Full Time Football Scholarship Open Evening

Connah’s Quay Nomads are hosting two open evenings at Ty Calon for our full time football scholarship programme.
 
Men’s Scholarship Open Evening – Tuesday 9th December – 8:00pm-9:00pm – Ty Calon
Women’s Scholarship Open Evening – Tuesday 16th December – 8:00pm-9:00pm – Ty Calon 

Ty Calon, Queensferry Campus, Chester Road West, Deeside, CH5 1SA

The open evenings are for any current Year 11 students and/or current Year 12/13 students who are looking to join the full time football and education programme.

The 2026/27 season will be the twelfth season Connah’s Quay Nomads has ran a full time football scholarship programme.

A working week for both men’s and women’s scholarship sides includes:
• Three specific pitch sessions
• Two strength and conditioning sessions
• Weekly analysis sessions

Football coaching team to support all full time men's and women's scholarship players includes:
•UEFA Pro, UEFA A, UEFA B Licensed Football Coaches
• Sports Scientists – Masters Degrees in Field
• Analysts – Masters Degrees in Field
• Physiotherapist – Masters Degree in Field

Our male teams compete in the AOC Colleges Premier and Division 1 League, FAW North Wales Reserves Leagues, FAW Cymru Premier Development League and the FAW Cymru Premier League alongside numerous National Cup competitions including the FAW Youth Cup and British Colleges Cup.

Our full time female scholarship programme is aligned to the male programme with pitch-based, strength and conditioning and analysis session and sees our female side compete in the AOC women's league, Genero Adran U19s North league and Womens Adran North/Womens Cymru Premier League again alongside British Colleges and FAW Youth Cup competitions.



The Connah's Quay Nomads Scholarship programme is also run in partnership with Steven Gerrard Academy and is for ambitious football players who also wish to turn their passion for sport into a career, allowing all to follow a full time football programme whilst continuing their academic studies.

The two year course will see all students work towards a BTEC Level 3 in Sport which is the equivalent to three A Levels.

The variety of exit paths from previous scholarship players has seen them sign for English Football League clubs, places at UK university, employment and US Football Scholarships.

Alongside full time training and a robust games programme, students will have full support to develop across all four pillars technically, tactically, physically and psychologically with access to the best facilities and support to each each players true potential including GPS, Veo Camera at all fixtures and use of Analysis software.

Any players interested in applying for the full time scholarship can do so by clicking here and completing the simply online form at the following link;

https://www.the-nomads.co.uk/academy-trials/

Date Published: Tuesday, 2nd December, 2025 - 8:20am by Nik Mesney