Caption:
Sunderland’s Stadium of Light home will be hosting Championship football next season, although the club’s ownership and manager have yet to be determined. Photograph: Richard Sellers/PA
Caption:
FC Edmonton’s Netan Sansara : ‘I was never made to feel different by my coaches’. Photograph: Dale MacMillan/FC Edmonton
Netan Sansara: ‘Why Can’t There Be Successful British Asian Footballers?’
London- Many column inches have been filled in recent years on the benefits of English football players and coaches trying their hand at working abroad. Netan Sansara, one Englishman doing just that, happens to agree with them. Sansara currently resides in Edmonton,...Caption:
Lewis Cook was the England Under-20 player who had played most minutes in the Premier League last season, with Bournemouth. Photograph: Maddie Meyer/FIFA via Getty Images
World Cup Win Offers England Under-20s Players No Guarantees at Clubs
London – It rains on a ticker-tape parade to remind England’s Under-20s that it will be easier to conquer the world than the obstacles that litter their path to regular Premier League football but they can take comfort from the roots of their triumph in South...Caption:
A recruitment talent course at the FA in 2016 with, from left to right: Mervyn Day, Richard Allan, Steve Walsh and Tommy Johnson. Photograph: David Sillitoe for the Guardian
The Transfer Hunters: How Premier League Scouting Set-ups Compare
London – Arsenal Arsenal’s chief scout is one of the club’s longest-serving employees. Steve Rowley’s reputation was forged when he spotted an 11-year-old Tony Adams while scouting part-time. Rowley went full-time when George Graham was Arsenal manager, and was...Caption:
Sead Kolasinac, in action here for Bosnia-Herzegovina, grew up in Germany and religion was a significant part of his upbringing. Photograph: Angelos Tzortzinis/AFP/Getty Images