Hi, I'm Lewis Gibbons, chairman of Royale West Football Club. Thank you for your interest in our club.

 

​I started my coaching journey at an inner-city football club where I played in my teens. By my early 20's I was on the committee, managing the entire football side of the club; philosophy, recruitment, coach development, and so on - as well as managing an individual age group. My first ever team yielded great young people, and excitingly 4 players who became professional footballers - one at Chelsea FC. My next team yielded more intelligent, respectful, ambitious young people, most of whom are now in an academy setting.

 

In my mid-20's, I became the South West scout for Birmingham City, later joining Southampton FC covering the same area. I was then promoted to the position of National Lead Scout to manage the entire South. Now in my 30's, I have amassed an excellent network across the country of key personnel in football academies, built great experience as a coach and scout, learning something new every day.

 

​In a world where we are spoilt for choice, where there are so many paths to take - especially for parents looking for the best thing for their child - it's difficult to find authentic people with the right credentials to help you; especially in football.

 

Traditionally, players are littered across a range of varying grassroots clubs and development centres, with different mentors and different private coaches - all with conflicting ideas or standards on development. I wanted somewhere where a player can get access to all of this in one place with consistency - and so, Royale West Football Club has been born.