Consultancy training sessions in Lapland - the improvement on and off the pitch has been excellent so far, looking forward to the next year to continue this development

Training Camp in Rovaniemi - Defending: great 3 days working hard on all defending principles. Fantastic attitude and work rate from all the younger group players

Professional standards - if it’s good enough for Messi ...........

Can our Finnish friends please share the dates of our Summer English Football Schools in Finland. We know how popular they are and that people will travel to be there Kokkola (GBK) June 4th-7th Ylivieska (FC Ylivieska) June 11th-14th Oulu (Ajax Sarkkiranta) June 18th-21st -ONLY English professional coaches on the school -Fun and challenging coaching designed to meet the needs of young Finnish players -Players all receive a report on their performance -opportunities to be invited into the FDS-WBA FC Suomi programme -Invites to play with English players in tournaments around Europe -opportunities for clubs to have training visits to England - Invitations to come to England and play against professional team To book on you need to contact the club hosting the football school. All football schools are open to players from different clubs, not only the host club. Hope to see you in the summer

Thanks to everyone who has liked the page. We are proud of the tours, games, events, trophies, experiences, successes and learning opportunities we have posted about. We look forward to many more in the coming years striving to help more and more players reach their potential and develop towards the professional game

Another one! Happy Birthday Freddie

Birthday on tour (chocolate after the football has finished obviously!) Happy Birthday Luke ‘Fail to prepare, prepare to fail’

Birthday on tour - cake after the matches are finished though (fail to prepare, prepare to fail)

Warm-ups, Center Parcs day (water slides, rapids, hot pools jacuzzis and cold pools - amazing for fun and recovery after 2 days of serious football) buffets & a guided tour of the phenomenal bungalows at Landal De Vers 6 months development in just 4 days that’s how much the tour develops the players. Well done to all the players some fantastic feedback from players and parents! So glad you enjoyed it that is as important as the learning and teaching. See you on another FDS Tour

Easter Open 2018 Tour - another great great Easter open in Holland. 14 years in a row and it is always a fantastic experience on and off the pitch. Amazing opportunities for the boys to learn about - professionalism and preparation - team work and team mates - different footballing styles from different countries - Independence and responsibility - travel: 4 countries in 1 day! - fun, fun and more fun Tours are the most valuable learning experience a young player can have, already looking forward to the Malde Cup in May

Very true, mentality and professionalism are the most important things