New Chelsea Set Piece Coach Bernardo Cueva and Manchester City legend Yaya Toure were among those to graduate with their UEFA Pro Licence from the English Football Association last week.
New Chelsea Set Piece Coach Bernardo Cueva and Manchester City legend Yaya Toure were among those to graduate with their UEFA Pro Licence from the English Football Association last week.
Manchester City’s Bradley Wall has been appointed Head of Recruitment at Portsmouth. He replaces Phil Boardman, who left in February to become Senior European Scout for Everton.
Sam Jewell has officially started work at Chelsea as Director of Global Recruitment after completing a period of gardening leave at Brighton.
Former England rugby union captain Sue Day is to replace the outgoing Sue Campbell as the new Director of Women's Football at the Football Association.
Did Newcastle United fail to do their due diligence on £55m signing Sandro Tonali, who has been banned this season for breaching betting rules? We asked former Scotland Yard Detective Neil Whitbread, who now helps clubs with intelligence on potential signings.
JAMES VAUGHAN has been promoted to the new role of Head of Academy Recruitment and Player Pathways at Everton. The 35-year-old, who made 60 appearances for the club as a player, rejoined the Blues as Loans Pathway Manager in September 2022.
SAM JEWELL has accepted a senior recruitment role at Chelsea and been placed on gardening leave by Brighton. Jewell, who is the son of former Wigan manager Paul Jewell, is expected to start work with Chelsea in November.
IPSWICH TOWN Head of Recruitment Sam Williams is leaving the club after two years to return to Manchester United.
MAX HAHN has joined West Ham United as their new Head of Technical Recruitment and Analysis, as Technical Director Tim Steidten makes his mark behind the scenes.
JORDAN MILES has left Aberdeen after seven months to become the new Head of Recruitment at Leeds United.
NEGOTIATIONS MANAGER Sam Barnett has left Manchester United after seven years.
HELENA COSTA, English football’s first and only female Head of Recruitment, has left Watford after less than a year.
UNION SAINT-GILLOISE are one of the smartest teams in Europe and their culture is a big reason why. Sporting Director Chris O'Loughlin tells TGG how the club scout for character.
AHEAD of the January transfer window, Brentford Technical Director Lee Dykes outlines the seven stages of the club's recruitment process.
ENGLISH football has agreed ‘in principle’ to make reporting of diversity data compulsory from the start of the 2024/25 season, according to Football Association CEO Mark Bullingham.
MATTHEW LEWIS has been appointed Positional Scouting Lead by Norwich City as they continue to build out the department.
CHELSEA have hired Jeremy Leyde from West Brom to head up their new position-specific scouting department.
FIVE key trends we've seen in coaching and management in 2023, gleaned from conversations with top practitioners in the UK and beyond on our podcast, articles and events.
LUKE FEDORENKO has been promoted to Head of Academy Recruitment as part of a restructure at Manchester United.
NEWCASTLE UNITED have completed their new Academy Recruitment department following a major overhaul.
NEWCASTLE UNITED have completed their new position-specific scouting team with a number of new hires. As TGG reported in January, the Magpies have moved to the position-specific model that Technical Director Dan Ashworth implemented when he was at Brighton.
NEWCASTLE UNITED have hired Claire Burrows from Leicester City as their Academy recruitment revamp takes shape. Technical Director Dan Ashworth has made improving the club’s Academy productivity a key focus of his first year with the Magpies.
SAM STANTON is being promoted to replace Tom Stockwell as Head of Scouting Operations at Southampton. Stockwell is leaving the club after almost 12 years to join Nottingham Forest.
LYNDON TOMLINSON is leaving his role as Head of National Recruitment for the 12s to 16s at Leeds United to join the investment group FMCF.
NEWCASTLE UNITED have appointed Norwich City’s Senior First Team Performance Analyst Josh Appleyard as a Positional Analyst as they continue to upgrade their scouting and recruitment department.
NEWCASTLE UNITED have hired Arsenal’s Edward Black as their new Academy Lead Scout. Technical Director Dan Ashworth is intent on improving the Academy’s productivity and is currently leading an overhaul of their youth scouting and recruitment.
NEWCASTLE UNITED have appointed Manchester City’s Paul McLaren as their Head of National Youth Scouting for the 13s to 18s.
GUS WILLIAMS is stepping down as Blackburn Rovers’ Head of Recruitment after six months to return to the Football Association of Wales (FAW).
SAM JEWELL has been appointed Head of Recruitment at Brighton following Paul Winstanley’s move to Chelsea.
LEE SARGESON has left Brighton after almost six years to become Manager of Scouting Operations at Everton.
BIRMINGHAM CITY have plugged gaps in their backroom team by appointing Frank McParland as Head of Recruitment and Joe Carnall as Chief Scout.
BLACKBURN ROVERS have unveiled their new-look recruitment team after making three appointments in recent months.
DEAN AUSTIN has been appointed Head of Recruitment at Coventry City, replacing Chris Badlan, who was named Sporting Director at Blackpool last month.
PAUL WINSTANLEY has left Brighton after eight years to become Director of Global Talent and Transfers at Chelsea. The Blues have revamped their recruitment department following the takeover by Chairman Todd Boehly and co-controlling owner Behdad Eghbali in May.
DURING five years of TGG - and hundreds of articles, dozens of podcasts and numerous events and webinars - we have seen five key trends in coaching and management.
CHELSEA’S Head of International Scouts, Scott McLachlan, has left the club after 11 years.
GUS WILLIAMS has been appointed as Blackburn Rovers’ new Head of Recruitment after 22 years with the Football Association of Wales.
JOE SHIELDS has left Manchester City after nine years to become Head of Senior Recruitment at Southampton.
FORMER Tottenham Head of Recruitment Brian Carey has joined Reading in the same role.
TOTTENHAM Head of Recruitment Brian Carey has left the club after six years. Carey initially joined Spurs as Senior Scout for the North West of England, before his role was expanded to Europe and then Head of Recruitment.
NEIL WHITBREAD is a former Scotland Yard Detective who is now helping football clubs do due diligence on potential signings with security and investigations solutions consultancy Silverseal.
MANCHESTER UNITED’S two most senior scouts, Jim Lawlor and Marcel Bout, have left the club after a combined 24 years.
ARSENAL manager Mikel Arteta has paid tribute to Steve Rowley and his players will wear black armbands in memory of the club's former Chief Scout during tonight’s Premier League game against Chelsea.
PETE BULMER has left Blackburn Rovers after two-and-a-half years to become Senior Scouting Manager responsible for centre backs at Brighton.
NICK HAMMOND has explained his role as a January transfer advisor for Newcastle United and said it could be the hardest window that the club’s new ownership face.
IPSWICH TOWN have hired Sam Williams from Manchester United to become their new Head Recruitment.
LEEDS UNITED Director of Football Victor Orta has made a passionate defence of the club’s policy of operating with a slimmed-down squad and suggested it will continue in future.
TIM DITTMER has been promoted to become the Football Association’s new Head of Coaching - a position that has been vacant since Matt Crocker left to join Southampton in September 2019.
A DOZEN current and prospective Technical Directors have graduated from the Football Association’s 2019-2021 Level 5 course.
ENGLAND Under-17s coach Justin Cochrane has been appointed Head of Player Development and Coaching at Manchester United’s Academy.
ROB EDWARDS has been appointed Head Coach of Forest Green Rovers, meaning almost half of the England age group lead coaching roles are now vacant.
ENGLAND UNDER-21 assistant Aaron Danks is leaving the Football Association after five years to become Vincent Kompany's number two with Anderlecht.
FORMER Arsenal Head of Youth Scouting Steve Morrow has joined the Football Association as Head of Player Selection and Talent Strategy, but the process that led to his appointment has been criticised for a lack of transparency.
AIDY BOOTHROYD is to step down as England Under-21 boss this summer following the disappointment of their recent early exit from the Euros.
KATE BAKER, the Head of Performance Insight at the Football Association, has left the organisation after three years to become Director of Performance at UK Sport.
GRASSROOTS champion Les Howie is leaving the Football Association after 22 years as part of a major round of cost-cutting due to Covid-19.
LES REED is to leave his role as Technical Director of the Football Association at the end of the year and will be replaced by his assistant John McDermott.
THE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION has confirmed it will no longer fund the elite England Futsal teams and will “significantly reduce” funding for the grassroots sport from this season onwards.
ONLY six of the 91 Premier League and Football League managers are from black and ethnic minority backgrounds - and less than 5% of those in senior coaching positions. Phil Korklin looks at what's being done - and at what further action is needed.
IN 2011, the Football Association invited 16 of the brightest young English coaches to take part in a new Elite Coaches Course. It was disbanded after 18 months, meaning they are the only coaches to hold the award. We set out to discover what they're doing now.
THE Football Association has issued new guidance banning heading in training for Under-12s and recommended a "graduated approach" for U12s to U18s.
DAVE REDDIN will step down from his position as Head of Team Strategy and Performance at the end of 2019, the Football Association has confirmed.
A PITCH at St George’s Park has been dedicated to Dick Bate in memory of a figure who "helped thousands become better coaches".
THE FA laid down exactly what it means to be an England international in 2014 - and many clubs are now following suit.
PIPPA GRANGE has started as the Football Association's first Head of People and Team Development, tasked with building psychological resilience in the 16 England teams.
STEVE BROWN has been appointed as Head of Coaching by MK Dons after being made redundant by the Football Association.
NICK LEVETT has been appointed Head of Talent and Performance by UK Coaching after being made redundant by the Football Association.
PETE STURGESS, the Football Association's lead for the foundation phase, tells us about the work that led to England's summer of success and how it is now being built on.
HEAD of Talent ID Richard Allen is leaving the Football Association to become Loughborough University’s first Director of Football.