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Monday followed the same ritual as usual, College followed by training. The session this week was 1 v 1 and 2 v 2 stuff with attackers and defenders reversing their role as soon as the play had broken down or a shot had been taken by the attacking player…

Monday started with college work and meant that training was in the afternoon which gives everyone who played on Saturday some extra time for their body to recover…

Back in on Monday morning and I was excited to be out on the training pitch once again which showed in the session. I was full of energy and buzzing it’s just so frustrating to not be out on the pitch…

Life as an Apprentice is much tougher than everyone thinks. The stereotypical view that all we do is turn up for training, play some football, go home and get paid ridiculous amounts of money is completely wrong. Apprentice life isn’t easy…

After the game against West Bromwich Albion I felt a re-occurrence of a groin problem that has previously kept me out of action…

After our recent lack of goal scoring prowess which I documented in my last blog, it came as no surprise, that, as predicted last week’s training schedule concentrated on attacking and finishing..

This week I returned to training and managed to get a full week under my belt. I have been working non-stop over the past couple of weeks in the gym to improve my core strength, so it’s nice to be outside with the lads again. Hopefully all the hard work I’ve put in will pay off and it will prevent any further niggles.

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The transition from Schoolboy to Apprentice has been interesting and personally quite tough. There’s a lot of information to take in, as well as getting used to training every day instead of just 3 times a week. ..

Welcome to my first blog of the season. Firstly I will introduce myself. My name is Dan Pringle and I am currently a first year apprentice at Crystal Palace Football Club. ..

There hasn’t been much going on with me in the last few days in terms of football, this is due to a groin injury I picked up after Tuesday’s game against Middlesbrough…

Since this is my first blog, I’ll start by introducing myself. My name is Patrick Nzuzi, I’m 16 and I’m currently a first year Apprentice at the Newcastle United Academy…

Got up for breakfast at 9.00am ready to leave for the £12million Jamkraft Stadium for 11.00am. Kick off was at 1pm so we left early to make sure everything was in check including no injuries and also to walk through some shape and set pieces.

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