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MK College sports academies

All of our academy students are studying the specifics of their sport. MKC provides talented students with the opportunity to access professional, high-quality sports coaching alongside studying at an excellent further education institution.

Women’s football

New for 2022-23, Milton Keynes College are recruiting 16-19 year old females to study full-time within Further Education, alongside being a part of a competitive football programme in partnership with MK Dons Women.

Previously our talented female students have been a part of the male training programme and have been supported whilst they playing at local high-level clubs.

Upon completion of her studies, former student Eden Washington, left MKC with a scholarship to play football at college in the USA. Current student Gemma Whitchurch has also received scholarship offers to play in the USA, starting in the academic year 2023-24.

Partnerships:

MK Dons Women – FA Women’s National League Southern Premier, Step 3 of the Women’s Football Pyramid. Three students are currently involved in the MK Dons Women’s set-up.

What’s included:

12 hours of training and match play per week
Individualised development player 1-1’s
Player performance profiling
GPS training and matchday data
Video analysis
Team and Individual Strength and Conditioning programmes
Fixtures against top-level academy professional clubs
Elite professional coach dedicated to player development and team performance
Training at brand new facilities

Men’s football

Established in 2017, the MKC Men’s Football Academy has been growing year on year, now with Category 1-3 teams and a Development Squad. The Category 1 team represent MKC in the ECFA Premier League, the highest level of college football.

Partnerships:

MK Dons – Strong partnership links with MK Dons

MK Irish – Providing a pathway for students to progress from junior football to senior fixtures in Step 5.

MK Irish U18s – As part of the MKC and MK Irish Partnership, the MKC coaching staff manage the MK Irish U18s team in Floodlit League.

What’s included:

Over twelve hours of training and matches a week via college and partnership teams
Individualised development player 1-1’s
Player performance profiling
GPS training and matchday data
Video analysis
Team and Individual Strength and Conditioning programmes
Fixtures against top-level academy professional clubs
Saturday Spartans South Midlands Divisions League
Elite professional coach dedicated to player development and team performance

Academy achievements:

Previous ECFA National Champions

This year have had 5 players represent MK Dons U18s Karl Daley, Clinton Zawe, Oliver Blackmore Read, Dan Brice and Mason Davis

Success stories:

Elliott Simmons – ECFA National Representative Team and Calvary FC in Canada Premier League
Tom Bradbury – ECFA Captain National Representative Tea, Yeovil and Halifax Town
Luke Pennell – Dagenham and Redbridge
Munashie Sundire – Kings Lynn FC
Moses Olanrewaju – Stirling Albion
George Rose – Slough Town
Ashley Phillips – US Scholarship to the University of Alabama, now an assistant coach at the same university
Wes McGrath – UFCB graduate in Sports Coaching, now coaching at MK Dons
Ty Ward – Hungerford FC
Keiron McConnell – USW Sports Coaching graduate and now coaching at MK Dons
Keelan Plumbridge, Tyler McGregor, George Rose all now successful GK Coaching roles at ProSaveGK 1:1 and small group coaching sessions for Goalkeepers