MK College Sports Academies

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
    
    
• The Women’s Academy Staff:

• Charlie Bill
  • Coach – Working towards UEFA A Licence
• James Stephenson
  • Coach – UEFA B License

• Owen Evans
  • Coach – UEFA B License

• Mark Walsh
  • Coach – UEFA B License

• Owen Stubbs
  • Coach – Working towards UEFA B License

• Kelly Sutton
  • Operations

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.

• 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

• 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.
    
    
• 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
    
    

Many more of our players are currently being monitored by clubs.

• Meet The Men’s Academy Staff

• James Stephenson
  • Coach – UEFA B License

• Iain Ellis
  • Coach – UEFA B License

• Owen Evans
  • Coach – UEFA B License

• Owen Stubbs
  • Coach – Working towards UEFA B License

• Lawrie Walker
  • Professional Goalkeeper Coach