YTS

British

abbreviation

(the former) Youth Training Scheme

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Back then YTS players were expected to clean the dressing room after first-team games.

From BBC • Feb. 6, 2026

Darren Slater started repairing shoes as a 16-year-old YTS trainee.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2023

Players would emerge via school and district football, with trials a constant process, and in more recent times the YTS junior contract the grail.

From The Guardian • Jan. 21, 2016

The carless can get there via the YTS bus from the New Carrollton Metro station.

From Washington Post • Aug. 27, 2015

I was choosing between being a YTS on £100 a week at Morton or being an unemployed actor.

From The Guardian • Aug. 26, 2010

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