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There is no getting away from what was announced at the Club last week. My phone didn’t stop all Tuesday night as friends and family tried to find out what was going on and to check if the administration would be affecting me…

With our current coach Kenny unavailable following surgery, Willie (Assistant Academy Manager) took us for training and the week started with the agonising Bleep Test!..

Last Monday Morning I arrived at the training ground to be greeted with the news that I was to be training with the reserve team. ..

Unfortunately our league game away to Norwich City on the weekend got called off again due to a frozen pitch. On the Thursday afternoon they told us that the game was 90% likely to go ahead, so to find out on Friday morning that the game was off was very disappointing. It seems like we haven’t had a proper competitive match in a long time and with our youth cup game just around the corner, it’s not ideal preparation. ..

After finding out our league game against Southampton at home was called off Gary Issott managed to arrange another game for us instead against Leyton Orient on Saturday morning. ..

As I alluded to in my last blog the first part of last week was very much orientated to our FA Youth Cup tie at Reading…

Back in last Monday training proved to be quite tough because unlike the First team the Academy lads like myself are given time off over Christmas and the New Year. ..

Firstly I wish you all a happy new year and hope that you all had a good Christmas. I hope 2010 is good for you all. ..

It’s been another very quiet week at the training ground as we had no game on Saturday and had nothing to train towards. We started the week on Monday down at the Dome with Antonio Falanga taking us for a really good session…

Monday proved to be a full day of tuition – after two hours of college work which sits alongside our football training we found ourselves in with the coaches and performances analysts looking at video footage of our recent performance against Sunderland!..

Monday proved to be a full day of tuition – after 2 hours of college work which sits alongside our football training we found ourselves in with the coaches and performances analysts looking at video footage of our recent performance against Sunderland!..

Last week we beat Bristol City 3-2 in the FA Youth Cup which was important for us. It was a great experience for us to play at Selhurst, and one that was made much more enjoyable because of the result…