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Please read our Please read ourCertainly in terms of how long it takes to build an Academy capable of producing first team level players on a regular basis.Coming back to the here and now, on Saturday the Newcastle United under 18s were playing their final league game of the season.
Things don’t radically transform overnight at academy level after a decade and a half of going backwards under Mike Ashley, who refused to allow the essential resources to allow the younger age levels to prosper BUT clear signs of improvement as you can see, last season second bottom and struggling as is usually the case.
This season eighth of thirteen but as explained above, this season has been the best in many years AND as you can see from the table above, a draw yesterday would have seen Newcastle finish sixth above Liverpool, whilst a win would have taken NUFC into a final position of fifth. In this age group you are always more likely to see occasion freak and/or extreme results and Newcastle actually finished three places and seven points above Everton, whilst on the very first day of the league season, NUFC beat Everton 4-2 at home and were actually winning 4-0 until added time.
Lower down the age scale at the club, things will take take time, BUT clear signs of progress already after, as well as the care and attention they had also been deprived of to a large extent. With a skeleton staff left running the entire club under the former owner.
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