Football

Just out of interest though john have any clubs made a viable go of a youth team over a longer period of time than a couple of years?
West brom are finally seeing a couple of decent players come through after decades. Chelsea stole one of them for peanuts. Saido looks tasty but is in reality being over hyped. Apart from economies of scale for large clubs I think it's a false rd for most clubs to ........blah blah . Haven't i/ we been down this rd before?

Surely Southampton? Have had a consistent academy for the last 20 years or so...

Shearer, Wallace brothers, le god, Kevin Phillips, bridge, Walcott, bale, chamberlain, blackstock, best, surman, lallana, ward-prowse, shaw, chambers....

Consistent stream and is more than self funding, even if some are championship quality.