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GRECIANS SUCCESS IS MODEL TO FOLLOW…

Former Exeter academy supremo Simon Hayward on the lessons he’s learned

By Chris Dunlavy

MAKING WAVES: Ethan Ampadu in action for Chelsea and, inset below, for Exeter City
PICTURE: Action Images

FROM George Friend at Middlesbrough to Ethan Ampadu at Chelsea, Exeter City’s academy has produced a host of elite level players over the last decade.
And the production line shows no sign of slowing, with midfielder Jack Sparkes just 16 when he made his Grecians bow in August.
Appointed at the age of 24, Simon Hayward spent 12 years in charge of Exeter’s academy before le...

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