Wilf Mannion, George Camsell, George Hardwick, Brian­ Clough, John Hickton, David Mills, Tony Mowbray, Gary­ Pallister, Stuart Ripley, Stuart Parnaby, Lee­ Catermole, Cameron Jerome, Stewart Downing, David­ Wheater, Tony McMahon, Andrew Taylor, Jonathon Grounds,­ Adam Johnson and Tom Craddock. They are just 18 names­ of many who have came out of the Boro youth system and­ have done well in the football world. It is nice to see­ that we are now getting better in the fact we are now­ producing foreign talent. Gareth Southgate, all the­ best, keep up the good work. Get a top 10 finish that­ we can build on for next season. Keep the players­ coming through and hopefully soon our squad will have a­ average age of about 22, dont fall into the trap of­ relying on foreign clubs to provide us players, we are­ already sorted with a constant supply of young­ talent.

Also, well done Ross Turnball. Good­ consistency. Hopefully you will be a England­ international soon.

Come on Boro!!!

@fitnessgaming

English clubs are only allowed to sign­ up young English players for their academies if they­ live within a certain distance from their grounds.­ However, there is no restriction for signing­ non-English young players and bringing them through the­ academy. I think this rule was brought in to stop the­ big clubs hoovering up all the young players in the­ country, and maybe this is why there are now very few­ English players within the Man U or Arsenal set ups,­ and loads of foreign ones. Boro have stolen a march on­ the north east clubs around them, and so get a lot of­ youth players from the Teeside area, but they can't­ sign English players from outside this area without­ buying them from other clubs, where as foreign players­ Gal-Andrezly (or Brad Jones) can be signed with only a­ small amount needing to be paid in compensation.

Thats­ how I understand it anyway. The upshot is, that­ Southgate and the Boro scouts are doing a terrific job­ considering the size of the club.

but it says a lot about the youth coaching in this­ country that Middlesboro, with a fantastic accademy­ themselves, have to look outside the uk for young­ talent. skills coaching starts at 5 years old, and its­ only now that Trevor Brooking has won his battle at the­ FA to fund a professional coaching structure to support­ the amateur volunteers that coach from 5 yrs on. so its­ going to be another 10 years before we get a flood of­ English talent into the academies with the sort of ball­ skills the French Brazilians Croats etc etc etc take­ for granted. Then not only will we have the best league­ in the world, but the majority of players will be­ English again, England will win the World and European­ cups, and hopefully the eufa president will finally­ acknowledge what is going on in English football as­ good.

southgate... an up and coming wenger

well done boro

Another good youngster coming to a progressive club who­ will give youth a chance. Keep finding the young gems­ can only be good for the future of the club.

Up the­ Boro.