THE EFL’s Youth Development Week concludes today – with latest figures clubs hand debuts to 161 showing that EFL Academy-developed players have visions, with academy-de-players across the three di- made over 3,000 appearances across the Champi-over 5,000 appearances veloped players making onship, League One and across the three divisions. League Two this season! Further key stats highlighting the EFL’s impor-From producing players for their own first team, tance to developing homegrown talent include: providing opportunities for the best young talent.
● In the Championship, from the Premier League, Blackburn and Bristol to helping England and City have led the way with their age-group sides to almost 30 per cent of their prosper, the latest statistics player minutes coming highlight the crucial role from academy graduates. being played by EFL clubs.
● Forty per cent of Shaun in creating the next generation of players. have been made up of Maloney’s Wigan team In total, those players academy graduates who have made 3,396 appearances, enjoying a total of minutes of playing time in have enjoyed over 13,000 213,021 minutes on the League One. pitch. EFL clubs have also.
● In League Two, Crewe’s continued to give valuable promotion push has been playing time to young players from Premier League with over 20 home-grown driven by young talent sides, with 200 players players representing the having enjoyed a loan spell club this season. in the EFL, making 2,278 EFL chief executive appearances so far this officer Trevor Birch said: season. “With many top players Many EFL players are having started their careers at EFL clubs and now on
