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https://www.lcfc.com/news/2176088/lcfc-women-build-exciting-academy-pathway/press-release

 

LCFC Women Build Exciting Academy Pathway
Leicester City’s commitment to the growth of women’s football takes another step forward this summer, with the launch of a consolidated, enhanced academy journey for aspiring young players throughout the county.
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- LCFC Women launch a comprehensive academy system for girls from age 9
- Pathway aims to strengthen routes for talented players into full-time football
- Full LCFC Women’s operation to be based at the Club’s famous Belvoir Drive facility
- CEO hopes the programme can inspire generations of girls and young women

The LCFC Women Academy Pathway aims to promote both participation and elite talent development in Leicestershire, uniting connected stakeholders in the region under one programme for the long-term improvement of the women’s game.

LCFC Women will move into the FA Women’s Super League in 2021/22, having won promotion to the top division of the women’s game in England during their first season after turning professional last summer. More than half of the squad were home-grown in Leicestershire.

And the progress of the professional women’s team is supported by a long-term strategy of the game’s growth in the region, of which the LCFC Women Academy Pathway is a central feature.

The programme will see the Leicester City Girls’ Regional Talent Club (RTC) merge with the LCFC Women’s Academy to comprise a complete player pathway – from schoolgirl age groups (Under-9s to Under-16s), through to the Club’s three post-16 pathways and into the professional ranks.

The integrated pathway will continue to progressively build an accessible route for outstanding talent into full-time football in Leicester.

Alongside the Academy Pathway with teams competing across all age groups, the FA Weetabix Wildcats Girls’ Football Programme will continue to be the entry route into the programme, as well as providing a safe and welcoming introduction to football for players of all abilities.

All LCFC Women football operations will be based at the Club’s elite training facility at Belvoir Drive in the heart of the city. Graded Category One by the Premier League’s Elite Player Performance Plan, the facility became home to LCFC Women in 2021. Providing seven grass pitches, an indoor pitch, floodlit 3G pitch, performance gym and leading medical facilities, one of the best-equipped female-only football facilities in Europe will be the setting for all academy training and home matches.

Leicester City Chief Executive Susan Whelan said: “Increased participation, the development of outstanding talent and sustainable success at senior level are cornerstones of our vision for women’s football in Leicestershire. Establishing a comprehensive pathway for young players in one facility is crucial to us delivering on those objectives.

“There’s a wonderful symmetry to bringing those elements together at Belvoir Drive which, for more than 60 years, fostered such a remarkable bond between generations of players throughout our men’s age groups, right through to the first team. Aligning our women’s operations in a similar way is a fitting legacy for the facility, as young girls taking their first steps in game can be directly inspired by the stars of today’s women’s team.

“The continuity will help develop a culture inclusion, of aspiration and of excellence that can inspire girls and young women for generations to come.”

The LCFC Women Academy Pathway will be formed of three phases:

Phase 1
FA Weetabix Wildcats Girls’ Football Programme (ages 5-11)

Ensuring participation and enjoyment are the very fundamentals of the development of the women’s game in the county, the FA Weetabix Wildcats Girls’ Programme will be one of the programme’s central elements. A great way for young girls to stay active and increase their confidence whilst taking their first steps to try football for the first time, the Weetabix Wildcats training sessions provide a friendly and safe environment to play football, with open access to players of all abilities.

Click here to book your place on a FA Weetabix Wildcats Girls session today!

Phase 2
Schoolgirl Programme (Under-11s to Under-16s)

Players at all schoolgirl age groups will compete in FA competitions and fixture programmes against other top-level academies and boys teams across the country. Individual Development Plans (IDPs) – put together by coaching staff in consultation with every player – will be tailored to monitor and enrich personal, technical, and physiological development. Players at each age group will either have progressed through the Academy Pathway or been recommended through the FA Weetabix Wildcats Girls’ Football Programme or the Club’s wider talent identification process.

Phase 3
Three Post-16 Player Pathways (16+)

WSL Academy in partnership with Loughborough College (16-21)

A full-time, dual careers programme in partnership with an exciting new college partner, Loughborough College, competing in the FA WSL Academy League, providing aspiring young players with the opportunity to compete against the best academy clubs in the country, while pursuing their academic, vocational or work-based ambitions. Players will reach this phase either through the Academy Pathway or, initially, through open trials. Qualification will be based on football and academic criteria.

Brooksby Melton College (16-19)

Alongside the WSL Academy programme, the Club will continue the Higher Education partnership with Brooksby Melton College, offering 16–19-year-olds a pathway into post-16 football while studying the Level 3 Sport BTEC. 

Students who undertake this programme will train onsite at Brooksby’s 850 acre campus in the heart of the Leicestershire countryside, benefitting from a high quality, professional set-up which is also home to Leicester Tigers Rugby, Charnwood Rutland Netball and Future Elite Sports programmes.

Students on this pathway will compete in the AoC Sports League, a membership organisation for colleges, leading the development of sport and physical activity in 16+ education.

Visit and experience it first-hand by signing up to a Practical Session on Saturday 3 July, 11am-1pm. To sign up please email: [email protected] quoting ‘Brooksby Melton College & LCFCW Practical Session Open Day’.

For further information and how to apply for this course, click here. 

LCFC Women’s Reserve Team (16+)

Playing in the FA Women’s National League Reserves Pyramid, this team offers players a football-only option. The league provides the opportunity to enter into open age football, transitioning from youth football into the women’s game.

Leicester City's Head of Women & Girls Football, Russ Fraser, commented: “The three stages of the pathway are based on principles that meet with the Club’s long-term strategy for women’s football: participation through enjoyment; talent development through learning; and success through building a winning culture as players approach the senior ranks.

“The alignment of the pathway enables us to apply a consistent philosophy throughout those phases, giving confidence and a sense of belonging to every participant and creating an environment in which people can develop.

“We want to develop outstanding young footballers, but also outstanding young women, demonstrating the power of football to positively influence young lives.”

The process of inducting players from the Girls Regional Talent Club into the LCFC Women Academy has begun, as preparations for the start of the 2021/22 season continue. Details of potential open trials for relevant age groups will be released in due course.

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LCFC Women is delighted to confirm that nine of its first team stars have put pen-to-paper on new contracts ahead of the new 2021/22 Barclays FA Women’s Super League campaign.

- A total of nine LCFC Women players extend their contracts

 
The new season gets underway on the first weekend in September and preparations are now well underway with nine of last season’s star performers now committing their futures to the Football Club in the build up to its first season in the top division.
 
Last season’s top scorer and Supporters’ Player of the Season, Natasha Flint has agreed a new deal, alongside fellow forward Paige Bailey-Gayle, while Sophie Barker, Lachante Paul and Hannah Cain have also agreed to extend their stays with the Foxes.
 
In defence, Sam Tierney and Esmee De Graaf will both continue their LCFC Women careers, as well as the goalkeeping pair of Kirstie Levell and Demi Lambourne, with the countdown now on until the release of the new season’s fixtures.
 
The news comes after Ashleigh Plumptre and Charlie Devlin also committed their futures to the Club by signing new contracts to 2023 last month.
 
The 2021/22 Barclays FA Women’s Super League season will begin on the weekend of 3/4/5 September, with full fixture details to be confirmed on LCFC.com in due course.

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20 minutes ago, urban.spaceman said:

Seem to remember reading that they won’t. 

.......very much so......!!!!

......"All LCFC Women football operations will be based at the Club’s elite training facility at Belvoir Drive in the heart of the city. Graded Category One by the Premier League’s Elite Player Performance Plan, the facility became home to LCFC Women in 2021. Providing seven grass pitches, an indoor pitch, floodlit 3G pitch, performance gym and leading medical facilities, one of the best-equipped female-only football facilities in Europe will be the setting for all academy training and home matches..."

 

Taken from LCFC club announcement.

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6 hours ago, sacreblueits442 said:

.......very much so......!!!!

......"All LCFC Women football operations will be based at the Club’s elite training facility at Belvoir Drive in the heart of the city. Graded Category One by the Premier League’s Elite Player Performance Plan, the facility became home to LCFC Women in 2021. Providing seven grass pitches, an indoor pitch, floodlit 3G pitch, performance gym and leading medical facilities, one of the best-equipped female-only football facilities in Europe will be the setting for all academy training and home matches..."

 

Taken from LCFC club announcement.

So does that mean no supporters will be allowed in?

 

Or come to think of it, is that highlighted bit referring to all academy teams matches as I do know they will be playing their matches there. If Farley Way wasn’t up to scratch for WSL matches would Belvior Drive, surely their has to be supporters allowed and proper accommodation and facilities for them, stands, seating, toilettes, refreshments etc. 

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1 hour ago, Vlad the Fox said:

So does that mean no supporters will be allowed in?

 

Or come to think of it, is that highlighted bit referring to all academy teams matches as I do know they will be playing their matches there. If Farley Way wasn’t up to scratch for WSL matches would Belvior Drive, surely their has to be supporters allowed and proper accommodation and facilities for them, stands, seating, toilettes, refreshments etc. 

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://www.thefa.com/~/media/files/pdf/leagues/womens%20super%20league/ground-grading-fa-wsl2.ashx&ved=2ahUKEwiHkezcxtXxAhWJUcAKHfVvCdEQFjAAegQICRAC&usg=AOvVaw2nSz4UVvF9WgCXr7Bw7_79

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LCFCWomenSC

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5 hours ago, Vlad the Fox said:

So does that mean no supporters will be allowed in?

 

Or come to think of it, is that highlighted bit referring to all academy teams matches as I do know they will be playing their matches there. If Farley Way wasn’t up to scratch for WSL matches would Belvior Drive, surely their has to be supporters allowed and proper accommodation and facilities for them, stands, seating, toilettes, refreshments etc. 

It is indeed referring to the Academy games only. Shouldn’t be too long before plans are announced

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20 hours ago, davieG said:

LCFC Women is delighted to confirm that nine of its first team stars have put pen-to-paper on new contracts ahead of the new 2021/22 Barclays FA Women’s Super League campaign.

- A total of nine LCFC Women players extend their contracts

 
The new season gets underway on the first weekend in September and preparations are now well underway with nine of last season’s star performers now committing their futures to the Football Club in the build up to its first season in the top division.
 
Last season’s top scorer and Supporters’ Player of the Season, Natasha Flint has agreed a new deal, alongside fellow forward Paige Bailey-Gayle, while Sophie Barker, Lachante Paul and Hannah Cain have also agreed to extend their stays with the Foxes.
 
In defence, Sam Tierney and Esmee De Graaf will both continue their LCFC Women careers, as well as the goalkeeping pair of Kirstie Levell and Demi Lambourne, with the countdown now on until the release of the new season’s fixtures.
 
The news comes after Ashleigh Plumptre and Charlie Devlin also committed their futures to the Club by signing new contracts to 2023 last month.
 
The 2021/22 Barclays FA Women’s Super League season will begin on the weekend of 3/4/5 September, with full fixture details to be confirmed on LCFC.com in due course.

Not that it actually matters, but it would be interesting to know what they earn at that level. I know even the youth teams are paid well these days, but that's about them potentially being massive expensive assets, that could end up getting sold for millions, or save you millions in buying a player. Obviously the ladies game isn't there yet!

Vlad the Fox

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3 hours ago, LCFCWomenSC said:

It is indeed referring to the Academy games only. Shouldn’t be too long before plans are announced

Aahhh, that sounds like you know but aren’t telling. lol

 

I used to enjoy my Sunday afternoons in Quorn before lockdown.

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3 hours ago, LCFC1996 said:

Ashleigh Plumptre called up to the Nigeria squad for the first time for their training camp in Austria

Congrats to her! I've seen how much work and effort her and her dad have put into her training, so it must be an incredibly proud and exciting moment for them both.

Well done.

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