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Former Blade on board at academy

Sheffield United have appointed former Blades player Jamie Hoyland and Tony Walmsley to their Shirecliffe academy.

Hoyland, a former midfielder with the club in the 1990s and most recently youth team boss at Preston, joins the academy as professional development head coach, responsible for the Under-18s.

Walmsley, formerly National Youth League mentor at the Central Coast Mariners in Australia, takes up his position as head of academy recruitment at Shirecliffe next month.

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