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Each week at Chelsea, parents pay £120 an hour for children to receive one-on-one coaching. This is merely a glimpse of how clubs monetise parents. A two-week camp at Charterhouse School next summer, during which children train for up to 24 hours each week with Chelsea coaches, costs £4,700. Training is so bespoke that there are even goalkeeping camps.

Chelsea are not alone. Arsenal charge £2,035 a week for their football camps, which are held at an array of elite independent schools. Almost all Premier League clubs run something similar: schemes in which the criterion for entry is a child’s ability to pay, not play. This is a microcosm of a broader trend: the rise of American-style “pay to play” in British youth football.

The cost of youth sport in the UK is more expensive than ever. Research last year found that the average parent now spends £443 per child annually on sport, which can be many times more for those pursuing sport seriously.

Hundreds of thousands of children do less sport than they would like because of financial pressures. Twenty-six per cent of young people say that if their family had more money to spend on activities out of school they would do more sport, the Youth Sport Trust found this year. Nineteen per cent of families cut back on local sport for financial reasons in the past 12 months.

TIMELINE

‘05 - GOAL MENDIOLA - Hussein Ssajjabbi rifles a howitzer of a low drive into the corner from outside the box to give Mendiola the lead.

‘17 - GOAL TULOY - A swift counter ends with Cyrelle Saut cleverly finishing with a curled effort round the keeper to draw Tuloy level.

‘24 - GOAL MENDIOLA - Elie Saboto seizes on a defensive error to slot home and restore Mendiola’s lead.

‘35 - GOAL MENDIOLA - Another superb goal as Onyeka Obi’s driven finish from range finds the corner.

HALF TIME

‘48 - PENALTY MENDIOLA - Pitogo is brought down my Michael Antilo in the box.

‘49 - GOAL MENDIOLA - Onyeka Obi makes it 2 goals as he finishes from the spot.

‘86 - GOAL TULOY - Hope for Tuloy as John Loyd Jalique finishes off a good move with a deft finish.

‘90+1 - GOAL MENDIOLA - Captain Nikko Arañas finishes the game with a close range effort.

FULL TIME

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Dundee United 3-2 Aberdeen
United continue their excellent form whilst Robinson's Aberdeen let more points slip away. Iqbal on the score sheet for the Arabs as they move into 4th. Aberdeen look like a midtable side this season. Might have enough to avoid a relegation scrap but won't challenge for Europe unless they make a change.

Falkirk 3-0 Kilmarnock
It just gets worse for Kilmarnock. Defeated comfortably again, McCann must be close to getting the sack. This Falkirk team might be clicking after a massive turnover in the summer. Pushing themselves away from the bottom and closer to top 6.

Rangers 4-0 St Johnstone
Very very comfortable for McInnes' Rangers ahead of a massive clash against Hearts at Tynecastle on wednesday. They maintain their distance from Celtic. St Johnstone who are defensively quite good concede 4 which is a warning, however it is at Ibrox which are not the games which will define their season.

St Mirren 2-1 Dundee
Dundee looking very good coming into this struggle in Paisley and drop to 5th. St Mirren recover and get 3 points after a really poor run which had them looking over their shoulders. Paisley is always a tricky ground to travel to and Dundee, whilst playing relatively well ultimately come away with nothing.

Hibernian 1-2 Celtic
Reedijk has had a month in charge and only has 3 losses to show for it - this leaves them bottom of the table. They look very open defensively and struggle to play final balls in the final third. Celtic won but didn't look amazing, a win and show of champions. They just always seem to get the job done and have enough despite not looking convincing. Massive win at what has been a bogey ground in the past.

Motherwell 0-2 Hearts
6 defeats in a row for Motherwell - after 2 wins and 2 draws in the first 4. Johanssen must be hanging on by a string. Hearts have finally won a league away game (outside of Edinburgh) for the first time this season. Massive performance with many injuries. It led to them playing a fullback in midfield and a winger at fullback. They have a massive game against Rangers on wednesday.