The 2022/23 season was the first season for the Vikings. The team was split at Under 10's in order to give everyone as much playing time as possible. Being a new team with the majority being new players, the focus is for the fi...
The 2022/23 season was the first season for the Vikings. The team was split at Under 10's in order to give everyone as much playing time as possible. Being a new team with the majority being new players, the focus is for the first season is to improve the players technical ability and teamwork.
Meet the Coaches
Stuart Middleton
Stuart is the lead coach of the Vikings team, having previously been one of the assistant coaches prior to the formation of the second Under 10's team. Stuart has his UEFA C Licence, has completed the National Goalkeeping Course, FA Level 1 Coaching Qualification, Safeguarding and First Aid In Football certificates. He has been involved with the team since it started at Under 7's in 2018. He started coaching at university and has coached men's, women's and mixed teams which followed on from playing in goal at a variety of levels. Following a break from the game, Stuart started coaching again when his triplets started playing football and enjoyed being back in football. He has a passion for promoting girls football that started when coaching the women's football team at University. He is also Club Treasurer and a Committee member.