I've heard it's a somewhat cynical means to making money.

Hover up thousands of kids with some talent and get the parents to fork out hundreds of pounds a year without ever getting close to the actual academy.

Posted By: lurd on February 13th 2019 at 14:04:40

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This is an enjoyable read (warning TW*T link) (NCFC) - Jim, Feb 13, 10:27:57
- thanks for this most interesting link (NCFC) - fond, Feb 13, 14:41:45
  - I would think that most scummer children are more likely to want to follow the mighty (NCFC) - essexcanaryOTBC, Feb 13, 15:04:06
- i can't believe they've only just woken up to this (NCFC) - Ralf Scrampton, Feb 13, 12:52:03
  - Agree, you snooze....you loose (NCFC) - BSE Canary, Feb 13, 13:27:15
    - St Edmundsbury has always been a bit 50/50 though, hasn’t it? (NCFC) - APB, Feb 13, 13:46:01
      - It's around 30 miles but yes quite a few yellas in BSE (n/m) (NCFC) - BSE Canary, Feb 13, 14:03:16
        
        yep, even in their heyday there were a lot of norwich fans there (NCFC) - Worzel Scrimmage, Feb 13, 15:34:29
        
        me for a start .. (NCFC) - paulg, Feb 13, 16:26:25
        
        Yes about the same time the Digital Phone company were in town selling City stuff (n/m) (NCFC) - BSE Canary, Feb 13, 15:41:08
        
        Yeah, it's definitely disputed territory. (NCFC) - Worzel Scrimmage, Feb 13, 15:55:09
- Unearthing gems... (NCFC) - Cardiff Canary, Feb 13, 12:49:49
  - Yes. North Suffolk has been pretty yellow throughout my lifetime but (NCFC) - Jim, Feb 13, 13:16:47
    - I’d be a bit narked if it was the other way round though. (NCFC) - APB, Feb 13, 13:47:41
      - Yep. Completely. (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, Feb 13, 14:10:59
      - absolutely (n/m) (NCFC) - Jim, Feb 13, 13:56:23
    - The video shown at the AGM highlighted what great work is done community wise (NCFC) - BSE Canary, Feb 13, 13:29:45
- My youngest son used to play in the Suffolk Norwich PDC (NCFC) - strap_on sally, Feb 13, 12:26:32
  - Did you manage to get there on time? (n/m) (NCFC) - Liv, Feb 13, 14:04:09
  - whats a pdc pal (n/m) (NCFC) - MIKEWALKER, Feb 13, 12:33:31
    - Whatever you want it to be, (NCFC) - strap_on sally, Feb 13, 12:39:23
      - this is the Suffolk based Norwich PDC (NCFC) - strap_on sally, Feb 13, 12:42:53
        
        That's really quite impressive. I love the fact that Ipswich supporting parents have to (NCFC) - Jim, Feb 13, 13:14:24
        
        I've heard it's a somewhat cynical means to making money. (NCFC) - lurd, Feb 13, 14:04:40
        
        There is an element of that, (NCFC) - strap_on sally, Feb 13, 17:16:04
        
        No different to any other kids club (NCFC) - CWC, Feb 13, 14:26:44
- We're turning their younglings against them, and making the TownParents (NCFC) - MIKEWALKER, Feb 13, 11:43:20
  - They should have to pay a surcharge, really (n/m) (NCFC) - Old Man, Feb 13, 11:57:17
- "the opportunity to make themselves East Anglia's main club and make us irrelevant" (NCFC) - Old Git, Feb 13, 11:04:22
  - Tsk, you and your facts. "Reality" is the main problem they seem to have. (NCFC) - Old Man, Feb 13, 11:55:59
    - To be fair (NCFC) - Clairvoyant Creosote, Feb 13, 12:44:41
      - Oh yes (NCFC) - Old Git, Feb 13, 15:17:31
  - All of that (NCFC) - paulg, Feb 13, 11:08:39
- "Ipswich Town are not really a community football club." - again, a scummer with clue (NCFC) - Yurik Hunt, Feb 13, 10:42:38
  - TWTD is (unfortunately) quite compelling reading at the moment (NCFC) - paulg, Feb 13, 11:04:20
    - Yes, I read that, they now want to be a "nasty team" with a "nasty manager" (NCFC) - BSE Canary, Feb 13, 13:33:01
- Parachute payments (NCFC) - Duck, Feb 13, 10:41:52
  - Nothing to do with Category 1 Academy, then (n/m) (NCFC) - watfordcanary, Feb 13, 12:37:53

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