Bristol City coach works with Ellwood Youth

Welcome to Ellwood Youth Football Club, a local community, family orientated football club based in the Royal Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire.

Reformed in June 2015  by Jason Bevan Ellwood Youth Football Club prides itself on being a friendly, inclusive club providing a good nurturing environment for boys and girls keen to play football. We welcome kids as young as age 4 up to the ages of 17, of all abilities, and then one day, they might play for one of the Ellwood Adult teams, male or female.

Ellwood Youth Y.F.C were awarded the FA Standard Chartered Club Status from the English Football Association in March 2016.

Ellwood Youth teams, were going from strength to strength.Unfortunately due to the Covid  pandemic in March 2020 football was interupted for nearly 2 seasons. Since the return the Club and teams and our great coaches, are working really hard to get back to where there Club was prior to the pandemic. With new teams started in 2021-2022, already winning a local tournament, and players being scouted.

  • The U14s Won a Gloucester Youth league title in 2015/2016 season.   Manager Jason Bevan
  • The U15s Won Monmouth Town 6 aside Tournament      June 2017.      Manager Jason Bevan
  •  The U16s Won Monmouth Town 6 aside Tournament     June 2018       Manager Jason Bevan
  •  The U7s Won Broadwell Youth Tournament                      May 2019        Manager Jason Bevan
  •  The U7s  Runners Up in Cinderford Town                          May 2019        Manager Jason Bevan
  •  The U7s Won Chepstow Town Tournament                       May 2019        Manager Jason Bevan
  •  The U7s Won Cinderford Tournament Fairplay trophy    May 2018       Manager J Thompson
  •  The U8s Won Cinderford Town Tournament                     May 2018       Manager Kirk Imm
  •   The U9s Won Cinderford Town Tournament in                May  2018      Manager S Halford
  •   The U10s Won Mid Glos Severn Valley Trophy                March 2019   Manager S Halford
  •   The U12s Won Broadwell Youth Tournament                   May 2018      Manager  B Jones
  •  The U13s Won Cinderford Town 6 aside Tournament      May 2019     Manager Shaun Nelmes
  •  The U13s  Runners Up Broadwell  lost on penalties         May 2019     Manager Shaun Nelmes
  •  The U13s won  Mitcheldean Tournament                           May 2019     Manager Shaun Nelmes
  •  The U6s won  trophy at Chepstow Tournament                  April 2022   Manager M Lawrence
    •   Ellwood Youth won the fair play trophy at Hucclecote Tournament 2018.

Also the Youth have built a relationship with local football giants Bristol City FC Football Academy. They have sent down coaches down to do training sessions with Ellwood Youth teams.

The Club has also arranged football trials for some of the Ellwood Youth players, at Bristol City Fc, Bristol Rovers, with several players being signed for academies including Forest Green Rovers, Cheltenham Town, West Bromich Albion.

Ellwood Youth also had a great relationship with Seymours football pre academy based in Monmouth the Seymour Brothers are professional  football coaches, who have been running this centre since 1993 unfortunately due to Covid pandemic in 2020 it closed its training facility.