Gérard Jones

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Gérard Jones

Jones coaching in 2011
Personal information
Date of birth (1989-06-24) 24 June 1989
Place of birthYork, England
Playing positionMidfielder
Youth career
YearsTeam
2006–2008Halifax Town A.F.C.
Teams managed
YearsTeam
2013-Rochdale A.F.C. (U12s Academy Coach)

Gérard Jones (French pronunciation: ​[ʒeʁaʁ] (born 24 June 1989)[1] is an entrepreneur from Selby, England,[2] former youth football player for Halifax Town[3] and co-founder behind the Gérard School of Football, a football coaching business he established aged 19 with his father Bryn in February 2009 which previously worked in partnership with Arsenal FC operating Arsenal Soccer Schools in the Humberside and East Riding of Yorkshire region.[4][5]

In 2011, the Institute for Public Policy Research regional arm ippr north listed Jones in the Northern Lights Top 50 a list of the "Top 50 brightest and most talented people in the North of England".[6][7]

At present, Jones runs Premier Skills Coaching in Yorkshire, a football coach education and player development company designed to develop great coaches and outstanding players,[8] and is also a Director of Gérard Jones Enterprises, his own football coaching, coach education and public speaking company.[9] In 2012 Jones was published in a book by Marshall Cavendish, a subsidiary company to the Times Publishing Group among 25 young entrepreneurs from around the world,[10][11] having also been listed among six of Yorkshire's leading award-winning young entrepreneurs by The Clydesdale Bank and Yorkshire Bank business magazine 'Journal' in 2013, published by leading publishers Condé Nast,[12] who have each turned innovative ideas into thriving companies.[11]

As of January 2014, Jones became a Grassroots Football Ambassador for Adidas UK, promoting the brand throughout all his events and activities.[9]

Early life

Jones was born in York, North Yorkshire,[1] and brought up in Thorpe Willoughby.[13] He attended Selby High School where he left with 11 GCSE's [14] before going on to study a BTEC National Diploma in Sports Development and Fitness at Calderdale College when he signed for Halifax Town A.F.C. [15]

Career

Gérard playing for Halifax Town U19's Youth Team

Former Halifax Town A.F.C. U19s Youth Team player, Jones signed for the club in September 2006,[15] representing the Youth Team in both The Football Conference Youth Alliance and The FA Youth Cup,[16] going on to have trials at Stockport County F.C., Doncaster Rovers and Mansfield Town F.C., which lead to being featured in the popular football magazine FourFourTwo.[17][18]

He later became a student at Hull University where he established the Gérard School of Football,[19] growing the company into becoming recognized as one of the Top 100 Best Business Start-ups in the UK for 2010.[11][17][20][21]

Following on from this, he became a Director of Arsenal Soccer Schools in East Yorkshire, with Arsenal Football Club announcing the opening of Arsenal Soccer Schools in East Yorkshire and the Humber with help from Gérard School of Football who worked in partnership with Arsenal to provide professional football coaching to boys and girls.[4][5]

Jim Harris, Centre Manager at St. Stephen's Hull has given Jones a glowing testimonial on the British Land website saying "You only have to meet Gérard once to understand his enthusiasm, he is a local lad with great ideas and drive" adding "He works with local boys and girls and genuinely has their best interests and welfare at heart".[22]

Jones went on to feature in The Guardian sister newspaper The Observer among seven of the best young entrepreneurs in Britain to promote student examples of entrepreneurship,[3] connected to an article published ‘The age of the self starter’ [23] which was based around entrepreneurial examples of successful twentysomethings who have each forged their own path in life having either dropped out, decided against or enrolled and graduated from university, with a reported one million young Britons currently out of work.[24]

Since Gerard School of Football, Jones has gone on to establish a coach education and player development company called Premier Skills in Yorkshire,[8] a company which John Cartwright (footballer), former Arsenal First Team Coach co-founded with Roger Wilkinson, former New Zealand FA Director of Coaching to develop innovative, great coaches and greater players.[25]

Jones has coached in the UK, Italy and New Zealand, and is currently working as an Academy Coach at Rochdale A.F.C. [26] as a UEFA B Licenced Coach and Full FA Youth Award holder.[27][28]

Alongside coaching, Jones has completed a M.S.c in Performance Coaching at the University of Stirling.[9][13][29]

In 2013 Jones featured in The Clydesdale Bank and Yorkshire Bank business lifestyle magazine 'Journal', published twice a year by Condé Nast[12] among six of Yorkshire's leading award-winning young entrepreneurs, who have turned innovative ideas into thriving companies.[11]

As of January 2014, Jones became a Grassroots Football Ambassador for Adidas UK, promoting the brand throughout all his events and activities.[9]

Other activities

Jones is a motivational speaker for youth having been awarded "Ambassador" status for Entrepreneurship by Enterprise UK, national campaign to increase enterprising behaviour and entrepreneurialism among people in UK, chaired by leading entrepreneur Peter Jones[30][31] alongside being a speaker for School Speakers, run by 2008 finalist on hit TV show The Apprentice, Claire Young.[29][32][33]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "england & wales births 1837-2006". Retrieved 2012-01-08. 
  2. ↑ Gardner, Charles (2009-04-15). "Coach starts football school". Selby Times. Retrieved on 2011-04-30.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Ferrier, Morwenna (2011-03-06). "Britain’s new entrepreneurs: young guns go for it".The Guardian. Retrieved on 2011-04-30.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 White, Greg (2010-07-22). "School signs up with the Gunners". Yorkshire Post. Retrieved on 2011-04-30.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Arsenal Soccer Schools to open in East Yorkshire and Humberside". Retrieved 2012-03-31. 
  6. ↑ Crimmens, Tamsin (2011-02-04). "Northern Lights list reveals 50 'ones to watch' in the North of England".Institute for Public Policy Research. Retrieved on 2011-04-30.
  7. ↑ Willis, Joe (2012-01-08). "Region's rising stars are honoured by think-tank". Northern Echo. Retrieved on 2012-01-08.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Gérard’s football fever!". Retrieved 2012-07-12. 
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 "Adidas Grassroots Football Ambassador". Retrieved 2014-02-04. 
  10. ↑ "Young Entrepreneur World: How 25 Teen-trepreneurs Succeeded and Left World Leaders Scratching Their Heads [Paperback]". Retrieved 2012-07-21. 
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 Sanai, Darius (February 2013). The Clydesdale Bank and Yorkshire Bank JOURNAL. Condé Nast Publications. pp. 3–10. 
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks Journal". Retrieved 2013-01-02. 
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Gardner, Charles (2012-03-25). "Gérard in hot seat for business drive". Selby Times. Retrieved on 2012-03-26.
  14. ↑ Gardner, Charles (2005-08-26). "FULL GCSES RESULTS FOR SELBY HIGH AND BARLBY HIGH". Selby Times. Retrieved on 2012-03-22.
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Gardner, Charles (2006-09-13). "Gerard signs for Halifax Town". Selby Times. Retrieved on 2011-12-20.
  16. ↑ "Halifax Town's youngsters out of the FA Youth Cup". Retrieved 2011-12-25. 
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 Islam, Sabirul (2012). Young Entrepreneur World: How 25 Teen-Trepreneurs Succeeded and Left World Leaders Scratching Their Heads. Marshall Cavendish. pp. 109–114. ISBN 1-85291-665-6. 
  18. ↑ "EC Insight: Gérard Jones - Match Winner". Retrieved 2012-03-31. 
  19. ↑ "University of Hull Annual Report 2009-10". Hull University. Retrieved on 2012-01-08.
  20. ↑ Madden, Samantha (2010-09-29). "Success for university tennant". University of Hull. Retrieved on 2011-05-01.
  21. ↑ "100. Gérard School of Football - Startups 100". Retrieved 2012-03-31. 
  22. ↑ "British Land Summer Update: Life Coaching for Children". Retrieved 2011-06-22. 
  23. ↑ Day, Elizabeth (2011-03-06). "The age of the self starter". The Guardian. Retrieved on 2011-04-30.
  24. ↑ Stewart, Heather (2011-03-16). "UK unemployment rises to 2.53 million". The Guardian. Retrieved on 2011-05-1.
  25. ↑ "Premier Skills to open in Yorkshire". Retrieved 2012-06-12. 
  26. ↑ "Academy Staff". Retrieved 2013-06-11. 
  27. ↑ "New 1st team coach appointed". Retrieved 2013-06-04. 
  28. ↑ "HALLAM BRING IN EXPERIENCED COACH". Retrieved 2013-06-11. 
  29. ↑ 29.0 29.1 "Gerard School Speakers Profile". Retrieved 2011-05-07. 
  30. ↑ "About Us-Enterprise United Kingdom". Retrieved 2011-05-07. 
  31. ↑ Beckett, Dianne (2009-10-17). "Malet Lambbert School - Stand Out From Crowd!". Retrieved on 2011-05-07.
  32. ↑ "The Apprentice Series Four Claire Young". Retrieved 2012-01-08. 
  33. ↑ "Claire Young Website". Retrieved 2012-01-08. 

Further reading

  • Islam, Sabirul (15 February 2012). Young Entrepreneur World: How 25 Teen-Trepreneurs Succeeded and Left World Leaders Scratching Their Heads. Marshall Cavendish. ISBN 978-981-4361-09-5. 
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