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We were delighted to see one of our players Lucas Tibbs “ring the bell” earlier this week at Birmingham Children’s Hospital following his successful treatment against a rare form of cancer. Well Done Lucas - looking forward to seeing you back at the Club soon
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Before training this morning our U18, U16 and U15 players held a minutes silence as a mark of respect for former scholar Cody Fisher following the tragic events on boxing day.
#RIP
Cody
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Everyone at The Academy is saddened to hear of the passing of one of our former scholars last night
Thoughts are with family & friends
#RIP
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Today mark's 1 year in post for our Academy Manager Rob Williams.
A year of change and progression across the whole programme.
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He's only gone and finished it
@LondonMarathon
@AcornsHospice
🏃 Best of luck to Walsall FC Academy manager Rob Williams who is taking part in today's
@LondonMarathon
in support of
@AcornsHospice
!
👉
@rwilliams72
@WFC_Academy
#WalsallFC
#Saddlers
#UTS
#LondonMarathon
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The Club and Academy are saddened to learn of the passing of Denise Fletcher, mother of one of our signed Under 10’s Robbie.
The thoughts of everyone at the Club are with Jamie, Robbie and the rest of the family at this incredibly sad time.
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More fantastic evidence of our pathway today
A 14 and 15 year old playing in the U18s and 1st year scholar (16 year old) playing more minutes with the 1st team
#Pathway
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2 of our 1st year scholars received their 1st team match day squad shirts today as we approach the final few days of the 23/24 season 👏👏👏👏
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A fantastic night for the player, parents and Acadeny as a whole
Well done everyone
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WELCOME to 'The Academy'
Following a thorough recruitment process we are delighted to announce Ryan Simmonds as our new PDP Coach
Ryan will bring a wealth of coaching & playing experience to support our scholars as the programme continues to develop
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Fantastic performance and outcome from the youth team this morning against
@OfficialPVFC
.
Eventually winning 1 - 4 with Ronan Maher scoring all 4 goals.
2 x U15 and 7 x U16 in the squad again.
#TheAcademy
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Congratulations to our Under 15’s on beating Wolves 3-2 tonight to progress to the next stage of the
@premierleague
Under 15 Floodlit Cup as group winners.
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The scholars came together this morning to congratulate Dylan on his 1st senior appearance last night
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Congratulations to our Academy Manager who today received notification from
@premierleague
and
@portsmouthuni
that he has completed the Postgraduate Diploma in Elite Coach Development.
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First full day starts with some morning running before breakfast!
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A minutes applause was held before kick off for the passing of Cody Fisher, a former Walsall Scholar, who died on Boxing Day.
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On Tuesday 1st team player
@joeriley49
supported our U18s as part of his UEFA B Licence
#TheAcademy
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First team player
@Josh_Gordonn
helped coach our Under 16’s last night as part of his FA Level 2 Coaching qualification through
@PFA
@iainsanks
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Another fantastic OPPORTUNITY & EXPERIENCE
1st year scholar George Barrett involved with the 1st team last night
#Pathway
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What an incredible experience for 16 year old, 1st year scholar Dylan Thomas tonight
@EmiratesFACup
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Thanks to
@ScottishYouthFA
U16 for visiting us this evening for a really competitive fixture with our U16/15 group.
Great to meet the staff and players.
Thanks to
@Jedinspiresport
for organising
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WHAT A NIGHT
4 16 year-olds, 1 17 year old and 2 graduates
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🗣| Fantastic evening at the Academy tonight as we hosted coaches from
@SportingKhalsa
to share some insights and build our club link
👀| Lots of observations, sharing & discussion
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WELCOME BACK to former scholar Callum Nimmo who has rejoined us to complete his 3rd year sports therapy placement from
@UCBofficial
#Pathway
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Thanks to Gustavo Poyet for his time this evening to share stories of his playing and coaching career this evening with our Academy Coaches and Staff. Gustavo also spent time talking through his coaching and management style and also on his time playing and coaching in England
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5" GOAL
Ronan Maher puts Walsall ahead after getting on the end of a diagonal ball from captain Ollie Jones.
#YoungSaddlers
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A busy night at
#TheAcademy
Firstly, we welcomed coaches from
@StourbridgeFC
as we continue to build our network with local clubs
#support
#partnerships
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HERE WE GO .......... our first ever FDP tour is underway. An early start for our U9 - U12 players as we head off to the south coast.
First game this afternoon v
@PaultonRoversFC
followed by
@afcb_academy
and
@OfficialBHAFC
over the next 2 days ......
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Stadium night for the U8 - U15 groups tonight
Great experience for the players and staff
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FULL TIME
WALSALL 5-0 Huddersfield Town
A great result and performance from The Young Saddlers this afternoon
#YoungSaddlers
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We are delighted to welcome our New Head of Academy Physiotherapy Meldrick Gomes, who joins us having recently completed an MSc Exercise & Medicine (Football)
@unibirmingham
Welcome to the Academy
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Introducing our new Head of Academy Physiotherapy:
Meldrick has experience of working in the Indian Super League with Kerala Blasters FC & Hyderabad FC as well as Redditch United FC and WBA FC Academy. Recently completed MSc Exercise and Sports Medicine (Football).
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What a fantastic opportunity for 3 of our U15s today
Attending the
@England
emerging talent camp
@StGeorgesPark1
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Local grassroots clubs - we have some footballs that we can donate if you would like them
let us know if interested!!
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Great to see 3 of our scholars training with the 1st team this weekend
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WELCOME OUR NEW UNDER 9's
Fantastic evening tonight welcoming the U8s to their signing evening
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Tonight we hosted our Player & Parent Induction evening. An opportunity to share and shape our plans.
Thanks to everyone for attending and also for input from
@Towno10
, our Co Chair and Matt from Trivela.
Lots of positivity in the room.
#TheAcademy
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As we continue to develop our programme, tonight our FDP lead welcomed a new member to our coaching staff
Matt Beach joins us with a wealth of experience and will now support and be a great asset to our FDP age groups
#TheAcademy
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A positive night with recruitment staff tonight
Our Head of Recruitment, Academy Manager and
@WFCCP
Officer for Sport sharing some detail around our pathway & opportunities
#TheAcademy
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After a tough start to their
@EFL
Youth Alliance campaign the U18s earned a hard fought draw against
@shrewsacademy
this morning.
The young group which included 3 U16s showed a fantastic mentality and work ethic earning a well deserved point.
#Pathway
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Fantastic day for The Academy with 3 U18s in the matchday squad and 1 U16 joing the matchday warm up
#Pathway
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CONGRATULATIONS to 17 year old, 1st year scholar Cayden Bennett on his first Senior National Team call up for
@SKNFA_
for their upcoming games v
@SanMarinoFooty
on 20th and 24th March
Keep an eye out for Cayden's interview next week as part of
@EFL
#YouthDevelopmenWeek
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FT: Walsall 5-0 Shrewsbury Town.
A hattrick from
@mitchelcandlin_
and strikes from
@Cairns99Joe
&
@dylanwparker5
give the young Saddlers side a very comfortable win!
GET IN!
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Fantastic opportunity for our U16/15 players this evening
@ScottishYouthFA
u16 development squad going out for the warm up in preparation for their match vs
@WFC_Academy
.
#inspired
#SYFAinspireCup
#DevelopmentTour
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Thanks to our First Team Manager Darrell Clarke and his assistant Brian Dutton for joining our coaches get together this evening and sharing their experiences throughout their coaching career.
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Thanks to First Team Goalkeeper Coach
@maiktaylor1
and First Team Goalkeeper
@roberts_liam
for their time this evening to answer questions from our Academy Goalkeepers and Coaches.
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Today was the last day on the grass for our PDP coach
@KingyBen
with the players before he moves on to pastures new.
Best of luck in your new role from everyone here at The Academy
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A beautiful evening here tonight for our U8, U9, U10, U11 and U12 groups
Fantastic energy from players and staff tonight
#TheAcademy
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Today was a perfect opportunity to present 2nd year scholar Linton Chakki with his Academy coin of excellence for being an outstanding scholar throughout his apprenticeship and epitomising the Academy core values 👊🏻
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New Season ✅
New Sponsor ✅
New kit ✅
Great to have the sponsors travel to watch the lads too
#commitment
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Congratulations to our Under 10’s who earlier today finished Runners Up in the Premier League Futsal Tournament
@StGeorgesPark
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54' EQUALISER
Ronan Maher scores a sublime effort from outside the box to draw the scores level.
1-1
#YoungSaddlers
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Good to see Youth Team players
@JoeWillis4_
and
@joefoulkes4
featuring for the First Team this afternoon at Alfreton Town.
10 changes in the second half for the
#Saddlers
1⃣3⃣ Trialist A
3⃣ Cockerill-Mollett
4⃣ Dobson
1⃣0⃣ Facey
1⃣2⃣ Kiersey
1⃣5⃣ Trialist B
1⃣6⃣ Faulks
1⃣9⃣ Hardy
2⃣1⃣ Leak
2⃣2⃣ Trialist C
2⃣3⃣ Willis
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A period of silence before this mornings Academy fixture against
@ShrimpsAcademy
#WeWillRememberThem
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Another 1st team matchday squad for one of our 1st year scholars.
This time v
@SouthamptonFC
in the
@EmiratesFACup
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WELCOME TO THE ACADEMY
Tonight we welcomed our new U9s to the Academy ....
A big thank you to the staff for their hard work and dedication in supporting and developing this group
@kieran_squire
Dean, Martin, Geo, Ben and Preston
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Great result for the Under 18’s today with a 2-1 victory over Tranmere Rovers in the EFL Youth Alliance.
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Thanks to former Saddler
@butler__andy
for his giving up his time this evening to speak with our Academy Under 15's about his career journey and answer questions from the lads.
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Congratulations
@ronanmaher04
#Pathway
Proud day for the family as
@ronanmaher04
@WFCOfficial
plays 35 mins in
@FAIreland
🇮🇪 6-0 win vs Gibraltar 🇬🇮 in Wales. He made 2 and hit the post. On to Sat vs Wales in Bangor.
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Congratulations to Under 18 Captain
@JoeWillis4_
who is named on the substitutes bench for this evenings
@SkyBetLeagueTwo
fixture against Oldham.
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Some of our Players and staff had the opportunity to attend the
@PFA
Asian Inclusion Mentoring Scheme (AIMS) Development Day
@StGeorgesPark1
today
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FULL TIME
Walsall book their place in the Senior Cup final against Rushall Olympic with a fantastic display against Heath Hayes FC.
1-2
#YoungSaddlers
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Fantastic
#CoachDevelopment
opportunity for our Foundation Phase Lead today to travel with and support the 1st team
#Pathway
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Pre Season continued for the U18s today with a visit to Beacon Barracks to be put through thier paces physically, mentally and socially.
• teamwork
• Communication
• problem solving
• hard work
• commitment
Thanks to all of the staff for their delivery
#TheAcademy
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85" GOAL
Ronan Maher puts Walsall back ahead late on after a great counter attack lead by Will Uchenna and Marv Onabirekhanlen.
1-2
#YoungSaddlers
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WELCOME ..... to our new Head of Academy Player Care
Helen Jennings joins us with an academic background in Sport Psychology, earning both a BSc and MSc. Combined with applied experience working with youth athletes in a variety of sports (football, tennis, rugby).
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The Under 18’s team
@lichfieldcityfc
is:
1. Dominic Rodgerson
2. Danny Coogan
3. Jack Lynch
4. Sam Perry
5. Alex Petrovic
6. Joe Foulkes
7. Jayden Campbell
8. Joe Willis (c)
9. Ade Francis
18. Perry Moss
11. Alex McSkeane
Subs
Brad Taylor
Ben Friel
Kyle Sharp
Lewis Walker
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More valuable player experiences last night with 1st and 2nd year scholars part of the 1st team group for the
@Carabao_Cup
#Pathway
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Our Under 18’s continued their impressive start to the season this afternoon with a 3-0 victory against
@TranmereRovers
.
Goals coming from an own goal and two for
@Jayden7Campbell
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The Youth Team recorded a 1-0 victory at Salford City earlier this afternoon in the EFL Youth Alliance.
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Fantastic
#development
and
#pathway
opportunity today for 1st year scholar and Head of Academy GK as part of
#FACup
4th round matchday
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Congratulations to
@samuelpaulperr2
on being selected to make his debut this evening.
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Good luck
@JoeWillis4_
➡️ We can confirm that midfielder
@JoeWillis4_
has joined
@SalisburyFC
on a one-month work experience loan
👉
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🗣| Next Wednesday we will welcome coaches from
@SportingKhalsa
to the Academy as part of our programme to develop relationships and support local clubs and coaches
👀| If your club would be interested in opportunities please email rob.williams
@walsallfc
.co.uk
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✅️ First home win of the season
✅️ Consecutive wins for the first time this season.
Job done at Ray Hall Lane. Over to you,
@WFCOfficial
😏
#YoungSaddlers
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Earlier this week we hosted a group of players and coaches from Poland as part of a study visit.
*keep an eye on
@WFCOfficial
for a detailed article soon
#TheAcademy
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A really busy day in
#TheAcademy
Coaches from 🇵🇱 spent the day with our U18s observing practice & hearing from our GK coach
This evening our coaches attended a CPD on analysis
@Martinh1472
@wlv_scp
@HudlAnalysis
While our HOC delivered a CPD for
@StourbridgeFC
coaches
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Congratulations to our Under 16 striker Luke Pearce for being named amongst our substitutes this evening.
🏆 Here's how the
#Saddlers
line-up for this evening's
@LeasingcomTrphy
game against
@ChelseaFC
's Under-21s
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Another fantastic opportunity for a 1st year scholar today named as part of the matchday squad
#Pathway
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Another great evening:
Our Head of Academy GK organised an evening with 1st team GK coach
@DanWatson78
and 1st team GK Owen Evans for our young keepers
While, 2 of our 2nd year scholars continued their loan
@WorcesterCityFc
#Pathway
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CONGRATULATIONS to our 12s who travelled to Hertfordshire today to compete in the 'Pro Cup' to compete with
@Pompey
@Argyle
@AFCWimbledon
@ArsenalAcademy
@HistonFC
Fantastic day for the boys and the staff with the group eventually winning the silver cup 👏👏👏👏
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Important for this to Inspire players & staff across our programme
Well done everyone involved and keep up the hard work
👏 Great to have seven products of our academy in the squad this evening!
Keep up the hard work lads 💪
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Pre season is over for the scholars ....
Season starts in 3 days ....
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All of our age groups had their final sessions of the season at the stadium tonight
A fantastic experience for everyone before a deserved break
Thanks to Academy graduates
@kins1996
@samuelperry29
and current scholar Rio Sawyers for supporting the boys
#TheAcademy
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Good Luck to 2nd year scholar Geroge who starts his new youth loan tonight
@DudleyTownFC
Thanks to everyone
@DudleyTownFC
for providing this fantastic development opportunity
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FULL TIME
Walsall walk away 3-1 victors over Port Vale.
A Charlie Wragg brace and strong second half display made The Saddlers deserved winners.
3-1
#YoungSaddlers
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Tonight we gathered our coaching staff together for an induction in preparation for all age groups returning next week
#TheAcademy
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