Nottingham Forest Academy And Under 21's

[Reds73]

For far too long the club  been content to sit back and say “well done Gary, isnt it marvellous all these players you are developing.”  but then not doing anything further to expand the Academy or give it a central place in how the club is run. The result is that however well we have done, other local clubs are ahead of us, have a look at Leicester’s development, it is in another universe to the ND academy.

It looks like the current owners are taking it far more seriously with Garys new role and plans for cat 1 status. We can compete because as it says in the article NFFC can point to proven development pathways which will attract good prospects but dont mistake we have some catching up to do.

The club can only apply for Cat 1 status once every three years though SM mate

Yes correct.
And the next assessment is in about 6 months so we are gearing up for then