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The Premier League Academy Awards took place at Wembley Stadium this week to recognise successes and achievements across the Academy system throughout the 2025/26 Season. The Scholar of the Year award recognises an U18 Academy player from each Premier League Club who has excelled in all aspects of the Scholarship Programme and is a role model to other players. Congratulations to CCC client Oser Okpiabhele who won Norwich City’s Scholar of the Year and received his award from Alan Shearer....

Crystal Palace beat Manchester United on penalties in the final of the U18s Premier League Cup at Selhurst Park. United, featuring rising stars such as JJ Gabriel and Chido Obi, led 1-0 before a 94th minute penalty equaliser by Palace’s Ben Casey sent the game to extra time. The sides had met just days earlier in the FA Youth Cup semi-final, with Darren Fletcher’s United progressing after extra time at Old Trafford. Delighted for Palace U18s coach, Javier Delgado, who has always been very...

Chelsea’s Academy is famous for producing talented young players and winning youth titles. This season, the U21s won the league phase of Premier League 2 but were beaten in the quarter-final stage of the play-offs by rivals Tottenham. They also narrowly lost in the UEFA Youth League last 16 to Real Madrid. Jesse Derry, Ryan Kavuma-McQueen and Shim Mheuka have all starred with all three making their first team debuts this season - Mhueka also won the PL2 Player of the Season. The U18s won the...