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Effc youths.

Well done Lorna and all involved.



East Fife Youth Academy achieve Legacy Level
Tuesday, 29 July 2014


East Fife Youth Academy have become the first club from Fife to be awarded the Scottish FA Quality Mark Award at Legacy Level.

Lorna McAuley, Head of East Fife Youth Academy, said: "When I became head of the academy, we looked at the Scottish FA Quality Mark criteria and it was evident we were ready to move up to the next level. We decided that the club had it in our capacity to go for legacy status."

"It has given us great pride to achieve Legacy status. We are one of only six in the east of Scotland to do so. The club is very proud of it, the youth academy is very proud of it and the whole local area is very proud of it."

The club's success on and off the field has lead to considerable growth. From the East Fife Youth Academy Soccer School to the Under 19 players on the cusp of the first team, there is a buzz about the club.

"We have taken on approximately 100 new kids in the last year. It's hard work, but if you turn up on a Saturday morning at any match and see the kids running about, full of pride, with their East Fife strips on. That's quite powerful."

"We strive to do the best we can for the young players. Hopefully one day, some of them will be running out at Bayview Stadium. For East Fife to be taking the field with home grown players would be to the benefit of the club and the youth academy."

Scottish FA’s East Region Manager Kevin Lee said: “East Fife Youth Academy is one of our flag ship clubs within the East Region and are leading the way in a number of developments.

"The club is a perfect example of how various sections of the football community can come together to deliver a shared vision. Lorna and her team achieved Quality Mark Legacy Status in 2013 and have ambitious plans to continue with their developments.

"We look forward to offering our continued support to them on their journey."


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Re: Effc youths.

great stuff, well done

Re: Effc youths.

Well done East Fife and the club

watch the link >> http://youtu.be/lJAt6y9HyhU

Re: Effc youths.

Cambuslang Fifer
Well done East Fife and the club

watch the link >> http://youtu.be/lJAt6y9HyhU


Tremendous stuff, big congrats to all involved. This is surely the way forward for our club.

Re: Effc youths.

Great stuff!!!

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Re: Effc youths.

Hopefully more home grown players will follow in Ross Brown's footsteps & play for first team, well done!!

Re: Effc youths.

Debbie B
Hopefully more home grown players will follow in Ross Brown's footsteps & play for first team, well done!!


Yeah one of the great example players the youngsters can look at and have a chance in reaching to the first team at Bayview like Ross, Dylan, Daryl, Lewis, Liam and David Maskrey and if there good enough, show in the youths/reserves and is interested to become a future and stick in they will archieve like them. also coaches who are interested in keep running the youths for long-term we will produce new talent every season as it shows it can work and the coaches will have a good cv from this if new in football coaching but Lorna has done wonders since McNeil left and we have reached legacy status from producing kids at East Fife, well done Lorna, the club and everyone efforts at/with the club in archiving this for the club and the future will be good long term which is great and love to see this at East Fife well done!

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Yes all very good ticking SFA boxes and having one of the best attended in relation to kids but in realistic terms unsuccessful on the field of play boys club set up. This is in comparison to other run initiatives in the area such as Glenrothes Strollers /Kennoways etc playing in same initiatives whether 7s or development football .
As for youths playing at pro youth can anyone who sees the real picture can see there will be no youths breaking through from East Fifes first team set up for I would estimate about 5years possibly. The players at the club just now will be the last for a lengthy period of time due to the almost disbanding of a pro youth set up and beyond upto reserve level in respect of elite academy ,
How many players did East Fife have success in joining these elite squads and ratio of players per to other Fife clubs .
Be very interested to know .
Just my observations on speaking with people in the know and taking a more strategic view of the current set up .


Re: Effc youths.

Efbab

Just my observations on speaking with people in the know and taking a more strategic view of the current set up .



You have spoken to people in the know,made your negative observations and given your strategic view of what's wrong. Please now share your strategic view on how the set-up should be run.

Re: Effc youths.

Well said NTOC and well done to Lorna and everyone involved in the youth academy. Keep up the good work.

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Aye well done EVERYONE involved in the East Fife academy at boys club level.

My other view is that it\'s going to virtually do nothing for East Fife, yes it reached legacy status but only at boys club level.......yes I still think it\'s good and well done but let\'s not kid ourselves.

East Fife have NO pro youths or reserves........they have about 3 players from under 15\'s up within the Fife Academy, not exactly successful. Another reason why we should have kept our Pro set up as guy\'s progress and develop at different stages.