Our managers are fun, friendly and enthusiastic, and here to help your child gain a fantastic experience during their time at Shield. Please note that we perform annual checks, in order to ensure that our staff update their qualifications.
Every manager at Shield Academy is:
FA/UEFA Qualified
Child Protection Trained
First Aid certified
Enhanced CRB Checked
“To educate a person in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society.” Theodore Roosevelt
Director Of Football
Dan Seymour
Director of Coaching
Julian Charles
Head of Mini Soccer
Adam Walker
Under 7 Manager
Alf Dickinson
Under 8 Manager
Will Doy
Under 9 Manager
Shaun Gibbs
Under 10 Manager
Lloyd Schaverien
Interim Under 11 Manager
Dan Seymour (Director of Football)
Under 12 Red Manager
Anil Kumar
Under 12 Red Coach
Sid David
Under 12 White Manager
Paul McMahon
Under 12 White Joint Manager
Julian Charles
Under 13 Red Manager
Richard Jones
Under 13 White Manager
Earl Verdant
Under 13 White Coach
Dee Olafare
Under 14 Red Manager
John Lawrence
Under 14 Red Coach
Mick McEvoy
Under 14 Red Coach
Josh Henry
Under 14 Blue Manager
John Lawrence
Under 16 Black Manager
Jamie Thomas
Under 16 Black Coach
Jay Gomez
Under 16 Red Manager
Jason Brown
Under 16 Red Coach
Barney Rai
Under 21 Manager
Ian Moody
Girls Football
Azher Khan
Shield Technical & Advanced Academy
Dan Seymour
The Shield Philosophy
Our philosophy at Shield takes into account various points of research and our beliefs take into account the fact that our sessions and structures must vary, dependent on the age group of the team. We pride ourselves on creating imaginative structures.