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Topic: Academy
101. Author: Playup_Pompey Date: Wed 17th Apr 2024. 08:36 having been at pitreavie last night im sure there is just relief from the players that they no longer have to drive there and risk loosing a wheel in the 100 potholes on that road. An absolute disgrace how run down it is Reply
102. Author: jake89 Date: Wed 17th Apr 2024. 11:10 Who owns Pitreavie? Is it still the pension fund set up by Masterton? Reply
103. Author: Alter Ego Date: Wed 17th Apr 2024. 12:52 Council own the road way to Pitreavie building so I would assume the potholes will be there for a while yet! Mon the Pars! Reply
104. Author: Pars-Al Date: Wed 17th Apr 2024. 13:39 Not a council adopted road if you look at the map of adopted roads on the Fife Council website Reply
105. Author: LochgellyAlbert Date: Wed 17th Apr 2024. 13:52 Thought Bayside were the big users at Pitreavie, lots of their branding around the complex? Reply
106. Author: theparsman1885 Date: Wed 17th Apr 2024. 14:10 Article on COWS now. https://dafc.co.uk/training-ground-adds-professionalism Includes this quote :- Training ground adds professionalism April 16, 2024 9:00 pm This week James McPake’s has been delighted to see the club’s own training ground starting to come to fruition. The astro surface has been commissioned at their Rosyth centre and no longer will he be plagued with questions about when it is coming at supporters’ meetings. He told the website:- “It’s been in the background for so long, and spoken about for so long. Every fans meeting there’s been questions, and rightly so, because it was a big thing. It’ll just be the astro at the start, but it at least gives us a base.” Have we reemployed the statement writer from our relegation season? No need for the snidey wee “plagued with questions” from supporters. Nice way to see what someone at the club thinks about fans daring to ask about the training ground. 😂😂😂 In seriousness I doubt the club or manager are that bothered about that really, and it’s a huge positive. Be interesting to see when the changing facilities will be placed at the training ground as reading the rest of the article, still expected to change at EEP before and after going to Rosyth? Reply
107. Author: P Date: Wed 17th Apr 2024. 17:17 desparado, Thu 11 Apr 21:27 LochgellyAlbert, Thu 11 Apr 11:08 A lot of clubs are picking up players now at 8/9 years of age, how they spot them at that age I don`t know. There are three players in my sons team….aged 9…..that look really good and I will be very surprised if they are not picked up by someone soon … a Hibs/Hearts for example….Pars ? Hope so but it seems we are still lacking in that department. Truth is, only about 1% of kids who sign up for professional teams academies actually go on to have a successful career in football. My son turned 7yo in March and is already training with Rangers and Celtic, he started with Pars Community and it was great but even though he was a stand out they never even told us they had a 2017’s team then by the time I identified it and asked they just said they were full without even seeing him so he went to Kelty Hearts. It’s waaay too young for senior teams at that age but he gets free top quality coaching - he still played with his existing team too so he experiences totally different styles of coaching. Will get to play at Ibrox or Murray Park and will periodically play at Toryglen with Celtic. These are all life experiences and they will without a doubt make him a better footballer than he otherwise would be for whatever level he ultimately settles at whether pub team or above (if he stays enjoying it). Celtic is a pathway scheme whereas Rangers (I think as it’s vague) is a catch and release thing where they renew with new kids regularly but that’s under review Reply
108. Author: par-91 Date: Wed 17th Apr 2024. 17:26 Playup_Pompey, Fri 12 Apr 10:11 agreed, we still managed to see kids from Kelty etc go over to Hearts academy rather than the 10mins along to glenrothes for Fife Academy. Picking up players from SPFL/EPL/Championship academies and givnig them a chance is very much a framework to build on. Does need a core of experience in the squad as well though. Worked well with guys like Josh coming from Nike and supported with Geggan who had a bit more experience Didn’t Falkingham sign from Arbroath, having joined them from St Johnstone? Or are you talking about another Josh? I’m actually a fan of signing guys like Otoo and KRH, who won’t make the cut at bigger clubs, but can play regularly and progress here. I’d also like to see us take some younger players from clubs in league 1/2 as well. The guy Reilly who was at Albion Rovers last season would have been a good option - I believe we did offer him a deal. We had a spell where that kind of strategy was fairly successful - signing guys like Kyle Turner, Josh Edwards, Euan Murray, Kevin Nisbet from clubs in lower leagues - but they were all capable of making that step up. Reply
109. Author: Ladswell_Thistle Date: Fri 19th Apr 2024. 14:38 LochgellyAlbert, Wed 17 Apr 13:52 Thought Bayside were the big users at Pitreavie, lots of their branding around the complex? All their teams seem to train there. However the older ones play games in Dalgety Bay (on the grass pitches) The astro at Dalgety Bay though appears to be home of the Swifts Fc and all their youth teams. 🤷‍♂️ Reply
110. Author: Dave_1885 Date: Sun 21st Apr 2024. 12:13 Crawford leaving Cowden now their seasons over to go on to a “new venture” as stated in their confirmation statement - could this be as our head of academy? Reply
111. Author: red-star-par Date: Sun 21st Apr 2024. 12:23 Dave_1885, Sun 21 Apr 12:13 Crawford leaving Cowden now their seasons over to go on to a “new venture” as stated in their confirmation statement - could this be as our head of academy? I hope so, for identification and development of talent, he would be a great choice Reply
112. Author: EastEndTales Date: Sun 21st Apr 2024. 14:00 Mare clubs this season than Tiger Woods that boy Ep.17 of East End Tales is out now with Andrius Skerla https://www.buzzsprout.com/1972630/15082607 Reply
113. Author: Indiapar Date: Mon 22nd Apr 2024. 09:08 It would make sense. A local boy that fits with the ethos of the academy. Reply
114. Author: Alter Ego Date: Mon 22nd Apr 2024. 09:24 Crawford would be the best person for the head of academy job. Mon the Pars! Reply
115. Author: JamesAndrew74 Date: Mon 22nd Apr 2024. 11:50 He’s not coming back. Looking at doing his own thing, was at Pitreavie over the weekend. Reply
116. Author: jake89 Date: Mon 22nd Apr 2024. 12:52 I don`t know if he has an eye for a good prospect, but Cardle does great work with the JC Academy. Obviously doesn`t need to be an ex-Par who leads up the academy! Reply
117. Author: Alter Ego Date: Mon 22nd Apr 2024. 21:56 Imo there has to be a problem that the club can’t get someone in as head of academy? Mon the Pars! Reply
118. Author: da_no_1 Date: Mon 22nd Apr 2024. 22:04 Alter Ego, Mon 22 Apr 21:56 Imo there has to be a problem that the club can’t get someone in as head of academy? Can`t or haven`t as yet? "Some days will stay a 1000 years, some pass like the flash of a spark" Reply
119. Author: Dave_1885 Date: Mon 22nd Apr 2024. 22:06 Nothing in the official article actually stated when he would step down - did he step down right away, when a replacement is found or when his contract ends? Reply
120. Author: Alter Ego Date: Mon 22nd Apr 2024. 22:36 I think the problem is there are still the old school Fife Elite coaches still there in the academy… Mon the Pars! Reply

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