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After a week long tournament ending in a penalty shoot out.
Congratulations to the Winners of the NEFA 2022 Cup ðŸ†
Only Reece doing it Wright lol 😂
THATS A WRAP.
The 2021/2022 season is over, and it has been a very successful one.
With 45 learners this season taking part in the NEFA Football & Education programme.
Key highlights are:
âš½ï¸ 15 NEFA players making their FA Youth Cup debut.
âš½ï¸ 23 of our learners aged 16-19 making their debut in senior mens football.
âš½ï¸ 88 Games
âš½ï¸ 38 Wins
âš½ï¸ 16 Draws
âš½ï¸ 34 Defeats
âš½ï¸ 238 Goals scored
âš½ï¸ 202 goals conceded
NEFA Competed in multiple competitions this season. Reaching the last 32 of the ESFA U18’s cup. The SHCFA County Senior league and the Quarter Final of the Sheffield & Hallamshire Association Cup.
The first team competed in the National League Youth Alliance, against other professional & semi-professional clubs from the North East of England.
Our 5th season in this competition, saw our best season in the league so far breaking all of our previous league records.
✅ Most points from a NEFA team
✅ Most wins from a NEFA team
✅ Fewest defeats from a NEFA team
✅ Most goals scored from a NEFA team
✅ Fewest goals conceded from a NEFA team
With the season finishing we say farewell to some of our class of 2022, who will be moving on to pastures new.
We send a congratulations to Lewis MacDonald (19) who will be signing a professional contract with Gibraltar Premier Division side Lions Gibraltar. And Jack Lee (17) who will also be playing in Gibraltar, we wish them all the best âš½ï¸ðŸ‡¬ðŸ‡®
Some of our other learners will be beginning jobs in coaching, working towards a career in sport.
We look forward to welcoming our new learners in July for another successful season ahead.
If you are a Year 11 leaver and interested in joining one of the leading Football & Education programmes in the UK. Contact ryan@nefa.co.uk for more information.
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Well done boys ðŸ‘
NEFA are delighted to announce the purchase of AFC Mansfield of the United Counties League. You can see the full statement on the link below.
The key part of the statement as to why we are doing this is below:
"The future is exciting for all of us. A future that is about providing real opportunities for young players and staff to follow their passion, develop their knowledge and progress in the game they love. We want to be known as the club of opportunity. The club that gives young, determined people that chance to progress in the gameâ€.
www.afcmansfield.net/post/club-statement-nefa-takeover-complete
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The official online home of the Bulls, proud members of the Toolstation NCEL Premier Division.Congratulations everyone x
Our May 2020 NEFA Coaches Corner hosted Steve Walsh the former Leicester City Assistant Manager and Sporting Director at Everton.
Part 2 of the podcast will focus on scouting and recruitment
Spotify:
Part 2: Scouting and recruitment
open.spotify.com/episode/0UTkn16bwKcqjNPDaA1Soy?si=aQHz_ytlSrCzKokL8fIJJQ
Apple Podcasts:
Part 2: Scouting and recruitment
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-nefa-coaches-corner/id1555241526#episodeGuid=625ce80c-83db-4e74...
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Our May 2020 NEFA Coaches Corner hosted Steve Walsh the former Leicester City Assistant Manager and Sporting Director at Everton.
Part 1 of the podcast focus on the role of the Sporting Director.
Spotify:
Part 1: The role of the sporting director
open.spotify.com/episode/78B1SWnGv9LYti3pVbLHE4?si=LlDFpj2hQDOz7jYuQ8FlFQ
Apple Podcasts:
Part 1: The role of the sporting director
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NEFA Coaches Corner webinar - June 2020 âš½
Steve Sallis - 'Coaching Champions'
Steve is an author as well as being a mindset and leadership mentor who has helped thousands of people through guest lectures, seminars, and individual support. Some of his roles include working with the England U15 national squad, supporting 20 Premier League players with mental conditioning support and delivering on the UEFA Pro and A licences for the Scottish Football Association.
His book educating football received international press coverage and acclaim that led to Steve being a guest on the ‘High Performance Podcast’, BBC Radio 5 Live, Talk Sport, The Daily Mail podcast, and Love Sport Radio. Steve has also featured on a Netflix documentary which entailed supporting world class athletes in need of cognitive and technical performance support.
On this NEFA Coaches Corner we will explore section three of the excellent Educating Football book named ‘Coaching Champions’.
Jude Bellingham on Steve Sallis “One of the best player developers in world football. A must have in any football clubâ€
Join us on the 20th June for what will be a fantastic 90 mins with one of the leading thinkers in player development.
Sign up below ‼ï¸
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Would like to do coaching licence plse
Hi I'm from south africa
NEFA Coaches Corner webinar - June 2020 âš½
Steve Sallis - 'Coaching Champions'
Steve is an author as well as being a mindset and leadership mentor who has helped thousands of people through guest lectures, seminars, and individual support. Some of his roles include working with the England U15 national squad, supporting 20 Premier League players with mental conditioning support and delivering on the UEFA Pro and A licences for the Scottish Football Association.
His book educating football received international press coverage and acclaim that led to Steve being a guest on the ‘High Performance Podcast’, BBC Radio 5 Live, Talk Sport, The Daily Mail podcast, and Love Sport Radio. Steve has also featured on a Netflix documentary which entailed supporting world class athletes in need of cognitive and technical performance support.
On this NEFA Coaches Corner we will explore section three of the excellent Educating Football book named ‘Coaching Champions’.
Jude Bellingham on Steve Sallis “One of the best player developers in world football. A must have in any football clubâ€
Join us on the 20th June for what will be a fantastic 90 mins with one of the leading thinkers in player development.
Sign up below ‼ï¸
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/nefa-coaches-corner-june-2022-tickets-341312433677?aff=ebdsoporgprofile
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NEFA Coaches Corner 2022 with Special Guest, Steve Sallis
Rezzil Awards ðŸ†âš½ï¸
At NEFA we are the first independent football academy in the UK to introduce virtual reality football training through the use of Rezzil into our development programme.
Rezzil is the world leading virtual reality football development tool, as used by clubs such as Manchester United and Juventus.
All of our learners have access to use Rezzil on a regular basis. Throughout the year we have kept a leaderboard across all of the training exercises on the Rezzil platform, adding some healthy competition to the learners development.
The winners were:
Pressure Pass 🆠Lewis MacDonald
Head Smart 🆠Jack Allen
Shoulder Sums 🆠Josh Draper
Colour Combo 🆠Cian Hadfield
Rondo Scan 🆠Jack Allen
Overall Best Rezzil Score 🆠Calum Twidale
Well done to all the winners
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We’ve been using VR since 2020, great tool… fb.watch/dbEfuyA8DT/ Fantastic opportunity for the boys ðŸ‘ðŸ»ðŸ’
Sami Draper
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Tuesday saw our annual end of season awards presentation for the class of 21/22.
The winners of the awards were:
ð‹ð¢ðŸðžð’ð¤ð¢ð¥ð¥ð¬ ðŸð¢ð«ð¬ð ð²ðžðšð« ð¬ðð®ððžð§ð ð¨ðŸ ðð¡ðž ð²ðžðšð« 🆠- Cody Mathieson
ð‹ð¢ðŸðžð’ð¤ð¢ð¥ð¥ð¬ ð¬ðžðœð¨ð§ð ð²ðžðšð« ð¬ðð®ððžð§ð ð¨ðŸ ðð¡ðž ð²ðžðšð« - Winning the student of the year award for a second year running - 🆠Rhys Alsop
ð—–ð—¹ð˜‚ð—¯ð—ºð—®ð—» ð—¼ð—³ ð˜ð—µð—² ð˜†ð—²ð—®ð—¿ - Making an outstanding commitment to the programme. Making the daily 130 mile roundtrip from Hull to Rotherham ðŸ†. - Davis Irbe
ðð¥ðšð²ðžð«ð¬ ð©ð¥ðšð²ðžð« ð¨ðŸ ðð¡ðž ð²ðžðšð« - As voted for by the players. With 24 goals, 3332 minutes of football and our goal of the season 🆠- Ishaq Bouheraoua
Well done to all the award winners âš½ï¸
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Well done Rhys. X
We are absolutely delighted have formed a partnership with Notts County Football Club Academy.
After a long process, we're over the moon to have joined forces with a club and staff who share our values and outlook for working with young players.
The partnership will see us both aid Notts with player recruitment from the South Yorkshire region, share coaching best-practice and will also deliver Development Centres in Rotherham on behalf of Notts County in the U13-U16 age categories.
For more information please contact ryan@nefa.co.uk
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With 88 games across all the NEFA teams this season. Many of our young players have accumulated far more minutes of competitive football than they will have before.
The top 3
🥇 Rhys Alsop - 4240 mins
🥈 Ethan Peckett - 4215 mins
🥉 Lewis MacDonald - 4143 mins
Rhys Alsop’s total minutes for NEFA (excluding his game time playing for NECL side Clipstone FC) is a higher number of competitive minutes than any professional player has in the EFL this season.
A tremendous effort from Rhys, Ethan, Lewis and all the other NEFA players this season.
Interested in joining NEFA’s 16-18 Football & Education programme for the 2022-2022 season? Contact Ryan@nefa.co.uk for more info
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With 238 goals scored, across 88 games this season.
These are the top 12 NEFA goal scorers across all teams âš½ï¸
🥇 Ishaq Bouheraoua - 24
🥈 Alex Coates - 16
🥉Jayden Dennis - 14
Third place Jayden Dennis averaging a goal every 48.2 minutes of football played after joining NEFA in January.
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As voted for by the NEFA players. Our goal of the season was Ishaq Bouheraoua’s strike Vs South Shields U19’s 🚀
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Congratulations mate Cracking âš½ï¸ðŸ† all the nominations should also be very proud 😀ðŸ‘ðŸ»
Full Time âš½ï¸
The 88th and final game of the NEFA season provided an outstanding evidence of the players learning from this season.
NEFA running out 10-0 winners against private school Brooke House Academy.
Goalscorers:
Dennis x3
Coates x2
Lee
Zain
Shaw
Pyke
And in his final game a first NEFA goal for Chris Bleur ðŸ‘ðŸ½
The team performance was not the only headline from today’s game. First year student Jacob Turner who missed out on the game through injury managed and coached the side today. With the assistance of second years Lewis MacDonald & Rhys Alsop. Jacob set out the team and individual intentions, led the pre match team presentation, warm-ups, made notes during the game supporting his half time feedback to the players.
An outstanding display of leadership, communication and game insight from Jacob at just 17 years of age. Leading the team to one of the best performances and the biggest scoreline of the season. After Jacob’s performance, usual managers Spencer Fearn and Ben Nicholson are in danger if being made redundant.
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MATCHDAY âš½ï¸
The 88th and final game of the season for NEFA. Sees Brooke House College firsts, visit for a friendly.
🆚 Brooke House College
🆠Friendly
📆 18 / 05 / 2022
ðŸŸï¸ Sheffield Hallam Sports Park
🕜 14:00
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The NEFA Coaches corner is a monthly webinar hosting experts from the world of football. We have hosted International Managers, First Team managers and coaches, academy Directors, coach developers from and practitioners from federations. Guests have operated with clubs and nations such as Ajax, Arsenal, Atletico Bilbao, Le Havre, France, Croatia and Africa.
The NEFA Coaches corner has now reached listeners from all 6 continents, with 27 countries across Europe. The podcast has been downloaded thousands of times via the Apple, Google and Spotify platforms.
On Monday we host Steve Walsh; current special advisor to new MLS expansion team, Charlotte F.C..
Steve is the former Leicester City Director of Recruitment/Assistant Manager and Sporting Director at Everton and the evening will focus on the role of the Sporting Director.
Please do join us and take part in what will be a fantastic evening.
You can sign up for our free webinar by clicking the link below
www.eventbrite.co.uk/.../nefa-coaches-corner-may...
Match highlights from NEFA U19's 1-1 draw with Eccleshill United in a friendly.
Goalscorer:
Bouheraoua
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The NEFA Coaches corner is a monthly webinar hosting experts from the world of football. We have hosted International Managers, First Team managers and coaches, academy Directors, coach developers from and practitioners from federations. Guests have operated with clubs and nations such as Ajax, Arsenal, Atletico Bilbao, Le Havre, France, Croatia and Africa.
The NEFA Coaches corner has now reached listeners from all 6 continents, with 27 countries across Europe. The podcast has been downloaded thousands of times via the Apple, Google and Spotify platforms.
On 16th May 2022 we host Steve Walsh; current special advisor to new MLS expansion team, Charlotte F.C..
Steve is the former Leicester City Director of Recruitment/Assistant Manager and Sporting Director at Everton and the evening will focus on the role of the Sporting Director.
Please do join us and take part in what will be a fantastic evening.
You can sign up for our free webinar by clicking the link below
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/nefa-coaches-corner-may-the-role-of-a-sporting-director-tickets-3314673467...
NEFA Coaches Corner May: The Role of a Sporting Director
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NEFA Coaches Corner May 2022: The role of the Sporting Director with Steve Walsh
NEFA Second year student Kyle Dunston sat proud with his signed Rotherham United shirt.
Many thanks to Rob Scott and all the Rotherham United staff and players for providing Kyle with a signed shirt from the club, a wonderful gesture from the club he supports and follows around the country.
The shirt was delivered up to Kyle from some of his NEFA team mates. Who went up to check on Kyle following his surgery on a recent knee injury he suffered playing for NEFA. Kyle a second year student has made enormous progress this season progressing from the NEFA 2nd team to the NEFA 1st and Senior teams playing 2807 minutes of football this season.
All the staff and players at NEFA wish Kyle well with his recovery and look forward to seeing him back on the grass again.
#CreatingFootballingFutures
Good luck pal & a quick recovery buddy
Get well soon Kyle âš½ï¸ðŸ‘
A huge thank you to Johnathan McKinstry who was our guest last week on the NEFA Coaches Corner 'Managing in Africa' . He shared his remarkable journey in football and some great insight on what it takes to progress in the game. The podcasts are now available and you can find these on the links below.
On the 16th May we welcome Steve Walsh who was an integral part of the Leicester City staff that won he Premier League as we explore 'The role of a Sporting Director'. You can register for this 'free' live event by hititng the link below.
Johnathan McKinstry 'Managing in Africa' Links
Apple Podcast:
Part 1: On the journey to Africa, Sierra Leone, Uganda and Culture
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Part 2: On Club management, Uganda and Advice for Coaches
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Spotify:
Part 1: On the journey to Africa, Sierra Leone, Uganda and Culture
lnkd.in/eGqpxNvE
Part 2: On Club management, Uganda and Advice for Coaches
lnkd.in/eFJ35-cs
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/nefa-coaches-corner-may-the-role-of-a-sporting-director-tickets-3314673467...
NEFA Coaches Corner May: The Role of a Sporting Director
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NEFA Coaches Corner May 2022: The role of the Sporting Director with Steve Walsh
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NEFA U19’s 1st finish the league campaign with a 1-1 draw Vs Scarborough Athletic.
Goalscorer:
Bouheraoua
This season NEFA have accumulated since we entered the NYLA:
• The highest number of points
• The most victories
• The least number of defeats
• The most goals scored
• The least goals conceded
That any of the previous NEFA sides have before in our 6 seasons so far in the National League Youth Alliance.
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I'm from South Africa🇿🇦and i would like to play for this team please help me
Matchday âš½ï¸
Today sees the final league game of the season for the NEFA U19’s firsts. At home to Scarborough Athletic in the National League Alliance
🆚 Scarborough Athletic U19
🆠National League Youth Alliance
📆 30 / 04 / 2022
ðŸŸï¸ Sheffield Hallam Sports Park
🕜 13:00
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Next in our series of NEFA graduates is Nathan Murr (and what a time to do it!)
Nathan graduated from NEFA in 2020 and has just played an important role in Gibraltar Premier League side, FC Bruno’s Magpies qualification for next season’s UEFA Europa Conference League. Click below for Nathan’s story. If you want to come and develop YOUR game then please get in touch with ryan@nefa.co.uk or 07743061264
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