In the latest of a series of articles for the St Albans & Harpenden Review, former Tottenham Hotspur, Crystal Palace and St Albans City defender Dean Austin looks at the state of grass roots football in this country.
This summer we find ourselves at the height of activity for transfers in the Premier League, however more and more young English players are struggling to find professional clubs in the lower leagues. Why is this?
At a time where ownership of football clubs in England has gone mad, I ask are foreign investors or owners having a detrimental effect on the game in this country as a whole and on young English managers or coaches getting jobs?
We are at a time when we have more and more foreign players coming into the English Leagues and over 60 per cent of the players in the Premier League are from overseas.
