Latest News

Owls Tie Up Borukov To Pro Contract

Owls Tie Up Borukov To Pro Contract

Sheffield Wednesday academy graduate Preslav Borukov has signed his first professional contract following an impressive season in the Under-23s…

General News
Jephcott Turns Pro At Argyle

Jephcott Turns Pro At Argyle

Plymouth Argyle’s Luke Jephcott has agreed his first professional contract, following in the footsteps four of his Under-18s team-mates in committing his future to the club…

General News
Hirst Moves To Belgium With OH Leuven

Hirst Moves To Belgium With OH Leuven

Belgian First Division B club OH Leuven have completed the signing of Sheffield Wednesday teenager George Hirst on a five-year contract after the striker refused to sign a new deal at Hillsborough…

General News
Johnson-Fikula Benefits From LFE Trials With Move To Oxford

Johnson-Fikula Benefits From LFE Trials With Move To Oxford

Oxford United have completed the signing of Steven Johnson-Fikula after the teenage defender impressed scouts at LFE’s Assessment Trials in May…

Case Studies General News Transition
Heaton Returns To Pro Football With St Mirren

Heaton Returns To Pro Football With St Mirren

Former Preston North End apprentice Josh Heaton has earned a route back into professional football after penning a three-year deal with Scottish Premiership club St Mirren, signing for an undisclosed fee…

General News
Posh Snap Up Blades Starlet Reed

Posh Snap Up Blades Starlet Reed

Peterborough United have swooped for highly-rated Sheffield United youngster Louis Reed for an undisclosed fee, agreeing a three-year contract…

General News
Willetts Eyes Future in Higher Education

Willetts Eyes Future in Higher Education

Nottingham Forest midfielder Jake Willetts is preparing for an alternative future in case he is unable to secure a professional contract…

Transition
Bantams Promote Youth Coach Collins To Head Coach

Bantams Promote Youth Coach Collins To Head Coach

Bradford City have appointed former Under-18s manager Michael Collins as first-team Head Coach, with PDP coach Martin Drury progressing to an assistant coach alongside previous caretaker boss Greg Abbott…

General News
Bonds Pens First Pro Deal With Daggers

Bonds Pens First Pro Deal With Daggers

Dagenham & Redbridge have secured the future of academy graduate Elliot Bonds after the midfielder signed his first professional contract with the club until the summer of 2020…

General News
Pinnock Returns To The EFL With Move To Wimbledon

Pinnock Returns To The EFL With Move To Wimbledon

Former Southend United apprentice Mitch Pinnock has jumped back into the English Football League, becoming the first signing of the summer for Sky Bet League One outfit AFC Wimbledon, with the fee to be resolved by a tribunal…

General News
Wade Agrees Pro Deal With Dale

Wade Agrees Pro Deal With Dale

Goalkeeper Brad Wade has signed his first professional contract, agreeing a one-year deal at Rochdale, with the option of a further 12 months…

General News
Seabolt Offers Insight Into American Soccer Scholarships

Seabolt Offers Insight Into American Soccer Scholarships

Missouri State University Associate Head Coach Michael Seabolt lauded LFE’s Assessment Trials as a great opportunity for American Universities to create links with UK academy players and attract them to considering a soccer scholarship…

Transition