Audit
Board
Recruitment
of Players
Coaching Programme
delivered
Philosophy and Vision
Club 1st Team
Feedback
Match day reinforcing
Philosophy and vision
National Sports Centre – Crystal Palace
Outdoor 3g
Dome
Portacabin Village
Stadium NSC
£
Regeneration of pitch
Refurbishment of dressing room
£
1 Office
3 Classrooms
1 Team meeting room
1 coaches dressing room
room
1 Players dressing room
1 Gymnasium
1 Meeting room
1 Players dressing
Beckenham Training Ground – Coper’s Cope Road
Pitch
Pitch
Pitch
Gym
S
Away Teams
First team
office
New Academy
office|
£
Academy
office
Home changing rooms
£
Refurbishment of dressing room areas for child
protection issues
Referees
Away staff
£
Audit timetable
We Must Display The Philosophy And
Vision In Everything We Do!
TIme
Duration Thursday
10:00
1:00
KPI 1, 2 & 10 (incl. Club and Academy Budget)
11:00
0:45
Interview CEO or member of board
11:45
0:15
Auditor Gearing
12:00
0:35
Club manager or Technical director
12:35
0:15
Auditor Gearing
12:50
0:40
Break
13:30
0:45
Interview Academy Manager and Head of Coaching
14:15
0:30
KPI 3
14:45
0:45
Individual interview with Foundation Phase coach - JM RQ
15:30
0:45
Individual interview with Youth Development Phase Coach - JW BG
16:15
0:45
Individual interview with Professional Development Phase Coach - BG GI
17:00
0:30
Transfer to Practical Audit: Session 1 & 2 (Discussion before with coach)
17:30
2:00
Session 1
18:00
2:00
Session 2
20:00
End day
End day 1
Time
Duration
Friday
10:00 0:30
Transfer to Practical Audit: Session 3 (Discussion before session
with coach)
10:30 2:00
Session 3
12:30 0:15
KPI 4
12:45 0:45
Break
13:30 1:00
Individual interview with Head of Education
14:30 0:15
Auditor Gearing
14:45 0:30
Individual interview with Goalkeeper Coach
15:15 0:45
Individual interview with 2 players (2 Scholars at same time)
16:00 0:30
Interview with Head of Sports Science and Medicine
16:30 0:45
Individual interview with Head of Recruitment
17:15 0:45
KPI5, 6, 7, 8
18:00 1:00
Facilities
19:00
End day 2
Time
Duration
Saturday
10:00
0:30
Practical Audit: Session 4 (Discussion before with session
coach)
10:30
2:00
Session 4 (If a game is observed on Saturday, the 4th coaching
session needs to be rescheduled)
12:30
0:30
Individual interview with 4 players (two players U11, two
players YDP at same time)
13:00
1:30
Database verification
14:30
End day 3
Time
Duration
Sunday
10:00
0:30
Auditors present during team talk (and half time)
10:30
0:30
Warming up
11:00
2:00
Games (s) U9-14 games programme
13:00
End of Audit
Crystal Palace Academy Vision 2012/2013
Player
outcomes
1.To produce a
Crystal Palace
first team
player from
the academy
every two
years.
2. To produce
more
homegrown
players
through the
Crystal Palace
system, more
than any other
London club.
3. To produce
young players
representing
their national
teams 16- 21
years.
Staff
1. To have
outstanding
youth
development
staff who
follow a
performance
syllabus
covering
physical,
technical,
tactical and
mental aspects
of the game.
Football Philosophy
1. To have a technical
programme that
ensures we are
consistently playing
attacking football
which will also
produce adaptable
players to play in
different styles and
systems.
2. To give the players
an outstanding
learning and
development
programme that
both unites and
nurtures young
players, to get the
best out of them.
Values
1. To have
values
embedded that
define and
ensure the
highest
standards of
behavior and
attitude in every
action by every
staff member,
parent and
player.
Education
1.To adopt a full
time education
training model for
14’s, 15’s,16’s age
groups. That will
guarantee with the
support network
that the players
will achieve their
ultimate academic
potential.
2. To expose the
players to as many
life skills as
possible and to
expose them to as
many different
workshops as
possible at the
football club.
Facilities
1.To supply the
players with
every
development
tool available
through out
current
facilities
Academy Player Vision
'To produce a senior international from the CPFC
Academy'
Technical Board
Chief Executive – Phil Alexander
Productivity
Target setting
Target achievement
Curtis Fleming Senior Development Coach
Dougie Freedman
Manager
U21’s selection
Selects first team
Loans
Delivery of syllabus
Progression to first team
environment
Lennie Lawrence
Technical Director
Observes U21 fixtures
Steve KemberRecruitment
Liase regarding first
team transfers
Gary IssottAcademy Manager
Progression pathway
Attends meetings
Youth international
Loaning of U21’s
Oversee coaching
Crystal Palace Coaching Philosophy
Tactical Philosophy
All Crystal Palace players
• Are expected to be able to defend and attack as an individual
• Are expected to be both footed by the time they come in as scholars
All Crystal Palace teams
• Are expected to know how to defend as a team, whether pressing from the front or dropping
off and holding as a team.
• Are encouraged to react quickly in transition, offensive and defensive
• Are encouraged to make the pitch big in possession and control the tempo of the game
• Are encouraged to play forward, making passes that take opponents out of the game
• Are encouraged to play quickly in and around the box demonstrating combination play
• Are expected to know how and when to rotate and interchange during the game
• Are encouraged to be creative in wide areas (creating 2 v 1’s) whilst getting players in and
around the box (3 & 2)
• Encourage players to express themselves at the right time and in the attacking third
U8’s- U12’s Philosophy
Technically proficient
 Two footed
 Sound decision makers in pressurised situations
• Talented individuals that play effectively in teams

U13’s- U18’s Philosophy
To produce teams that play good attractive football
and players that are both tactically aware and can
adapt to a variety of situations and formations
All teams to play with a back four and play out from
the back whenever possible
Crystal Palace Club Culture
Promote togetherness, train, eat, downtime, together as
one club
Extended family to reach out to players with
troubled backgrounds
Promote humility to develop individuals
Pathway to first team “if you’re
good enough you will get your
chance
Mixing younger players with senior players
Detailed training. Coaching programmes
Discipline to each other, team staff
Respect for each other , team, staff
Crystal Palace Academy Performance Targets
1 established Academy player in the first team every two years
1 Academy player debut every two years
19-21yrs x 4 loans to lower league clubs
3-5 professional players graduate from Academy to professional
ranks
1 youth international at each age group:
U21’s
U20’s
U19’s
U18’s
U17’s
U16’s
50% of U16’s released to find alternative clubs
London Academy’s Performance Table
These statistics are from September 2006-April 2012.
Club
Crystal Palace
Arsenal
Charlton Athletic
West Ham United
Tottenham
Brentford
6
Millwall
Chelsea
QPR
Fulham
Source;
Debuts
Appearances
20
618
10
10
6
8
186
159
246
67
26
4
3
4
1
59
30
24
18
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