For more information about the Football Academy please take a look at our website:
http://www.eastdurham.ac.uk/1419/view_course_listing.php?course=Sport/Outdoor...
The Football Academy boasts an array of coaching talent, all bringing something different to the programme.
Our coaching team is packed with North East Football Legends including Paul Baker, Steve Howey, Chris Swailes, Stuart Brightwell, Brian Honour and Chris Errington.
Students enrolling into our Football Academy can be guaranteed the specialist training they require to give them the skills and knowledge they will need to progress in the game.
A transcript of the video is below, alternatively press the red 'cc' button for subtitles.
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My name is Steve Howey and at the moment I am Acting Head coach.
My name is Chris Swailes I'm a football coach at the East Durham Academy.
BRIAN: My name is Brian Honour, Football Academy coach.
STUART: Stuart Brightwell, Football Academy coach.
CHRIS: It's open to women and men of course, and we have a successful women's team as well as three lad's teams.
BRIAN: We go through the whole raft of trying to be a Professional footballer really; fitness work, a game on a Wednesday, match analysis to find out where they've done right and where they've done wrong, individually and collectively.
The aim is to produce young, good footballers.
The coaching team are all ex professionals. They're all fully qualified and they've got a raft of experience of working with footballers at professional level and semi-professional level.
CHRIS: I've had 24 years as a professional footballer, I'm UEFA A-license qualified. I'm also at the same time Assistant Manager at Blythe Spartans.
BRIAN: I was a professional football player for 20 years. I played for Hartlepool and Darlington. I've managed in the Northern leagues with Durham City, Bishop Auckland and I'm currently Manager of Horden in the Northen League 2nd Division. I'm also academy coach at Newcastle United and got me own little coaching school in and around the East Durham area.
STEVE: I 've played under some really good managers; Ossie Ardiles, Ruud Gullit, Kevin Keegan, Sir Bobby Robson, Terry Venables, so, you know, one or two half decent ones there! And learnt a lot from them.
STUART: The facilities here at East Durham are second to none. I've been to all of the college round the area and none of them compare to this. So you know we keep telling them day in day out that they're so lucky to have what they've got here. They've got everything they need here, from astro turf, 3G pitch, to carpet pitches out there. And then they've got all the weights, etc, in there so they've got everything really.
STEVE: We're geared up for both boys and girls. The standard of the girls since I've been here has been quite good. We've had girls that have gone onto represent the country, gone on to do well in a higher level of football.
TANIA: My name's Tania Shires and I'm in the football academy for the girls. We work on fitness and technique with the ball and a lot of passing drills.
My favourite thing is playing on match days and working on my skills. When I finish college I want to go on the Uni degree here and being part of the academy will help me.
CHRISTOPHER: Christopher Daily, and I'm a member of Team East Durham football academy and I'm a goalkeeper.
LEWIS: Lewis Lines, East Durham football academy.
The best part of the football academy is meeting new people and playing with new people as well instead of just playing with the same people.
CHRISTOPHER: The facilities are excellent, best ones we could ever ask for.
LEWIS: When I leave college I want to get a job in sport. That's why I'm in the academy so it will help us in the future with sport.
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