The decision means that the club will rank alongside 26 other elite Category 1 academies such as Liverpool, Manchester United, Arsenal and Chelsea. “He was player-manager at the time. “It just goes to show that throughout the age groups Palace have always developed very, very good players.”. “I didn’t want to go back home and neither did a few of the boys like Jobi McAnuff who lived back in north London. “In the build-up to the Inter Milan game, we trained on the morning of the match – a bit of light pre-season work,” Fray recalls. “He was one of the players where, if you keep him, he drops; if he drops, his value goes down and he isn’t happy and he hasn’t improved. Twitter: You can follow our dedicated Crystal Palace Twitter account, and Crystal Palace reporter Joe Doyle. To do this click on the cookie settings button below. Fray’s time with the Eagles coincided with Dowie’s tenure – a manager who was keen to offer youngsters opportunities and kickstart that Academy-to-first-team pathway that began with Dowie handing Tom Soares his Eagles debut the year before. “Not just because of our production line but also the way in which we went about winning our games,” Fray adds. Here are the first 11 players handed their senior debuts by the manager, and how they’ve fared since. Omer Riza on his one Arsenal game, ‘wasted’ time at West Ham & more, A tribute to Dennis Bergkamp, Arsenal hero and ultimate football genius, solitary Premier League appearance against Newcastle, ‘A hiding to nothing’: The story of Rhys Weston’s one PL game for Arsenal, Where are they now? Click through the gallery above to relive all the south London and proud Academy graduates that the club have produced. However, like so many first team players, Mitchell is due to see his contract expire at the end of the season. The 21-year-old left-back has continued his run of starts into this season, starting in all five games so far. “They were doing all their interchanging: Adriano was playing through the middle but drifting out to my side; he was an absolute unit. Dowie was ready to give a handful of hungry youngsters the opportunity and put in a request to now-Academy Director Gary Issott for a few players to make up the numbers in training. "Our ambition is to have one of the country’s leading football academies to capitalise on the hotbed of footballing talent in south London. Since then, Tyrick Mitchell has joined his young teammate in appearing for Palace in a first-team league clash. "Assisting him were a raft of academy graduates: Kurt Zouma heading home, Callum Hudson-Odoi disciplined and daring in equal measure and Tammy Abraham, always threatening, not least when trying to grab a penalty off Jorginho at the end. That night, Fray did himself proud. “I remember having a fight with Vieira and getting sent back down to the reserves because of it. Despite Fray’s respect for his opponents he clearly hit the sweet spot of not allowing any pre-match excitement to overawe him. Graduate Intervention Tutor in Graduate, Teacher, Further education with HARRIS CITY ACADEMY CRYSTAL PALACE. 29, Average age: The Premier League has awarded Crystal Palace's Academy Category 1 status following an independent assessment – the highest category possible for academies in the country. But “as soon as the whistle went, it was just like I was playing another game. Peter Taylor’s 16 months at the helm came and went, and Neil Warnock arrived with the sole objective of steering the Eagles away from the relegation zone. 17 of Arsene Wenger’s best quotes: ‘God created man, I am only a guide’. “Because the games against Walsall and then Coventry City in the next round were competitive games they were just as proud moments for me and my family – even if everybody always asks about the Inter game!”. “Emmerson Boyce and Danny Butterfield, two very good Premier League standard right-backs, were ahead of me,” he says. “I went to Germany on the pre-season tour and remained amongst the first-team squad when we got back. Mitchell’s recent performances and young age only further exacerbate the need to tie down the former Brentford academy player to a long-term deal on improved terms. Sky Sports and BT Sport have confirmed their latest television picks with the Premier League confirming Arsenal, Chelsea and Tottenham are included in the latest selections. “That’s when it hit me again: wow, I’ve just played for my boyhood club. In doing so, the 21-year-old became the 36th academy graduate to represent the first-team since 2004. Roy Hodgson has backed left-back Tyrick Mitchell to follow in the footsteps of fellow Crystal Palace academy graduate Aaron Wan-Bissaka and make a … “We were chilling at his and playing Pro Evolution and a few of the boys were playing as Inter Milan.”. Brandon Pierrick came on for Martin Kelly in the 82nd minute and in doing so achieved two things: the forward became the second youngest Premier League debutant for the Eagles and he also changed the game. We had an incredible group of experienced pros and that helped us youngsters massively – the likes of AJ [Andrew Johnson], Fitz [Hall], Jobi [McAnuff], Clinton [Morrison], Mark Hudson, Dougie [Freedman], Emmerson Boyce, Mikele Leigertwood…loads.”. In one of the more surprising attempts at public reinvention in living memory, Roman Abramovich’s big-spending Chelsea have portrayed themselves as a hotbed for homegrown talent.. To an extent, this is true. Mail "This was Ben Chilwell’s afternoon, a Premier League debut to remember for his new club," writes Rob Draper for the Mail. The decision means that the club will rank alongside 26 other elite Category 1 academies such as Liverpool, Manchester United, Arsenal and Chelsea. By clicking "Advanced options", you can adjust the filter and only show players that never played for this club, but other clubs in the selected competition, etc. The midfielder joined Watford in 2000 in search of regular first-team football but was stabbed by a burglar a few months later. “I always had good-natured debates with friends at other academies at that time about which academy was best. After all, some of his experienced teammates were marvelling at the creativity of their Serie A opposition. Wenger developed a lot of talented players during his 22 years at the club, helping the likes of Cesc Fabregas and Hector Bellerin become first-team regulars. The schedule of an Academy player at Crystal Palace mirrors – as closely as possible – that of a first-team player to help aid the transition across Copers Cope Road. We can promise you any money offered in this way will be specifically targeted there and will not go to waste. "I would finally like to take this opportunity to thank the thousands of our supporters who have already generously committed to becoming Academy founder members, helping us further enhance this magnificent project for the benefit of our young players for years to come.". “Even in the Walsall game I was playing against someone I watched growing up: Paul Merson,” Fray says. Facebook: You can follow our Crystal Palace page here. 28.9, Foreigners: ... Tommy made twice as many Arsenal appearances before joining Crystal Palace in 2000 for £500,000. Wilfried Zaha, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Victor Moses, Nathaniel Clyne – these are but a few of the recognisable talents in recent years to have emerged from Crystal Palace’s academy. The decision means that the club will rank alongside 26 other elite Category 1 academies such as Liverpool, Manchester United, Arsenal and Chelsea. READ: Omer Riza on his one Arsenal game, ‘wasted’ time at West Ham & more. However, had the young defender been overwhelmed by the situation and the magnitude of his opponents, it would’ve been completely understandable. “Slowly I start to see the Inter Milan team walking past me and I’m looking up and down and realising: actually, you lot are bigger than Fitz! Stay up to date with all the latest with all the latest Crystal Palace news from the team at football.london across our social media channels. Former academy players This statistic shows how youth players of this club did later in their career, sorted by the number of matches played in the selected competition. Becoming the second player of the window to rejoin Crystal Palace, Nathaniel Clyne has returned to south London eight years after last representing the red and blues. The enhanced site, which will be fully accessible, is to be made available for community use through the Palace for Life Foundation, as the charity continues its school holiday programmes, disability teams and community engagement initiatives, providing development opportunities for thousands of young south Londoners. He played for another 10 years before retiring at the age of 31 and embarking on a career as a football agent. The striker joined West Ham in 1999 but spent most of his career either playing in Turkey or in the lower leagues in England. READ: Where are they now? He spent seven years with the Eagles before seeing out his playing career in the lower leagues in England.

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