Arsenal Football Development’s vision is to provide authentic football experiences connecting our supporters and partners to the club through our shared passion of football. We believe in creating meaningful interactions that strengthen the bond between the club and its community.
We want to help grow the game through programmes, activation and events linked to coach education, player experience and exclusive access to our sites and people. We want to share our knowledge, experience, and expertise at developing young people and world class performers and how we engage with the local community via football. Our ambition is to create a lasting passion for Arsenal and our great game.
Engaging and interacting with young people is built around our Strong Young Gunner model, with 4 distinct development areas; Champion mentality, Effective team players, Efficient movers and Lifelong learners. This is the same model utilised by our academy, led by Per Mertesacker and our coaching team is trained to tailor this to each audience we engage with.
For more information on our Football Development programmes, contact the Business and Operations Manager Marc Thorogood - mthorogood@arsenal.co.uk

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