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season. Laird then spent three years at
Preston North End, during which he
helped the club to be promoted to the
Championship during the 2014–15
season, beating Swindon Town 4-0 in the
Playoff Final at Wembley. In the same
season, Laird scored the goal that put
Preston into the lead against Louis Van
Gaal’s Manchester United in an FA Cup tie
at Deepdale. Spells at Scunthorpe United,
Walsall, Forest Green Rovers and a player-
assistant manager role at
Weston-super-Mare followed. Laird also
represented Scotland at youth level,
captaining the under-16 team all the way
Scott Laird up to under-20 level. He was selected for
UEFA B – Senior Boys Lead the England C team in April 2009, earning
one cap. Scott led the Senior Boy’s First XI
Coaches football career spanning 19 years. A long to an England Schools National Title in
Scott Laird had a senior professional
2025.
Boys’ Senior
spell at Plymouth Argyle was followed
with five years at Stevenage, where he
played 245 times in all competitions,
helping the club earn back-to-back
promotions from the Conference Premier
to League One, and was named the club’s
Player of the Year for the 2009–10
Coaches
Our coaching workforce is made up
of full-time and part-time coaches,
specialist coaches (GK coach),
full-time multi-disciplinary staff and
a number of teacher-coaches. All Boys’ Junior
coaching staff hold UEFA accredited
qualifications from UEFA A to UEFA
C licences. Our 12 UEFA A or B 16
licensed coaches put us on a par
with an EPPP Category 2 Academy Tony McCallum Jake Mawford Jono Santry
Workforce, which are usually UEFA A, B and C
associated with English Football licensed coaches, UEFA A/FA Advance Youth UEFA B – Junior Boys Lead UEFA A – Junior Boys Coach
League Championship or League the equivalent – Head of Football Jake Mawford is an UEFA B Futsal & Jono Santry is a UEFA A Licence Coach and
to an EPPP
One professional clubs. Category 2 Tony is a UEFA A Licence & FA Advanced Football coach who has worked in completed the FA Youth Awards. He is
professional academies alongside
Millfield’s Head of Futures and has managed
Academy Youth Licence Coach as well as a UEFA A
Licence coach educator. He spent 14 Millfield as a coach. He has also enjoyed the England Independent Schools Boys U18
years at The Football Association in coach an extensive career in semi-professional team for 15 years, having previously been
development and player development football and has been coaching for over Head of National Player development for the
and has worked in elite player pathways 15 years in various environments. Independent Schools FA. He coached at clubs
in both the male and female game. including Crystal Palace, Leicester City,
Manchester United and Watford.
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