AFC Sudbury Academy are pleased to extend their development programme to include foundation phase teams at the following age groups, Under 9s, 10s, 11s and 12s for the 2025/26 season & beyond.

With the progress made on the second 3G pitch at AFC Sudbury now is a great time to launch our next stage of the development pathway by forming teams in the U9s, U10s, U11s and U12 age groups that will be overseen by the AFC Sudbury Academy staff.

In line with the Academy youth development phase (U13s - U16s) the foundation phase will train two evenings a week with a weekly games programme of league football on Sunday's and friendly fixtures arranged to challenge players accordingly in the half term and on training evenings.

AFC Sudbury Academy Manager, Craig Power " We feel the increase in training time of three hours pre week (83 sessions in a year) for the younger players with the same coaching staff will accelerate individual development. Furthermore with all foundation phase teams training on the same evening this allows flexibility to be creative with our training syllabus which will be of benefit to players".

Trials have been confirmed for the following dates

Under 9s - Tuesday 3rd June, 5:30pm - 7pm & Tuesday 10th June 5:30pm - 7pm

Under 10s - Tuesday 3rd June, 5:30pm - 7pm & Tuesday 10th June 5:30pm - 7pm

Under 11s - Thursday 5th June, 5:30pm - 7pm & Thursday 12th June 5:30pm - 7pm

Under 12s - Thursday 5th June, 5:30pm - 7pm & Thursday 12th June 5:30pm - 7pm

Please note players will be selected to attend the second trial date following the first trial period.

To register for a trial please complete the below form (you may need to copy and paste the below link to your browser)

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