set to play Academy teams Premier League next season EFL Trophy

It will enable the teams of Premier Academy League when the next season EFL approved trophy after radical plans to reorganize the competition at the meeting of the League in Portugal.

Of the 21 existing academies category - most of them are among the best teams in the air - are set 16 to be invited, will start in a competition of 64 teams with 16 groups of four, before a KO law always in with a final Wembley.

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The Premier League is also clear, to have provided funds of £ 1m available to provide a total price of £ 1.95, awarded with bonuses for each win. The 16 sections of the elite academy will be distributed to the 48 clubs in the league one and two, with all the competition evenly in all groups, which runs until the end in a North / South basis.

Each team will be once in the group stage with the Academy team just play a home game. The final round will be single bonds from the semifinals, where there will be two legs.

The competition is currently without a sponsor title as painting Johnstone last season contract expired beat Barnsley with Oxford in the finals last JPT.

The EFL announced that Ian Lenagan, team owner Rugby League Super League Wigan Warriors and former director of Oxford, was elected as the new chairman, replacing Greg Clarke.

But as with the vote on the proposal EFL trophy, it is believed that she was with several clubs agree far express their dissatisfaction with the process expressed. It is also understood that there was some criticism of the history Lenagan as ambassadors of League Two clubs, while in Oxford.

The clubs have plans approved an initiative to continue to increase the number of ethnic Trainer (BAME) and manager of color and minorities in the game.

Clubs now have at least one qualified candidate BAME for coaching in their schools and provide information on the hiring process in the league to interview.

This also applies to the appointment of the first team, but on a voluntary basis initially with 10 clubs to commit to sign a voluntary code.