BIRMINGHAM CITY have become the first club to have their Academy forcibly downgraded after losing an appeal to the Professional Game Board (PGB).

SIMON RUSK has been appointed as an England youth coach for the 2022/23 season.

ANDY DAWSON has been promoted to first-team coach at Hull City, replacing Tony Pennock, who is leaving the club after eight years.

NEIL RYAN is leaving Manchester United after 19 years to join the Football Association, where he will lead one of England’s youth teams.

BAYERN MUNICH used a huge videowall at their training ground for the first time on Wednesday ahead of their final Bundesliga game of the season.

MICK RATHBONE looks back on four decades as a physio, including being sacked by his best mate David Moyes, an epiphany on a volcano and beating Shinji Kagawa in a running race at Manchester United in his late 50s.

PHIL ROSCOE has left Liverpool after 17 years to become first-team Player Care Manager at Aston Villa.

TOM PELL has been appointed as Charlton’s new Academy Manager, with Steve Avory becoming Academy Director.

RAVI MISTRY has been promoted to Head of Football Insights at Manchester City as the club continue to invest heavily in their data science capability.

AUSTRALIA assistant Rene Meulensteen was our guest on Episode #38 of the TGG Podcast. He told us about his coaching journey from Holland to Australia via Manchester United and the lessons learned along the way in front of a live audience..

NEWCASTLE UNITED have submitted a planning application for a revamp of their Darsley Park training ground to North Tyneside Council.

BRENT DICKINSON is leaving Nottingham Forest after eight years to become Senior Performance Coach at Rotherham United.