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The football academy that rose from the London riots

It is a scorching afternoon in the Buckinghamshire countryside and, in a behind-closed-doors friendly at Wycombe Wanderers’ training ground, a Wycombe development squad are taking on a team from the Kinetic Academy in south London.

The fixture has been arranged by the League One club to allow manager Gareth Ainsworth and his staff to assess a group of young Wycombe trialists, but it is also an opportunity to run the rule over the latest crop of Kinetic graduates. There is talent among them.

Kinetic emerge 2-1 winners, dominating much of the game and scoring a goal in each half before Wycombe net a late consolation. More important than the result itself, though, is what comes from it.

"Success for me today is them asking us, 'Who's he? Who's he?'" says Eddie Munnelly, Kinetic's head of coaching, as he gives a team talk to the group by the side of the pitch. The idea, Munnelly adds, is to "put the players in the shop window".

The exposure pays off.

Kinetic co-founder Harry Hudson can be seen deep in conversation with a member of Wycombe's coaching staff after the game. He later reveals two Kinetic players have been invited for trials. "I think they should have taken more," he tells Sky Sports with a chuckle.

Others will have the chance to showcase their ability elsewhere.

Richard Asamoah, a marauding left-back described as "the next Omar Richards" by one of his team-mates, has an offer from Gillingham. Sol Baugh, a technically gifted midfielder who previously played in Charlton's academy, is attracting interest from Bristol City.

The players, mostly aged 18 or 19, hope to follow in the footsteps of past Kinetic graduates such as Joe Aribo, who completed a £10m move from Rangers to Southampton last month, and Richards, an

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