Yes all looks very positive.

Last line of the article on the News and Star site says Nigel Clibbens was instrumental in setting up the link with Park View. Well we knew it wouldn't have been Keith. ;-)

Great stuff, some players just need that extra couple of years to develop after their apprenticeship. I wonder if a deal is in place where any of the lads who can make the grade, that they are definitely ours, last thing we want is to monitor all this and a club or agent dive in and take them somewhere else, I know an agency mentioned alongside the "billionaire" are signing up a lot of college players around the north east, if only one of them makes it they make their money.

But all looks really positive and hopefully in next couple of years we have some lads coming over in to the club.

Well done all involved!

Yes all looks very positive.

Last line of the article on the News and Star site says Nigel Clibbens was instrumental in setting up the link with Park View. Well we knew it wouldn't have been Keith. ;-)

Agree it does look very positive and I suppose it would give the lads coming out of our youth team that KC clearly didn’t think were ready to go into our first team squad somewhere to play for a year if required. I take it we must be paying a amount of money for this. Wonder if it’s coming out of the first team budget or if a sponsor could be helping.

Shows that they're definitely trying to increase the emphasis put on the youth team and getting some saleable assets again.

For clarity, it’s a completely separate set-up from our Youth Team, and appears to be for lads who are released at 16 who don’t get picked up by Pro Clubs.

This new partnership will provide pathways for 16 to 19-year-old footballers who are not affiliated to professional club’s academies the chance to be part of a football scholarship scheme, representing Carlisle United in a National League structure.

So basically, we should already be picking up the best of the cast offs for our Youth Team, then the leftovers can have a second chance in this new set-up.

Link to the League here: http://www.nfyl.co.uk/

I am not too sure that there is much to be gained from this. That same academy have a side this season in the league playing as "Berwick Rangers".

For every Berwick Rangers you've also got a Coventry, Crystal Palace, Birmingham, Burnley and two Sunderlands.

For every Berwick Rangers you've also got a Coventry, Crystal Palace, Birmingham, Burnley and two Sunderlands.

Total cop out and waste of time

A proper development squad is whats needed and Jenkins should fund it like the guy at Fleetwood does.

This just doesn't make any sense whatsoever one-minute they're talking about it being a 16-18 north east based Acadamy to mirror the one at BP. Then they're going on about it being somewhere to send the players at the end of their scholarships for a year.

They clearly cant see that all they're doing is getting involved in sham scheme lads who get finish their academy at 18 that the club think might be good enough should join a development squad who would have an arrangement with a non league club to take advantage of dual registration where they will play men's football at the weekend for them and midweek for our development squad as thats the only way to find out if they.ll be good enough.

I just can't understand this fixation with education don't they realise that there are millions of lads out there who.ve had enough of that by the time they get to 16 and just want to concentrate on making a career in football where their skills will find their own level whether its the PL or the Unibond and all forcing them to study does is piss them off.

I'd guess it's something to do with the law.

https://www.gov.uk/know-when-you-can-leave-school

This seems to be what the academy boys are known as ...anybody remember how the partnership with this NE Academy works. Just reading their pre-season fixtures on the website..all NE teams with bizarrely Plymouth Argyle slotted in on Aug 8th..played at the Riverside

A link in pretty much name only to me. We still run our own U18 team...

I think they are a bit of a 2nd chance/last chance saloon for the young lads released by academies or who never got taken on but who have developed later (or still hold delusions of being a pro footballer).

Probably about 1 in 300 might be any good and the others will hopefully get some qualifications of some sort.

It’ll prob be filled by lads who can’t be arsed going and getting a job like the rest of us.

The U17’s have won their Division (North Division):

https://twitter.com/carlislepv/status/1113526034723373056?s=21

The U19’s are also top of the League (North/Mids Premier Division):

http://fulltime-league.thefa.com/ProcessPublicSelect.do;jsessionid=92805283B5961E25FF4C12406DF9F4C7?psSelectedSeason=97541937&psSelectedDivision;=711668734&psSelectedCompetition;=0&psSelectedLeague;=889263802

Not sure I understand the purpose of this tie up. Are the club going to get players coming through that will benefit the first team or is it merely a tie up with no benefits.

maybe its friends with benefits

Not sure I understand the purpose of this tie up. Are the club going to get players coming through that will benefit the first team or is it merely a tie up with no benefits.

I thought we'd benefit from being able to pluck some of the better players for our youth team but a couple have gone to Sunderland so I've no idea.

This is just bizarre now?!

https://twitter.com/carlislepv/status/1114461489421803520?s=21

Another team benefit...

https://twitter.com/carlislepv/status/1117775430059200512?s=21

Question for your fans thing next time round CCU.

"More Tory Bollocks no doubt"

More Labour bollocks. The Education and Skills Act 2008.

Not like NS to get it wrong.

A successful season...

https://twitter.com/carlislepv/status/1131957854645178373?s=21

https://twitter.com/carlislepv/status/1134216763414122497?s=21

So how many do we get to sign with this partnership. The same number than if we didn't have one with them.

NC explained how it works at CUSG.

Basically the Park View Academy approached the Club for the link. They then purchase all their Kit and Training Gear from us.

We get first dibs on any ‘prospects’ and the lad who went to Sunderland, we said ‘no thanks’ about. If any Player has said no to then went on to a good career, they’d obviously review why they said no etc.

Piece on BBCRC right now about it...

I'm not sure we said no regarding that lad that went to Sunderland. He just preferred the Mackems. Tie up or not you can't force them to come to Carlisle!

This is just bizarre now?!

https://twitter.com/carlislepv/status/1114461489421803520?s=21

Seemingly was signed by Hansa Rostock!

https://twitter.com/nfylu19/status/1144682646951354368?s=21

And another lad on Trial with Burnley:

https://twitter.com/pvsportacademy/status/1148441422569385984?s=21

If these players are good enough to go on trial at clubs higher up than us wtf are they not coming here first. What is the point in our club putting our name to this if we are not getting first call????????

We do get first call, so we must’ve deemed them not good enough...

Really don't see the point in this connection we don't seem to have benefited in any way from it up to now.

We do get first call, so we must’ve deemed them not good enough...

who the [censored] is looking at them from the club?

Another kid off to Burnley on trial:

https://twitter.com/carlislepv/status/1166294391922790400?s=21

Doesn't mean he's any good!

No but there’s a continual theme here...

The words chocolate and fireguard spring to mind

https://twitter.com/carlislepv/status/1205585691922616321

Brilliant guest of honour. Very good that these young first teamers in the making are meeting such household names.

I read it as the former captain of the park view team , now captain of York city came to see them .the lads should see it’s doable if they were playing with him last year now he’s kind of made it ,
Maybe get maradonna in next time

Another random one!

https://twitter.com/carlislepv/status/1223697527519662080?s=21

I'd forgotten about the whole Park View thing, cheers for the update.

I’m still wondering how this benefits Carlisle United.

I’m still wondering how this benefits Carlisle United.

They buy a rake of kits and training gear in the Club Shop!

Is it connected to the club at all and if so do they get any money from that signing?

Syria B has similar attendance average's to league but with much lower turnovers.

Chievo Verona has an average of 3,730 this season.

How old is this kid? I very much doubt there was a fee paid.

We're sending players to syria!! Isis away next week lads, though place to go

We're sending players to syria!! Isis away next week lads, though place to go

Aleppo away some do!

Dam ask us if we should continue with this partnership.

Thought we might have got some players through the link but up to now I can’t see exactly why we are linked to something of no apparent value to us.

Thought we might have got some players through the link but up to now I can’t see exactly why we are linked to something of no apparent value to us.

Do we not even Mecca Prophet?

Could be a good question for the CUFC Directors' Forum, not much point Babylon and on about it here.

If one played for Carlisle, their parents might come to the game and then have a drink down Botchergate, which would help the Cally fate.