- Football Development Officer
Main tasks:
- Delivering FA initiatives within Education & Social Inclusion. Main Programmes include: FA School Club Link; Out of School Hours Learning; Tops Football. Assisting in the co-ordination and delivery of the Kent Social Inclusion Project in partnership with Charlton Athletic, Kent Police and Kent County Council.
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Favourite Team:
Football role model:
- Paolo Di Canio and Julian Dicks
Favourite TV Programme:
- Only Fools & Horses and Lost
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Greatest achievement in football:
- Being part of the Ashford Town side that played Fulham in the FA Cup First Round. Playing for the English University Rep side.
One of Darryl's success stories is the School-club project in Faversham in conjunction with the local primary schools.
The School Club Link Programme had major success gaining recognition both nationally from the FA, and internationally from the Swiss FA.
The programme was also presented in a paper to the prime minister and is continued to be used by the FA as a method of good practice.
Integral to this was the link created between Faversham Strikeforce, the East Kent Coastal School Sport Partnership and the KCFA.