NEWS

Nov 1, 2020

FOOTBALL UPDATE: OCTOBER HALF-TERM

With the first half-term of the education year complete, let’s take a look back on the football side of the programme and how students an...

Oct 31, 2020

COACHES CORNER: OCTOBER HALF-TERM

The ESPFA are proud to work with such a great pool of coaches that train and prepare our teams up and down the country. All of our coache...

Oct 28, 2020

MATCHWEEK THREE - PREVIEW

With the first half term of the educational year complete, and most teams with two competitive games under their belt, we look ahead #Mat...

Oct 27, 2020

ESPFA MATCHWEEK REVIEW - #MatchweekTwo

In #MatchweekTwo of the 2020/21 ESPFA season, with most teams playing their second game of the season and starting to find their feet, it...

Oct 27, 2020

BOBBY BATTISSON – 63RD FIRST TEAM DEBUTANT

Congratulations to Mickleover student Bobby Battisson who made his first team debut in Saturday’s Northern Premier League fixture against...

Oct 21, 2020

MATCHWEEK TWO – PREVIEW

With the first round of fixtures from the 2020/21 ESPFA season behind us, we now look forward to #MatchweekTwo that will be sure to have ...

Oct 20, 2020

ESPFA MATCHWEEK REVIEW - #MatchweekOne

After six long months, the wait is finally over and the ESPFA 2020/21 season kicked off in style with eight games from up and down the co...

Oct 13, 2020

MATCHWEEK ONE - PREVIEW

After six long and peculiar months the wait is finally over and football is back! On Thursday 15th of October the first games of the 2020...

Oct 5, 2020

LOUIS PENNINGTON - 62ND FIRST TEAM DEBUTANT

Congratulations to Mickleover student Louis Pennington who made his first team debut on Sunday. Pennington got his chance on the pitch in...

Sep 23, 2020

ESPFA Fixture Announcement

The ESPFA is excited to announce the first three rounds of fixtures of the 2020/21 season. As previously stated, the 2020/21 campaign wil...

Sep 17, 2020

ESPFA League Announcement

We are excited to announce the new league structure for the up and coming ESPFA 2020/21 season. Teams in the regional divisions will play...

Aug 10, 2020

WE ARE THE ESPFA!

The Northern Premier League Football Academy (NPLFA), the Southern League Football Academy (SLFA) and the Isthmian League Football Academ...

Jun 14, 2020

STUDENT PROGRESSION UPDATE – JACK REPTON

We caught up with ex-Belper Town academy goalkeeper Jack Repton who is currently studying a degree through the ESPFA blending learning de...

May 23, 2020

ESPFA AWARDS A SUCCESS!

The inaugural ESPFA awards show was an overwhelming success when aired live on Friday evening. Due to the current situation with the plan...

May 18, 2020

ESPFA END OF SEASON AWARDS

Join us on Friday 22nd May at 7pm as we celebrate the brilliant success of our amazing students over the past year, streamed LIVE on the ...

Apr 29, 2020

STUDENT PROGRESSION UPDATE - JOE RUANE

Last but not least in our student progression update series, we spoke to former Warrington Town Academy student Joe Ruane. After completi...

Apr 22, 2020

STUDENT PROGRESSION UPDATE – CAMERON HIGGINS

Next up in our student progression update series, we catch up with ex-Mickleover Sports student Cameron Higgins, who after a successful tw...

Mar 30, 2020

THANK YOU!

The NPL Football Academy would like to thank all our students who have shown exceptional effort, commitment and adaptability to continue w...

Mar 17, 2020

GOAL OF THE MONTH - RECAP

Throughout the season we have seen some incredible goals from our students. See the contenders for 'Goals of the Month' so far, as voted ...

Mar 16, 2020

MATCHWEEK TWENTYONE - REVIEW

In #MatchweekTwentyOne of the NPLFA season, just one game took place across both divisions. Mossley hosted Belper Town in a Joma Division...

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