C.J @cjsandison

«Head of Academy Operations & Academy Coach @jamtarts @weejambos | The Mass of Men… | Views all my own | IG & SC = cjsandison» bit.ly/LinkCJS Edinburgh, Scotland Joined April 2013

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Mark Nelson @marknelsoncomic

3 hours ago

This is brilliant

Sky Sports Scotland @ScotlandSky

5 hours ago

📊 Data-led recruitment 🔎 Looking at other nations 👊 Myth busting ⏭️ Succession planning Scottish FA chief football officer Craig Mulholland on the appointment of Sebastien Pocognoli as national team head coach ⤵️

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C.J @cjsandison

16 hours ago

@stevencostello_ 🙄🫪

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C.J @cjsandison

17 hours ago

I strongly endorse this

Carson 🇬🇮 @_carson_72

a day ago

Clydesdale Bank Premiership. Champions played with a gold ball and everyone else played with a ball of their colours. We lived in the best years and didn’t every realise it

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C.J @cjsandison

22 hours ago

Go on Ava👏🇱🇻

The Hearts Academy @WeeJambos

a day ago

A huge well done to 16-year-old Ava Crawford, who recently signed her first pro-contract and came off the bench to score @heartswomenfc fourth goal in yesterday's 6-0 victory ⚽️👏 Here she is with some of our younger Academy players, including her little sister, Poppy 🇱🇻 #TFIM

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Adam | Gorgie Talk @GorgieTalk

2 days ago

I’ll tell you what JTA is a great thing for the club but see how every one of those finds aren’t gems it does no harm to look in that academy we have. James Wilson has ALWAYS gave everything in a Heart of Midlothian jersey, a constant threat and made a big difference today. At this moment in time give me Wilson over Ba-Sy or Kabore. 🎶 He’s one of our own 🎶

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C.J @cjsandison

2 days ago

Go on Jamesy - different class today👏

The Hearts Academy @WeeJambos

2 days ago

We can confirm @Jamestwilson07 has always been absolutely lethal from half a yard😂 Well in Jamesy👏🇱🇻 @JamTarts

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Count Binface @CountBinface

5 days ago

Checkmate, Nige.

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SPFL @spfl

6 days ago

"Wouldn't it be class if they brought back the Tennent's Sixes?" 🤪

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C.J @cjsandison

7 days ago

4️⃣ Goals 4️⃣ Penalties 4️⃣ HT sandwiches Braw night in Berwick.

The Hearts Academy @WeeJambos

7 days ago

+3⃣ in the KDM Evolution Trophy! Some fight back in the second-half from 2 goals down. A Cormac Daly brace was added to by a North penalty before a Donkor volley sealed the victory. McGauley & Flockhart immense at the back to grind out the win in the last 10!

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Joel Sked @sked21

a week ago

A minute's applause in the 37th minute at Tynecastle Park on Thursday during Hearts v Benfica for big Jambo Bryan Weir. Passed away at just 37 after being diagnosed with a brain tumour.

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Count Binface @CountBinface

2 weeks ago

Oh I do like to be beside the Clacton-on-Seaside.

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C.J @cjsandison

2 weeks ago

+3 UTR

Hearts Women @heartswomenfc

2 weeks ago

FULL-TIME AND OUR FIRST EVER EUROPEAN WIN IS SECURED!!! COME ON! 👏♥️

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Barry Anderson @BarryAnderson_

2 weeks ago

Great article on Scotland losing top teenage footballers to England. Kids can be financially set for life at EPL clubs without ever kicking a first-team ball, but Scotland is suffering. SFA set to act. Home-grown quotas in match squads is surely a must. nytimes.com/athletic/74041…

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Narey's Toepoker @Nareystoepoker

2 weeks ago

A particularly brutal home truth here for Scottish football

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C.J @cjsandison

3 weeks ago

👏🇱🇻

The Hearts Academy @WeeJambos

3 weeks ago

Just the 3 second-half goals! A brace from substitute Sinan Kaharevic seen us lead 8-0 before Motherwell got a goal back. Cameron Clark then finsihed off the route. A strong start to the league season with three points👏 Now onto Rangers (A) next Tuesday, 15:30 KO at RTC

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Count Binface @CountBinface

3 weeks ago

Here it is. My manifesto for the 2026 Clacton By-Election. It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Join me, clean up Clacton and let's make 13th August Bin Day! #VoteBinface #VoteyMcVoteface #YesWeTinCan

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SCOTBALL 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @scotball_

4 weeks ago

2️⃣ Introduction of the 'Lennon Miller Rule' to safeguard academies In recent years, there has been an epidemic of Scottish youngsters being poached by English academies for modest compensation fees. This phenomenon has largely been a byproduct of Brexit, with wealthy English clubs no longer able to recruit talented youngsters from across Europe before the age of 18. As a result, Scotland has become an easy target for English clubs looking to strengthen the quality of their academy sides. While there have been examples of teenage Scots benefiting from world-class facilities and coaching down south, such as Billy Gilmour and Ben Gannon-Doak, for me there are more stories of talented youngsters being swallowed up in England and subsequently struggling to forge professional careers at the highest level. Aston Villa alone have signed five Scottish youngsters under the age of 18 in the past four years: Kerr Smith (Dundee United), Rory Wilson (Rangers), Ewan Simpson (Hearts), Aidan Borland (Celtic) and Fletcher Boyd (Aberdeen). There doesn't appear to be an easy solution to this issue, but for me there has to be a greater deterrent to stop English clubs continuing to pick up our best young players on the cheap before they have fully developed. Lennon Miller, for me, is the prototype of what a successful pathway should look like for young Scottish footballers. Despite significant interest from top clubs as a teenager, Miller remained at Motherwell and racked up 76 senior appearances before joining Udinese in Serie A for £4.75m at the age of 18. I propose a new 'Lennon Miller Rule', introduced through either FIFA reform or a UK-wide agreement, whereby Scottish academy players can only be signed by clubs outside the country before the age of 18 if a significant transfer fee is agreed. If an English club identifies a Scottish player under the age of 18 that they wish to sign, the player's valuation would instead be determined by an independent tribunal. This would not ban English clubs from signing Scottish teenage talent, but it would end their ability to poach our best young players for measly compensation packages.