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Four Apprentices Named in England Under-17 Euro Finals Squad

Four Apprentices Named in England Under-17 Euro Finals Squad

Four apprentices have been selected to represent England Under-17s at this month’s UEFA European Championships, which will be held at six venues across the Midlands and South Yorkshire…

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Read Relishing New Start In Canada

Read Relishing New Start In Canada

When Josh Read accepted the offer of a professional contract in the summer of 2015, a soccer scholarship across the North Atlantic Ocean would have been very low on the list of likely outcomes, if at all, for the former Exeter City apprentice…

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Bantams Youngsters Receive Cardiac Health Awareness Workshop

Bantams Youngsters Receive Cardiac Health Awareness Workshop

Under-18s and Under-23s players at Bradford City boosted their awareness of cardiac health during an LFE Life Skills session delivered by Tobi Alabi, founder of the Heart4More Foundation…

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Walsall U18s 1 - 0 Carlisle United U18s

Walsall U18s 1 – 0 Carlisle United U18s

Walsall Under-18s won their fourth game in a row in the EFL Youth Alliance North West division after edging out Carlisle United Under-18s by a single goal at the Birmingham County FA ground…

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Guerfi Enjoys A Fresh Start In Sweden

Guerfi Enjoys A Fresh Start In Sweden

LFE’s Player Placement programme continues to provide past apprentices with the opportunity to carve their way back into full-time football during a three-month stay in Sweden…

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Owls Under-18s Captain Hunt Leads By Example On & Off The Pitch

Owls Under-18s Captain Hunt Leads By Example On & Off The Pitch

It has been a special start to 2018 for second-year apprentice Alex Hunt. The Sheffield Wednesday fan joined his boyhood club at the age of seven in the hope of one day representing the first-team…

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Burn & Dunkley Show There Is More Than One Way To Become A Pro

Burn & Dunkley Show There Is More Than One Way To Become A Pro

Long before forming the meanest centre-half partnership in the EFL, Wigan Athletic’s Dan Burn and Chey Dunkley shared a common desire to achieve in the classroom, as well as on the pitch…

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Beckles Launches Foundation To Help The Next Generation

Beckles Launches Foundation To Help The Next Generation

Shrewsbury Town defender Omar Beckles has set up the Hub365 Foundation to help young people in the Shropshire area, in memory of his late father and jazz musician Linton, who passed away in 2015…

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Touchline Issue 35 - Out Now

Touchline Issue 35 – Out Now

Download the latest edition of Touchline magazine (Issue 35) for all the latest LFE news…

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Millers Hand McGinley Pro Deal

Millers Hand McGinley Pro Deal

Rotherham United teenager Reece McGinley has signed his first professional contract, agreeing a one-year deal…

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Preston North End U18s 1 - 1 Morecambe U18s

Preston North End U18s 1 – 1 Morecambe U18s

Preston North End Under-18s were held to a competitive 1-1 draw by a well-drilled Morecambe Under-18s side at the UCLan Sports Arena…

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Hamer Signs Pro Deal With Oldham

Hamer Signs Pro Deal With Oldham

Oldham Athletic defender Tom Hamer has signed his first professional contract with the club, accepting a two-year deal…

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