Time to start next season then Squad for 2025/6 Pre-season friendlies Transfer Rumours League 1 Betting Odds EFL & Premier League Managers 2025-26
Won't be long before the window opens. Will be very interesting to see what happens. Will we see big signings, hinting at an ambitious campaign, or will it fail to raise any excitement? The excitement is killing me
Wycombe Wanderers’ academy is pleased to welcome three new members of staff ahead of the 2025/26 campaign, with Lewis Bush, Jack Matthews and Ed Ryan-Moore coming on board this summer. Lewis joins from Sheffield Wednesday as Professional Development Phase Analyst, taking up a key role in the delivery of analysis services to support coaching, individual player development and team performance in the PDP phase. Jack is the academy’s new Individual Development Coach, arriving from AFC Wimbledon where he’d spent eight years coaching across various age groups, and he will play a significant role in the individual development of players across the academy pathway, including planning, delivering and reviewing on and off-pitch work that meets the needs of individuals. Ed arrives as the new Physical Performance Lead from Chelsea, where he has been delivering physical development coaching to the women's first team, and will oversee the physical development and player monitoring of academy players, having also previously worked at Fulham.
Wycombe Wanderers require four hard-working, open-minded, passionate & humble individuals within the role of Academy Scout. We are looking for: Academy Scout (Youth Development Phase Home Counties) Academy Scout (Youth Development Phase West & North West London) Academy Scout (Professional Development Phase West & North West London) Academy Scout (Professional Development Phase South London & Elizabeth Line) This exciting new position in our Academy will be responsible for: Work in collaboration with the Scouting and Recruitment Phase lead, attend matches across the grassroots and pro-academy game, tournaments, training sessions, and scouting events to observe players. Identify players who demonstrate exceptional potential: technical ability, tactical understanding, physical attributes, and mental resilience. Establish a strong presence within your assigned region. Provide consistent updates to the Head of Academy Recruitment and Scouting and Recruitment Phase Lead, including ground information, competitor activity, and overall insights about the region. Produce insightful written scouting reports within the agreed timeframe that assess a player’s performance and potential in accordance with the club’s player metric To be involved with the internal club feedback process when directed, to ensure a 360 approach to player feedback Establish and maintain strong relationships with local clubs, coaches, parents, and schools while regularly communicating with recruitment staff to build a trusted reputation that ensures early access to emerging talent. Do you have what it takes? You should be passionate about supporting the development of young players and people. You will need to be a hard-working, diligent and efficient individual with the capacity to work independently and within an Inter-Disciplinary team. You will be a thoughtful, skilled coach who can drive individualised development within the team framework and game model. You will be adept at planning, delivering and reviewing high-quality provision both on and off-pitch. Lastly, the individual should be curious and open-minded to being innovative in our approach to development to support our mission of becoming a world-leading football academy. The successful candidate will need to hold the following qualifications: Introduction to Talent Identification (Level 1) National Talent Identification & Scouting in Football (Level 2) Valid FA Emergency Aid Certificate Valid Safeguarding Certificate Full driving licence and access to own vehicle To apply, email [email protected] with a copy of your CV and cover letter by 16th June.
I've been on holiday for 16 days,completely out of the loop apart from Sky Sports. Looks like they are more interested in the academy. Phil Catchpole could be the same problem as Blooms
Just trying to guess what those above think. Let's be honest, he's a very likeable bloke but not the most impressive looking person to represent the club in interviews
Two observations what the bloody hell do we need Dodds for, the other one if all this goes belly up we will be completely in the Morecambe & Sheff Wed arena
I understand Sir Alex Ferguson and Jose Mourinho were contesting for the post but didn't meet the criteria needed to assist the assistants and coach
Are they trying to make football a difficult game, I could have told them what was going to happen on Saturday. Bradford are going to come at us for the twenty minutes, instead we let a stupid goal in Bradford go at it even more & get a second.
Football is a simple game made difficult by idiots like Dan Rice Tom Stockwell and Mike Dodds Under Ainsworth it was simple get it forward quickly and put it in the onion bag
Wycombe Wanderers’ academy will reach another exciting landmark this weekend when they take on Sutton United in their first competitive fixture in the EFL Youth Alliance South. The Professional Development Phase group was established last season and has enjoyed a fruitful pre-season campaign, including a trip to Fota Island in Cork and the Family Induction Day held at Adams Park in July. Alongside this, they have played matches against Bournemouth, Southampton, Volenti and Coventry over the course of pre-season. Members of the squad have also been integrated into the first-team environment throughout pre-season, with Arthur Gregory and Koray Gurpinar handed opportunities in the men’s friendlies at Sutton and Barnet respectively, while many more have trained with the senior squad with players also travelling with the first-team to Bradford for the League One opener on Saturday. The PDP group will be led by Matty Dye and Rob Quinn as they kick off their season on Saturday, ahead of the first home game at Harlington a week later against Portsmouth. Initally matches will be behind closed-doors although the club does plan to invite fans to selected academy matches throughout the campaign. Meanwhile, progress is being made on the development of an under-16 team in the Youth Development Phase, with a recruitment tournament taking place at Harlington last week, attended by first-team Head Coach Mike Dodds, coach Pete Shuttleworth and striker Bradley Fink.
