Every Boy's Dream by Chris Green
Every Boy's Dream: England's Football Future on the Line examines football youth development at a time when the national teams often struggle to qualify for international tournaments. With the wealthiest league in the world and untold riches at its disposal, why does British football continue to fail to nurture top-class homegrown talent?
'skilfully analyses the successes and deficiencies of the academy system' Guardian (September 2009) "A copy of which should be on the desk of the manager, coach or proprietor of every football club in the land as soon as possible" The Daily Telegraph 'Chris Green, takes a long hard look at the state of youth coaching and its findings are predictably grim. Green has uncovered a total disconnect between the game's top brass and the kids at the sharp end.' When Saturday Comes (November 2009) 'Our leaders should read the new book, which analyses the poor uses to which professional football yearly puts GBP66m in its academies, where only one percent of boys ultimately become professionals.' Athletics Weekly (October 2009) 'Rather than just listing the faults of the system...it provides tales of inspiration and a blueprint for the future of the national game.' Worcestershire Living (October 2009)
Chris Green is a BBC Radio 5 Live/Radio 4/ Radio 1 broadcaster and a former presenter/producer of the sports investigative programme On The Line. His written work has appeared in The Sunday Times, Observer Sport Monthly, Financial Times, Times Educational Supplement and FourFourTwo. He is also currently a regular contributor to School Sport magazine and PE & Sport Today.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781408112168 |
| ISBN 10 | 1408112167 |
| Title | Every Boy's Dream |
| Author | Chris Green |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 2009-08-03 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for British Sports Book Awards: Best Football Book 2010 |
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