About us
Passing On our Experience to Fuel the Young Talent
✦ Developing Next-Gen Footballers
Driven by
passion
Our Commitment to Football’s Future
At StrikerUK1, our vision extends beyond game-day performance. We focus on shaping well-rounded athletes, nurturing the resilience, teamwork, and discipline needed for long-term success—both on the field and off.
A Holistic Approach to Development
From technical drills to mental preparation, every session is designed to foster continuous growth. We tailor our methods to fit each player’s strengths, ensuring they build confidence, sharpen skills, and discover a genuine passion for the game.
✦ Our Team
Trusted Experience

Zak Dearnley
Coach / Director
Who is Zak Dearnley?
Zak Dearnley is a Ex professional footballer whose career began at one of the most prestigious Clubs in the world the youth academy of Manchester United. Starting as young at 7 years old going all the way through the ranks to the u21s team growing up with current starts you see today Marcus Rashford & Scott McTominay to name a few, and He trained with the senior squad under José Mourinho and managed to get himself on the 1st team bench for a premier league fixture against Crystal Palace. Zak then went on to play professionally for clubs such as Oldham Athletic, & Halifax town where he scored on both of his debuts.













Simon Rogers
Coach
Who is Simon rogers?
Simon Rogers is an ex-semi pro footballer who played for both Garforth Town and Ossett town as is currently the manager of Dodworth youth and manager of Barnsley Schoolboys youth. Growing up in Abergavenny, South Wales, he played majority of his junior football across the border for Hereford’s Centre of Excellence. Then at U18s played in the midland Floodlight league for a season before moving to Middlesbrough to study at Teesside University. Where he would go on to captain the mens 1st team reaching the final of the Northern Section Nationals.
he then left to move to Barnsley, and then signed for Garforth Town in the NCEL. From there to Ossett Town and has now got a great love for junior grassroots football developing young talent across South Yorkshire.





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