Team Coaches

Since its formation in 1993 Falkirk have made a concerted effort to use the expertise and experience within the club for its coaches. Senior players (and sometimes youth players) are encouraged to go through SFA Coach Education Courses and to then put those certificates into practice through working with the youth teams. Parents are not exempt from this friendly pressure either as a steady source of coaching staff has emerged from the player’s parents.

Age Group	Head Coach	Assistant Coach
Under-13	Fiona Melville	Jennifer Dick
Under-15 Blue Team	Shirley Martin	Ashley McDonald
Under-15 Red Team	Alison Mackie	Kerry Kennedy Annmarie Blyth
Under-17	Nicky Docherty	Yvonne Anderson
Senior Ladies	David Wilson	James Thomson

Fiona, Jennifer, Shirley, and Ashley are all current members of our Senior Ladies squad and have been with Falkirk for at least 6 years. Fiona and Shirley are two of our founder members as they started aged 10 in our very first Under-13 team back in 1993. Kerry is our newest member of the coaching team and is a player with the Under-17 team.

David formally took over coaching the Senior Ladies in June when he left Queen's Park LFC after working with them for 3 seasons. He has a long history within football as a player and a coach and is looking forward to the challenge of taking Falkirk Ladies into the Premiere League.

James joined the club at the end of season 2006-2007 and has a great coaching pedigree coming from working with the youth teams at Dundee United and being the head coach of a team of coaches who spend their summers coaching teams in America.

Alison is a founder member of the club and was instrumental in its creation back in 1993. Over the past 14 years she has coached every age group and watched the girls move up through the age groups and onto International duty. Alison is also Head Coach for both the SFA's Forth Valley Development Squad and Central's Regional Squad.

Name	Age	Occupation	Playing/Coaching Experience	SFA Coach Education Level
Fiona Melville	25	Active School Co-ordinator	Joined Falkirk GFC in 1993. Played for Stenhousemuir Ladies for 1 season	Level 3
Jennifer Dick	18	Sports Coach & Sports Centre attendant	Joined Falkirk Girls FC at Under-13 level and has played for every age group.	Level 2
Shirley Martin	25	Sports Coach	Joined Falkirk GFC in 1993.	Level 3
Ashley McDonald	21	PE teacher	Joined Falkirk GFC at Under-13 level	Level 3
James Thomson	24	Football Coach	Started working with the Senior Ladies in May 2007.	Youth Licence
Davy Wilson	33	Programme Co-Ordinator, The Prince's Trust	Started working with the Senior Ladies in May 2007.	Level 3
Alison Mackie	36	Active School Co-ordinator	Founder member of Falkirk GFC and coached all 3 youth age groups	Children's Licence & Level 3 Youth
Annmarie Blyth	40	Early Years Development Officer	Played football for 10 years at Clyde LFC. Started coaching U15 team in July 07	Level 2
Kerry Kennedy	16	Student	Joined Falkirk GFC at Under-13 level. Starting coaching U15 in July 07	Level 2
Yvonne Anderson	42		Yvonne has worked with both the U15 & U17 teams for the last 4 years as their co-ordinators but stepped in to help with coaching when Brian left in September 07.	Level 2
Nicky Docherty	43		Nic became involved with the club when his daughter Nicky joined a few years ago.He took over coaching the U17 team when Brian left in September 07.	Level 2