FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Premier League - Chelsea v Brighton & Hove Albion - Stamford Bridge, London, Britain - September 28, 2019 Chelsea's Callum Hudson-Odoi Action Images via Reuters/Andrew Couldridge
BURTON ON TRENT, England (Reuters) - There has long been a desire among those nostalgic for British football's lost past for the days when players learnt their craft on cobbled streets in between terraced houses or on spare land in industrial cities and towns.
Times have changed -- the game is far more organised at youth level than ever before, primary school kids are driven to Premier League academy sessions in branded tracksuits and the streets are full of cars and not impromptu kickabouts.
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