City's youth policy over the 20 years from the late 1970s

A while back, a friend told me about a book he'd read by a former City scout, Len Davies. We ended up having a lengthy discussion about the productivity of City's youth system since the mid-1970s, and Stevie Ireland's comments on his departure from the club this week prompted me to think about the issue once more. I decided to track the MCFC youth development programme down the years.