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|November 2017
HUDDERSFIELD ACADEMY
It might seem strange for one of the Premier League’s new members to downgrade their academy, but Huddersfield Town’s decision to do so, announced in late September, makes clear sense. Now that the club are playing at the highest level, and their encouraging start suggests that they stand a good chance of staying up beyond this season, it will be harder to foster the type of talent that can make an impression on the first team.
Scaling back their academy from a Category Two operation to Category Four under the Elite Player Performance Plan (EPPP), the club will shift their focus from developing young players through various age groups to just two “youth” sides: their Under-18s and Under-23s.
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