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Jamie Brings The Pennies
The Non-League Football Paper
|January 28, 2018
Funding can find stars like Alex
JAMIE VARDY has dipped into his own pocket to make sure his V9 Academy keeps unearthing Non-League gems.
After the success of year one that saw five players get moves into the Football League, the Leicester City and England striker is determined to give even more players the opportunity to showcase their talent.
The five-day training camp at Manchester City’s Etihad campus was featured on Sky Sports and culminated in matches watched by scouts from Premier League and EFL clubs as well as across Europe.
Nuneaton Town defender Alex Penny landed a move to League One side Peterborough United, Tamworth’s Danny Newton is now banging in the goals at Stevenage, where he was joined by Blair Turgott, while Lamar Reynolds moved from Brentwood to Newport County. And last week Carshalton Athletic’s Mickel Miller moved to Scottish side Hamilton Academical.
Opportunity
As well as players from Steps 1 to 5, entries are also welcomed from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
At the big launch on Thursday it was revealed that no sponsor had come forward with head of recruitment Lee Tucker and Vardy’s agent John Morris starting to plan for 2018-19.
This story is from the January 28, 2018 edition of The Non-League Football Paper.
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