The purpose of this research was to utilise a unique researcher vantage point (as embedded academy coach) to explore the experiences of male youth footballers (14-15 years old) at an English professional football academy. Participant observations and in-depth semi-structured interviews with twelve boys were used to generate data. The analysis focused upon (a) the competitive social organisation of the academy, (b) representations of masculinity (c) emotional proximity and what it means to be ‘friends’ in the academy setting, and (d) attitudes towards homosexuality. My findings highlight the limited ability of boys to develop trust and ‘deep’ friendships in this institutional context. These findings suggest that a hyper-competitive (neoliberal) market-driven rationality penetrates football academies and may play a role in altering the parameters of how ‘friendships’ can be lived and experienced for young people ‘on the inside’ of such institutions. Despite limitations on ‘friendships’ and emotional-proximity inside the academy, there was some evidence of inclusivity (c.f. Anderson, 2009), with regards to attitudes towards homosexuality. However, drawing on the concepts of complicity (Connell, 1987, 1995) and hybridity (c.f. Demetriou, 2001; Bridges, 2014), caution is maintained in describing these youth academy footballers as conclusively inclusive. Implications of these findings, limitations of this study and directions for future research are all discussed.

Title: Organization and management of football academies Objectives: The aim of this thesis is to create a general model for the organization and management of football academies by exploring key areas in work with youth in football club 1. FC Slovácko. The next object is to propose measures that would lead to the improvement of the conditions of preparation and education of young players in the club. Methods: The basic method in processing this thesis was "case study". I focused on a detailed examination of the case, Football academy in 1. FC Slovácko club. I used method "document analysis" and method "interview with the instructions" to collected necessary data and information relating to the football academy. Results: Using these methods I achieved goals that I had set. I created a generic model for the organization and management of football academies. I found out how works Football academy in Uherské Hradiště and I suggested measures, that could lead to the improvement of conditions and work with youth. Keywords: football, football academy, organization, children and youth

Syfte: Syftet med studien är att jämföra Malmö FF:s och IFK Göteborgs fotbollsakademier på högstadie- respektive mellanstadie-/högstadienivå. Att skapa förståelse för vad en fotbollsakademi i Sverige kan innebära och problematisera företeelsen utifrån förhållandet mellan tidiga selekteringar och den ökande professionaliseringen. Malmö FF:s och IFK Göteborgs ungdomsverksamheter beskrivs kort och jämförs för att kunna sätta in akademiverksamheten i ett sammanhang. Frågeställning: Vad motiverar förekomsten av fotbollsakademier?Problemområdet närmas genom att ha begreppet profession som teoretisk utgångspunkt. Det handlar i stort om hur fotbollsverksamheten i Sverige har professionaliserats, vad det innebär, med följden att det idag krävs oerhört mycket för att som spelare (och tränare) nå elitnivå. Vidare behandlas tidigare forskning i anknytning till området, potentiella sociala problem med tidiga ungdomssatsningar lyfts fram och föregångare i Sverige till dagens fotbollsakademier beskrivs. Den största problematiken är det faktum att de som är tidigt födda på året vid tidiga selekteringar och satsningar i svensk fotboll i stor utsträckning premieras framför de sent födda på året. Metod: Intervjuer med de båda akademiansvariga, Roger Gustafsson och Richard Ohlqvist, är centrala för min undersökning. Insamling av statistiskt material för i vilken ålder spelarna i respektive A-trupp kommit till klubbarna de senaste tio åren används också som grund för vidare analyser. Övergripande slutsats: Det som motiverar fotbollsakademier är i huvudsak skolans viktiga roll och det sociala ansvar de båda akademierna tar. Detta eftersom fotbollsspelandet för killarna är en minst sagt oförutsägbar och liten möjlighet som framtida försörjningskälla i livet. Dessutom bör svensk fotbolls mål vara att ge så många som möjligt chansen till att få mycket kvalitativ träning, istället för att koncentrera sig på ett fåtal (genom ungdomslandslag) i hela landet. Detta är något fotbollsakademier kan bidra med om de sprids över hela Sverige likt fotbollsgymnasium och något som skulle ge resultat i form av riktigt bra fotbollsspelare i framtiden. Problematiken med att de som är födda tidigt på året premieras bör kringgås antingen genom uttagningsgrupper uppdelade efter halvåren eller att spelarna tas ut efter andra parametrar än fotbollskompetens i första hand.

The diploma thesis deals with the project of football academy in Litomyšl town. The work corresponds to the scope of the construction part of the documentation for the construction. The academy building has three floors and is covered with a flat roof. The construction system of the building is brick. The first underground floor is intended for football facilities and trainings. The academy building has three floors and is covered by a flat roof. The construction system of the building is brick. The first underground floor is intended for football facilities and training. There are changing rooms for players, a changing room for coaches and referees, fitness, a relaxation area and football equipment warehouses. There is also a technical room for the entire academy building. On the first floor there is a reception, dining room, kitchen, kitchen facilities, and classrooms for players, coach offices and a common room. On the second floor there are rooms with bathroom for players and coaches, a games room with a library and a cleaning room. The football academy complex includes two football pitches - one with natural and one with artificial grass, as well as an outdoor training area with obstacles.

Area is a park with free-time sport fields including building of football academy, caffeteria and small seasonal dressing rooms. There are many axes of view in the area, which continues and connect together to the city. There are also new pedestrian ways to the area. Football academy is a linear building, which is optically connected with a caffeteria. Both buildings are crossed by the bycicle way. Football academy is devided into two parts - the year-long one and the seasonal one. The whole building is made of face liapor concrete.

Žabovřesky Kominsky PARK TRUE PLACE: flood plain regulations shackled the river bed and the modern road odřezávající entire area from the surrounding severed the network of historic paths and create new relationships without deeper flooding as a regular fact immediate presence of water in the heavily built-up structure of CONCEPT: grab territory as a whole, intended for sports and relaxation activities respect for the flood in some initial layout surface structure determination of the primary network of roads, copying the edge PCB Layout definition of a strip along the highway, allowing the possible development of communication, service roads parallel to the parking lot, bike path and pedestrian traffic determination can be built-up edge on the edge of the strip network of secondary roads in the area as a walking trail winding along the river in the surface structure after a strict cross-linking the main line route green park adherence to the river with a gradual blending in the edges of the main roads possible space-based courses to přímkám routes linking the main routes vistas passing across the territory with a focus on the strongest dominating the valley SOCCER ACADEMY CONCEPT: location of the site into a suitable strip of water above the fifty maximum possible use of built-up edge house as a barrier against noise from the highway ARCHITECTURE: mass divided module, based on the minimum space requirements for the use of distribution of land mass divided into courses and by major thoroughfares possible mass in vista halls and places of employment corridor linking the northern and southern roofed facade Covered seating along the main matter - pier stands without roof DISPOSITION: above the water level importance of the courses, the content of the section object two blocks and changing rooms opposite the training pitches with artificial grass block administration, coaches, referees, specifying the main playground free playground area fill the background of coffee the block defined on the one hand, a closed area facilities - on the other hand, open cafe CONSTRUCTION: reinforced concrete walls based on micropiles ribbed ceiling with laminated wooden truss perimeter glazing insulating glass pier made of wooden beams based on the transverse steel balls SEASONAL CLOAKROOM CONCEPT: man as a regular item in the landscape minimum space requirements, minimum maintenance, maximum durability ARCHITECTURE: block with the cor-tenových sheets with holes burned center cabinets with stainless steel plate zohýbaného polished concrete floor screed CONSTRUCTION PROCESS: in the internal space spot welding cor-Tenova quarto fitting doors welding roof work installation of ballast instead of bringing water and waste dosypání circuit and concreting the interior of the building installation of prefab blocks of stainless steel cabinets