Did you know only 1% of those in England’s football academy system will have a professional full-time career at a Premier League club?

All this considering that boys and girls as young as 3 are being scouted and signed to football clubs, dedicating a large part of their childhood to the game they love. Those who are in the system until they are 16, 99% of them are just... left behind. This is their story.

Prod: Andrew Spence

Asst Prod: Anne-Marie Batson

Writer: Drew Christie

Sound Design: Bernard P Achampong

Cuts: DJ Shorty 

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