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Cliftonville Football Development Centre
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Cliftonville Football Development Centre has been running for nearly nine years and gone from strength to strength as
each year passes.
Kyle Spiers was appointed by the Irish Football Association as Cliftonville's Youth Development Officer in 2002 and the
FDC has grown organically since then.
Starting off with the Mini Soccer Centres held each week in the Waterworks and the Schools Curriculum Coaching, the
FDC now has over 180 youths wearing the famous Red shirt every week, participating at levels from Under 10 right
through to Under 19 ages.
Currently our teams compete in the Castlereagh, South Belfast, Lisburn and IFA Youth Leagues and, in 2008,
committed the relevant age groups to participate in the newly formed National Youth League which offers Cliftonville
players a high standard of competition against the best teams in the country.
With a focus firmly on development, the FDC offers every player the highest standard of football coaching and related
activities such as our Strength & Conditioning programme and cardiac screening for our older age groups and all at
the FDC hope to see a number of players starring for the first team in the future.
The achievements of the Centre in such a short space of time have been apparent. Successes in the South Belfast
League, NIBFA Cup, USA Cup, Champions of Champions Tournament and players being called into IFA County
Development and Northern Ireland Schoolboy squads have only been eclipsed by the hundreds of local children who
have been involved with Cliftonville Development Centre over the years.
The Club would like to thank all the coaching and support staff for the professionalism and commitment they have
shown to the development of all the young people involved.
each year passes.
Kyle Spiers was appointed by the Irish Football Association as Cliftonville's Youth Development Officer in 2002 and the
FDC has grown organically since then.
Starting off with the Mini Soccer Centres held each week in the Waterworks and the Schools Curriculum Coaching, the
FDC now has over 180 youths wearing the famous Red shirt every week, participating at levels from Under 10 right
through to Under 19 ages.
Currently our teams compete in the Castlereagh, South Belfast, Lisburn and IFA Youth Leagues and, in 2008,
committed the relevant age groups to participate in the newly formed National Youth League which offers Cliftonville
players a high standard of competition against the best teams in the country.
With a focus firmly on development, the FDC offers every player the highest standard of football coaching and related
activities such as our Strength & Conditioning programme and cardiac screening for our older age groups and all at
the FDC hope to see a number of players starring for the first team in the future.
The achievements of the Centre in such a short space of time have been apparent. Successes in the South Belfast
League, NIBFA Cup, USA Cup, Champions of Champions Tournament and players being called into IFA County
Development and Northern Ireland Schoolboy squads have only been eclipsed by the hundreds of local children who
have been involved with Cliftonville Development Centre over the years.
The Club would like to thank all the coaching and support staff for the professionalism and commitment they have
shown to the development of all the young people involved.
Head of Youth Development
Kyle Spiers
Youth Development Secretary
Darrach Teague
Youth Development Treasurer
Anto Lavery
Kyle Spiers
Youth Development Secretary
Darrach Teague
Youth Development Treasurer
Anto Lavery
Directory
Youth Development Head Coaches
Kieran Barnes, Martin Briggs, Sean Cleary,
Mickey Donnelly, Martin Douglas, Gerry Griffin,
Anthony Lavery, Brendan Lynch, Jim McAlinden,
Sean McCafferty, Michael McClements, Conal McNally,
Darrach Teague
Kieran Barnes, Martin Briggs, Sean Cleary,
Mickey Donnelly, Martin Douglas, Gerry Griffin,
Anthony Lavery, Brendan Lynch, Jim McAlinden,
Sean McCafferty, Michael McClements, Conal McNally,
Darrach Teague
Academy Teams
FDC Teams
