Pen pics of Manchester City's backroom staff.
Pen pics of Manchester City's backroom staff.
Darren Hughes has been promoted to the new role of Head of Individual Player Development at Manchester City and will now set about building a new department at the club.
Teamworks will be the Headline Sponsor of this year's TGG Live Conference at St George's Park. Our annual two-day event is returning on September 9 & 10 to shine a light on the best of the backroom in football and beyond.
FORMER Aston Villa full-back Alan Wright has left Manchester City’s Academy after a decade. The 52-year-old coached City’s Under-16s and has now joined Harwick Sports Management,
IN our Set Piece Masterclass, former Newcastle United First Team Analyst Billy Coulston will help to improve your understanding, preparation and delivery of Set Pieces.
NEW Manchester City Academy Director Thomas Krucken says his job is to develop the ‘player of the future.’ The German succeeded Jason Wilcox as City’s Academy boss in August last year, having previously been Stuttgart's Head of Youth Development.
R is a statistics-specific programming language that is excellent for data cleaning, manipulation and visualisations. In our R Masterclass, on Tuesday February 13th, Harsh Krishna will introduce you to R and RStudio (the interface for writing R code) and explain how they can be used with football event data.
ChatGPT and other Large Language models are changing how we write and read texts. In this Masterclass, Professor David Sumpter explains how to make the most of the new technology when writing scouting reports.
FOR the last decade, Mark Leyland has been one of the foremost analysts in this country - and has gone on to become even more than that. He spoke to TGG about the evolution of his role at Liverpool and Newcastle and his current job as Head of Coaching Methodology at City Football Group.
STEPHEN TORPEY has left Manchester City after nine-and-a-half years to become Brentford’s Academy Director and will spearhead the Bees’ drive to achieve Category One status.
OUR Big Data Webinar is now available on-demand and brings you insights from leading practitioners in football and beyond.
STAFF from more than 100 clubs and federations from around the world - in football and beyond - were among those to gather in Manchester last week for two days of learning and networking at TGG Live.
TEAM Operations and Communications specialists Kairos will showcase their new product Kairos TV at TGG Live in Manchester on October 9th and 10th.
TOP players are increasingly employing their own analysts and it’s a trend that clubs would be “silly” to fight, says City Football Group Head of Coaching Methodology Mark Leyland.
STAFF from dozens of leading clubs and federations will be attending TGG Live in Manchester on October 9th and 10th. This event, which is being held in the iconic Beetham Tower, will offer unparalleled opportunities to learn and network with some of the brightest minds in football and beyond.
PEP GUARDIOLA has completed his complement of assistants with the additions of the returning Juanma Lillo and Inigo Dominguez.
VFB Stuttgart’s Thomas Krucken has succeeded Jason Wilcox as Manchester City’s Academy Director.
WE are delighted to reveal the agenda for our industry-leading TGG Live Conference in Manchester on October 9th and 10th. This two-day event at the iconic Beetham Tower in central Manchester will shine a light on the best of the backroom.
JAMES CHEESEMAN has been promoted to First Team Director of Performance by Manchester City.
PEP GUARDIOLA’S assistant, Rodolfo Borrell, has left Manchester City after nine years to become Sporting Director at Austin FC in the MLS. His exit follows that of Enzo Maresca two weeks ago.
MANCHESTER CITY have created a backroom empire, spanning the Academy, performance, coaching and data science, but a reboot will be required this summer following some key exits.
MARK SERTORI has been appointed Head of Performance and Player Care by newly-promoted Burnley. The man described as 'more than a work colleague' by John Stones left Manchester City in December after more than 14 years' service.
MANCHESTER CITY Under-18s beat Youth Cup winners West Ham 2-1 in extra time at the Etihad Stadium on Wednesday to complete a unique treble double.
CLUB and Federation experts will give insights into latest trends and best practice at our Youth Development Webinar on June 6th.
ON October 9&10, Training Ground Guru is holding its biggest and best event, with its biggest and best line-up of speakers!
MANCHESTER CITY manager Pep Guardiola has hailed an “incredible achievement” after the club completed a ‘double hat-trick’ of Under-18 and Premier League 2 titles.
IN October we'll be holding our biggest ever event. The TGG Live Conference, at the iconic Beetham Tower in central Manchester, spans two days and will be a window into the world of high performance in professional football, featuring dozens of expert speakers from leading clubs and federations.
MARK LEYLAND, who has been described by Eddie Howe as an “integral” member of his staff, is leaving Newcastle United at this end of the season to become Head of Coaching Methodology at City Football Group.
OUR Scouting and Recruitment Webinar is back for a second edition and again provides industry insights from leading experts in the game.
MANCHESTER CITY have added to their growing Insights team by hiring Maram AlBaharna from The Athletic as Football Insights Analyst.
LEARN how xG - the most important machine learning model in football - works during our follow-along Masterclass with Professor David Sumpter on Tuesday January 24th.
HARRY DUNN has been promoted to Performance Analysis Lead at Manchester City. The analyst, who has been with City for eight years, replaces Piet Cremers, who left at the start of this season.
TGG's Big Data event is back for its fourth edition and will once again give top insights into how leading football clubs and federations are using data science.
SAM ERITH is leaving Manchester City after 11 years to join Madison Square Garden Sports Corp in New York. Erith joined City in September 2011 from Tottenham as their Head of Sport Science, before being promoted to Head of Human Performance for the overall City Football Group in January 2014.
EDD WEBSTER is a data scientist for LEGO who previously worked for Manchester City and West Ham. On October 25th, he will be hosting an SQL Masterclass for TGG. Here is some background on SQL and what the Masterclass will involve.
MANCHESTER CITY Head of Analysis and Insights Piet Cremers has left the Premier League champions after four-and-a-half years.
COACHES from the four home nations as well as from Belgium, Holland, Germany, Portugal and the United States came together at TGG’s Youth Development Conference for a day of learning and sharing ideas.
EDD WEBSTER worked as a data scientist for Manchester City and West Ham. Now he's with another iconic brand: LEGO. He tells TGG how football clubs are (and aren’t) using data, what they can learn from other industries and how people can transition into the profession, just like he did.
DATA is valuable and SQL makes navigating it a lot easier. Our SQL for Data Analysis Masterclass will provide an introduction to accessing and manipulating datasets in a football context.
RYAN DEFREITAS has left Leicester City after nine-and-a-half years to become first-team performance analyst for training at Manchester City.
DAN LEWINDON has joined Manchester City in the new role of Director of Player Health and Performance. He arrives from the LTA, where he was Head of High Performance Science and Medicine for six years.
CERI BOWLEY has left Manchester City after three years to become first-team coach at Rangers.
CRAIG MUDD has replaced Danny Walker as Under-23s assistant at Manchester City, with Jamie Carr stepping up from the U14s to become assistant with the U18s.
ON September 20th, TGG will be holding its first in-person event for three years. The Youth Development Conference will feature top speakers giving insights into the latest innovations and best practice in Academies - from both England and beyond.
ENZO MARESCA is returning to Manchester City to become Pep Guardiola’s assistant after Juanma Lillo left to become Head Coach of Al-Sadd Sports Club in Qatar.
RAVI MISTRY has been promoted to Head of Football Insights at Manchester City as the club continue to invest heavily in their data science capability.
HOW do you ensure each individual develops within your team environment? This is a big focus for clubs - and for this webinar.
OUR Python Match Analysis Masterclass is a follow-along interactive session that takes you through the match analysis process, from processing a real match JSON file through to data visualisation and communication.
Our Power BI Masterclass, delivered by Southampton FC Performance Data Analyst Harriet Eastham, helps you to connect multiple data sources to generate interactive insights.
OUR Scouting and Recruitment webinar features insights from leading clubs and professionals.
AT 26, Piet Cremers is younger than the average age of Manchester City’s playing squad (27) and almost half the age of their manager, Pep Guardiola (51). But despite his callow years, the Dutchman has become an important and influential member of Guardiola’s backroom staff at the Etihad.
NICK CHADD has left City Football Group and Manchester City after five-and-a-half years to become Head of Sport Science and Strength and Conditioning at Portuguese giants Benfica.
CATHERINE HESFORD has left the Football Association after five-and-a-half years to become Manchester City’s first Head of Talent Science.
OUR Youth Development event, which delivered insights from leading Academies, is now available on-demand.
A CORONER has recorded a verdict of suicide at the inquest of former Manchester City Academy player Jeremy Wisten, who was found dead at his home in October last year.
JASON WILCOX says his ambition is for Manchester City’s Academy to be the best in the whole of world sport.
HOW Liverpool and Manchester City turned their full-backs into attacking playmakers, taking a previously unfashionable role to whole new level.
FORMER Scotland captain Gary Caldwell has been appointed Loans Coach at Manchester City after his interim spell as Newcastle United’s Under-23s boss ended.
TGG's Big Data 2021 Webinar, shedding light on how top individuals and organisations are using data science in football, is now available on-demand.
MANCHESTER CITY Under-14 lead Jamie Carr will embark on an incredible double challenge in two of the world's most hostile environments next year to raise money for charity.
ABILITY to win 1v1 duels is arguably more important now than ever. So how are clubs coaching and developing it?
OUR Python Masterclass, which gives an introduction to the football capabilities of one of the world's most popular programming languages, is now available on-demand.
FORMER Rochdale manager Brian Barry-Murphy has been appointed as Manchester City’s new Under-23s boss as the club unveiled their coaching set-up for the new season.
OUR Individual Development Coaching Webinar, which gave in-depth insights into the approach of top clubs and federations in this crucial area of the game, is now available to watch on-demand.
BRIAN KIDD has left Manchester City after 12 years, with Under-18s coach Carlos Vicens stepping up to take his place as assistant manager.
SERGIO AGUERO has given an engraved luxury watch to every member of Manchester City’s first-team staff, as well as raffling his Range Rover, which was won by kit manager Ally Marland.
MANCHESTER CITY Under-23s boss Enzo Maresca is leaving the club after only a season to become Head Coach of Italian side Parma.
MANCHESTER CITY have won the Under-18s Premier League title to secure a unique hat-trick of trophies.
MANCHESTER CITY’S Under-23s have won Premier League 2 for the first time, with Pep Guardiola hailing a "fantastic achievement" by Enzo Maresca's side.
KEVIN DE BRUYNE employed the services of data analytics company Analytics FC as part of the negotiations over his new four-year contract with Manchester City.
PLAYERS from Liverpool and Manchester City’s Academy and women’s teams are to wear special mouthguards during training as part of a landmark study into head injuries in football.
MANCHESTER CITY have played more backwards passes than any other side in Europe so far this season, debunking the theory that this is a negative ploy.
RECOVERY is more important now than ever, because unprecedented fixture congestion is leaving so little time between matches. In this event, expert practitioners from elite clubs will be telling you how they monitor recovery and about the methods and tools they use to promote it.
A PLAYER'S position only tells us so much about them - as a comparison of Roberto Firmino and Robert Lewandowski shows. Paul Power of Stats Perform explains how we can carry out some more sophisticated analysis of a player.
TELESTRATION elevates the storytelling power of video, which is why TGG have teamed up with Tracab to bring you a Coach Paint Masterclass delivered by Benfica U23 assistant manager João Nuno Fonseca.
A PhD in computational astrophysics, developing trading systems for a £30bn hedge fund and policy advisor for the British government: not your typical CV for a member of backroom staff. However, these are just some of the credentials of Laurie Shaw, who has been appointed Lead AI Scientist by Manchester City.
MANCHESTER CITY Academy Manager Jason Wilcox says he has set his staff and players three key targets for 2021.
STEVE SPARKS has left Southampton after a decade to become first-team physio at Manchester City.
OUR Big Data event, which examines how top teams are using data science, is back for a second year.
MANCHESTER CITY have teamed up with Google Research to launch an AI football competition which they hope will ‘test and refine’ tactical principles on the pitch.
GLENN VAN DER KRAAN has started working for Manchester City as their new Head of Coaching as the club completes an extensive Academy revamp.
MANCHESTER CITY Chief Executive Ferran Soriano says English football should re-consider introducing B teams in light of the coronavirus pandemic.
Eddie Jones, Tom Vernon, Dave Reddin, Lorraine O'Malley and Karen Bardsley outline what they believe will be the big developments in football in the coming months and years.
ENGLAND rugby coach Eddie Jones and England Women’s goalkeeper Karen Bardsley were among the superb speakers at TGG’s The Future Game webinar on Wednesday.
FORMER West Ham assistant Enzo Maresca has been appointed Under-23s boss at Manchester City.
MANCHESTER CITY’S most experienced analyst, Aaron Briggs, has left the club after nine years to join Monaco.
HUDDERSFIELD TOWN recruitment co-ordinator Chris Baker has left the club after three years to join Manchester City.
ENGLAND rugby coach Eddie Jones will be among the speakers at an online event exploring the future of elite sport post pandemic and beyond.
JOHN-MARK SISMAN has been appointed to the new role of Performance Physicist by Manchester City.
MANCHESTER CITY have promoted Spaniard Carlos Vicens to Under-18 lead coach, with Darren Hughes stepping up from the U11s to become his assistant. Danny Walker has moved from U15/16s lead to U23 assistant.
STEPHEN TORPEY has been appointed Head of Coaching for the Under-15s to 23s by Manchester City.
MANCHESTER CITY have appointed Juan Manuel Lillo - described by Pep Guardiola as “the best coach I ever had” - as the club’s new assistant manager.
MANCHESTER CITY are set to make significant changes in their Academy this summer, with both the Under-23 and U18 lead coach roles becoming available.
SIMON TIMSON, the Performance Director at the Lawn Tennis Association, is joining Manchester City in the summer to head up their performance department.
LIVERPOOL have hired another physio from rivals Manchester City with Steve Lilley joining the Anfield club next month.
TGG will be exploring Modern Leadership at our next live event, at Emirates Old Trafford on Thursday April 23rd.
BRIAN PRESTIDGE has been promoted to Director of Insights and Decision Technology at City Football Group, meaning he will head up data science across nine teams including Manchester City.
MANCHESTER CITY’S most senior data scientist, Lee Mooney, has left the club after six years to launch a start-up.
MANCHESTER CITY had one significant weakness last season - which is why they hired set piece specialist Nicolas Jover from Brentford.
DATA SCIENCE is the growth area in football, yet also one of the least understood. At this special event, we will be finding out what the top Premier League and international teams are doing, from the experts who are doing it.
MANCHESTER CITY are advertising for their first dedicated data scientist to work with Pep Guardiola's team.
KRIS VAN DER HAEGEN, the Director of Coach Education for the Belgian Football Association, will head a special TGG conference on youth development in June.
MANCHESTER CITY have come under fire after a team photo emerged showing their ‘Under-5s elite squad’.
MANCHESTER CITY have promoted from within to fill the Head Physio position vacated by Lee Nobes last November.
GRANT DOWNIE, Manchester City's former Head of Academy Performance, explains how he managed to get 28 full-time staff working together cohesively.
GRANT DOWNIE has worked in the performance industry fo more than 30 years, holding senior roles with Rangers, Middlesbrough and Manchester City. Now he works as a consultant and mentor and shared some of his key principles with TGG.
JAMES McCARRON is leaving the Premier League after a year to become Head of Sports Science and Medicine for Manchester City Ladies.
PREMIER LEAGUE footballers Tom Heaton and Ben Mee were among the attendees at TGG's second Cohesive Coaching event in Manchester.
MANCHESTER CITY Head Physio Lee Nobes is leaving the club after 11 years to join rivals Liverpool.
PEP GUARDIOLA has credited two ‘geniuses’ with inspiring him to do things differently.
FOLLOWING the success of our first Cohesive Coaching event in June, we decided to put on a sequel.
DESPITE being based in Barcelona, Dr Ramon Cugat has become the key medical figure at Manchester City, following a 20-year association with Pep Guardiola.
MANCHESTER CITY analyst Richard Bredice says he expects the introduction of electronic devices into the technical area to create “huge controversy” this season.
MANCHESTER CITY have appointed Barnsley’s Paul Harsley as their new Under-23 manager.
WHEN Manchester City unveiled their state-of-the-art £200m Etihad training complex in December 2014, it included football’s most advanced altitude chamber.
THE half spaces have become football's most fertile ground thanks to Pep Guardiola and Manchester City. Here's why.
MANCHESTER CITY are looking for a new Under-23 coach as they revamp roles in their Academy.
MANCHESTER CITY have hired video analyst Piet Cremers after he impressed during his 18 month spell with partner club NAC Breda.
MANCHESTER CITY Academy manager Jason Wilcox admits something ‘unbelievable’ has to happen in order for teenagers to make it into the first team at the club.
MANCHESTER CITY chief executive Ferran Soriano admits there is “much more to do” to bridge the gap between the club’s Academy and first team.
WEST BROM are the tallest side in the Premier League this season, with Manchester City the smallest.
NEW Manchester City Academy boss Jason Wilcox says challenging players will be more important than winning on his watch.
EDDIE JONES' Q&A at Soccerex was as intense and stimulating as one of the his coaching sessions. Read and listen to it here.
JORDI CRUYFF insists Pep Guardiola is still continuing his father’s legacy despite his record with homegrown players at Manchester City.
THE exit of Manchester City's brightest prospect seriously undermines their claims that youth would be given a platform this season.
WEST HAM's Joe Hart has the worst distribution performance of any goalkeeper in the Premier League this season, according to exclusive analysis conducted by the World in Motion agency.
MANCHESTER CITY Academy director Mark Allen has been named as the new Director of Football at Glasgow Rangers.
WEST BROM won the Premier League fitness title in 2016/17, with the lowest number of significant injuries and days lost to injury.
PEP GUARDIOLA has warned he is again unlikely to introduce many academy players to the Manchester City first team next season, blaming the competitiveness of the youth league they play in.
MANCHESTER CITY have been banned from signing Academy players for two years after being found guilty of tapping-up two schoolboys.