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new acadamy does anyone know?
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portslade seagull
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Wasn't there an advert for tenders for the catering, security and cleaning side of things
Vegas Seagull
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Have you been four years inventing a new pie & then missed the deadline?
dejavuatbtn
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I suspect it will be grossly overstaffed but a round of redundancies will soon see FFP.
This, the club employs an incredible number of staff.
pottert
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I'm not sure if the recruitment has been started but it does beg the question.
With the team currently attracting crowds that are 90% of the stadiums capacity yet losing millions of pounds every year,how can we add the cost of running a state of the art training facility to the running costs of the club.
With the team currently attracting crowds that are 90% of the stadiums capacity yet losing millions of pounds every year,how can we add the cost of running a state of the art training facility to the running costs of the club.
Presumably with the land brought, the academy paid for, then the need to to pay for training/facilities at Falmer Uni, Waterhole, Lewes etc, plus games at Lancing FC, Lancing College etc........then the investment, by a Chairman who is probably more financially astute than us, backs the club with his money......he probably has worked out that in the long term, the costs of having our own academy, will cut costs.....and hopefully reap the benefits.
pottert
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The academy has not been built to cut costs.
The academy is there to provide the best training & development facilities that money can buy.
Worthingite
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I'm pretty certain it's Sodexo, same as the amex, I think they're the suppliers for anything Albion-ey for the next 4 years?
It will cut costs as it will have been paid for by TB. The cost of using facilities for training at Falmer Uni, Waterhole, Lewes, plus matches at Lancing FC, Lancing College etc, will be set off with bringing all the squads to a paid for Academy, where they all can train and play matches, re Dev squad, U21's, U18's, U16's etc.
Thus saving money. The added bonus is that with state of the art Academy will attract better players, better training, profits from players brought/poached from our academy. Happens with most of the top clubs now.
Speculate to accumulate, good example......Southampton.
As a business man and BHA supporter, i think TB is looking to the future.
The idea is that long-term these things pay for themselves when we produce world class players worth 10s of millions.
Exactly. Coupled with getting all the squads together in one place, and not paying for pitches/facilities across Sussex. The facilities at Falmer Uni are not good enough and obviously cost.
It would have been easy for TB to have spent the 30m on players, or getting some of his investment back, but instead he has ploughed it into an Academy, thus the outlay is big with no immediate return for himself.
Our rewards will come in the future, as will his as a BHA supporter.
Patience.
Brighton & Hove Albion are currently developing a new training ground, designed to meet the needs of the club playing in the Championship, just one step away from top-flight Premier League football.
In addition to the needs of the first-team and under-21 squads, the club is also building an academy.
The new training ground is located at New Monks Farm in Lancing. The A27 runs to the north of the site and links the training ground to the American Express Community Stadium, being approximately 20 minutes’ drive away to the east.
The development will provide a significant economic investment into the local area and is scheduled to open in June 2014 and the club is seeking expressions of interest from companies wishing to tender for the provision of a range of services as detailed below:
• Security staff
• Cleaning staff
• Fire fighting equipment
• Pest control services
• Cleaning materials supplier
• Radio communications equipment
• Clinical waste
Expressions of interest needed to be submitted by the 22nd January 2014 companies including my company that have not been selected have been informed leaving a short list which I assume will be asked to tender
In addition to the needs of the first-team and under-21 squads, the club is also building an academy.
The new training ground is located at New Monks Farm in Lancing. The A27 runs to the north of the site and links the training ground to the American Express Community Stadium, being approximately 20 minutes’ drive away to the east.
The development will provide a significant economic investment into the local area and is scheduled to open in June 2014 and the club is seeking expressions of interest from companies wishing to tender for the provision of a range of services as detailed below:
• Security staff
• Cleaning staff
• Fire fighting equipment
• Pest control services
• Cleaning materials supplier
• Radio communications equipment
• Clinical waste
Expressions of interest needed to be submitted by the 22nd January 2014 companies including my company that have not been selected have been informed leaving a short list which I assume will be asked to tender
This is not going to cut costs. What it should do is protect our investment in young players. The new compensation rules, for premiership clubs poaching young players are heavily biased against clubs, who do not meet all the criteria for a top academy. It looks like Crawley for example are giving up, as it will just not be cost effective for them, to run any academy, without massive investment.
Stumpy Tim
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As it's youth-based, it won't count towards FFP
How many academies actually do this though?