#12 WHAT IS LIFE, LIKE AT A FOOTBALL ACADEMY


    #12 WHAT IS LIFE, LIKE AT A FOOTBALL ACADEMY

    A club invites you to join its Academy. What happens now?

    Paul Holder, former assistant Academy director at Crystal Palace, explains the next stages

    Life at the academy

    At the Crystal Palace Academy, youngsters train three times a week - one and a half hours on Tuesday evenings and

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