ROCHDALE ACADEMY Information on everything relating to latest football trial opportunities. Includes the academy contact, process of applying for possible academy opportunities and trials procedure, scholarship availability and your chances on joining this academy. Improve your football progression NOW.

Rochdale FC Football Academy Trial Requests

Here is the Rochdale FC football trials application process that we have found to be the most effective way of obtaining trials or at the very least have a scout look at your football credentials.
The club does not hold trials for first team players. The Rochdale AFC Academy, does, however, hold trials at different times throughout the year.

Anyone player wishing to be considered for a trial must in the first instance must send their football curriculum vitae to the club either by post to Rochdale Football Club, Crown Oil Arena, Sandy Lane, Rochdale, OL11 5DR or by email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Please continue to monitor the club website for information regarding dates.

If upon receipt of a football CV the club wishes to offer that person a trial it will contact the individual or their nominated representative.

The academy is also open to 16 – 18 year old students. Each have personalised timetables, enabling the balance of lessons together with an in-depth football development programme. We provide an excellent pathway into further education, sporting 22 hours of lessons over a fortnight, gaining a BTEC level 3 Extended Diploma in Sport - the equivalent of 3 A levels provided at The Coleshill School over two years.

All players have the opportunity to access FA level 1 and 2 coaching badges.

First class training and playing facilities at Pack meadow on a 4G pitch. If the dates in the photo have passed please still email if you fit the age group and are interested in trials.

SHEFFIELD UNITED ACADEMY Information on everything relating to latest football trial opportunitites. Includes the academy contact, process of applying for possible academy opportunities and trials procedure, scholarship availablity and your chances on joining this academy. Improve your football progression - Register on our website today!

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Academy Overall 6/10; Academy Staff 7/10; Academy Players 8/10; Facilities 9/10; Academy Status Catagory 2; Academy Ages U6 to U23+; Community U6-U8; Foundation U9-U12; Youth Development U13-U16; Scholarships Age 15 to 19; Professionals Players from Age 16+; Gifted/Talented Trials Opportunities - Seasonal; Academy Scouts, Staff 30+; Academy Players 200+; Overseas Trials Opportunities - TBA; Trial Chance Score 92%; Accept player CV - Yes; Formal trials procedure & contact provided - Yes; Website access gives you over 100 trials and 1000 clubs

SHEFFIELD UNITED FC ACADEMY OFFICIAL TRIAL AND APPLICATION TO ACADEMY

Here is the application for the Sheffield United Academy. Whilst Open trials are hard to come by you must make an initial application to an academy to either be invited in for a trial or to get a football scout to come and watch you play. We cannot promise you will get scouted this time, but we always encourage to send in a playing CV.

Professional clubs are trained and educated and also must adhere to FA guidelines to scout players. So the club must be honest and give everyone an opportunity allowing them the chance to read a players CV/ability and this is the guidelines you must follow to make that initial contact.

Please use the following criteria as a guideline:

Current club/school if applicable

Age group/date of birth

Fixture lists (including kick off times and venues)

Contact telephone number and address

If we are impressed by a CV. We will make our interest in the player known by contacting the respective club at which he is registered.

Please contact the club via Post or email for information on the academy and trials at this club.

All enquiries must be directed to:

FOOTBALL ACADEMY DIRECTOR, DIRECTOR OF FOOTBALL.

To apply for a place, please email the following information to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Remember you must live close to the club you are applying for as is not practical if you live 100 Miles away.

Please read more for other ways that maybe available for trials along with trials at other clubs....

@Bobbie_french is the official Recruitment officer for Sheffield United Football Club Youth and can be followed on Twitter.

Sheffield United Academy Contacts

Sheffield United's Academy Application Process

Players must live within one hour of the Academy, located at S4 7DR and not be registered with any other professional club.

To apply for a place, please email the following information to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Here are the latest football trials along with all academy trials information, locations, scouts and academy contacts, dates and how to apply for trials.

Lincoln City Latest Trials

Lincoln City Academy on occasions hold open trials for players in the Under 6s, U7s, 8s, 9s, 10s, 11s, 12s, 13s and all age groups.

Further to the ongoing success of the first team and academy over the past, we are delighted to be able to offer local players the opportunity to attend trials for the Academy. We encourage players to attend that live within one hour of our Academy Training Ground at Riseholme College, Showground Campus, Horncastle Lane, LN1 2ZR.

Lincoln City Football Development Programme Trials

The club uses three methods of recruiting;

Access to the Youth Academy via referral from the Lincoln City Football Development Programme, which offers coaching from under 4-16yrs).

The programme offers Football Development training opportunities for all local children who are keen to learn and develop as players in a professional youth development training environment.

The Open Development Centres also act as the first step on to the Lincoln City FC player development pathway which offers a route in to the clubs Advanced Development Centres, Elite Development Squads and the clubs Academy for those players who develop and constantly improve as players.

Whilst Academy Football is a dream of many young players we are very keen as a club to offer appropriate development opportunities to all players where ever they are currently at on their playing journey as we are very aware all players develop technically, physically, socially and psychologically at different times and we are very keen to support all players in maximising their potential as players over the long term.

Please click on the link below if you would like more information on our player development pathway and how your child can join our development programme through one of our Open Development Centres or Mini Imps sessions.

Open Trials

The club holds regular open trials for a all age groups, details of any upcoming trials will be posted on the club website.

Club Scouts

The club has a scouting network, which seeks to identify talent across the region. Our scouts watch matches at all age groups across Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire.

Please note: Where a player is currently registered with a club, contact will be made via the players signed/registered football club(s), the Academy will not enter into personal correspondence about trials, including e-mails and text messages.

Due to the volume of applications the club is not be able to respond to direct applications from players even those released from academies.

Trials Application with Lincoln City FC please send to 

Lincoln City Youth Academy