Goals of pounds 20m football centre for rising stars revealed by FA.(News)

From: The Birmingham Post (England) | Date: May 8, 2008 | Copyright information

Byline: By Tom Scotney

The long-awaited National Football Centre in the Midlands will be completed by 2010, the Football Association has said.

Outlining their vision for the next four years, FA chairman Lord Triesman and chief executive Brian Barwick said the centre at Rangemore, near Burton on Trent, was one of its priorities.

The centre, modelled on the French academy in Clairefontaine, was designed to create a new generation of England superstars...