Woombye FC are delighted to announce the appointment of Gareth Thomson as our Full Time Technical Director for 2021 and beyond.

Originally from Glasgow, Scotland. Gareth will be a familiar face to many on the Coast from his previous role as Academy Director at the Sunshine Coast Fire, along with spending this season as the Fire’s Senior Coach.

The AFC B Licence holder comes to us with extensive high-level academy experience from his time at Glasgow Celtic, Dumbarton and Queens Park FC. After emigrating to New Zealand in 2016, Gareth spent two years working at club level in a similar role before moving to the Coast at the end of 2018. As part of his role, Gareth will be responsible for junior coach & culture development, ensuring we are effectively mentoring our volunteer coaches & delivering consistent best practice across all our age groups.

Gareth will also be coaching our U14 & U18 teams with a ground-breaking academy program, Players will have access to more quality training, more games and all at the lowest cost on the Sunshine Coast.

We caught up with our new Technical Director to find out his thoughts on joining the Snakes:

“I’m delighted to be joining Woombye, it’s a fantastic family club with great values that align perfectly with my own. Everyone deserves the best coaching and learning environment no matter what their age or ability. We want to inspire our aspirational players to take their game to the next level but also give the same level of support to players starting out or playing socially without compromising our core values of affordability and inclusion” he added.

Some of our key new programs are already live on our website www.woombyesnakesfc.com.