SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF.

[lazarus75]

was just looking at the number of players that have been produced from there youth academies that are currently playing in the top 4 divisions of english football.
1.manchester utd(63)
2.arsenal(52)
3.spurs(50)
4.man city(46)
5.MIDDLESBROUGH(43)
other teams LIVERPOOL(38),NEWCASTLE(35),CHELSEA(37).

so that makes us 5th in the top 4 divisions,lets hope it continues in the future.all the standings can be found in this months sky sports magazine(page 35)

[Captain Sensible]

Have to be honest I wouldn't have put Man City ahead of us - I am suprised with that one. Definately something to be proud of though.

[HolgateHero]

be interesting to see the breakdown of what divisions they are playing in.

Very pleasing statistic, let's hope we continue to produce, and keep the standard up.

[Downsouth]

Completely agree HH though it would be nice to see players of PL calibre coming through especially in the strikers department. At this time I can only think of four ex acadamy players in the PL at the moment, Downing, Jinky, Parnaby and Turnbull unless I have forgotton anyone? Is Davies still at Stoke?

[vectorboro]

Morrison and Brunt also.

[NormanbyRed]

cattermole

[HolgateHero]

well that's half a PL team we've home grown!