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Former Charlton Athletic Apprentice Tobi Sho-Silva Hails The Alumni Player Voice Initiative

Former Charlton Athletic Apprentice Tobi Sho-Silva Hails The Alumni Player Voice Initiative

In June 2021, LFE launched a player-centred initiative, the Alumni Player Voice, with the aim of facilitating a safe and..

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Barmby Finds Healthcare Passion After Career-Ending Injury

Barmby Finds Healthcare Passion After Career-Ending Injury

The Premier League has been growing exponentially since Nick Barmby hung his boots up in 2012, but the former England..

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Jordan Holsgrove: Life in La Liga

Jordan Holsgrove: Life in La Liga

Rising through Reading’s ranks, a young Jordan Holsgrove would meticulously study Barcelona’s Xavi and Andres Iniesta on television. He would..

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Drew Ricketts – Saving a Life

Drew Ricketts – Saving a Life

Having transitioned away from professional football in May 2015, following 12 months at Mansfield Town, former Oxford United apprentice Drew..

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Beestera Soccer Training; From the Youth Alliance to the Big Apple

Beestera Soccer Training; From the Youth Alliance to the Big Apple

Bouncing back from rejection, former LFE apprentices James Beeston and Matt Needham have come together to establish a supplemental one-to-one..

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Ahead of the Game

Ahead of the Game

Studying alongside your football commitments can offer a healthy distraction and give you something to focus on away from the..

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Dan Towers | Academy to Analyst

Dan Towers | Academy to Analyst

Former Morecambe FC apprentice Dan Towers shared the dream of becoming a professional footballer with thousands of other Academy prospects..

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Former Shrimps Apprentice Edgar Returns As Academy Coach

Former Shrimps Apprentice Edgar Returns As Academy Coach

Ex-Morecambe apprentice Lewis Edgar has returned to the Mazuma Stadium as an Under-9’s Coach following his release at the end..

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Wolves Academy Graduate Stringer-Moth Builds Budding Plant Business

Wolves Academy Graduate Stringer-Moth Builds Budding Plant Business

Of all the alternative careers that academy footballers can pursue after being released, it is fair to say that selling plants does not often, if at all, come up in discussion…

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Roberts Revives His Football Career In The States

Roberts Revives His Football Career In The States

In the summer of 2016, Jamil Roberts’ career in football was hanging by a thread after being released by Plymouth Argyle at the conclusion of his apprenticeship…

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Copping Bounces Back After Enforced Retirement

Copping Bounces Back After Enforced Retirement

If football has taught Bobby Copping anything, it is resilience…

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Bonner's Back At Boyhood Club After Securing Analyst Role At Liverpool

Bonner’s Back At Boyhood Club After Securing Analyst Role At Liverpool

Joel Bonner’s football journey has come full circle. The 22-year-old was part of Liverpool’s academy as a schoolboy, playing alongside current first-team superstar Trent Alexander-Arnold, until he was released at the age of 16…

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