Meet The Team
Director
Director
Goalkeeping Coach East Anglia
Goalkeeping Coach North
Goalkeeping Coach Yorkshire
Southern Keeper Coach
Goalkeeping Coach Midlands
Goalkeeping Coach South East
Goalkeeping Coach and Technical Director
Goalkeeper Coach East Anglia
Welfare Officer
Fitness Coach
Head of Communications
Video Analyst
Sales and Marketing Manager
Andy Marshall
Director
A former England U21 international goalkeeper, Andy is currently on the books of Premiership side Aston Villa. After beginning his career as a trainee with Norwich City, the shot-stopper made his first-team debut on 27 December 1994 as a substitute in an away match at Nottingham Forest. He later went on to establish himself as Norwich’s number one, including being voted as ‘Player of the Year’ for the 2000-01 campaign. Following three years at Norwich’s East Anglian rivals Ipswich Town, Andy moved to Millwall in March 2004 and helped the London side reach the FA Cup Final, where he put in an outstanding performance despite an eventual defeat against Manchester United. Andy joined Coventry City in the summer of 2006 and spent three years at the Ricoh Arena, which included winning the ‘Player of the Year’ title for 2006-07 after a season of outstanding performances. He joined Martin O’Neill’s Aston Villa side in August 2009.
John Marshall
Director
John has run his own insurance business for over 20 years and is Andy’s father. John has vast knowledge of the amateur game, having run both junior and senior teams, as well as a firm understanding of the dedication needed for children to progress to professional level. A passionate supporter of football at levels, John is already enjoying his role as Director of Sells Goalkeeping Academy and assisting the development of ‘keepers at all levels.
Paul Crichton
Goalkeeping Coach East Anglia
A former goalkeeper with Grimsby Town, Burnley and Norwich City, Paul will be leading the coaching for many of the Sells Goalkeeping Academy courses. After starting his career at Nottingham Forest, he actually made his professional debut for local rivals Notts County but is perhaps best remembered for his spell at Blundell Park, where was virtually an ever-present for three seasons and also picked up the Player of the Year trophy. Paul started his coaching career as player-coach with both Gillingham and Cambridge United, and also had a spell at Brighton and Hove Albion before joining Norwich City as goalkeeping coach under Bryan Gunn at the start of the 2009-10 campaign. Paul has recently joined the backroom staff at Sheffield United becoming the first team goalkeeping coach.
Andy Dibble
Goalkeeping Coach North
A former Welsh international, Andy made his professional debut on his 17th birthday for Cardiff City, before establishing himself as the club’s first choice goalkeeper. An experienced number one, he spent nine years at Manchester City but is often remembered for the world-class penalty save he made for Luton Town against Arsenal in the League Cup final, which proved to be a turning point in the game as Luton run out as 3-2 winners. He finished his playing career at Accrington Stanley, before turning his hand to coaching. He has also held the position of goalkeeping coach at Coventry City and was part of Darren Ferguson’s coaching staff at Peterborough United when The Posh achieved two consecutive promotions. He joined Rotherham United as goalkeeping coach in 2009.
Kevin Pilkington
Goalkeeping Coach Yorkshire
Kevin Pilkington started his career at Manchester United, where he picked up an FA Youth Cup Winners’ medal, Premier League winners’ medal and Premier League runners-up medal during his time at Old Trafford. He is probably better remembered for his spells at Mansfield Town, where he spent five seasons, and Notts County, where he spent a similar amount of time before leaving in the summer of 2010. The shot-stopper, 36, is currently contracted to Luton Town.
Michel Kuipers
Southern Keeper Coach
Michel is the Ex Brighton and Hove Albion goalkeeper, currently plying his trade at Crawley Town. Michel began his career in Holland before moving to England in 1999 joining Bristol Rovers. Michel then moved to Brighton in 2000 spending 10 successful years with the club overcoming injury and a car crash. Michel left the south cost club in 2010 with legendry status, before joining Crawley Town. To date Michel has exceeded over 250 professional matches.
Russell Hoult
Goalkeeping Coach Midlands
An experienced Premiership goalkeeper, Russell began his career at Leicester City. He signed for Derby County in the summer of 1995, joining for a fee of £200,000 and went on to help them win promotion to the Premiership in 1996. Hoult remained with the club until January 2000, when he was loaned to Portsmouth. This transfer was made permanent two months later and he remained with the club until the following January, when he left to join West Bromwich Albion for £450,000. Hoult played a key role in helping West Brom win promotion to the Premiership in 2001-02, keeping a club record number of clean sheets and being named in the PFA Division One team of the year. In 2004 he was named as one of West Bromwich Albion's 16 greatest players, in a poll organised as part of the club's 125th anniversary celebrations. Following a spell at Stoke City, Hoult joined Notts County, where he was part of the squad which won automatic promotion to League One in 2009-10.
Scott Bowen
Goalkeeping Coach South East
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Scott joins Sells Goalkeeping Academy at the tender age of only 23, but has already held some very highly regarded roles within youth football. Since leaving college in 2007 he went to work at highly respected Coerver Coaching before moving to Chelmsford City FC in 2008 as youth goalkeeper coach and his current role at South Essex College where he coaches as part of the football academy set up. Alongside these roles, he has achieved the UEFA B and Goalkeeper Level 2 coaching certificates and has learnt from some the best and most respected names in the business such as Alex Walsh, Colin Barnes and the England under 21 and National Goalkeeper Coach Martin Thomas. Scott is currently working under the guidence of Sells Goalkeeping Academy director Andy Marshall, and has impressed so much that Andy now feels it is relevent to bring Scott on board.
Ian Jackson
Goalkeeping Coach and Technical Director
Ian has been coaching keepers at a semi professional level for 15 years now. Better known as Minty, Ian was Goalkeeping coach for Kettering Town for four and a half years working under manager Kevin Wilson, formerly Chelsea and the great legend Paul Gascoigne. Ian is proving a pivitol part of the Sells Goalkeeping academy growth into non league and semi professional football.
Malcolm Webster
Goalkeeper Coach East Anglia
A former professional goalkeeper, Malcolm made over 600 appearances in a distinguished career, which included time at Arsenal, Fulham, Southend United and Cambridge United. After turning to coaching, Malcolm joined Ipswich Town in 1994 and spent ten years at the club, which included promotion to the Premiership and a key role in developing goalkeeper Richard Wright, who was later sold to Arsenal for £6-million. Malcolm then worked with Burley again at Derby County, Hearts and Southampton and also coached at Norwich City, where he worked with England goalkeeper Robert Green, as well as SGA Director Andy Marshall. Since 1994, Malcolm has coached over 600 goalkeepers, which have included numerous high-profile internationals, including Green, Wright, Jussi Jaaskelainen and Scotland goalkeeper Craig Gordon.
Simon Parsell
Welfare Officer
Currently Head Physiotherapist at Rushden and Diamonds FC, Simon is registered with the Health Professions Council. In addition to his position of an FA Welfare Officer and FA Child Protection Tutor, Simon is a registered first-aider and has 20 years’ experience of dealing with professional sportsmen and women. Simon will oversee all of the welfare aspects of Sells Goalkeeping Academy. In his spare time, Simon enjoys spending time with his family.
Jim Henry
Fitness Coach
Currently Strength and Conditioning Coach at Aston Villa, Jim is a former Scottish Judo international, who also won his country’s national title in the sport. After switching sports to go into professional football, Jim joined Celtic Football Club as fitness coach, before following Martin O’Neill down to Villa Park at the start of the 2006-07 season. Highly-rated by his peers, he has developed numerous personal fitness and nutrition plans for top Premiership and international football stars.
Jo Lumani
Head of Communications
A well-respected sports PR professional, Jo has a wealth of experience in the private and public sector, which has included working for 14 years in professional football. After starting her career working for local and regional newspapers, Jo joined Derby County as Press and Player Liaison Officer in 1997 and spent five and a half years and the then Premiership side, before moving to Coventry City as Press and PR Manager in 2002. During her time with the Midlands club, she established and led an in-house communications department and oversaw a number of key events, including the move to the Ricoh Arena. During her time in football, Jo has also worked on high-profile events, including senior and Under 21 England games and the Football League play-off fixtures. She has also held the position of Senior Press Officer at Loughborough University, where she developed a PR campaign for the launch of the adidas 2010 World Cup football, which was developed at the university.
Dave Carolan
Video Analyst
The holder of a Masters Degree in Sports Science, Dave has spent twelve years working in professional football. His expertise doesn’t only lie in football however, with Dave previously working with Guinness Premiership side London Irish, Surrey County Cricket side and the English Institute of Sport. An experienced video analyst, who is also a member of the NSCA, BASES and ISPAS, he has produced numerous motivational, instructional and promotional videos for a wide range of sporting audiences. Dave is married with three children.
Amanda Chapman
Sales and Marketing Manager
Amanda is our newest member of the team. Introduced to the company by Ian Jackson - our Technical Director whom she has known for a number of years she is based in the office offering much needed admin support to the business as well as driving us forward from a sales and marketing point of view. Her background is in marketing primarily within the retail industry in which she has 13 years experience, more recently Amanda has been concentrating on bringing up her two young girls but is relishing this new challenge which has come just at the right time for her.
