Please see below the allocated days for player and parent reviews within the Foundation Phase (U9-U11) . Each appointment will be a maximum 10 minutes and attendance is not compulsory.
To book an appointment please contact Karl Hooper by text or e-mail.
Monday 20th May
U11 age group 17.00-20.00
Wednesday 22nd May
U10 age group 17.00 - 20.00
Saturday 25th may
U9 age group 09.30-12.30
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Forms to purchase tickets to the Academy Awards Evening on May 10th will be available to collect after training as of Tuesday 23rd April. Please note that it is an all-ticket event and no purchases will be permitted after 5pm on Tuesday 7th May.
The evening will take place at St John's Hotel, there will be 400 tickets issued for the night and invitations will be given to all academy players via there age group coach.
Past evenings have been a huge success with appearances from first team p...
More...The Academy has received more positive coverage again today, with an extensive feature in the Birmingham Mail. The article can be read online by using the following links:
http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/six-teenage-starlets-who-made-2508351
More...Rising Blues star Koby Arthur has put pen-to-paper on his first professional contract with the club.
The 17-year-old Ghanaian has signed a two-year deal having impressed Blues boss Lee Clark hugely since arriving at the club from non-league Woodford United.
Born in Kumasi, the versatile forward has featured for both Blues’ U18s and U21s sides this season and was handed a first-team squad number back in February.
Clark, who has previously described Arthur as ‘a pocket battleship’, has regul...
More...Please note that the First Team fixture against Millwall on Saturday 6th April will also represent the Academy Day at St. Andrew's Stadium.
Players in age groups 9-14 will all feature on the pitch at half-time and each player will receive 2 tickets in addition to one for their own use. Additional tickets can be purchased at £10 for adults and £5 concessions.
Anybody who requires tickets should specify their requirements by e-mail to Lyndon Tomlinson (lyndon.tomlinson@bcfc-tg.com). Payment i...
More...Please note that for any player clinic appointments, all players must be accompanied by a parent/guardian.
Players/parents are to wait in the Parents Lounge until called into their appointment by the Physio on duty.
More...Please note that the refurbishment of the Parents Room has now been completed and it is equipped with tables and chairs and available for parents to use.
The television will be re-installed shortly and the kitchenette area will also become functional in the near future.
More...Congratulations to Bobby Mosley on his call-up to The Republic of Ireland Squad for their UEFA Elite Round fixtures in Vienna, Austria.
In addition, congratulations to Reece Brown (Standby England U17), Foday Nabay (England U16 Standby) and Dominic Bernard (Republic of Ireland U16 Assessment)
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Please note that there are no activities for the week commencing 11th March. This is a planned rest period which is factored into the yearly programme plan.
There will be sessions taking place on 16th/17th, but no activities on 23rd/24th March.
Please refer to the schedule/home page for full details of the upcoming schedules.
More...Please note that U14 training tonight has been cancelled due to residual snow on the pitches at Aston University.
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BOOST FOR BLUES ACADEMY
Birmingham City’s Academy has been recommended for Category Two status under the new Elite Player Performance Plan (EPPP), a scheme that will radically modernise youth development in England.
The positive recommendation follows an extensive independent audit of the club’s youth development programme that inspected criteria such as vision and strategy, the coaching programme, quality of facilities and education and welfare processes.
The category ranking, ...
Blues under-18s put in a thoroughly professional performance to beat Bristol Rovers in their FA Youth Cup fourth round tie on Thursday evening.
The closely-fought contest was won courtesy of second half penalty conversion from striker Reece Hales (pictured).
The victory means that Blues will now travel to
On a chilly evening at Solihull Moors’
Please note that training for the Under 14/15/16 age groups on Thursday is off. This is due to the FA Youth Cup fixture which will take place at Solihull Moors FC, 7pm kick-off. Though not compulsory, we would recommend all players in those age groups attend the FA Youth Cup fixture.
Training for U9/10/12/13 age groups remains as per the schedule.
More...Please note that all schoolboy games have been cancelled for the u9-u16 age groups this weekend. Training will resume as normal, please check the training schedule for Saturday 26th and Sunday 27th on the website.
This is subject to change depending on the weather forecast over the next 24 hours, please check the website again before departing for training over the weekend.
More...Congratulations to Reece Hales on making his First Team debut in the FA Cup 1-1 draw against Leeds at Elland Road on Saturday.
More...Blues defender Will Packwood today underwent surgery on his badly broken left leg.
The American teenager fractured his tibia and fibula after landing awkwardly in the second-half of yesterday’s 1-1 draw at
The 19-year-old was successfully operated on in Leeds General Infirmary this morning and it's hoped he will be transferred to Spire Little Aston Hospital in Sutton Coldfield tomorrow afternoon to begin his recovery.
The initial indication is that Packwood is likely to be ...
More...Birmingham City have been invited to attend the annual Norwich City FC Academy Cup. The festival is for players born after 1st January 2002 and will be held on Saturday 5th January 2013.
The festival details are as followed
NCFC Academy Festival
Minibus depart TG: 07.00
Meet: 10.00
Birmingham City Football Academy would like to wish all players, parents and guardians a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Enjoy your well deserved break and we look forward to seeing you all in the New Year, fresh and ready to go for the second half of the season
BCFC Academy Staff
More...Please note that any ticket requests over the Christmas period for the Burnley and Cardiff City home fixtures should be directed to Local Recruitment Officer Bob Brown at browniebob01@aol.com who will be able to assist.
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