant for Wales Women.

JORGE RAFFO'S mission is to bring the culture of South American street football to European youth development. The results have been impressive, with the Argentine helping to develop Mykhailo Mudryk at Shakhtar Donetsk and turn Elche into one of the most productive Academies in La Liga

FORMER Stoke City manager Tony Pulis says English clubs are “not doing enough to protect” youngsters who are released from Academies and is lobbying the Premier League to introduce a “dual scholarship system.”

GARETH SOUTHGATE says he is concerned that the number of England-qualified players in certain positions in the Premier League is “deteriorating rapidly.”

WHEN Stuart Webber arrived at Norwich City in 2017, staff worked out of 49 Portakabins at the training ground. Now the Canaries have a state-of-the-art facility that is the envy of rivals. TGG was given a tour.