Football Development Programme

Block Information

All classes have now resumed. Class time tables are listed below and customers can continue to book classes by completing and submitting the form through the booking link

https://www.edlc.co.uk/webform/sports-development-booking-form

All drop in sessions have resumed and no pre booking required. Please just turn up on the day,

https://www.edlc.co.uk/sport-leisure/childrens-classes

Come and Play

Girls Only re starts week beginning 20 September

Allander Leisure Centre

Kirkintilloch Leisure Centre

Class times
Day	Class/class code	Times	Cost	Availability
Tuesday	Mini Kickers	4pm – 4:45pm	Direct debit (£19 p/month)	Limited Availability
Tuesday	Football Centre	5pm – 6pm	Direct debit (£19 p/month)	Limited availability
Tuesday	Goal Keeping	6pm – 7pm	Pay as you Play	Drop in
Thursday	Mini Kickers	4pm – 4:45pm	Direct debit (£19 p/month)	Limited availability
Thursday	Football Centre	5pm – 6pm	Direct debit (£19 p/month)	FULL – contact Football Dev
Friday	Come & Play (5 – 12 year olds)	4pm – 5pm	Pay as you play	Drop in
Saturday	Mini Kickers	8:30am – 9:15am	Direct debit (£19 p/month)	FULL – contact Football Dev
Saturday	Football Centre	9:30am –11am	Direct debit (£23 p/month)	FULL – contact Football Dev
Saturday	Girls Only	11am– 12pm	Pay as you Play	Drop in

Leisuredrome

Class times
Day	Class/class code	Times	Cost	Availability
Wednesday	Mini Kickers	4pm – 4:45pm	Direct debit (£19 p/month)	Availability
Wednesday	Football Centre	5pm – 6pm	Direct debit (£19 p/month)	Availability
Wednesday	Girls Only	6pm – 7pm	Pay as you Play	Drop in
Friday	Come & Play (5 – 8 year olds)	4pm– 5pm	Pay as you play	Drop in
Friday	Come & Play (9 – 12 year olds)	5pm – 6pm	Pay as you play	Drop in
Saturday	Mini Kickers	8:30am – 9:15am	Direct debit (£19 p/month)	Limited availability
Saturday	Football Centre	9:30am – 11am	Direct debit (£23 p/month)	Limited availability

Football Development Coaches Profiles

East Dunbartonshire Football Development has a wide array of coaches working within their grassroots community programme. Each coach is committed to the development of young people within the sport of football, and player enjoyment is at our core. They hold a varying degree of football qualifications but all have achieved a minimum of the Scottish FA Level 1 qualification.

Lead Coaches
Ryan Hynes	Qualifications: Scottish FA Level 2 Predominantly works in: The Allander Leisure Centre, School of Football and Schools Programme Coaching ambitions: I really enjoy working within this grassroots programme and enjoy seeing players starting with us in our min kickers programme, and still coaching them 5/6 years later in our Football centre classes and seeing how far they have progressed.
Daniel Gormal	Qualifications: Scottish FA Level 3 Advanced Children’s Licence Predominantly works in: Kirkintilloch Leisure Centre, School of Football, Schools Programme and Advanced Player Centre Coaching ambitions: To start coaching with a professional team and also achieve a full time development job within sport, ideally football.

Lead Coaches

Ryan Hynes

Qualifications: Scottish FA Level 2
Predominantly works in: The Allander Leisure Centre, School of Football and Schools Programme
Coaching ambitions: I really enjoy working within this grassroots programme and enjoy seeing players starting with us in our min kickers programme, and still coaching them 5/6 years later in our Football centre classes and seeing how far they have progressed.

Daniel Gormal

Qualifications: Scottish FA Level 3 Advanced Children’s Licence
Predominantly works in: Kirkintilloch Leisure Centre, School of Football, Schools Programme and Advanced Player Centre
Coaching ambitions: To start coaching with a professional team and also achieve a full time development job within sport, ideally football.

Coaches
Brian McAuley	Qualifications: Scottish FA Level 2 (UEFA B Licence Intro course) Predominantly works in: Kirkintilloch Leisure Centre and Schools Programme Coaching ambitions: To try and coach at the highest level possible. I am also involved in girls youth football so to progress as far as I can in that.
Emma Dolan	Qualifications: Scottish FA Level 1~ Predominantly works in: The Allander Leisure Centre and Schools Programme Coaching ambitions: To achieve my Scottish FA Level 2 UEFA C Licence and coach a team – no preference on level.
Alex Miller	Qualifications: UEFA B Licence Predominantly works in: Kirkintilloch Leisure Centre, Schools Programme and Advanced Player Centre Coaching ambitions: My ambitions are to complete my coaching qualifications within the next few years and improve myself l as much as I can. Then hopefully in years to come I would like to coach in Europe, but at the moment I am enjoying being a part of the football development team here at EDLC
Darren Hynes	Qualifications: Scottish FA Level 1 Predominantly works in: The Allander Leisure Centre and Schools Programme Coaching ambitions: To coach in some capacity within a professional team
Lewis Sanderson	Qualifications: Scottish FA Level 1, Scottish FA Goalkeeping Level 1 Predominantly works in: The Allander Leisure Centre and Schools Programme Coaching ambitions: I would love to open my own goalkeeping academy and further my coaching career within Scotland and coach at the highest level.
Gavin MacLure	Qualifications:Scottish FA Level 1 Predominantly works in:The Leisuredrome Bishopbriggs Coaching ambitions: I work full time as Sports Development Officer however I have coached with EDLC Football Development since I was volunteer over 7 years and continue to coach as much as I can as I enjoy working with this team of coaches. I also enjoy seeing the progression the children make through all our classes.
Jack McKeown	Qualifications: Scottish FA Level 2 (UEFA B Licence Intro course Predominantly works in: Kirkintilloch Leisure Centre, Schools Programme and Advanced Player Centre Coaching ambitions: I want to achieve my UEFA A Licence and Scottish FA Advance Children's Licence. I also want to become a Scottish FA Coach Education Tutor as well as getting a full time job working in football.
Eva Ralston	Qualifications: Scottish FA Level 1 Predominantly works in: The Leisuredrome Bishopbriggs Coaching ambitions: I hope to improve as a football coach by learning from my colleagues and more experienced coaches at ELDC. I’m also hoping to later transfer my improved confidence & skills and spend some time coaching abroad.
Kieran McGrory	Qualifications: Scottish FA Level 1 Predominantly works in: Kirkintilloch Leisure Centre Coaching ambitions: Other than working to as high a standard as possible, my overall ambition is to coach in the United States at an Elite Youth Academy level or College/University standard.
Mark Edwards	Qualifications: Scottish FA Level 1 Predominantly works in: The Leisuredrome Bishopbriggs Coaching ambitions: To gain experience in order to continue to improve as a coach. To facilitate a fun environment for children to play and learn football.
Elly McLean	Qualifications: Scottish FA Level 1 Predominantly works in: The Allander Leisure Centre Coaching ambitions: To learn as much as I can from the coaches and children and be as creative as I can during my sessions to prepare me for my future career as a PE teacher.
Cara Davie	Qualifications: Scottish FA Level 1 Predominantly works in: The Allander Leisure Centre Coaching ambitions: My coaching ambitions: to gain experience by working with children in different environments in order to be successful in the future with a career in teaching.

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