Finding a football academy in England or where their training grounds are located can pose a challenge.

      Most clubs focus more on sharing information related to the 1st team and the professional development phase age groups.

      This football academy search tool will help parents and guardians of young footballers find the training grounds of clubs near them.

      The Find a Football Academy tool can help find a football academy near you.

      Academy fixtures are not normally held at the primary stadiums of the clubs.

      The exception is for some U21 academy games and major tournaments.

      Examples will be the FA Youth Cup Final, the Premier League 2 (PL2) or the Professional Development League (PDL2) finals.

      Instead they are mainly held at football academy training grounds.

      U21 matches typically take place either in a non-league stadium to simulate a professional club atmosphere or at the club’s training ground.

      If this information applies, it will be provided when you use the club link in the Find a Football Academy near me tool.

      Here you can find a list of all the category 1 and category 2 clubs in the UK