PREMIER LEAGUE

YOUTH DEVELOPMENT RULES
TALENT IDENTIFICATION AND RECRUITMENT
Time/Distance Rules
212. Subject to Rule 234, each Club which operates an Academy shall be permitted to register
Academy Players who reside within the travel times measured from the location of the Club’s
principal venue for the provision of coaching and education set out in the following table.
Foundation
Phase
Permitted Recruitment time/distance
Youth
Development
Phase
Category 1 1 hour Seasons 2012/13 and
2013/2014:
• Under 15-Under 16:
no limit for Academy
Players engaged
in the Full Time
Training Model;
• 1 ½ hours for
all other Academy
Players in the Youth
Development Phase.
Season 2014/15
onwards:
• No limit for
Academy Players
engaged in the Full
Time Training Model;
• 1 ½ hours for all
other Academy
Players in the Youth
Development Phase.
Professional
Development
Phase
no limit
Category 2 1 hour 1 1 /2 no limit
Category 3 1 hour 1 1 /2 no limit
Category 4 N/A N/A no limit
Trials
213. Subject to the conditions set out in Rule 214, a Trialist may attend an Academy for up to six
consecutive weeks in any one Season without being registered provided that:
213.1. at least seven days’ prior written notice to that effect shall be given to any junior club
of which such Trialist is a member; and
213.2. before the trial commences his particulars shall be notified forthwith to the League by
sending to the Secretary PLYD Form 2 duly completed.
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