
Chester City have been awarded a
license by the Football League and Sport England for
their centre of excellence programme. They now play
matches against other centres like Blackburn Rovers,
Wigan Athletic, Burnley and Tranmere Rovers.
The centre
runs teams of players aged none to 16. The club hopes
to open satellite centres for U9s in the new year
in a bid to stop the flow of local talent to other
professional
clubs in the region. The head of youth development at
Chester City is Jim Hackett and he centre of excellence
manager is Mark Newman.
[Chester Chronicle]
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