PREMIER LEAGUE

GAMES PROGRAMME
General
116. Save as permitted by the Board, Clubs shall not affiliate to any other youth leagues or enter
any cup competitions except the Football Association Youth Challenge Cup.
117. An Academy Player whose registration is held by a Club which operates an Academy shall play
football only in a Games Programme or in Authorised Games and in coaching and training
games (participation in which is limited to registered Academy Players and Trialists) organised
by and played at an Academy.
118. A Club which operates an Academy shall not require, cause or allow an Academy Player whose
registration it holds to play football except as permitted by Rule 117.
119. Each Club which operates an Academy shall record in each Academy Player’s Performance Clock:
119.1. each match in which he has played; and
119.2. his playing time in each match.
Guidance
The Performance Clock may be used to record other playing information about the Academy Player, e.g. substitutions,
cautions, position played in. It forms part of the Performance Management Application which, as set out in the guidance
note under Rule 23, will be developed in consultation with Clubs. Until such time as the Performance Management
Application is finalised (likely to be July 2013), Clubs will be asked to use existing methods of information capture.
Performance Analysis
120. Each Club operating a Category 1 or Category 2 Academy shall:
120.1. have such technical facilities as are necessary to undertake the Performance Analysis
required of it by Rule 120.2;
120.2. undertake Performance Analysis (including, in the case of a Club which operates a
Category 1 Academy, by undertaking GPS evaluation in the Professional Development
Phase and in the Youth Development Phase if the Full Time Training Model is utilised)
of training activity and matches in the Youth Development Phase Games Programme,
the Professional Development Phase Games Programme and the Professional
Development League;
120.3. use the results of such Performance Analysis in its monitoring of the coaching and
development of Academy Players in the Youth Development Phase and the Professional
Development Phase; and
120.4. make available to the League such Performance Analysis data as it reasonably shall
require to undertake the benchmarking of data for that Academy against national trends.
121. Each Club operating a Category 3 or Category 4 Academy shall comply with Rule 120 but only
in respect of players in the Under 17 to Under 18 age groups.
122. Subject to a Club complying with Rule 120 or 121 (as appropriate depending on the Category of its
Academy), and to a sufficient number of Clubs (and Football League Clubs) likewise complying, the
League will make available to it benchmarked data derived from comparing the Performance Analysis
data it has submitted to the League with that submitted by other Clubs (on an anonymised basis).
Guidance
The League will produce further detail of the proposed national programme of Performance Analysis for the older Academy age
groups. The proposals in this regard will be presented to Clubs in due course. If Clubs approve these proposals, then (subject to
Club approval) a requirement will be inserted in the Rules for Clubs to contribute information to this national programme.
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YOUTH DEVELOPMENT RULES