Our Coaches

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Matt has been coaching football for over 14 years. He is currently working towards his UEFA B Licence and also holds the FA GK Level 2 Certificate. 

 Having coached and taught PE at a range of schools across Brighton & Hove, Matt now teaches at Balfour Primary School where he and Briony worked together before setting up Brighton Galaxy in Summer 2018. 

His previous roles include Brighton & Hove Albion Women's 1st team GK Coach and he also currently manages the Brighton Schoolgirls U12 & U16 District teams.

Briony's boasts a fantastic footballing career which includes playing for Brighton & Hove Albion Women whilst she also has the honour of representing England at U19 level. 

Since a serious knee injury ended her playing career, Briony has moved into teaching and after a successful year coaching the girls and boys school football teams to league-winning seasons, she set about earning her FA coaching badges and is currently working towards her FA Level 2 Certificate.

Amelia has been coaching with us since February 2019 and is currently studying Football Coaching and Performance at Chichester University, whilst at the same time, gaining her FA Level 2 Certificate. She is FA Emergency Aid trained and fully DBS checked. 

Amelia's playing career started at Brighton & Hove Albion where she is a product of their academy system before going on to play for Charlton Athletic in WSL2. 

Amelia also has the impressive honour of being a full Wales International player, representing her country from U16 through to the Senior Women's squad. 

Shaun has been coaching with us since Summer 2019 and, like Amelia, is studying Football Coaching and Performance at University of Chichester and working towards his FA Level 2 Certificate.

He is FA Emergency Aid trained and fully DBS checked and has been coaching for 5 years in total, delivering after school and evening sessions as well as running school holiday sports camps.

Shaun's playing career includes playing at Crystal Palace Foundation and he now plays at county level for Mile Oak.

Beth is a product of our sister club Withdean Youth, having played at the club for 6 years. She has represented Brighton & Hove Schools at U16 level, before playing for BHASVIC Women and, this year, joining Saltdean United Women.

Despite her young age, Beth already has 3 years of experience working in a range of sports coaching settings and has recently completed her FA Playmaker award to go alongside her Sports Leadership award. Looking to study physiotherapy at Nottingham Uni next year, Beth also has her Emergency Aid Level 3 award.

Bobbie has been coaching with us for over 2 years now, starting out by completing her Duke of Edinburgh qualification at our after school club at Balfour. Since then Bobbie has completed the FA Playmaker course whilst gaining further experience coaching at our Saturday Soccer School & Friday Advanced Academy.

Alongside her coaching, Bobbie has also played for 6 years at Withdean Youth, represented Brighton & Hove Schoolgirls at U16 level and now plays at Saltdean United Women.

Saoirse has been coaching for just over a year now and has experience coaching in primary schools and at our Saturday Soccer School.

She draws on a wealth of playing experience, despite her young age, which has seen her represent Sussex Schoolgirls & Brighton & Hove Schoolgirls from U13-U16s. 

This year she joined up with Saltdean United Women to prove she has a very bright future, not only in coaching but in playing too!