Brakes Looking to the Future
Leamington FC have appointed Football Consultant Mark Fogarty on a contract to conduct a review of the Community, Football Academy, Development and First Team operations and structures at the club with a view to determining strengths, weaknesses and identifying pathways that will help take the club forward in all those areas.
Until very recently Mark was the Sporting Director at National League outfit Solihull Moors having been in that post for the last 18 months following on from four and a half years in the role of Community and Academy Manager.
Leamington FC Chairman Jim Scott said “We are delighted to secure the services of Mark’s calibre. He has wide experience in all of the identified areas and of building a club from the bottom up. He will bring a fresh outside perspective and undoubtedly his findings will be considered and acted upon as we determine our strategy for moving the club forward”
“In the immediate term Mark will focus on developing the Academy structure and processes in our partnership with Moreton Morrell College. Additionally to all the above he will look at funding opportunities that could aid and assist all areas of the clubs development”
Fogarty who is an A License Coach and holds an Academy Managers License is just completing a Masters degree in Sports directorship at Salford University. He has an extensive CV in both non league and the professional football world spanning 23 years that has previously included spells within professional clubs as a coach, scout and Head of Recruitment and various other roles. He additionally ran his own Football Development and Academy of Excellence business.
He stated, “I feel I can make a difference. Leamington’s community set up is much more developed than that which I encountered when starting at Solihull Moors but the experiences I gained there in developing the clubs junior, disabled, academy first team and community arms of the club gave me a great understanding of what works and what doesn’t.
I want to interact and communicate with as many of the volunteers and staff at Leamington that I can so I can get a feel for the club and then present my findings to the Board of Directors. It is important to put a strategy together that encompasses the ethos of the club.”
