
Northern Ireland
The Playing for the Future Academy, proudly sponsored by Nike in Association with Club Sport NI, is delivered by UEFA Pro & A Licence coaches. Our NI academy is based in Belfast and Lurgan. We are proud to have a range of world class partnerships in place which ensures we are the No.1 independent youth academy in Northern Ireland. Our partnership with Ulster University ensures our players receive the benefits of a cutting edge performance development programme. We are also excited about the recently announced partnership with INCISIV which gives our academy GK's the opportunity to avail of their world class CleanSheet technology which is used by some of the games top professional clubs.
• Ulster University partnership
• INCISIV partnership
• My Personal Football Coach partnership
• Club partnership programme & International Club partnership programme
• Pro club tours and world class tournaments
If you think you have what it takes to be part of our academy programme get in touch and one of our recruitment team will come and watch your son in action. Please contact us for details.
England
November 2021 seen us expand our programme into mainland UK with the introduction of our Huddersfield Academy. The Huddersfield Academy will initially cater for u7/u8, u9/u10, u11/u12 age groups. Entry is by trial only. Venue details below;
5CORE, Tandem Industrial Estate, Wakefield Rd, Tandem, Huddersfield, HD5 0AL
Trials are being held on Thursday's. Click here for more details.
Meet The Team

Thomas McStravick
Academy Director – UEFA A Licence & current English Academy coach

Steven Savage
Head of Recruitment

Paul Kirk
Coach Education - UEFA Pro Licence

Ryan Prentice
Head Coach Belfast - UEFA A Licence

Ross Redman
Academy Coach - UEFA A Licence

Thomas Stewart
Academy Coach - UEFA A Licence & Ex professional footballer

Sean Lavery
Talent ID Officer

Darren Murphy
Academy Coach - UEFA Pro Licence

Keith O'Hara
Head Coach Lurgan - UEFA A Licence

John McStravick
Administration

Wesley Boyle
Academy Coach - UEFA B Licence & Specialist in Strength and Conditioning