Manchester City Girls' Academy is the youth development academy for Manchester City Women. Jayne Ludlow is its technical director.[1]

Manchester City Girls' Academy
Full nameManchester City Football Club Girls' Academy[1]
Founded1997; 27 years ago (1997)
GroundEtihad Campus
Manchester, England
Managing directorGavin Makel
Technical directorJayne Ludlow

The academy's most senior team is the Development Squad, which play in the FA WSL Academy League.[2] The academy also has age-group teams at under-10, under-12, under-14 and under-16 levels.[3]

History

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Manchester City Ladies were founded in 1988 by a member of Manchester City's community outreach programme.[4] Although the new club had a reserve side from the start, no junior section was created until 1997 when a member of the club's committee arranged for Manchester City Ladies to adopt the Stockport County Ladies under-14 team which the latter club were no longer in a position to support.[5] This provided the impetus for the club to arrange the creation of an entire youth academy, with under-10, under-12, under-14 and under-16 teams being made and filled with local girls.[6]

During 2000–01, the club experienced the most successful season in its history, with four teams winning their respective leagues, one successful in a league and cup double and the under-13's completing a treble.[citation needed]

Season 2002–03 proved to be another successful campaign, with first team finishing mid-table and consolidating their position at this level, while the under-12's won their league without dropping a single point. This was followed in 2003–04 when the under-13's won the Tameside League and Cup double, narrowly missing out in the final of the League Cup. Following on, the under-13 team competing in the following season (2004–05) had a clean sweep of the honours, winning the treble.[citation needed]

In 2003 the club achieved The FA Charter Standard Club award for both junior and adult sections.[citation needed]

Honours

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Due to a paucity of clear information and a proliferation of minor regional league competitions at youth level, only national-level titles recorded from the start of the FA WSL era have been recorded.

Development Squad

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  • FA WSL Academy League Northern Division
    • Winners (1): 2017–18[7]
  • FA WSL Development League Cup
    • Winners (1): 2017–18[8]

Under-16 Squad

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  • FA Girls Youth Cup
    • Winners (1): 2017–18[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "JAYNE LUDLOW MBE JOINS MANCHESTER CITY AS GIRLS' ACADEMY TECHNICAL DIRECTOR". Manchester City. 29 April 2021. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  2. ^ a b "DOUBLE DELIGHT FOR ACADEMY ACES". mancity.com. 14 April 2018. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  3. ^ "MAN CITY GIRLS' ACADEMY TRIALS". mancity.com. 23 May 2019. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  4. ^ James, Gary (2019). Manchester City Women: An Oral History. Halifax: James Ward. p. 27. ISBN 978-0-9558-1279-8.
  5. ^ James, Gary (2019). Manchester City Women: An Oral History. Halifax: James Ward. p. 81. ISBN 978-0-9558-1279-8.
  6. ^ James, Gary (2019). Manchester City Women: An Oral History. Halifax: James Ward. p. 17. ISBN 978-0-9558-1279-8.
  7. ^ "FA WSL Academy League - 2017–18". The FA. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  8. ^ "#FAWSL: Manchester City lift Development Cup". She Kicks. 14 April 2018. Retrieved 19 October 2019.