Coventry jump 113 places to enter TOP 20 European academies! (2 Viewers)

[Liquid Gold]

How? ha

Aisu shouldn't have sold them, we'd be a premier league club if we hadn't etc etc.

 

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[hamil99]

It was 14 wasn't it?

I just had a quick look on wiki (I know it's not the most reliable source) and it also says he left at 14. So I'm thinking it's most likely correct. And in that case I also doubt he'll count as being trained at our academy.

 

[Earlsdon-Loyal-Blue]

Richard Stevens - Coventry City Football Club Academy Manager has been with the Academy for the last 12 years, arriving at the same time as Gregor Rioch. In the last 10 years there have been over 50 1st team debuts from home grown players.

Seriously impressive stats, we really do owe this man a great deal!!!

Great post. There's so much wrong with Coventry City Football Club off the pitch but the Academy has defied this entirely and continues to be something to be proud of.
One of the few positives to come out of our situation, is that for the last 10 years our academy has produced fantastic talents, player after player and they know at CCFC that they're going to get a chance in the first team.

I don't know the set up at the Academy that well, but well done to everyone involved at the Academy, they're doing a brilliant job.

 

[Great_Expectations]

Aisu shouldn't have sold them, we'd be a premier league club if we hadn't etc etc.

Christ, really? The lack of intelligence baffles me.

 

[Great_Expectations]

Genuine question; who funds the Academy?

 

[eastwoodsdustman]

Christ, really? The lack of intelligence baffles me.

Its amazing that they can manage to turn on their pc every day really.

 

[shepardo01]

Genuine question; who funds the Academy?

Think funding comes from a few directions. All of the U17/18 scholars are also in education at the academy and will bring in a few grand (a few bags!) each. Could be up to 4k each.
I also believe that there is funding (half?...half a mil (possibly.. might have heard more) from the EFL) that comes as part of the Cat 2 status that the academy has... (hence why having that status is important).
The academy also has sponsors. I believe that Richard Overson has sponsored/injected money.
Would also guess that the academy falls under the whole business plan for the club. So again, all those people that have chosen to not attend home games this season to "starve SISU out" are just playing roulette with the funding for the academy too.

 

[Evo1883]

What I'd like to know is how much they are worth now compared to when we sold them.

 

[Alkhen]

Very impressive stat,

Someone at Sisu needs to package that up in a nice presentation to send out to all the Middle eastern royal families, Chinese Businessmen and Russian oligarchs. sets us out from most other poorly run languishing sleeping giants

 

[clint van damme]

Aisu shouldn't have sold them, we'd be a premier league club if we hadn't etc etc.

It's impossible to reason with that level of stupidity.

 

[Evo1883]

Another reason being in the championship will benefit us is you can command higher fees for young talent

 

[Houchens Head]

Will all this help us with a new stadium though?

 

[lordsummerisle]

Remember that Ranson and Hoffman wanted to close the Academy a few years ago.

 

[Sick Boy]

Great news for our academy. To think it was very close to being shut down as a waste of money until we sold Wilson...

Wasn’t that one of Hoffman’s plans?

 

[Wyken Sky Blue]

Remember that Ranson and Hoffman wanted to close the Academy a few years ago.

Yeah but thats fine as Hoffman isn't SISU so it will be the right thing to do...

 

[Sky_Blue_Dreamer]

Wasn’t that one of Hoffman’s plans?

I believe he did say he would do if he took over. However, SISU were going to shut it down because it was a cost with little benefit. Then Wilson got sold and they seemed to see it's potential.

 

[Nick]

I believe he did say he would do if he took over. However, SISU were going to shut it down because it was a cost with little benefit. Then Wilson got sold and they seemed to see it's potential.

It was when Hoffman was here, him and Elliott were on about PR damage limitation.

 

[Sky_Blue_Dreamer]

It was mooted to shut down the academy before SISU took over as well and we were deep in the shit.

 

[ps1948]

Really proud of our academy and what it is acheiving.

Also shows what a mess the PL is in terms of buying in players from abroad vs giving their own academy products a chance when 3 players is enough to get us into the top 20!

Completely agree with this - just watched a few old episodes of The Big Match from the 70's - including Arsenal introducing Liam Brady, David O'Leary and Frank Stapleton into their team (with several other youngsters), and wonder if they'd get a chance in today's overblown Premiership?

 

[Esoterica]

Completely agree with this - just watched a few old episodes of The Big Match from the 70's - including Arsenal introducing Liam Brady, David O'Leary and Frank Stapleton into their team (with several other youngsters), and wonder if they'd get a chance in today's overblown Premiership?

I'd be interested to see a similar table for the Championship. I'd bet there's loads of players there churned out from premier league academies in the 21-24 age bracket who've never got a look in at their clubs and end up released or getting flogged to a Derby, Leeds, Middlesborough for a few million based on pedigree. Would be interesting to see for parents and young players and I'm sure show some clubs and greedy agents in a bad light.

 

[Grendel]

Remember that Ranson and Hoffman wanted to close the Academy a few years ago.

Nah just lies according to Ginetta

 

[lordsummerisle]

Nah just lies according to Ginetta

And skybluekid, "estimated facts", " got lots of suits" and " personal cam of Malaga playing every game".

Whatever happened to him??