19-04-2021, 04:55 PM
(19-04-2021, 04:46 PM)DeepBlue Wrote:I thought I heard Mark Kelly has resigned today.(18-04-2021, 10:38 PM)dsmg Wrote: I thought we were getting rid of it ???
Who on earth told you that ? The academy is a key part of the club's strategy.
All that has happened is that a lot of final year scholars have been released as happens most years, It is rare for more than 2 per year to get professional contracts and 2 have this year. I think people were perhaps surprised at which two though and maybe had expected Rew & Taggert or Bell.
The new academy manager replaces Jon Slater who had been filling in on a caretaker basis. Mark Kelly is unaffected and remains in his relatively new role as Player Development Manager.