Guildford Saints FC is grass roots junior football club and currently have 38 teams of girls and boys aged 7-18 formed in 1983 with over 600 registered players today.
We are an multi award winning Surrey FA Chartered Standard Development Club providing training and Sunday league football and our aim to is to play safe, controlled and friendly football.
Over the past 10 years we have established a group of highly qualified Professional Coaches, led by our Director of Coaching Kevin Wilson-Wild, who deliver training sessions throughout the age groups in our Club, both Saturday and during mid-week sessions.
Kevin and his team are responsible for the coaching vision and playing identity of the club. Our aim is to ensure that all our players are coached by professionals in the early years of their development. This sets the standard for their technical development and future behaviour of everyone associated with the club.
Guildford Saints believes that one of the most important areas to get right is to provide our children with the best possible learning environment. We have coaches that do this as a full time living and having between 2 and 30 years of coaching experience. We are fortunate enough to have a highly qualified coaching staff including 1 A license, 2 B license and 3 C license qualified coaches within the club.
We also believe in offering our children as many learning opportunities as possible including delivering a Futsal programme, Masterclass sessions, Finishing masterclasses, Goalkeeper specialist training, match analysis via our VEO camera and Speed and agility workshops to enhance our players movement skills.
The club welcomes new players in all age groups, to take part in our national sport, to become part of a team, to develop not only ball skills but also social skills, enjoy playing football and making friends
We also have an established Ladies Sunday League Team plus a PAN Disability Team, affiliated with the Football for All league and a 45+ walking football team. New players welcome in all sections.
All volunteers/age group Managers are trained to FA Level 1 standard or higher, are UK Gov DBS checked, have all attended Child Protection workshops and are first aid trained. Find Team manager contacts here.
Our volunteers are a vital part of our Club so we always welcome new volunteers wanting to get involved either as coaches, referees or administrators, with the club actively supporting their development with the relevant training.
The club is run by a Small Management Committee who provide the organisational structure for the club, ensure that there are sufficient funds, carry out training and development of players and Managers/coaches as well as supporting our team of 70+ volunteers.
We actively encourage our older youth players to take an active role in the Club and provide training to help them on their volunteering path. Opportunities to obtain coaching badges & Referee qualifications
Income for the club is derived from various sources, the majority coming from Membership fees, the remainder from social events, sponsored competitions, kit sales, and sponsorship.
Sponsorship income has grown considerably in recent years and is used for purchasing team kits. Sponsors enjoy kit advertising for 2 years, plus coverage in the local press and marketing we undertake. We are always happy to hear from potential sponsors.
The main expenditure for the club comes in the form of pitch hire and Professional Coaching fees. Other expenditure includes League registration fees, player registration fees, team kit, training equipment and affiliation to Surrey County FA.
As the club doesn’t have a home ground, we hire training facilities and match-day pitches from local schools and Guildford Borough Council.
Partnerships are very important to the Club so we look to the local schools, parish councils and local councils to secure playing facilities. We also work with them to develop new facilities for the schools the Club and the local community recent examples being: King’s College, Chilworth and George Abbot.
We are also developing the Club’s use of new video technology to support our coaching and we have recently purchased our first AI VEOcamera https://www.veo.co/en-gb. We are working with Surrey University to develop our analytic skills as we integrate this advanced technology into the Club’s coaching.
We are keen supporters of the FA’s Respect campaign as good behaviour is key to the future of this football Club with players, managers, coaches and spectators all having their responsibilities. As a Club we believe that it is very important for the future of the game that good behaviour is key to the way our players are coached from the very beginning.
| Position | Name | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Chairman | Alex Forbes | alexcforbes@googlemail.com |
| President | John Thornton | |
| Vice President | David Hollingsworth | |
| Secretary | Dawn Davies | dawn.davies11@btinternet.com |
| Treasurer | Sue Renton | gsfc.treasurer@gmail.com |
| Welfare Officer | Kelly Mahdavieh | Kelly23_uk@hotmail.com |
| Head Coach | Kevin Wilson | krazykool1010@yahoo.co.uk |
| Kit and Equipment Manager | Alex Mazur | Gsfc.kit@gmail.com |