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tomogull wrote: So how was the Academy funded ?

By the FA & football league all this you only get Half is rubbish it would have been totally funded & all the scholars there wages don't get paid by the club 9 each year group is paid by football league. So by closing it there not really saving any cash and are going end up losing more on gates as lots of academy players & parents went to games

forevertufc wrote:Steve it's the only way, no matter how poor. £250,000 would have be the actual cost to the club to retain a cat 3 status, £100,000 for a cat 4 set-up, if we want a competitive first team, how else ? who was going to fund it ?

The academy was totally funded & never took a penny away from first team, so no better off had they given it another couple years you would have seen some excellent players in the first team but hey ho wish you luck but would say part time football beckons

Nance & Robbie Herrera manager & assist????????

Going part time beckons

Don't think they have thought it through properly surely they will have to compensate a lot of the players under the agreement of their contracts

forevertufc wrote:Great news, congratulations to Dean, Steve and all involved. Seale Hayne, do you have a son in the academy ?

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Fcuk up indeed Mr Phillips sent out letters over 2 weeks ago to all academy players saying the club would be continuing with a cat 3 academy and now we find there scraping it altogether, very poor to get all those kids/parents hopes up that everything was going to continue as normal

Dave_Pougher wrote:Delighted doesn't do it justice, really pleased, quiet emotinoal in fact, really hope Alex Rowes involved. Surely now we can ask ourselves, not what can our club do for us but what can we do for our club! (Didn't the last bloke to say that get his head blown off?)

One question, where does this deal leave wild Bill fcuk up?

The club might survive short term by getting rid of the youth set up but will pay in long term, can only see the club struggling more & more will end up part-time then going down the leagues..

lucy6lucy wrote: Firstly if it's a choice between Torquay as a club existing and ending the academy then so be it
Secondly mike Bateson ended the academy in his reign due to no money, hey presto we have no money. So it's a bit hypocritical of him TBH

Well pretty much been told there is going to be no youth at all

Hi could/would someone from the Dean Edwards consortium give us a definitive yes or no as to weather they will be keeping the academy or is it all going as is rumoured........

They have some decent 1st & 2nd year scholars who could make the step up, better than any 50 year olds I would say