Bobby’s playing career lasted over 15 years and the majority of his 400 appearances were for Crystal Palace, Millwall and Colchester. He holds a UEFA B coaching qualification. Enormously well respected and with contacts throughout the game, Bobby is ideally positioned to provide advice and support on a wide range of on and off field issues and revels in his role as a player mentor. Bobby is actively involved in the Kick It Out campaign.

Dean is a former Premier League player with Tottenham and Crystal Palace with over 350 professional appearances. Dean holds the highest possible coaching qualification, the UEFA pro licence. As recently as 2019, Dean coached in the Premier League alongside Quique Sanchez Flores at Watford. Dean is the Head coach of our St Albans sessions which run on a Monday night at Harvesters Football Club.

Having played for nineteen different clubs including Charlton Athletic, Brentford and MK Dons and scoring in excess of two hundred career goals, Charlie is highly regarded amongst players at both professional and semi-professional level. Charlie’s knowledge and experiences are vital in helping to develop and nurture our young, aspiring players.

Seth graduated from our under 19 programme with a triple distinction and, although he had a number of university offers, chose to stay with us as an apprentice. After an outstanding first year working with players of differing ages and abilities on a variety of projects, Seth joined us on a full-time basis and is now helping to produce the next generation of Volenti Academy players

Simon is a former Crystal Palace, Reading and Wolverhampton Wanderers player with over 400 professional appearances. He is one of the senior coaches working alongside Bobby at Harris Academy on a Monday night and has coached some of our older teams in our London Youth Premier League.

A specialist strength and conditioning coach, Darren has worked with a full spectrum of players from aspiring academy scholars to full internationals. Darren offers our players a personalised service to support any area of physical development and conditioning.

An experienced semi-professional footballer who also has a great coaching CV within the women’s game. Having coached a number of professional women’s football teams such as Millwall Lionesses and Lewes FC Women and having also worked with players at international level, Charlie has become a well respected coach within a growing industry. He is the perfect role model and leader to help young, aspiring  footballers reach their full potential and guide them along successful pathways based upon his own knowledge and  experiences and his extensive network of contacts within girls’ and women’s football.

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