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ELITE INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL DEVELOPMENT CENTRE FOOTBALL DEVELOPMENT CENTRE The year 2017 is a landmark one for Sunderland College - the year we teamed up with Improtech Soccer Elite Academy - the leading specialists in football and education in the North East of England. Improtech Soccer has a proven track record of producing players good enough to join the Academies of Sunderland, Newcastle, Middlesbrough and Hartlepool. The very first Improtech student was Ethan Robson, now a first-team squad member at Sunderland AFC and many of our players have since joined professional clubs. Our Football Development Centre will support you with progressing into professional and semi-professional football as well as international scholarships. You will get unrivalled levels of football training from a coach of UEFA Pro Licence standard, ensuring you develop both as individual footballers, and team players whilst studying at Sunderland College on one of the courses below: • A-Levels (Level 3) • National Extended Diploma in Sport (Level 3) • Higher National Diploma in Sport (Level 4+5) If you want to be the best footballer you can be, Sunderland College and Improtech will help you reach your goal. See page 23 on how to apply. GOT A QUESTION? If you have any questions about studying here at Sunderland College, what we have to offer, where it can lead... anything really, just get in touch: @SunCollSport /SunCollSport 0191 511 6000 sunderlandcollege.ac.uk 2 AS A STUDENT OF OUR FOOTBALL DEVELOPMENT CENTRE YOU’LL RECEIVE: • 12 hours of high quality first-class training from a coach of UEFA Pro Licence standard - the highest coaching qualification in the game of football • Strength and conditioning support delivered by one of the leading specialists in the UK • Physiotherapy clinic • Nike Training Kit • Individual player performance plan to progress your talent • Training and education in our multi-million pound sports academy • Opportunities to develop your coaching and leadership skills with FA Coaching Awards • Entry into the highest local and national competitions including semi-professional football and the National Youth Alliance League • Use of the facilities at Academy of Light as part the strategic partnership that Sunderland College has with Sunderland Association Football Club • Showcase games against Premier League and Football League clubs (including Sunderland AFC, Newcastle United FC and Middlesbrough FC) • Your own athlete development mentor and access to Catalyst 4 Professional Sports Management (an internationally recognised and FA registered football intermediary) • Exclusive opportunities to play for South Shields AFC Academy of Light, Sunderland Association Football Club’s Training Ground 3 Jordan Henderson (Liverpool FC captain, England 4 International and previous Improtech student) “I would certainly recommend the Improtech development programme to any aspiring young player who wants to improve all aspects of their technique. “The intense technical drills that are an integral part of the programme inspire creativity and the vast experience of the Improtech coaches enable them to create a learning environment that encourages freedom, expression, innovation and enjoyment.” JORDAN HENDERSON, SUNDERLAND-BORN LIVERPOOL AND ENGLAND CAPTAIN Born: Sunderland Sunderland AFC: 71 appearances, 2008 - 2011 Liverpool FC: 180 appearances, 2011 - England: 32 appearances, 2010 - 5 South Shields FC Ground 6 Sunderland College gym facilities FA Vase winners 2017 Sunderland AFC, Stadium of Light 7 (L-R) John Rushworth (Faculty Director), Ethan Robson (Sunderland AFC) and Martin Scott 8 (Improtech Director and UEFA Pro Licence coach) at the launch of the Football Development Centre FOOTBALLING AND ACADEMIC EDUCATION It’s not just your footballing education that we care about at Sunderland College but your academic education too. Our Football Development Centre runs as a professional academy would, combining educational studies with professional training and competitive games. Sunderland College has a great reputation for our teaching and learning and our students have exceeded the national average for achievement rates and high grades for the last five years. Players of the Football Development Centre can chose to study sport courses at Levels 3 to 5 or study 3 A-Level subjects alongside 12 hours of professional football coaching and competitive games in the highest leagues accessible, ensuring our players meet both their footballing and career aims. The quality of our education and the support we provide to our students is paramount to us. That is why we’re committed to developing our programmes to ensure that they meet the highest possible quality standards. We’ve demonstrated this commitment by continually meeting the highest quality standards demanded of the UK government. We have achieved the outstanding higher education quality mark from the Quality Assurance Agency, we consistently achieve the highest rates of student satisfaction and our students have achieved a 99% A-Level pass rate for the last 8 years, whilst the majority of our professional and technical programmes have a 100% pass rate. We were inspected and accredited by the British Council in 2016 and we were identified as having key areas of strengths around our teaching, premises and facilities, learning resources, care of students, staff management, and leisure opportunities. 9 “Catalyst4psm have helped me greatly with my dream of playing professional football, structuring a route and supporting me every step of the way to achieve it. Coming from Sunderland College all the way to a Premier League club has been a fantastic journey.” JACK DEVLIN, STOKE CITY FC 10 INTRODUCING CATALYST 4 PROFESSIONAL SPORTS MANAGEMENT LIMITED English Football Association Intermediary status (IMS000983/IMS002773/ IMS003061). • Experience within the sector transacting business in every continent. • Structured strategic consultants in 21 different countries throughout the world with new partners joining us in 2017 from India, China, Egypt, Pakistan, Germany and the West Indies. • Domestically represent 19 players from such clubs as Liverpool FC, Newcastle United FC, Sunderland AFC and Middlesbrough and top emerging talent at lower level. • Internationally represent/mandated for players currently playing in Europe, Asia, Middle East and South America. • With over 25 years personal industry experience, we have created a company that we feel is excellently positioned in the sports management market due to the strength, depth and experience of our dedicated team. This is built around our unique and distinctive approach to sports management where we put the client at the centre of everything we do. • As of February 2018, 22 players have graduated from our academy into full time professional football. • twitter.com/cat4psm • facebook.com/cat4psm • instagram.com/cat4psm • youtube.com/channel/UC0MIAPKfaQTMPSl0m2tW3wQ 11 HALL OF FAME Improtech and Sunderland College have a proven track record of success, just a few are shown below: • Jordan Henderson (ex Sunderland AFC, now Liverpool FC captain and England International) • Ethan Robson (Sunderland AFC) • Jimmy Montgomery (Gateshead • James Martin (Hartlepool FC) FC and ex Middlesbrough FC) • Jazz Suker (Dundee Utd and • Dale Connor (Oldham Athletic FC) ex Sunderland AFC) • Ryan Mouter (Wimbledon FC) • Kieran Charlton (Middlesbrough FC) • Carl Jones (Hartlepool FC) • Elliott Embleton (Sunderland AFC) • Mohab Ahmed El Marakbi (South Shields • Jamie Corbain (Kilmarnock FC FC and Egyptian National Youth Yeam) and ex Newcastle Utd) • Callum Mordey (USA • Jack Devlin (Stoke City FC) scholarship - Georgia) • Callum Patton (Gateshead FC) • Joe Atkinson (USA scholarship - California) Robbie Clarkson (Performance Matt Wylie (Paralympic 12 Analyst at Manchester City FC) Gold Medallist Rio 2016) With a pass rate of 98% and alumni like referee for the Football Association, Michael Oliver to shout about, you’ll be in good company studying sport at Sunderland College. There is an almost endless list of career opportunities within the sports sector. We work with some of the UK’s top industry bodies such as the Football Association, Rugby Fives Association, Rugby Football League and Lawn Tennis Association to make sure you develop the best possible combination of skills, theory and practice during your time with us. So whether you are looking to be a Sports Coach, Fitness Instructor, Personal Trainer, Sports Assistant, Sports Physiotherapist or Teacher, we have the course for you. 13 IMPROTECH Sunderland AFC footballer Ethan Robson was at the launch of Improtech Soccer Elite Academy’s move into Sunderland College. As the very fi rst student to experience Improtech’s innovative coaching system, the 20-year-old is now a fi rst-team squad member at Sunderland AFC. Former Sunderland AFC left-back Martin Scott, who founded and runs Improtech Soccer said: “We’re proud of our track record of improving young players and we’re excited at now being able to use that expertise to benefi t 16-19 year olds at Sunderland College. “We can promise young players of ability that they will become the best player they are capable of being, as long as they show the same commitment and enthusiasm as ourselves. “We foster a great team spirit in the group, so everyone benefi ts as an individual player while at the same team becoming part of a tight- knit group. “It’s a very exciting time to be joining Sunderland College because it is a real opportunity for good young players to be part of something