Just round the corner from where I live, a school hosts the Ben Marskell soccer school.
When walking past on a Saturday sometimes, you can see all the youngsters wearing a multitude of clubs shirts, ie QPR, Watford, Chelsea, Brentford and Fulham.
It's a massive catchment area for the clubs, the...
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I'm guessing on buying the Albion, TB has had a long term plan in mind for the club, and in the birth of the academy, the future is there to unfold.
To tap into the local football talent is something that should've happened a long time ago.
Now we can keep up with likes of the London club...