Accrington Stanley Community Trust - Impact Report 2023

CASE STUDY

CASE STUDY

EVA

ARCHIE

• Lionesses

• Football

Development Centre

Eva had never played football before but really wanted to give it a try after watching a women’s football match on TV. She came down to our Monday Lionesses session to see what it was like.

Having never really shown much interest in football previously, Archie suddenly got the urge to give it a go. We signposted him to our Monday night Football Development Centre held weekly at Stanley Sports Hub. Archie attended the session aimed at beginners aged 4-6. Here he started to

Eva was one of the youngest players in the

group and therefore was quite shy at first. After a few weeks she started to come out of her shell and really started to progress both in confidence and in her ability. Eva; “I really look forward to coming to football every Monday, the sessions are always really fun and we play lots of fun games. I wasn’t very good at the start but now I have got a lot better.’’ Eva now really looks forward to the sessions and is the first there every Monday raring to go. She has even started to support Accrington Stanley and has started attending home matches with her parents and little sister.

learn the basic skills needed to play football. He has improved greatly over the last few months and is really enjoying the sessions. Archie said; “I love football now!” Archie’s Mum explained “Archie’s confidence has grown since he started playing football with Accrington Stanley Community Trust and he has made lots of new friends.” Brigan; Archie’s coach “Archie was a complete beginner when he first started attending, he has picked things up really quickly and he always plays with a big smile on his face.”

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