The Liverpool Girls Centre of Excellence currently caters for 80 talented footballers within the North West under the stewardship and guidance of Centre Director, Kevin Quigley. Kevin is the current holder of the UEFA ‘A’ Licence added to his IFA, FAI and FA coaching certificates and has extensive coaching experience throughout the North West of Ireland, Wales and England.
Structured and progressive coaching is given to talented female footballers within our centre from some of the best youth coaches in the city. Further to this, an education of leadership, sports psychology, injury management, fitness and nutrition is also given to our players offering further opportunity, knowledge and guidance.
The purpose of FA Centres is to identify players of outstanding ability and place them in a technical and educational programme designed to produce excellence in conjunction with personal development.
The FA Girls Centre of Excellence is embedded into the female player pathway with talent identification days throughout the National Fixture Programme which enables England Scouts to watch the best girls from all over the county.
The centre currently has teams within the Under 9, Under 11, Under 13, Under 15 and Under 17 age categories. The main emphasis is on player development in the hope that many of our girls will continue to make great strides towards the elite women’s game with our First team and also gain international recognition.
The centre holds coaching sessions twice a week and plays match day fixtures against other FA CofE’s such as Everton, Blackburn, Manchester Utd, Aston Villa, Derby, Leeds Utd, Sheff Utd and Stoke.
Centre of Excellence trials 2012/13
The club, one of only 30 such centres in the UK last year, will host its annual regional trials event in June subject to being granted a renewed FA licence in May. We are welcoming applications from any player of outstanding ability and would benefit from COE coaching. Players have until Friday 8 June to apply for this year’s intake and must complete an application form before the trials.
Current Liverpool Ladies’ and WSL stars Sam Chappell, Hannah Keraykoplis, Sophie Jones, Aimee Fleming and Caroline Charlton are former players of the centre, and teammates Vicky and Kelly Jones are among its coaches.
The age groups for the new Centre of Excellence season are; U17, U15, U13, U11, U9 and players must be under the relevant age on 31 December 2012.
For more information on the trials and to receive an application pack please email kevin.quigley@live.co.uk.
Centre Technical Director
Kevin Quigley - kevin.quigley@live.co.uk
Under 11 Coaches
Jenny Herst & Vicky Jepson
Under 13s Coaches
Kelly Jones & Steven Dale
Under 15s Coaches
Vicky Jones & Steven Wright
Under 17s Coaches
Matthew Campbell & Garrett Buckley
Goalkeeping Coach
Joe Potts
Physiotheraphist
Stuart Dutton and Michelle Fairbrother
Sports Science and Video Analysis completed by John Moore's University students throughout the year.
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Fixtures
Saturday 10th September - Manchester United v Liverpool (Regional Fixture)
Saturday 17th September – Aston Villa v Liverpool (Open Weekend)
Saturday 24th September – Regional Festival U11s
Saturday 1st October – Liverpool v Everton (Regional Fixture)
Saturday 8th October – Derby v Liverpool (Regional Fixture)
Saturday 15th October – Open Weekend
Saturday 22nd October – Regional Festival U11s / National Cup U17s
Saturday 29th October – Blackburn Rovers v Liverpool (Regional Fixture)
Saturday 5th November - Liverpool v Stoke (Regional Fixture)
Saturday 12th November - Liverpool v Man United (Regional Fixture)
Saturday 19th November – Sheffield United v Liverpool (Open Weekend)
Saturday 26th November - Regional Festival U11s
Saturday 3rd December – Everton v Liverpool (Regional Fixture)
Saturday 10th December – Liverpool v Derby (Regional Fixture)
Saturday 7th January – Liverpool v Blackburn Rovers (Regional Fixture)
Saturday 14th January – Stoke v Liverpool (Regional Fixture)
Saturday 21st January – Leeds v Liverpool (Open Weekend)
Saturday 28th January – Regional Festival U11s / National Cup Fixture
Saturday 4th February – Man United v Liverpool (Regional Fixture)
Saturday 11th February – Liverpool v Everton (Regional Fixture)
Saturday 18th February –Liverpool v Leeds (Open Weekend)
Saturday 25th February – Regional Festival U11s / National Cup
Saturday 3rd March – Derby v Liverpool (Regional Fixture)
Saturday 10th March – Blackburn v Liverpool (Regional Fixture)
Saturday 17th March – Liverpool v Sheffield United (Open Weekend)
Saturday 24th March – Regional Festival U11s
Saturday 7th April – National Cup
Saturday 14th April – Liverpool v Stoke (Regional Fixture)
Saturday 21st April – Liverpool v Aston Villa (Open Weekend)
Saturday 28th April - National Cup
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