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Series following young Scottish football players who dream of playing for Rangers FC

An examination of the state of youth development in Scottish football through the lens of young players harbouring dreams of playing for Rangers FC

Peter Barber-Fleming

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24/05/2011

BBC One - Blue Heaven, Where are they now?

Revisiting the hopeful young footballers featured ten years ago in the Blue Heaven series.

Revisiting the hopeful young Rangers footballers featured ten years ago in the Blue Heaven series, telling of their varying fortunes and examining youth development in Scotland.

Blue Heaven was a popular six-part series transmitted in Scotland almost ten years ago, following hopeful young footballers at Rangers. This film revisits a cross-section of the boys and tells of their varying fortunes, while simultaneously examining the state of youth development in Scotland.

The boys featured are Charlie Adam (Blackpool), Chris Burke (Cardiff), Darryl Duffy (Hibernian), Calum Reidford (Stirling Albion), Jordan MacMillan (Rangers) and John Johnstone and David Ford (both no longer playing professional football). Senior figures commenting are Craig Levein (Scotland national coach), Alex McLeish (manager, Birmingham), Terry Butcher (manager, Inverness Caledonian Thistle) and Jan Derks (ex- ead of youth development at Rangers, now with Galatasaray).

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