Exeter College has a close working relationship with Exeter City Football Club and this has enabled the college to provide comprehensive provision for footballers attending the college from 16 to 19 years of age.

Currently the college has:

• a non Academy Football Club which allows students from across the college to participate in training and fixtures once a week;
• a comprehensive Sports Academy programme which nurtures talented players who have gained selection through the college’s performance trials and
• an apprenticeship scheme for those players who are contracted to the club.

An integral aspect of the partnership is the coaching support which occurs at every Academy training session and 1st team games.

The women’s football programme runs in much the same way as the men’s but no formal partnership has been agreed until now. Exeter City Football Club Ladies section have recently appointed Gareth Young who works for the club’s Football in the Community charity and Performance Centre scheme. Gareth Young (pictured below with Katy Sheffield, Academy coach at the college’s new training facility at Exwick) in conjunction with the college will be looking to support our training and provided excellent progression routes into the Exeter City Ladies set up.

This is excellent news for the Women’s Football at Exeter College who will be looking to increase participation numbers and improve on the Academy’s recent successes after being crowned AoC Sport SW Category 2 League winners and South West 5a-side champions.

For more information about women’s football and Exeter College’s Sports Academy contact

Chris Wall, chriswall@exe-coll.ac.uk or 01392 400309