BY RICHARD JUDGES ⋅ MAY 29, 2014 Wycombe Wanderers Sport & Education Trust website, a registered charity since 2008, working on for the club, has advertised open trials for Saturday 31st of May, the new September intake will be the first since the controversial closure of the clubs youth academy in June 2012. please log in to view this image Wycombe are targeting youth The closure was due in part to cited “”financial limitations” and the “increased demands” of the Elite Player Performance Plan (EPPP) .”” Wycombe Wanderers Trust, who in 2012 had only recently purchased the club from previous owner took the decision after careful financial consideration to try to bring the clubs finances ‘back into the black’ and run a break-even model. Like Wycombe, other clubs up and down the Football League have bore the brunt of the financial implications of EPPP changes, Yeovil had to close their youth academy whilst Crawley had to downgrade their academy, both of which have yet to be able to reverse those changes.
