The England national team: failure to launch

Another anti-climax in a major international tournament for the Three Lions leaves a poignant reminder that we need to inspire creativity in our homegrown players to succeed on the national scene. Or does it?

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Grassroots vs. the big leagues

As a regular viewer of my local non league men's team, It got me thinking, how big is the difference in the way we watch amateur compared to professionals?

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Grassroots football

Since the launch of the national training centre 30 years ago, a building that was built to boost the quality of English youth development, nothing much has changed. There is still a huge expectation on England to deliver a trophy at every major competition, but how can we seriously expect that from a team born out of a lackadaisical youth development system with hardly any financial backing whatsoever?

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