Dan Whelan
Former Liverpool footballers Jamie Carragher and Robbie Fowler have teamed up to operate the sports facilities at the club’s former training ground, allowing part of the site to be retained for community use under Torus’s plans to redevelop the area for housing.
The Fowler-Carragher Academy will take on the running of the existing sports centre, while two Olympians, gymnast Beth Tweddle and swimmer Steve Parry, will run activities for local children from a grassroots sports hub at the facility.
“Partnering with Torus to kick off the new chapter in Melwood’s history was a natural fit for the Fowler-Carragher Academy and our mission to give local kids and young people opportunities to aspire and succeed,” Fowler and Carragher said. Combined, Carragher and Fowler made more than 1,000 appearances for Liverpool.
Jamie Carragher and Robbie Fowler to Shape Melwood’s Future
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A new partnership between the Fowler-Carragher Academy, Torus (a North West housing, regeneration, and development group), swim!, and Beth Tweddle Gymnastics was announced by Liverpoolfc.com today as the former Liverpool training complex gains a new life.
Ownership of the complex passed to Torus in 2019, and the group planned to convert Melwood into a “landmark mixed-use housing scheme, delivering affordable, sustainable, multi-generational living and enduring community connections.”
While Liverpool have moved into new facilities, those left behind at Melwood are nonetheless world-class in their own right, and making them a part of the new community asset became the goal.
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As far as international friendlies are concerned, there is nothing more prestigious than playing against the most glamorous and successful team in world football, Brazil. On 3 July 1973 a packed Lansdowne Road had the pleasure of watching the reigning World Cup holders take on an Irish side. But this was an Irish side with a difference: for the first time since the 1950s, the team was made up of players from both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.
The concept of a unified Irish team was the brainchild of Louis Kilcoyne, who had recently taken ownership of the Dublin-based club Shamrock Rovers. Kilcoyne had travelled to Brazil in 1972 to watch the Republic in a friendly tournament. Once he heard about Brazil’s intentions to tour Europe the following year as part of their preparation for the 1974 World Cup in West Germany, he was determined to get Ireland on to an itinerary that already included games against Germany, Austria, S
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John Mousinho has been elected the new chair of the PFA (Mike Egerton/PA)
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Oxford defender John Mousinho has been appointed as the new chair of the Professional Footballers’ Association.
The 35-year-old was elected to head up the new 13-member players’ board, with former Coventry winger Peter Vincenti chosen as vice-chair. Mousinho takes over from Ben Purkiss as PFA chair.
The appointments come after the PFA opted to change its leadership structure following the recommendations of an independent review.
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