The Emerging Talent Centres identify and develop future potential players by providing local, accessible a high-quality training environment. The Centres offer increased playing time, varied football formats and allow players to play for both an ETC and a grassroots club, school, or representative team, to enhance the variety of playing experience.

Our ETC players have the opportunity to access:

• Technical coaching
• A strength and conditioning coach
• Testing and workshops around physical, education and lifestyle development
• Facilitate stretch and challenge opportunities for high performing players
• Physio appointments
• FA Technical / physical framework
• Small format games programme available to boys teams / other ETCs

Our Emerging Talent Centre (ETC) is aimed at girls aged 8 to 16 and operates for at least 30 weeks per season.

The programme is designed to be a central hub for selected female players from Burnley and the surrounding areas.

The Emerging Talent Centre works with selected players and their clubs/schools to increase participation and identify female players with the potential to progress further.

After completing a trial and enrolling on the ETC, the programme has one session per week which includes 1.5 Hours of technical training to each age group, for 30 weeks.

Participants will play a minimum of one game every six weeks. This will include exposure to a variety of playing formats and experiences.

To be part of the Burnley FA Emerging Talent Centre, female players must secure their place through a trial process. 

You can register for your trials here.

For more information about the Emerging Talent Centre programme, please contact our Football Development Officer, Becky Clough:

r.clough@burnleyfc.com