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On 29th January 2024 at 12.04pm my world fell apart.
Fiona was my everything. My soul mate.
If you do anything after reading this post, please hold your loved ones a little tighter for a little longer, because you never know when the last time could be ❤️
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There'll never be another day when life will feel 'normal'
Losing someone you love, who is more yourself than you are.
Someone who captured your heart and held tight to your future will forever be a devastating experience.
Fiona was my world, my future
And now she's gone 💔
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@DermotKennedy
Hi Dermot, I'm unsure if you'll see this message, but I felt compelled to write to it. My partner, Fiona, passed away yesterday at the age of 36. She was one of your most ardent fans. We attended your concert at Marley Park on 23rd June 2023, and you gave us the
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1 year ago today, a DR told Fiona that she had Sciatica. She didn't. She had stage 4 Metastatic Melanoma.
She died 6 months later.
Fiona was neglected by the NHS at every turn.
💔
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A few points worth noting about PKs time at Coleraine.
✅ Parents supported without interfering
✅ Been at the club since he was 5..no hoping between 10 clubs or looking for the next 'fad' to sign up to
✅ In and out Club NI at a young age, never complained. Just played football
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"I'm lost in this nothingness
This emptiness
That others call living"
Fiona fought against the cancer with every Fiber of her being. Her resilience and positivity throughout was astonishing.
She was and will always be my everything ❤️
My girl 💔
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She deserved more from this world
Or maybe she was too good for it
A special, special person
A heart of gold
A love for life not replicated by anyone I've ever met.
Caring beyond what others thought possible
Selfless to the extreme.
A dark but joyus sense of humor.
My girl 💔
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21 weeks ago today 💔
"A piercing look of love that will forever hold me up when my world wants to end"
My girl 💔
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Her request was to meet you. Although she never lived long enough to find out if that wish was to be granted, I feel some kind of solace in messaging you today, on her behalf.
Your lyrics touched Fiona's soul deeply.
From the bottom of my heart, thank you ❤️
Gary
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I came to visit you today
I spoke words into the wind
In the hope that it carries them
To wherever you may be.
My girl 💔
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If ever there's a summer when we just can't be together
There'll be half of me where light's not gettin' in
I'll see that photo I took of you with the blossom tree above you
And I'll just be glad I loved you like I did.
@DermotKennedy
My girl 💔
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It has been a pleasure ❤️⚽️
13 years.
1000s of sessions coached.
100s of games managed.
And a bag full of memories 🙌
📝 NEWS: Coleraine FC would like to thank Gary Devenney and wish him well for the future after departing the club following more than a decade involved at The Showgrounds ⤵️
#COTB
👉
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Hi
@DavidKeenanmuso
I was given you handle in the hope that you could help get me in contact with
@DermotKennedy
management team on behalf of my partner Fiona
My wish is for
@DermotKennedy
to acknowledge Fiona so I can tell her the he knows who she is. It would mean the world 🙏
On 29th January 2024 at 12.04pm my world fell apart.
Fiona was my everything. My soul mate.
If you do anything after reading this post, please hold your loved ones a little tighter for a little longer, because you never know when the last time could be ❤️
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❤️⚽️
📝 NEWS: Coleraine FC is delighted to confirm the appointment of Gary Devenney as the club’s new Senior Academy Manager ⤵️
#COTB
👉
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That smile could light a thousand sky's ✨️
I found a love that others search a lifetime for and never find.
For that, I am grateful.
My girl 💔
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4 Weeks without you 💔
She was a rare thing
Fine as a beeswing
And I miss her more than ever words could say
If I could just taste
All of her wildness now
If I could hold her in my arms today
Then I wouldn't want her any other way
Beeswing by Christy Moore.
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16 weeks 💔
"Your laughter, so soft and delicate, it reached into my soul and offered a gentle embrace"
Record the voice note or take the video. Grief will snatch the sound of their laughter from your ears. But it'll never take away how it made you feel.
My girl 💔
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most magical night. Your words resonate on a level like no other artist. It's almost like you're writing from my personal perspective and experiencing the hurt & love that I am.
Fiona had been asked by the Willow Foundation to think of something that she would like to do.
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That video is my most precious memory of us at
@DermotKennedy
concert at Marley Park in Dublin on 23rd June 2023. It was a truly wonderful evening. She radiates happiness, warmth and love in this video. All those things and more, where what I had the pleasure of experiencing ❤️
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"Today, I sat with grief
And talked about you
It showed me nothing but darkness
Not your face
Nor could I hear your voice
Today, I sat with grief
And it took everything from me"
I've written over 50 short poems since Fiona passed on 29/01/24.
Everyone, meaningful & raw 💔
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Delighted to kick off preparations for this Summers
@SuperCupNI
by announcing my appointment as Junior Squad Manager for County L/Derry for the second year in a row.(U14)
Looking forward to getting started! ❤️⚽️
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A love so intense I often say that we loved each other aggressively
Not in the physical sense
But by a look
A smile
A smirk
The touch of a hand
A love that couldn't be ignored
That never faded
That will last forever
My girl 💔
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Fighting the urge.
Is it socially acceptable for a 36 year old to spend his evenings and weekends playing FM?
Between 2007-2010, i placed more importance on FM than my degree 🤦♂️🤣
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How about this for motivation on a dull Friday morning...👊
In class this morning, preparing notes for today's lessons.
At 8.40am I see 3 students step on to the pitch with a bag of balls for some additional practice before class starts at 9.30am. ❤️⚽️👏
@ColeraineFC
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I've delivered 1000s of team talks in huddles over the years.
None more emotional than this one.
This is more than a team talk in a huddle.
This is a team supporting a teammate in the most tragic and difficult of circumstances. ❤️
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In life and in football somethings are more obvious than others.
Jonny Evans is twice the player Harry Maguire is.
Simple.
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When death took you by the hand
I held you with the other
And promised to find you in every life time"
Rest easy my girl 💔
*Thank you to everyone who has messaged, it has been overwhelming to say the least but also comforting at the same time*
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It's not easy to forget how I loved you
But I really don't want anybody else
I'd give anythin' to see those eyes
I won't forget the lesson that I learned that night
My girl 💔
Lessons by
@DermotKennedy
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For anyone who's seen my posts about the passing of my partner Fiona Brady in recent weeks, you will have seen that I've quoted verses from
@DermotKennedy
Dermots voice, lyrics, and melodies are the soundtrack to our relationship. 1/5
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Fiona was discharged as a cancer patient on 26/10/21. Although we found out that it had returned in early Sept '23, we got the news on 16/09/23 that it was terminal 💔
Please, if you or a loved one are in a similar situation, fight for regular checkups even after discharge🙌
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When i got my A Licence i felt fantastic.. Like it was an achievement worth celebrating.
Now i realise coaching is more about the richness and connection between coach and athlete that leads to real development.
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It would be rude not to share two pieces of individual brilliance from
@ColeraineFC
U18s 3-2 win over
@BallymenaUnited
18s last night.
Conor with the pass of the season 🔥
Senan with a goal Messi would be proud of 👌
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My girl 💔
Fiona's Story 💔
"Losing someone you love so much to such a horrible disease is just an unimaginable pain."
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"The club have given me the support and help that I needed and they've really put the arm around me"
👇
1) Even at the most senior level, when you put person before player, you're onto a winner.
2) Patience and trust are 2 vital components in development. ⚽️
@ColeraineFC
👏
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Gold dust ✨️
"A soul painted in gold
Full of wonder,
And stories to be told
Moving through life, one dance at a time
She had a playful spark
A joyful heart
Her gold dust
Reflected in sunlight"
My girl 💔
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Delighted to welcome Gordon Lyons, minister of the department of Communities to Coleraine Showgrounds, this morning to showcase the great work being done at the club.
👏⚽️
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Buzzing to get the season started with
@ColeraineFC
18s. With little preseason, due to being appointed late in the summer, we kicked off last night v
@DgnSwifts
18s. Ended in a 1-0 defeat but couldn't be more proud of how our lads stuck to our game plan
#ontothenextone
#review
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From a camera shy 8 year old to first team debut at 15.
Fantastic moment for Alfie and his family. ❤️⚽️👏
'75 - Sub: Gaston comes on for his debut at the expense of Shevlin.
#DanskeBankPrem
#COLvLAR
(2-0)
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I'll be forever grateful to Lisa McGowan for helping to pass on Fiona's story to Dermot. We can now say that Dermot knew of Fiona, and that has made the world of difference to me today. ❤️
My girl 💔
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Dream - Plan- Fail- Learn - Overcome- Achieve...
And then start all over again.
In 2003 it was a Dream, in 2020 it has become a reality. 17 years, and I've loved every minute.. Here's to the next 17. 💪
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Since Fiona took her last breath, I've found much comfort in writing
I've written about everything from love to heartbreak, grief, death, and darkness. I came across this brilliant book by Donna Ashworth
Her words have helped to validate mine. That's a special feeling ❤️
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Analysis I put together of
@ColeraineFC
V
@NewryCityAFC
In the second half Coleraine used:
✔️ 3rd man runs
✔️ Patience in build up
✔️ Constant Midfield Rotations
✔️ Deep lying midfielders dropping into false FB positions
Full video available on YT👇
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Fiona's story is resonating with alot of people. She deserved better 💔
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An enjoyable morning with 6 coaches from
@ColeraineFC
youths as we began our Coach Mentor Programme. Starting with the principles of attack!
We are using these sessions to help prep coaches for the UEFA C Licence in March ⚽️
Thanks to the U15/U16s for attending ❤️⚽️
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A quick 'overview' of
@ColeraineFC
U16s session last night at Showgrounds. We're very fortunate to have the facility to record and review our sessions!
👉4v4s
👉6v5+3
👉8v8 conditioned
👉8v8 freeplay
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I have genuine admiration for anyone who runs/coaches at kids holiday football camps. 👏
I done it for a few years in a previous job and know how draining they can be.
Too often skills needed to coach at those events are undervalued by the sport/football industry.
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Goals from last night's
@ColeraineFC
U20s game v Ballymena. Two outstanding individual efforts 👏⚽️
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Game prep vs High Press.
An example of a function of play from this season working on:
👉 Patience to create overloads
👉 Use GK as spare man
👉 Play out via weak side
👉 Dominate Possession.
A late Sunday evening
@SundayShare10
#Sundayshare
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Free house = make shift Podcast Studio in the living room...
Could
@Thinkpodcast_
be on its way back? 🤔
@THEFOOTYPODCAS1
@Mich_Mc7
@J_Mac_10
@the_peakys
@flynetspod
@BlogIrish
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If you're a youth f'ball coach and you insist on writing match reports that Include 'I' 'The boss' 'The gaffer' then please just walk your dog on a Sat morn rather than infesting the sidelines with your over inflated ego and falsified level of self importance.
#absoluteballoons
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I wrote this as part of a poem in '21
I posted it on Instagram on 31/12/23 as Fiona and I spent the night in the Cancer Care Unit.
Fiona asleep in her bed, I was asleep on a camp bed in her room.
The fireworks woke us, we wished each other a happy new year & fell asleep. 1/2
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For island fires and family
@DermotKennedy
6 weeks ago today, we got told that Fiona had days/weeks to live.
In the end she had 3 days. 💔
"When I'm face to face with death I'll grab his throat and ask him how does it hurt"
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Recording training sessions gives coaches insights to👇
👉Set up
👉Your communication
👉Your actions/behaviors
👉Players' actions/behaviors
👉Players' understanding
Here's a clip from a recent session of
@ColeraineFC
U16s function of play. Playing against a high press
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A year ago today
@DermotKennedy
@ Marley Park.
Don't ever let there be a time when i forget her smile and how her spirit moved through me
It hurts to think that better times will not come our way
And how time will continue to fly away
My girl 💔
#forever36
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I recently had a convo with a coach and he complemented our style of play. But then asked 'do you change it when you're losing'
The answer is no.
Here we are at 2-1 down. You can hear the oppo coach shout 'when it goes short put the press on' then 'it doesn't go back'
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This morning, I received a package from Dermot that contained items of merchandise. He could've stopped there, but he didn't. He wrote a personal letter to me, which I'm keeping off Socials for now, that touched my soul.
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Things you love to see ⚽️❤
2 Senior Academy players starting with another 2 on the bench 👏
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'Get rid of it'
'Hook it'
'Put your foot through it'
OR
👉Dominate possession
👉Confidence on the ball
👉Trusting each other
@ColeraineFC
U16s finishing off the year with a solid performance v
@BallyclareFC
U18s. ❤️⚽️
@SundayShare10
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There's so much to admire in such a short clip 👇
👉Midfield Rotations
👉Runs and passes that break lines
👉 Movement of ST to peel wide onto blindside of CB
👉 The purposeful 1st touch
👉 The coolness to finish the way he did.
Very proud of
@ColeraineFC
U16s y'day ❤️⚽️🙌
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Slate the pitch yes but to slate the work of a volunteer shows money doesn't buy class...🤷♂️
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Great to finally get back on the sideline for our first competitive game in nearly 7 months... ⚽❤️
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With so many Irish League clubs now having appointed Youth and Senior Academy Directors, is there a market for an Academies Director Forum/Association?
@akamillsy1
@OfficialNIFL
Directors get together to help drive the youth game forward?
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Delighted to see Ciaran sign his 1st pro deal 👏
🆕 signing his first pro forms.
Ciaran O'Hara agrees a two-and-a-half year deal at The Showgrounds ⤵️
#COTB
👉
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Great to see Alfie Gaston and Senan Devine involved tonight! Both lads are 16 years old (2007) ❤️⚽️👏
𝙏𝙀𝘼𝙈 𝙎𝙃𝙀𝙀𝙏
Here is your team sheet for tonight's clash against Cliftonville.
#DanskeBankPrem
#CLIvCOL
#COTB
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Sitting in the car park reflecting after a 2-1 defeat.
You don't always get what you deserve in life and football is no different.
BUT.
I've never felt more proud of a group of players than this group of U16s. Their progression has been unmatched by any team I've coached. ❤⚽️
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👉The right way or the wrong way to play ❓️
That argument doesn't exist for me. It's based around context and decision making. 🧠 ⚽️
3 examples, 3 outcomes 👇
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Calm waters held her gaze, my heart held her love and together we held each other. ❤️
My girl.💔
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Delighted to welcome Alfie Wylie, current Head of Player Development at S3 Global, to the showgrounds this morning to talk with
@ColeraineFC
BTEC students about his career in the Sports Industry 👏
A thoroughly enjoyable session, we look forward to inviting Alfie back soon.
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Love at first sight!
@TacticalPad
is my new favourite toy EVER! Makes session planning so much more fun!
#gettingmygeekon
😀⚽👌
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Trust the process.
✔️Confidence to play anywhere on the pitch.
✔️Building up one side to attack weak side.
✔️One ST dropping. One in behind.
✔️10 passes from box to box.
A pleasure to coach this group ❤️⚽️
@SundayShare10
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Excited to be part of this! Looking forward to facing, overcoming and learning from the challenges that lie ahead ❤️⚽
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Beautiful ❤️⚽️
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This whole life, you said
Is like a dream that you don't wanna forget
Hold my heart, hold my head
You know I've been your baby since the day that we met
Blossom by
@DermotKennedy
My heart is torn irreparably 💔
Sharing Fiona's joy for life, helps me feel her with me.❤️✨️
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Wasn't it love as soon as we knew each other properly?
Livin' 'bout half right 'til a certain person got to me
Nothin' is secret, everythin's sacred, how it ought to be
For Island Fires and Family
By
@DermotKennedy
My girl 💔
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Part two of our coaches coffee chat from Saturday 😀
On Saturday we hosted our very first Online Coaches Coffee morning. This is something that we hope to run every Saturday until Football returns. ⚽❤️
If you'd like to take part, send us a DM with your email address 👍
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Season 2022/23 ✅️
What a fantastic group of lads! Gutted that it's over but excited to see what lies ahead for all of them. ❤️⚽️
🔵⚪️
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At the start of preseason we asked
@ColeraineFC
U16s for 3 things:
1) Trust yourself
2) Trust each other
3) Invite pressure & play around it.
It was a pleasure watching them y'day.
Yes we need to work on the final ball, but we need to get the ball there 1st.
@SundayShare10
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@ColeraineFC
well represented in the
@SuperCupNI
winning Co. L/Derry Squad. No less than 12 players.
11 of which started the season in the U16 NIFL Squad.
2 have made their 1st team debuts.
A talented bunch with a very bright future
🔵⚪️🔵⚪️🔵⚪️🔵⚪️🔵⚪️🔵⚪️🔵
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I get it. It's a quick way to make a few £ but the latest 1 on 1 training fad we're seeing in football, comprisesing of copious amounts
isolated, repetitive unoppsed practices is overkill.
Too many parents are blinded by fancy all signing all dancing tricks flicks and fancy kit
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U16s provide a gaurd of honour to Welcome U19s home from Macedonia ❤️⚽️
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I'm reading so much s**t being branded about recently with regards to football, here's a few:
1) Onset/off set triangles
2) Vertical and horizontal incision passing
3) Playing a 'false' CB
If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it enough.
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He not only inspired a generation of players, but he invested his time providing opportunities for young coaches like me, throughout the country.
His influence is ever lasting and his memory ever enduring through everyone who had the pleasure meet him.
Thank you Wes ❤️⚽️
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Super excited to get this up and running!
Delighted to be working with 6 volunteer Grassroots coaches from
@ColeraineFC
youths over the next few months.
"To grow is to change. To change is to be brave and admit that what you know is not all there is to know"
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With
@ColeraineFC
U16s
@robbiedmufc
and I use a variety of presentation methods to engage and educate.🧠⚽️
Here's a short clip of a narrated video we used in pre-season to highlight a few important concepts when out of possession in a 5-3-2.
@SundayShare10
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Sometimes it's about more than Football.
In Jan a youth team came to the showgrounds to watch a Coleraine FC U16s training session. U16s captain Luke Dennison spoke to the young players about his experience playing at NIFL and the extra work he does to stay fit.
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At the time we had no idea of the significance of this goal.
A few hours later, football & life were put into perspective.
Some of our most poignant memories in Sport are formed in winning moments.
This past week, they were formed by a display of perseverance and resilience
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Delighted to be working in partnership with Daniel Chambers at the IFA to offer our BTEC Students a menu of coaching courses to further enhance their knowledge and employability skills. Also great to have students from NCIC along as we strengthen our working relationship. ❤️⚽️
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Patience in possession is a 🔑 trait of how we play at
@ColeraineFC
U16s.
Purpose of the pass helps to connect the dots⚽️
Switching the play often helps to free space and create passing options 👌
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When Sweet Caroline came to visit Parkview Special School 😀
@WU19EURO2017
@IFAFootballDev
@IFAJonnyMichael
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Senan Devine! Senior debut away to Crusaders at 16 Years old. 😲👏❤️⚽️
𝗧𝗘𝗔𝗠 𝗦𝗛𝗘𝗘𝗧
Senan Devine is handed his first start for the Bannsiders this evening.
Aaron Jarvis, Dean Jarvis and Conor McKendry all miss out through suspension.
#DanskeBankPrem
#CRUvCOL
#COTB
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2.5 years at the Irish Football Association has come to and end...new challenges await...on to the next one 💪
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You are pieces of the secrets that once lingered on our clothes
The morning after the night before,
When I feel, see, imagine,
The shape of your warm lips.
My Girl 💔
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