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Success story – Alex signs a professional contract after joining one of the elite football boarding schools that UK Football Schools recommend

Published Wednesday 25th of March 2020 04:38 PM

Alex was born in Washington DC to English parents and grew up playing for local academies until he was 18 years old where he was recruited to play Division 1 university ‘soccer’ in Boston. He was wanting to fully develop and give himself every opportunity to succeed in football and, after a year, realised this was not where he needed to be as he was struggling to get the best football provisions. Despite being in the same league as DC United, Philadelphia Union, Red Bull’s teams (top MLS clubs) he knew he needed to get out of the US and find soccer schools in England to take his talent to the next level.

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Christian Joined An Elite Football Boarding School In September 2019 And Has Had Recent Success With Receiving Professional Club Trials

Published Wednesday 25th of March 2020 10:34 AM

Christian had already attended our sister company UK Football Trials 5 day camp in the past and rekindled his flavour for English football during his time with us after moving away at a younger age. Last year Christian took the leap and contacted our team here at UK Football Schools to help find him a top private school in the UK where he could continue with his academic and football development at the highest level.

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Kanayo’s Success Since Joining A Top Private School For Football

Published Wednesday 25th of March 2020 10:06 AM

Kanayo’s Father came to UK Football Schools looking to find a boarding school with a football academy where he could continue with his education to a high level, but also develop his football on an elite football program. Kanayo was already studying in a football boarding school in England, which appears highly on search engines. However, he felt like he wasn’t getting the opportunities to progress. Kanayo knew if he were to make it to the level necessary, he would need to be working with elite coaches and showcasing his talent to professional clubs on a regular basis.

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UK Football Schools and Our New University Football Academy Programme

Published Friday 20th of March 2020 04:53 PM

Here at UK Football Schools we are always looking for the best programmes for football and education especially for high school graduates. This is a very important time in life of an aspiring footballer as they can be torn between going to university or leaving education for good to solely chase their goals of becoming a professional.

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Why you should concentrate on more than just school rankings when looking for the best football boarding schools in England…

Published Friday 28th of February 2020 12:35 PM

Why should you concentrate on more than just school rankings when looking for the best football boarding schools in England..?

Many parents take to google to answer their questions when looking for top boarding schools in England. They look for Ofsted reports and school table rankings… but does this necessarily make them the best as a football boarding schools? And is appearing at the top of google always the answer?

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Why does UK football training develop players differently to developing anywhere else?

Published Monday 24th of February 2020 08:51 PM

Is UK Football trials worth it…? Is UK Football schools worth it..? England have a proven record of producing fine young talent and it’s no coincidence that it is down to the UK football training and coaching system. You only have to look at recent European finals, World Cup squad and statistics and the upcoming Euro’s to see the quality of youth in England is excelling.

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