EYEVISION Issue II 01/2011 - Eyevis Gmbh
EYEVISION Issue II 01/2011 - Eyevis Gmbh
EYEVISION Issue II 01/2011 - Eyevis Gmbh
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) eyevis cooperations<br />
it’s 1:0 for burnley fc<br />
At the heart of British soccer<br />
n <strong>Eyevis</strong> UK & <strong>Eyevis</strong> GmbH are extremely<br />
proud to be associated with the Burnley<br />
Football Club ‘Centre of Excellence’ which<br />
specialises in the development of young<br />
football players within the highest levels<br />
of professional football within the English<br />
Football League.<br />
An <strong>Eyevis</strong> 57-inch HD industrial quality<br />
LCD display is used for communication<br />
and presentation functions within the BFC<br />
Centre of Excellence.<br />
Burnley Football Club (affectionately known<br />
world-wide as the ‘Clarets’) was founded in<br />
1882, is one of the oldest football clubs in<br />
England and is one of the original twelve<br />
founder members of the English Football<br />
League, formed in 1888, and last year BFC<br />
enjoyed its first ever year in the Premier<br />
League (beating the likes of Manchester<br />
United, Everton & Tottenham)<br />
The youth development programme within<br />
the club goes back as early as 1907 for local<br />
school boys whilst today the ‘Centre of<br />
Excellence’ has a total of over 230 young<br />
players within its operation ranging from<br />
age groups 5-9; school boy 9-16 and full<br />
time permanently employed youth team<br />
players aged 16-18, with players involved<br />
from a wide range of countries including<br />
England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland,<br />
Southern Ireland, Belgium and Australia.<br />
There have been too many excellent<br />
players to mention here as testaments<br />
to the success of the BFC youth policy,<br />
however some that stand out during very<br />
recent times include Kyle Lafferty (now<br />
with Glasgow Rangers) Chris McCann (1st<br />
team BFC player currently injured) and Jay<br />
Rodriguez (Burnley born, 21 years old who<br />
has now claimed a regular 1st team place in<br />
the current BFC squad this season).<br />
There are over 100 full and part time staff<br />
involved within the ‘Centre of Excellence’<br />
operation including professional coaching<br />
staff, sports science professionals,<br />
physiotherapists and scouts who are<br />
employed all over the world to look for<br />
emerging and promising young football<br />
talent.<br />
The advanced, state-of-the-art <strong>Eyevis</strong><br />
technology sits perfectly well with<br />
the ambitious plans for the ‘Centre of<br />
Excellence’ to continue the development<br />
of its facilities in order to reach the football<br />
league’s full ‘Academy Status’.<br />
bottom: Martin Dobson and Steve Murphy
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