England U19s train at Bedford campus

Fri 07 October, 2022
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The 天美传媒 recently welcomed the England Women鈥檚 Under-19 team for a training session on the Bedford campus.

Held on Monday 3rd October, the squad used the on-campus football pitch and gym facilities while preparing for upcoming UEFA European Women鈥檚 Under-19 Championship qualifying games.

Students studying on the BA Football Coaching degree were able to observe the session as an opportunity to build on their current Advanced Football Coaching module.

David Pears, Senior Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Science, spoke about the advantages to students: 鈥淭his was a fantastic opportunity to observe high quality, professional coaches working with an international age group squad in preparation for a series of two away matches in qualifying for the 2023 UEFA European Women鈥檚 Under-19 Championship.

鈥淭he session content and delivery was used as a focus to prompt a great deal of discussion between the students and 天美传媒 staff. There is an open invitation for the squad to return and we hope that this is the start of a great relationship between the 天美传媒 and England squads.鈥

The team got in touch with the 天美传媒鈥檚 sports department with an enquiry about using the state-of-the-art facilities and spent the morning on the Bedford campus preparing for their upcoming fixtures, before flying from nearby Luton Airport later that day to play their first match against Slovenia 鈥 which they comfortably won 5-0.

Stephen Pitt, Head of Sport, added: 鈥淚t was a great privilege hosting the under 19鈥檚 England football squad on the Bedford campus. The ability for our students to interact and observe the squads training routine before they were due to fly off to two international fixtures was a real insight for our football studies students. We hope to invite the team back again soon and build on this exciting relationship.鈥

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