On Tuesday 23rd January 2024 Lee Burgess visited ACE and told a substantial audience, including the current football team, all about his life as a professional footballer right to his development as a leading coach. 

Lee Burgess was Academy Director for ESPZEN Singapore in association with Real Madrid FC Football foundation. He managed 700 children from age 6-16 and 50 coaches. He was also responsible for the safe delivery of training all over south east Asia and organised tournaments in Bangkok & Phuket. He won the south east Asia league with the U10 in his first year. 

Lee was an academy coach at Leeds United for 8 Years. He had UEFA B – UEFA A for children. He had 2 years work experience at Blackburn Rovers FC, coaching in their academy. He also played professional football at Bradford City and Hull City.

The children and parents were really engaged and even got the chance to ask any questions they had at the end.

We would like to thank Lee for taking the time to come and speak and inspire our ACE community.