Still the Academy of Football?
- Saturday, 15th September 2012
- Robert Watson
West Ham has been deemed as the Academy of Football in past times when we produced brilliant youth players such as Frank Lampard, Michael Carrick, Jermaine Defoe, Glen Johnson, Rio and Anton Ferdinand, Joe Cole plus more. Most of these players have gone onto play for world-class teams (of course including West Ham). Just imagine if we still had these players now. But in recent years, the youth system hasn’t produced that class of players.
A summer summary
- Monday, 10th September 2012
- Robert Watson
Here at KUMB.com we're always keen to give aspiring young writers the oportunity to share their thoughts with our readers. The latest to do just that is 16-year-old Robert Watson, who makes his site debut with a review of the recent transfer window...