UEFA Qualified Coach & Agent.
Founder of the Pro Player Pathway.
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UEFA Qualified Coach & Agent.
Founder of the Pro Player Pathway.
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Ray has invested considerable personal resource into what it takes to make a professional footballer. The book covers not only what it takes to succeed in the precarious world of professional football but, through his educational background, Ray recognises and includes the development of the individual.
As a result, the book is a comprehensive Tour de Force of what is required to make it as a professional footballer. It is essential reading for parents whose children have the talent and appetite to try to make the grade.
Mark Palios
Owner of Tranmere Rovers FC
Ex Chief Executive of English FA
Mark Palios
Owner of Tranmere Rovers FC
Ex Chief Executive of English FA
John Barnes
Ex Professional Football Player
Liverpool
Colin Williams
Father
Grassroots Coach
“My friend Ray Wood has made this amazing book, the Pro Player Pathway that gives you the secret to becoming a professional.”
Check out The Raymond Wood Podcast for the full conversation.
John Barnes
Ex Professional Football Player
Liverpool
Mark Palios
Owner of Tranmere Rovers FC
Ex Chief Executive of English FA
John Barnes
Ex Professional Football Player
Liverpool
Colin Williams
Father
Grassroots Coach
I found Liam in late 2022 in Perth. He’d been told he wasn’t good enough for rep football—let alone the elite level in Australia.
With the support of his father and the structure of my Professional Player Pathway Program, Liam proved them wrong. After just nine months, he trialled in the UK and was immediately offered contracts from top academies. He now plays for Bolton Wanderers FC.
Recently, he joined the ranks of Michael Owen and Raheem Sterling by winning the English FA Schoolboys title with Liverpool.
Without the PPP program, he’d likely still be playing local football in Perth—listening to the wrong voices.
Colin Williams
Father
Grassroots Coach
Mark Palios
Owner of Tranmere Rovers FC
Ex Chief Executive of English FA
John Barnes
Ex Professional Football Player
Liverpool
Colin Williams
Father
Grassroots Coach
In his book, The Professional Player Pathway, Ray Wood has captured his extensive personal experience of modern British coaching and its journey from the archaic coaching system which saw British Football fall behind the fast-developing quality of European Football in the late 20th century.
Ray has invested considerable personal resource into what it takes to make a professional footballer. The book covers not only what it takes to succeed in the precarious world of professional football but, through his educational background, Ray recognises and includes the development of the individual.
As a result, the book is a comprehensive Tour de Force of what is required to make it as a professional footballer. It is essential reading for parents whose children have the talent and appetite to try to make the grade.
Mark Palios
Owner of Tranmere Rovers FC
Ex Chief Executive of English FA
Mark Palios
Owner of Tranmere Rovers FC
Ex Chief Executive of English FA
John Barnes
Ex Professional Football Player
Liverpool
Colin Williams
Father
Grassroots Coach
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In a world obsessed with stats and headlines, Raymond Wood sits down with athletes to talk about everything they don’t put on the highlight reel.
From the locker room to the comeback trail, The Raymond Wood Podcast dives deep into the stories, struggles, and defining moments that shape greatness. Across football, combat sports, athletics, and beyond.
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