Mawhinney hopes Football League clubs produce more home grown players like English international Theo Walcott (image courtesy of PL Hee)The Times has announced today that the Football League chairman, Lord Mawhinney plans to introduce the “Home Grown Players” rule in a bid to groom more England players.
The rule would mean that clubs have to have at least four members of their match-day squads who qualify as domestic players.
To qualify as a domestic player, the player has to have been registered in England for three seasons before their 21st birthday.
Genuine need for an English quota
The rule would mean that clubs have to have at least four members of their match-day squads who qualify as domestic players.
To qualify as a domestic player, the player has to have been registered in England for three seasons before their 21st birthday.
Genuine need for an English quota
The fact that there is a genuine need for an English quota to be introduced into the football leagues – the Championship, League One and League Two – illustrates how widespread the issue of foreign player recruitment has become.
The clubs in the three lower leagues do spend £30 million a year, however, on developing home grown talent.
And to great effect. As Mawhinney points out:
The clubs in the three lower leagues do spend £30 million a year, however, on developing home grown talent.
And to great effect. As Mawhinney points out:
"Fourteen of the 23-man England squad that beat Germany in Berlin last week were
developed by youth development programmes at Football League clubs".
And with this extra impetus, we should see more special players like Ashley Young (from Watford), Theo Walcott (Swindon Town and Southampton) and Micah Richards (Oldham Athletic) coming through the ranks and breaking into the England senior side.
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