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Band 6: A barren wasteland or a sea of potential?

Joshua Young pushes the case of scouting in Band 6

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Andy Watson - GBE & ESC Expert and Joshua Young
Feb 18, 2026
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Andy Watson:

Our latest research from January has seen that Band 6 still account for a decent percentage of the transfer activity that takes place in the market.

However, a fair proportion of these Band moves are often a UK passport holder making their way home from a Band 6 league.

What Josh is discussing here is something very different. There are still players in Band 6 who pass ESC criteria, quite a lot of them in fact, and it is a big chunk of the potential market especially for lower league teams both north and south of the border.


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