Samantha Griffiths
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It came home 🏴 proud to work with this bunch who work tirelessly to promote the female game and inspire the next generation of female coaches 🏴👏🏼
#ifyoucanseeityoucanbeit
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Always proud to wear this badge for work but today feels extra special 🤩
#itcamehome
🏴
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This one is for the staff and players who have been unbelievable in probably some of the toughest times at the club over past few weeks 🙌🏼
NEWS:
@DCFCWomen
boss
@Samanthagriff17
has been named as
#FAWNL
Premier Division Manager of the Month for October! Congrats Sam! 👏👏
#WeAreNational
#HeartbeatOfWomensFootball
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Don’t usually post after games, however today was special, we may have lost the derby to an excellent
@NFFCWomen
side, but to have an opportunity to inspire the next generation of females whether that be as players or coaches will always be something I’m extremely proud of ❤️
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Im all for youth football continuing but when I read “it took my sons under 9’s team 9 weeks to get their fitness and sharpness back” I do sometimes wonder who wants it more 🤷🏻♀️
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14 years working for the
@EnglandFootball
today, what a journey it’s been, incredibly proud to work for this organisation ⚽️🏴
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Nothing but pride and joy for this group of players and staff 🐏
You also got me good here 👏🏼🤣
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Hard work, hours of graft, full time jobs, these players and staff are an absolute credit to
@DCFCWomen
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What a role model and genuinely good person she is!
🗣 "If I can inspire other South Asian girls to play football, then that's the main thing."
Derby County Women footballer Kira Rai admits she is slowly beginning to get used to the idea that she is a role model for girls across Britain's South Asian community
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After a whirlwind couple of months it’s time for me to take charge of my first game with
@DerbycountyLFC
. Taking the step from playing into managing is very different but I’m so excited to see what this talented group can achieve this season ⚪️⚫️🐏
#SHARP
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Finished this game with 8 home grown players 👏🏼 great feel about this club right now 🖤🤍
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Love this... how do you prepare players for the 87 minutes without the ball.... but at the same time staying connected with the ball...
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On the pitch… “Don’t be a question mark, be an exclamation mark”
Sarina Wiegman
Love this 👏🏼👏🏼
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“The forgotten corner” for those that knew Julie will know exactly what I mean, we will work hard to make sure it’s not forgotten... RIP Chippy ❤️
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Don’t usually personally post on social media about
@DerbycountyLFC
but their application from training to matchday has been 👌🏻 17 goals in 2 games speaks for itself. Proud to work with such a talented squad of players ⚽️🐏
#ontothenext
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Absolute class act 👏🏼 amazing how so many ‘football pundits’ see ‘getting angry’ as caring… well done GP
Graham Potter's epic rant about pundits who claim he doesn't get angry enough is a sight to behold! 👀
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Absolutely made up to have passed my UEFA A license this morning. Been an amazing journey with an amazing group ⚽️
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Great achievement by all, from the board, to the staff to the players 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
⚽️ 3RD PLACE - That win secures
@DerbycountyLFC
their highest ever position in the
@FAWNL
with their highest points total ever. What a fantastic season for the
#EweRams
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Thanks to all staff and players including
@LiverpoolFeds
for the support today, witnessing a dislocated ankle and fractured fibula isn’t easy for anyone
@megantinsley1
we are all behind you, you were a warrior today 🖤🤍
As an update we can confirm that Megan Tinsley dislocated her ankle in the closing minutes of the game.
She is now on her way to the hospital for treatment and in good spirits.
Thank you for your messages and joining us in wishing her a speedy recovery. 💪
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So proud to be associated with
@DerbycountyLFC
this evening, not just on the pitch, but the work that goes on off it is unbelievable thanks to
@FayeRayxXx
for helping today happen ⚫️⚪️🐏 showcase for women’s football and the Women’s National League 👍🏼
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Been asked a few times ‘Where do I get more female coaches’ they are closer than you think, many Mums stand on sidelines week in week out… have you ever asked them? Made them feel they could add real value? Lots will have transferable skill sets 🙌🏼
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This little one comes to all
@DCFCWomen
home games, was a pleasure to meet you properly, we hope you enjoyed the game 🥰
@SGreen_1
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❤️
Today we are sending condolences to 1st Team Manager
@Samanthagriff17
on the sad passing of her Mum, Helen.
Everyone’s thoughts
@DCFCWomen
are with Sam, Mick, Hudson, Sarah & the family. 🤍🖤
#RIPHelen
#DCFCWFamily
#Love
❤️
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What a guy👏🏼
🗣️“𝙅𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙘𝙠 𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙙𝙤𝙤𝙧, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙚’𝙡𝙡 𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙥 𝙞𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙬𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙣!”
@dcfcofficial
Manager Paul Warne asserts his support for the
#EweRams
ahead of our clash with
@NFFCWomen
at Pride Park on Sunday!
#DCFCW
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@DerbycountyLFC
@NTUWFC
@Amysims8
@CamillaaJadee
Winners 🥳
@Amysims8
and lil Mon 👏🏼
@DerbycountyLFC
we’re down there to support 🤗
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Today we asked the girls to ‘compete’ something we’ve lacked over the past few weeks, today they did that. Credit to
@WolvesWomen
dominated the second half and created many chances. Final push for us in what’s been a very proud season for this club 🖤🤍
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A forward pass, over that distance, along the floor, takes some top level skill and decision making! Beating players isn’t just 1 v 1… this pass takes out 2 units 🎯 👏🏼
New signing Blackstenius equalises for Arsenal! 🔴
That ball from Miedema is simply SENSATIONAL. 👏
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Thank you 😊 spending my day with my football family 🐏
🎉ℍ𝔸ℙℙ𝕐 𝔹𝕀ℝ𝕋ℍ𝔻𝔸𝕐, 𝔾𝔸𝔽𝔽𝔼ℝ!!🎉
Join us in wishing
#EweRams
Manager
@Samanthagriff17
a 𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙮 𝙗𝙞𝙧𝙩𝙝𝙙𝙖𝙮!
Let’s end the season on a high to celebrate🙌
🖤🤍
Come on, Ewe Rams!
#DCFCW
#dcfcfans
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Happy heavenly birthday Mum ❤️, this time last year we were out celebrating, how things change 😢 I miss and love you so much! 💔
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Inspiring 2 days with inspiring people who do so much for grassroots football
#FACoachMentor
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Super proud of my work colleagues today! It’s been a tough, emotional but enjoyable 18 months
#PGCert2017
#complete
🤓🙌🏼
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Happy birthday to me… 3 points, 5 goals, what a way to sign off 👏🏼
🗣️"𝙄 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙𝙣’𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙖 𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙞𝙜𝙣 𝙤𝙛𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙤𝙣."
@Samanthagriff17
reacts to an emphatic end to the season for the
#EweRams
.🙌
#DCFCW
#EweRams
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Professional performance today against a well organised Loughborough team 🐏
"𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙞𝙧𝙡𝙨 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙚𝙭𝙘𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙩" 💬
Sam Griffiths was pleased after her
#Ewes
side completed a comprehensive turnaround to run out 4-1 winners in the
#AdobeWomensFACup
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Nothing but absolute pride for this team 🐏🖤🤍
🗣️ “𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙬𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙮. 𝙄’𝙢 𝙨𝙤 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢 𝙩𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙮.”
Manager Sam Griffiths spoke of how a brilliant win at the City Ground can propel the
#Ewes
forward this season. 🙌
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We back 🙌🏼🙌🏼 ⚽️
So excited to be back delivering the UEFA B today with the dream team
@DerbyshireFA
. All set up ready to welcome the learners . . . only 18months later than originally planned but we are here, so glad to finally start the course and get back in the classroom and on the grass ⚽️🙌🏼
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What an amazing 2 days
@StGeorgesPark
absolutely love my job and so inspired by not only the great speakers but our incredible mentors too
#Facoachmentor
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Absolute privilege to be a part of the club 🖤🤍
Full-Time here and the
#EweRams
come away from The Hawthorns victorious on manager Sam Griffiths’s 100th game in charge.
Goals from Sims, Camwell and Rai secure all three points.
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👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼 shout out to all those managers who chose to do this on top of full time jobs too 👏🏼👏🏼
🗣️ Zinedine Zidane: “At the end of a season on the bench, you are even more tired than a player.
The two jobs have nothing to do with each other. I remember that as a footballer, I was focused on my performance and that of the team.
The coach, on the other hand, is in charge of
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After the strangest of seasons I’m so proud of the group of players and staff that have been an absolute credit to this club, big shout out to every other manager and player in the
@FAWNL
who have had the toughest time through this pandemic, we have all been tested in many ways!
Full-Time:
@HTAFCWomen
3-2
@DCFCWomen
Our journey in the
@VitalityWFACup
ends with defeat to
@HTAFCWomen
Good luck in the next round
@FAWNL
#FootballFamily
@HTAFCWomen
3-2
@DCFCWomen
#EweRams
#DCFCW
#DCFC
#FACup
#HUDvDER
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What a player, what a person, who I have seen grow from an Under 17 RTC player into an inspirational player for every youngster to look up too… you will not find a more hard working player 🐏🖤🤍 (maybe
@Amysims8
and
@emeliawilson_
come close 😉)
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What a player, what a person 🖤🤍
Congratulations to
@AmySims8
on winning
@DCFCWomen
's Young Player of the Season award, presented by
@CawardenCo
! 🐏🏆
#DCFC
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Played with her, against her, now get an opportunity to manage her 🙌🏼
#welcomeEllie
✍️ GILLIATT JOINS -
@DerbycountyLFC
are delighted to have captured the signing of
@EllieGilliatt
ahead of the 2019/20
@FAWNL
season
Read the thoughts of Ellie and
#EweRams
Manager
@Samanthagriff17
here:
#WhatASigning
#OneClub
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And that’s a wrap! Another UEFA B for
@DerbyshireFA
complete! Block 4, day 2 always my favourite, listening to passionate coaches share their stories! Today was an emotional one! Well done to all 👏🏼 these weren’t bad either 😉
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Time to get back on the grass tonight, looking forward to seeing the players and staff after a long / strange season! Very different prep as it’s all or nothing...
#FAcup
@DCFCWomen
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Happy birthday to my wing woman
@sallyneed3
12 years of frying my brain with neuroscience and many days like this 🤪
#leftfinger
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Another great morning with our future female coaches… today we stepped onto the grass and delivered some fun games! Thanks to
@Finch27Jennifer
@GSBgirls
for hosting!
@NottsFA
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Back on the grass with this little lot last night! Lots of fun and even more smiles 😁
@ClubShardlow
@DerbyshireFA
#wildcats
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Heading into Christmas and New Year with a few shout outs to a few people who have really supported female coaches across the East Midlands
@AlexWalker1998
@cclincssouth
@TMeasham
@MollyRJohnson
@cissyradford
@Pujarana79
@leah_grant4
and to all the amazing coahes Iv worked with💥
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When this pops up in memories! What a journey this was with incredible people 🙌🏼
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Thank you ☺️
🎂 A huge happy birthday to our trophy-winning manager!
Have a great day
@Samanthagriff17
🎈🥳
#COYE
#dcfcfans
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💥 Happy IWD2023 💥
We're delighted to share the news that
@DCFCWomen
's First-Team will be integrated into the club ahead of next season! 🖤🤍
A new elite player pathway will also be established alongside
@DCCTOfficial
!
#DCFC
#EweRams
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Just put the whole country in tier 4 and give us half a chance of beating this sometime soon 😭😭😭
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Any young player wanting a role model, look no further 👇🏼👇🏼 congrats
@HannahWard10
🐏
As we progress in the FAWNL Plate, it completes the 300th game in a Derby shirt for our number 10! 💪
👏 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐲, a true
#Ewes
legend - in every sense of the word! 🤍🖤
#COYE
|
@HannahWard10
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👇🏽👇🏽 to all those coaches choosing to do bleep tests and 5k runs with our young children please stop 🙏
Replace the word player or athlete with child
It changes things
We need to remember that children are not mini-adults, and that we have a responsibility to help them have an amazing experience in sport
Nothing is more important
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Happy National Mentoring Day to all the amazing people that help others get better 😊
#FACoachMentor
#NationalMentoringDay
and to my amazing work mates 🤗
@CiaraAllan6
@CoachingKevin
@kevinE1908
@NWcoach
@GraemeCarrick
@DazMossy
@AndySomers1123
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👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 well deserved
@Amysims8
Our Player of the Round for the First Round Proper is Derby County's AMY SIMS!
⚽️ 3
🐏
@DCFCWomen
🎨
@B3x_Graphics
#WomensFACup
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Fully deserved, great game, great character shown 👏🏼🤍🖤🐏
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Good to get back on the grass and work with these young aspiring female coaches who are just starting their coaching journey! Theme today… ‘Being Brave’ 😁
@GSBgirls
@Finch27Jennifer
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Great 2 days away with the wider coach development team ⚽️
#collaboration
and a bit of
#selfreflection
enjoyed delivering with my two role models
@AndySomers1123
@DazMossy
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Massive happy birthday to my wingwoman hope you have the best day
#leftfinger
#rightfinger
@sallyneed3
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Can’t wait to get started with the existing squad and the addition of 5 quality players 🐏 🖤🤍
Five new signings have strengthened
@DCFCWomen
's ranks ahead of the new campaign! 🖊️🐑
#DCFC
#dcfcfans
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Today reminded me how much Iv missed being on the grass coaching! Sometimes we all need a pick me up and
@DerbyshireFA
UEFA B course has certainly done that! Great group of willing learners and my sidekick
@sallyneed3
always helps too ⚽️ 🙌🏼
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Loved every minute of this! Brilliant coaches, brilliant players, unbelievable staff… well done
@AlexWalker1998
@DerbyshireFA
you weren’t bad either
@Bexowl89
@jbriches
😉
@DerbyshireFA
Coaches Community Conference ✅
My favourite night I’ve had in the job since starting! Thank you so much to all the coaches, players & deliverers for making our first attempt at a coaches conference a pretty memorable one.
@Samanthagriff17
@jbriches
&
@Bexowl89
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Loved being back on the sidelines with
@DerbycountyLFC
today, real togetherness about the group and hard work ethic! Nothing beats getting on the pitch and winning ⚽️🙌🏼
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FA Coach Mentor award winners for their outstanding work in grassroots football
#FACoachMentor
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My favourite photo of a brilliant night
@Vote4Sheila
you really are a club legend 🖤🤍
#thankyou
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Role model for every young girl out there 👏🏼
We are pleased to confirm that
@DCFCWomen
’s Club Captain Hannah Ward has agreed to be a Club Ambassador 🖤🤍
Hannah has been with us for 18 years and made almost 300 senior appearances.
Congratulations,
@HannahWard10
! 🤝
#DCFC
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Always good to catch up with our female FA coach mentors. What a fab day ⚽️👌🏼
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Amazing to see some of the
@DerbycountyLFC
players on this as part of Umbro launching the new away kit 👌🏻
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Looking for a mental challenge as well as physical 👀 try the tik tok foot challenge for all the family
@FALearning
Stay home, Stay safe, Stay active!
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Found this when clearing out! Love a bit of simple detail ⚽️
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A picture paints a 1000 words…. Saw this today, one of the most powerful pictures Iv seen 💭
#ItsTheirGame
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Long day... good to have football chat with
@SGreen_1
@AmyPrice_10
@carlsD9
@GemDav6
and then a brilliant developing coaches through mentoring course tonight with
@EastRidingFA
and also good food with
@suey_smith
😉
#workdays
#footballlife
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#NationalMentoringDay
some of my best memories, working with the best people, with one of the most powerful support mechanisms
#Mentoring
@EnglandLearning
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Thank you 😊
🎂 HAPPY BIRTHDAY | It almost escaped us but we caught it just in time! Big Happy Birthday to our incoming Head Coach
@Samanthagriff17
- Hope you have a great day from all
@DerbycountyLFC
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Another great event with these young female coaches, today they looked at helping the players with their ‘top tips’ for shooting!
#futurecoaches
big thanks to
@Finch27Jennifer
for organising ⚽️
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15 years today I started my journey as an FA Employee,
@EnglandLearning
@England
This week sees me celebrate and share those years with my day 1
@Samanthagriff17
I dedicate the start of 15 years week long celebration to my best friend
Love ya 😘
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Good luck to all our players playing this weekend, play with a smile and enjoy 😊
⚽️ACADEMY READY FOR NEW SEASON - It's a big weekend as our Academy start their season's across the East Midlands.
Director
@DavidCholerton
looks ahead to new season & also check out where our Academy are playing this weekend!
#EweRams
#DCLFC
#OneClub
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This group 🥰🖤🤍
Full time ⚪️ 0-3 🐏
The Ewes make it 4/4 unbeaten in 2023
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FA Regional Coach Mentor Officers supporting Girls Football Week ⚽️
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The journey doesn't stop here... A piece of paper doesn't mean anything unless you strive to better yourself ⚽️
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Great evening meeting and supporting some excellent female coaches in our game! What an exciting group to be working with 😁 thanks to
@DerbyshireFA
and
@NottsFA
for organising!
#RoleModels
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You do an amazing job Alfie 👏🏼 I can’t be easy to interview every week 😅
👨💻I've really enjoyed getting stuck into making social media content, filming the games & conducting post-match interviews with the
#Ewes
for a busy start to the season. 💬🎥
@DCFCWomen
|
@Samanthagriff17
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#COYE
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Seeing so many reasons on social media why we will be in lockdown again come January 😒 I really don’t get why people choose to show exactly what they shouldn’t be doing 🤷🏻♀️
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