Every Boy's Dream: England's Football Future on the Line
examines
football youth development at a time when the national teams
often
struggle to qualify for international tournaments. With the
wealthiest
league in the world and untold riches at its disposal, why does
British
football continue to fail to nurture top-class homegrown
talent?
Chris Green is a BBC Radio 5 Live/Radio 4/ Radio 1 broadcaster
and
a former presenter/producer of the sports investigative programme
On The Line. His written work has appeared in The Sunday Times,
Observer Sport Monthly, Financial Times, Times Educational
Supplement and FourFourTwo. He is also currently a regular
contributor to School Sport magazine and PE & Sport Today.
skilfully analyses the successes and deficiencies of the academy
system
*Guardian (September 2009)*
A copy of which should be on the desk of the manager, coach or
proprietor of every football club in the land as soon as
possible.
*The Daily Telegraph*
Chris Green, takes a long hard look at the state of youth coaching
and its findings are predictably grim. Green has uncovered a total
disconnect between the game's top brass and the kids at the sharp
end.
*When Saturday Comes (November 2009)*
Our leaders should read the new book, which analyses the poor uses
to which professional football yearly puts £66m in its academies,
where only one percent of boys ultimately become professionals.
*Athletics Weekly (October 2009)*
Rather than just listing the faults of the system...it provides
tales of inspiration and a blueprint for the future of the national
game.
*Worcestershire Living (October 2009)*
refreshingly accessible...excellent
*The Football Ramble*
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