orangewednesdays Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 (edited) Sheffield Wednesday can confirm the appointment of Dean Ramsdale as the club’s new academy manager. The North West product brings a wealth of experience to Middlewood Road with a 20-year background in football. Ramsdale began his career with Burnley, where his role incorporated that of Head of the Under-9s – Under-11s Centre of Excellence and assistant coach to the Under-18s. He also managed the Clarets’ Football in the Community Programme. Dean then moved across the Pennines to Preston North End to take up the role of Director of Youth Development, where he produced and oversaw the club’s coaching philosophy and structure from the Under-9s – Under-18s before completing the EPPP Audit Tool for PNE. A raft of academy youngsters graduated through to senior involvement at Deepdale under Ramsdale’s guidance – including current Owls winger Danny Mayor. He also served as Preston’s assistant manager in the Championship alongside David Unsworth on a caretaker basis. Ramsdale moved to Morecambe as Lead Coach in line with the EPPP and oversaw the Under-18s, Under-21s and 9s – 16s in the club’s Development Centre before being lured to Hillsborough. He said: “This is a great opportunity for me at a massive club that is moving forward. I want to build on the foundations already in place at the academy and I can’t wait to get started. “I’m really looking forward to working with the staff and, of course, Dave Jones and the management team. “I am here to help the academy move forward and develop the young players the best I possibly can.†Owls boss Dave Jones added: “Dean is a very experienced and committed coach who will prove a key addition to our aims at Sheffield Wednesday. “He has produced some really good young footballers and everyone is looking forward to working with him.†Edited September 17, 2012 by orangewednesdays Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AgileBeastt Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 MY EYES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owls-swfc Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 Font-off ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shandypants Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 (edited) Moved across the Pennines to PNE? Edited September 17, 2012 by shandypants Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest intercity0wl Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 (edited) I must have been time travelling, as im sure i read this story somewhere the other Day Edited September 17, 2012 by intercity0wl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattitheowl Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 Certainly brings a pedigree of producing top class youngsters....... ....or something. Just not bothered... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Essix Blue Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 is Nev Burbeary still involved down there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatzooma Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 Massive hey... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBoyBeevers Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 WHAT? HE HAS NEVER EVEN PLAYED FOR US B4- HOW CAN HE BE ANY GOOD? (Just thought I'd say it before the Owlstalk morons come along wondering why Zigor Aranalde, Danny Reet and Adam Proudlock aren't joint academy head coaches.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Wheato Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 is Nev Burbeary still involved down there? Yeah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OxonOwl Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 He said: “This is a great opportunity for me at a MASSIVE club that is moving forward... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stereophonics Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 Sounds like Dave Jones clicked on Danny Mayor and selected reccomend staff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roaminowl Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 WHAT? HE HAS NEVER EVEN PLAYED FOR US B4- HOW CAN HE BE ANY GOOD? (Just thought I'd say it before the Owlstalk morons come along wondering why Zigor Aranalde, Danny Reet and Adam Proudlock aren't joint academy head coaches.) There was a 'teaser' saying the new coach had the initials DR by some ITKer last week (sorry I can't remember who you were) and Danny Reet was one of the guesses. I'm sure it was a joke though. Right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandiar Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 I must have been time travelling, as im sure i read this story somewhere the other Day The Star reported this last week.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0114 Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 Glad we've sorted an academy coach. Perfect time for him to get the job seeing as Pemberton has left United. Gives him a chance to compete for the best young players in Sheffield for next season instead of United snapping them up straight away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeroswfc Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 (edited) Welcome to Hillsborough and good luck Dean Ramsdale. Edited September 17, 2012 by aeroswfc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnsie Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 That'll do ( unless Scram says otherwise) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shezza Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 Seems to me the Academy is finally looking like producing some good products. I'm not very knowledgeable about the academy, though. Anyone who can fill in. Kivo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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