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Generation Next FC (GNFC) “kicked off” in September 2012 and our mission is to create a professional youth football club to afford the young footballers of Antigua & Barbuda and the Caribbean the opportunity to excel
and achieve excellence through football. GNFC programme is dedicated to
the development of each player to reach their maximum potential not only
as a player but also as a citizen. GNFC coaching staff are committed to
providing a training environment that will challenge each player, educate,
teach tactic and techniques, and assist via our international professional
leagues’ partner clubs, in securing higher educational scholarships and
placements in English Premier League and Major League Soccer clubs
academies. GNFC emphasis is placed on the importance of long term
player growth. We expect all our young footballers to be committed in becoming best players and citizens they can be. GNFC’s vision is to be the
premium football academy and regional leader in the creation and delivery
of accredited football programmes and services in the region. GNFC will
The CONCEPT: In October 2011, Antigua &
Barbuda’s newest, and leading secondary
school, St. Anthony’s Secondary School
(SASS), conceptualized a programme to offer
high level coaching from an internationally renown professional club so as to aid in the development of our islands young footballers in
not only reaching their full potential, but also to create opportunities and
pathways for educational scholarships through the sport of football. This
initiative brought together Richard “Ricky” Santos, Chairman of the
Board of SASS and Veron “Epilus” Edwards former National Captain and
Co-Orindator of the Football Programme at SASS. By February of 2012,
two coaches from English Premier Club, Tottenham Hotspur FC, Miles
Leighton and Ryan Hall, conducted a week long coaching clinic with 97
young footballers participating.