Our team consists of professionals who both consult for and advise Soccerbook and also hold a variety of positions within the global football, financial, technology and media/entertainment industries. We believe that we can provide the highest level of service to our clients by not only having dedicated full time consultants, but also accessing resources who are actively involved in diverse capacities within the football industry as well as outside industries connected to football. We believe this helps our team as a whole become more knowledgeable, gain important experiences, maintain diverse perspectives, and remain current so we can better serve our clients' needs and forecast upcoming opportunities.
Global Technical Advisor & Consultant
John is one of the most respected and experienced youth coaches in the world today. For 18 years he was former Liverpool F.C Academy Manager: winning the F.A Youth Cup '06 & '07; England U16 coach '95-'97; England 'C' team coach '97-'01. John possesses UEFA 'A' License; FA Academy Man
Global Technical Advisor & Consultant
John is one of the most respected and experienced youth coaches in the world today. For 18 years he was former Liverpool F.C Academy Manager: winning the F.A Youth Cup '06 & '07; England U16 coach '95-'97; England 'C' team coach '97-'01. John possesses UEFA 'A' License; FA Academy Manager's License; FA youth Coach's Award. At Liverpool FC John was responsible for training 180+ players & 50 coaches & admin. staff. He selected, trained up, monitored & selected physical coaches, PT/medical specialists & mindset coaches ensuring that the quality was world class.
After Liverpool FC John was 6 years main technical auditor for the English Premier League (EPL) Football Academies for 'Footpass England', (pre-cursor to Doublepass) , evaluating & ranking (EPL) Academies into 4 categories representing a significant challenge in positively impacting the development of English home grown talent. Footpass was also the technical auditor for the Belgian, German and Finnish Leagues & was 4 years main assessor of MLS Academies where he ranked & rated their levels/performance. John also presented Doublepass to J-League at 3 clubs & meet with J-League staff.The new Premier League plan for 'Acadey Elite Player Performance Plan'. (EPPP) categorizing Academies into 1-2-3- 4 ratings. The audit process for the EPPP was given to Doublepass. John then led the Audit for Premier League & Football League.
John coached England & Liverpool legend Steven Gerrard, European Footballer of the Year Michael Owen (Liverpool, Real Madrid, Man United & England), Robbie Fowler, (Liverpool & England) Jamie Carragher (Liverpool & England), Steve McManaman (Liverpool & Real Madrid & England), Connor Cody (current Wolves captain & England player), Trent Alexander Arnold (Liverpool FC & England), Wes Brown (Man United), Joe Cole (West Ham, Chelsea, Liverpool FC & England), Leon Osman (Everton FC), Steven Warnock (Liverpool, Aston Villa), and Scott Parker (Newcastle, West Ham, Fulham & England & current Fulham coach).
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