By Catherine Strohfeldt

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“Both Liverpool and St James are essentially about lifting young people up, giving them opportunity, developing character, developing teamwork, and opening up the future.”

The training program will first be adopted by the school’s soccer teams. It will then be added as an optional component of the health and physical education curriculum for students in years 5 and 6 in 2026, before expanding to other year levels.

The head of the Australian division of Liverpool’s academy, Rob Davey, said the partnership was the club’s “first foray into Brisbane”.

“The club’s vision of the academy is to be the world leader in the development of young people through football,” Davey said.