Course
The course contains workshops involving topics from fitness to injury prevention and player agents to transfer protocols. There are three levels of progression, with each focusing on more in-depth detail. After each section applicants must take a written exam from a number of topics and successfully conduct a supervised training session.
Managerial heavyweights such as Sir Bobby Robson, Sir Alex Ferguson and Fabio Capello have lent their experience to course students over the years.
Although the Football Association has granted a few extensions, all then-current managers had until 2010. It was introduced following agreement between the Premier League, Professional Footballers' Association and League Managers Association in 2000 to bring England into line with UEFA regulations.
In 2003, the Premier League chairmen agreed to making the qualification a mandatory requirement to manage at the top level in England.
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