We’re delighted to announce that our Head of Player & Coach Development, Adam Clark, has been announced as the new manager of Wessex Premier League side, Alresford Town.
Plying their trade at Step 5 of the football pyramid, Alresford Town are a part time team that train twice a week, with games on a Saturday and some Tuesday’s. The club can be found tucked away, just the other side of Alton, over the Hampshire border.
Adam said; “I’m delighted to be back in football and at a club I know quite well, in Alresford Town. After speaking to the staff, committee, and chairman it’s clear to see they have clear ambitions which will allow me to progress the team and as a manager. I watched a recent performance and although it finished in defeat, I feel there is plenty to work with which will allow us to climb up the table”.
“The games are coming thick and fast now, so it will allow me to get a fair assessment of where the team is at and what we need to improve on. I’ll now be working hard on continuing Danny’s fantastic work previously and that of his staff. I’m looking forward to meeting the squad and getting underway at Bournemouth Poppies on Saturday”.
A Club statement read; “Clark is a master of his trade holding a UEFA A License and has spent many hours in his development through work experience and study visits at some of the top clubs throughout Europe. Additionally, Clark has experience internationally as the first team coach at Academy Sports Club in the Cayman Islands where he led the club to its highest finish in the league of 3rd place during the 2017/18 season, along side reaching the final of the national cup competition”.
“Adam ticked all the boxes we established when looking for someone to replace Danny. He will be able to step in and continue the hard work everyone has put into the club over the past years and offer great experience through his past management and coaching roles”.
“Adam has shown a dedication and commitment to his own development as a coach by putting himself in learning situations over the years. He is exactly the person we were looking for to lead the club and continue developing our players and football club.”
We would like to wish Adam, the best of luck in his new role!
We’ve reached the end of the 2nd instalment of our, ‘Retro Football Week’s’ and what fun we had…
Throughout this week, we built on many things from the first week, which travelled through the journey of football. This started in the 1970’s and reached its end point today, where we looked at the most recent players & tournaments.
Both weeks went extremely well, with all dates well attended. This allowed for excellent interaction, discussion and contributions from the youngest of participants.
Adam said; “I thought of the idea at the beginning of the year and invested a lot of time and effort, into making this event as memorable as possible. I think this was defiantly the case, with the vast amount of football we covered in 2 separate weeks.
I’d like to make a special mention to our sponsors VRT, for their contribution in securing the fantastic shirts and USB sticks. I was delighted to have them with us, supporting the event”.
Our next course will be taking place in October (24th – 28th) with further details announced in due course.
The weather took hold of all of our plan ‘A’ today, but we still managed to have an enormous amount of fun.
Instead of a usual day on the field, we instead moved into the new sports hall at St.Georges School and carried on from where we left off yesterday….
Today was a trip into the new millennium and everything year 2000 +! The wall of fame took shape, with all names released tomorrow – make sure you give this a look!
As we were inside, we also got the opportunity to play our retro football week masters competition, with all teams picked from the early 00’s!
Tomorrow, we will be concluding this 2nd instalment of this summers courses, with the all time greats and the highly sort after raffle!
Today, we stepped into the 90’s and what a day it was! We started off with an introduction to our new ‘Dream Team’ incentive and how we’ll be using this in future courses. This was followed by some interesting discussions about a Luis Figo shirt, a 1995 completed sticker album and some Euro 96 programmes.
Being ‘closer’ to all of our players birth dates, there was plenty of interest in all of the conversation, while looking at some fantastic memorabilia.
Our challenge of 1000 football names on the wall of fame is certainly taking shape, with many contributions. We had names from Phil Stamp, to Jamie Redknapp, which were added. Tomorrow our focus shifts onto the 00’s, with the challenge getting even harder, but for sure enjoyment will be increasing.
So far, the week has been excellent and we’re looking forward to the next couple of days, to finish off in style!
Onto day 2 of our ‘Retro Football Week’, and a trip to the 80’s! The lucky games that were picked today were from the World Cup of 86’, semi finals from the European Championships in 84’ and a big Italian cup tie, from 1988.
There was huge opportunity to showcase some memorabilia, with some ‘Shoot’ magazines and boots from a certain Berti Vogts, making an appearance.
Elsewhere, the players all contributed to the wall of fame task, with some great additions from the 80’s decade.
Tomorrow, we make a much anticipated trip to the 90’s!! There will be games from Euro 96, the Premier League and also the UEFA Cup taking focus, with (even) more memorabilia! We can’t wait for this one and what the players come armed with. We’ve had some great facts and stats to date, with more on the way!
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