Two new roles in one day. Thrilled to be given the new role of Head of Football Development and SLT as part of @WBAFoundation today 👏🏻
Cant wait to continue the great progress of the foundation and support the company further on a strategic level through football.
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Sam Whitmore
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30 Head of Football Development @WBAFoundation; Head of @ROFCOfficial YDP 16-21’s;UEFA B &Youth Award; BSc Sports Coaching. My own views!
Joined August 2009
- Buzzing to see Olly sign for @WBA after being with us at @WBAFoundation for a number of years on our Player Development Academy program 👏🏻💪🏻 Top young man and look forward to seeing what the future holds! Here’s Olly a few years ago 🤣 m.youtube.com/watch?v=cXL_-7…
- Buzzing to have passed my UEFA B course today! Thanks to all the tutors and coaches that have made it a brilliant 9 months of learning 👌🏻👏🏻#WeGoAgain @Nige59Nigel @ronnie_reason @will_ryder11 @AndySomers1123
- Find a job that doesn’t feel like work 👌🏻☀️⚽️ don’t underestimate how much of an impact football has on kids, it’s good to be back.
- Happy Birthday mom, I hope your having a gin or two up there with Grandad and all the rest of the family putting the worlds to right 🍹🎉 Tough day ahead but I’ll be thinking of the good times for you to celebrate. Love you ♥️
- Just remind me how many people can go to a funeral again 🤔😡 #2ndSpike
- 3 years ago today my life fell apart. She was the best mom & best mate. Sat in my grandads garden. My moms favourite butterfly landed infront of me. 2 hours later I got the dreaded phone call. That day she was letting me know she was about to move on.🦋 Love and miss you mom♥️
- One year on ♥️ A day that will haunt me forever. A complete blur the last 12 months but we’ve managed to get through it. Thank you to @AldridgeSchool for the memorial for mom yesterday, it meant a lot to the family.
- Birmingham Half Marathon completed ✅🏃🏻♂️ Not the fastest time ever but today was just about getting through it for the cause 💪🏻 them bloody hills 🥴😩🤣 Big thank you to everyone that has donated so far, means a lot to me 💙 @Great_Run @WorcsCharity
- Job done ✅💪🏻 Birmingham @Great_Run Half Marathon completed. After being written off this last week and still suffering 🤧 it wasn’t what I wanted but having the graft and discipline to get through it is what it’s all about 👌🏻
- Through all of this mess my running has kept me slightly sane. Even on the worst days and not feeling great it’s helped me for definite, recommend it to everyone. Just about 100 miles this month 💪🏻🏃🏻♂️
- Start of a new chapter this week! Looking forward to helping Grassroots coaches improve their delivery and also environment that they work in 👌🏻 #CoachMentor #FA


















