Joe Shields - Chelsea FC Director of Recruitment
“I’ve known both Jamie & Ollie for over a decade, working with both in professional football, jamie a colleague and Ollie a player.
Jamie’s ability to develop talent is something i’ve learnt a lot from and admired for many years. Ollie has evolved through the academy system from being an extremely talented player into a fantastic coach maintaining the positive manner and energy he displayed as a child to now help develop others. I would highly recommend both and Unique FA to aspiring players who want to develop and have fun in a safe environment.”
Ben Garner - Former Bristol Rovers FC Manager / Crystal Palace FC/West Bromwich Albion 1st Team Coach/ Swindon Town FC Manager / Charlton Fc Manager
“I’ve known Jamie for many years and for me he’s one of the best.
The development of young players in this country is of the utmost importance right from grassroots level through to professional academies. Unique Football Academy prioritises the development of each young player within their set-up. They are passionate about the progression of their young players. The bottom line is any young player who joins the Unique academy will become a better player and I would highly recommend attending”.
Jack Mesure - Former Bristol Rovers FC Assistant Manager / Chelsea FC U23s Head Coach
“I worked with Jamie at Crystal Palace and took so much personally from working alongside him. His attention to detail and determination to improve every single player was a privilege to see.
Jamie’s programme at Unique FA is exactly what young players need to improve technically and tactically, a programme I would recommend to any young player who has a desire to improve.
It is great to see Jamie and his programme doing well, with lots of players being signed by professional academies. I wish him all the best going forward. Good luck mate”.
Bruce Suraci - Head of Coaching AFC Bournemouth
“Having worked with Jamie since we completed our UEFA A Licence together back in 2010, I only have positive experiences with regards to Jamie’s professionalism, knowledge and experience. In addition, having witnessed the programmes Jamie runs at Unique FA myself and watching the players train and play there is clearly lots of talent coming through and we’ll be looking to work with Jamie going forwards for sure”.
Barry Jeffreys - Arsenal (Now Crystal Palace FC) Regional Co-Ordinator South London & Kent
Our recruitment team have worked closely with Jamie and Unique FA for many seasons.We have found Unique to be top class in everything they do, including their coaching delivery, organisation and communication.
Jamie has been an absolute pleasure to work with and it is clear that Unique is one of the leading independent coaching companies, with a fantastic ethos of developing players and coaching staff in a highly professional environment.
Unique FA has a proactive approach to developing players and providing them with a platform to progress to professional or semi professional football. It's a pleasure working with Jamie and we look forward to this continuing for many more years to come.
Barry
Wesley Awad - Crystal Palace FC Head of Recruitment
“I first met Jamie when we worked together at Crystal Palace's Academy and in recent years have crossed paths with Jamie many times given his role with the Premier League and mine with the FA. Jamie is an outstanding coach, he has excellent attention to detail and an engaging style that footballers can relate to.
Having seen Unique FA academy at close hand Jamie and his team continue to develop young players, its one of the leading independent academies in the industry with a fantastic reputation for unearthing and developing talent.Unique FA is always forward thinking and leads the way introducing genuine performance analysis into their training programmes. Players that attend Unique FA will, i have no doubt develop and improve in an environment that rivals many professional football club academies in my opinion”.
Trevor Bumstead - Previously Arsenal FC & West Ham United U16s Head Coach
“Having worked with Jamie Waller for nearly 2 years when I was the Lead Youth Development Phase Coach at the West ham United Academy, Jamie proved to be an enthusiastic, forward thinking coach who had an holistic approach to developing each player he worked with. Jamie’s sessions were always well organised, progressive and fun which is why I am happy promoting the Unique FA Academy.
More recently i have worked with Jamie to secure three Unique Academy players scholarships in the USA offering them the chance to continue their playing career whilst combining further education. As Head coach of the U16s at Arsenal FC I look forward to maintaining a relationship with Unique FA in the future and commend them on the standards they maintain and players they continue to develop”.
Mark Anderson - Formerly BHAFC Head of Recruitment/ Manchester United FC
We have been working closely with Jamie Waller and his team at Unique Football Academy since I was heading up the Recruitment and Talent I.D. at Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club Academy.
Jamie and his team are very Professional in every aspect, they give good information, structured, good coaching, prompt, and they are very happy to develop players without holding them back from progressing, he is happy to recommend the players for trials at Professional clubs and he does not stand in the way of their pathway when being approached for trials or games. Jamie has teams across all age groups and he was happy to travel to Brighton from London / Kent so that the players and parents can experience Academy football in a professional relaxed environment at our New state of the art training ground. Jamie and his team put the players first.
I am happy to work with Jamie and Unique Football Academy and we look to continue our close working relationship moving forward in the right direction. The Academy Unique speaks for itself, for us it sends out the right message with a good name, they are Unique in what they deliver and it is a pleasure working with them, from my own experience over a 29 year period in Professional football, these install great faith into what they do for young players on and off the pitch.
Dave Hunt - BASE (Formerly Head Of Recruitment West Ham United FC)
Unique FA is an elite coaching academy that is really helping to move grass roots football closer to Academy football, the opportunities and coaching that these guys give to local talent is second to none and i will continue working closely with them in the future.
Dan Rice - Former Arsenal FC /Fulham FC/Everton FC - CFO Wycombe Wanderers FC
I have known Jamie Waller for the past several seasons and found he and Unique FA to be one of the leading independent programmes in the industry. Unique FA provides genuine opportunities for aspiring and prospective players to compete and develop at an academy level. Jamie's attention to detail and personal knowledge of the academy system and ethos is embedded within all the Unique FA programmes. We have built a relationship with Unique FA and endeavour to continue this ongoing.
Dan Carroll - AFC Bournemouth U16s Head Coach
I have known Jamie Waller the owner of Unique FA for years - we took our UEFA B Licence together many years ago and I was already aware of his growing reputation as a young coach back then. I later worked at Crystal Palace FC alongside Jamie and he was a joy to work with; Thoroughly detailed, innovative and professional, with such a fun, engaging manner.
I knew when Jamie said he had this idea about Unique FA it would be a huge success - his programme is perfect for improving players on all 4 corners: Technically & Tactically, Physically and socially + psychologically. I wish Jamie the best of luck going forwards, knowing that we will be in regular contact.
Jamie Fullarton - Former Halifax Town FC Manager / Notts County FC Manager
“Having worked alongside Jamie at Crystal Palace FC, I believe Unique FA will nurture and develop players in the right way. Jamie has the knowledge and drive to maximise the potential of players who are part of Unique FA.
Combine this with his philosophy of how to develop players for the professional game and his contacts throughout the industry then players will have genuine opportunity. It is a source that I most definitely will look at using in the future to unearth players for my club.”
