Awarded

Great news.

Just saw that on Twittler

Article here
https://trainingground.guru/burnley-aca ... ne-status/

Not sure why it is a provisional 12 months, maybe that is the same for all new ones.

absolutely brilliant - and another poke in the eye to all the naysayers who want to be down on just about everything the club decides to do.

Great news, well done to those involved, should be very handy.

Intriguing how despite a few in the EFL most are either a EPL club or a yo yo club, probably due to the cost. Us and Leeds are coming back as Cat 1 and Sheff Utd are hoping to join us in both regards soon (though their new site in Dore on the old HSBC premises where the Academy will relocate to is currently not a patch on Gawthorpe).

It just feels vital if we are to remain at the top table in English football.

Brilliant news - just this minute seen it

aggi wrote: ↑

Fri May 09, 2025 10:25 am

Article here
https://trainingground.guru/burnley-aca ... ne-status/

Not sure why it is a provisional 12 months, maybe that is the same for all new ones.

I thought they might have an article on Birmingham getting cat 1 a few days before to compare, but I can't see one.

Let's hope we can improve on the rating of 54th out of 86 for productivity.

Quickenthetempo wrote: ↑

Fri May 09, 2025 11:06 am

Let's hope we can improve on the rating of 54th out of 86 for productivity.

We are in the elite group next season so that will vastly improve - I'm so, so pleased with this news.

Quickenthetempo wrote: ↑

Fri May 09, 2025 11:06 am

Let's hope we can improve on the rating of 54th out of 86 for productivity.

I suspect we will. We might not produce many Burnley first team players if we continue around Premier League/top end of Championship but it looks like we're starting to get better at carrying players through who have successful careers at other clubs.

Saying that, not sure where the cut-off for players is, whether players like McNeil or Bobby Thomas don't count as they were too old when they joined us.

ClaretTony wrote: ↑

Fri May 09, 2025 11:25 am

We are in the elite group next season so that will vastly improve - I'm so, so pleased with this news.

This sounds like great news. What does being in the elite group mean for us?

Can only be excellent news for the club and the town as a whole. Well done to all who have contributed to this promotion

ArmchairDetective wrote: ↑

Fri May 09, 2025 11:33 am

This sounds like great news. What does being in the elite group mean for us?

A lot of things beyond me to be honest in terms of retaining, signing, keeping young players and the monetary value of them.

But in terms of the public side of it, we will now play in PL 2 (under-21s) and the U18 Premier League which included 26 clubs this season as below. Also the teams younger than that will have a better games programme too.

Arsenal
Aston Villa
Blackburn
Brighton
Chelsea
Crystal Palace
Derby
Everton
Fulham
Leeds
Leicester
Liverpool
Manchester City
Manchester United
Middlesbrough
Newcastle
Norwich
Nottingham Forest
Reading
Southampton
Stoke
Sunderland
Tottenham
West Brom
West Ham
Wolves

It really is a good time to be a Claret!

Interview with Chris Casper

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JupCZtAtt4

Been waiting for the expected arrival, but it's still great news for the club.
I hope we've learned the lessons from the mistakes last time. You take your eye off the ball in this and it is gone.

Well done to those who turned it around.

Fantastic

Very good news.

So all that whinging about the owners was all for nothing then? Shocker.

gandhisflipflop wrote: ↑

Fri May 09, 2025 1:59 pm

So all that whinging about the owners was all for nothing then? Shocker.

What a strange post on this thread

EXCELLENT news to log on to. When the Birmingham news broke I was a bit concerned.

Fantastic achievement, although when you look at that list Tony has posted it does underline that we’re playing catch-up a bit. Hopefully the last three years has been spent building very solid foundations.

Well done to the club and staff that have made this happen. Great end to the season.

ClaretTony wrote: ↑

Fri May 09, 2025 2:00 pm

What a strange post on this thread

Not really. It was used as another stick to beat the ownership with at the time.

NewClaret wrote: ↑

Fri May 09, 2025 2:04 pm

When the Birmingham news broke I was a bit concerned.

It was strange because I couldn't find any other reference to it other than directly from Birmingham. That's been similar with us though, I thought the Premier League might have announced it.

gandhisflipflop wrote: ↑

Fri May 09, 2025 2:11 pm

Not really. It was used as another stick to beat the ownership with at the time.

I think if we are fair about this we have to give credit where credit is due. Losing Cat 1 was definitely another device to have a pop at the Ownership structure. We don't have to agree with everything they get up to, but it's worth remembering that whatever ultimate aspirations they have for the club, they will only be realised if we are successful

ClaretTony wrote: ↑

Fri May 09, 2025 2:12 pm

It was strange because I couldn't find any other reference to it other than directly from Birmingham. That's been similar with us though, I thought the Premier League might have announced it.

Exactly my thoughts Tony.

Papabendi wrote: ↑

Fri May 09, 2025 2:20 pm

I think if we are fair about this we have to give credit where credit is due. Losing Cat 1 was definitely another device to have a pop at the Ownership structure. We don't have to agree with everything they get up to, but it's worth remembering that whatever ultimate aspirations they have for the club, they will only be realised if we are successful

They were rightly criticised. And it's taken too long to get the cat 1 back. But at least we've got there and that deserves credit as well.

Grand.

Goliath wrote: ↑

Fri May 09, 2025 2:31 pm

They were rightly criticised. And it's taken too long to get the cat 1 back. But at least we've got there and that deserves credit as well.

Why has it taken too long? Was always going to be a process

Absolutely brilliant

Well done to all those involved in achieving this

Papabendi wrote: ↑

Fri May 09, 2025 3:17 pm

Why has it taken too long? Was always going to be a process

They should never have lost it.

Not great stats.

gandhisflipflop wrote: ↑

Fri May 09, 2025 2:11 pm

Not really. It was used as another stick to beat the ownership with at the time.

Because it was fair, poor management lost us the Cat 1 status in the first place.

I'm happy they've put it right but surely you're not suggesting that as fans we can't criticise the running of the club when somthing goes wrong? Truly bizarre.

At the bottom of the Training Ground Guru article it says we're 54th from 97 in a ranking of academies. Does anyone know what that's based on?

dibraidio wrote: ↑

Tue May 20, 2025 2:54 pm

At the bottom of the Training Ground Guru article it says we're 54th from 97 in a ranking of academies. Does anyone know what that's based on?

You'd suspect end product aka number of academy products in the 1st team squad.......?

dibraidio wrote: ↑

Tue May 20, 2025 2:54 pm

At the bottom of the Training Ground Guru article it says we're 54th from 97 in a ranking of academies. Does anyone know what that's based on?

I think it's their productivity rankings.

Basically how many first team minutes players from the academy have had (not necessarily for the team where they came through). Higher weighting for playing at a higher level.

So we have regained the academy status then, is that right?

bobinho wrote: ↑

Tue May 20, 2025 3:19 pm

So we have regained the academy status then, is that right?

Yes, announced on 9th May.

https://www.uptheclarets.com/clarets-aw ... ne-academy

Where have I been???

Happy with this.