Leicester Nirvana management committee are very pleased to announce the appointment of Martin Sockett as our new 1st team manager. Martin without doubt brings in a huge amount of non league experience and a track record of working alongside young talented players. His knowledge and experience will be required to nurture our talented pool of players and coaches.

The club undoubtedly have a rebuilding task and Martin is being brought in to work with the club, our coaches and players to assist in this process. With some exciting developments happening off the pitch for the football club it is important we continue our unprecedented developments on the pitch. 

With 4 promotions in 7 seasons and numerous cup successes, at some point our pool of talented players and management were always going to draw the attentions of the bigger clubs with some astonishing budgets.  The club's ethos is to nurture players from mini, junior and youth sections and to fully support this philosophy we work to develop better players and allow them opportunities to play at the highest level.

Martin in his new role alongside club officials will work collectively going forward to drive us on again.

Leicester Nirvana picked up their first win of the new season in the United Counties League Premier Division. Jordan Nelson netted just before the hour to give them a 1-0 victory over Wisbech at Gleneagles Avenue. 

Leicester Mercury article http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/jordan-nelson-strikes-to-bag-three-points-for-leicester-nirvana-in-ucl/story-29621080-detail/story.html 

The FA delivered a grassroots talent ID course at the weekend, just a stone’s throw from Leicester’s King Power Stadium, as the Premier League champions were taking on Manchester United in The FA Community Shield supported by McDonald’s.

Under The FA’s work to address Asian inclusion, and alongside local and regional partners, a new suite of talent ID courses are being delivered at Leicester Nirvana, one of the areas’ foremost community clubs, by scouts who work with the England teams.

Over three days, scouts, coaches and managers learn about relationship building, unconscious bias, recognising potential and the relative age effect, and many professional club technical directors already undertake this training.

It is hoped the course, which specifically targeted the Midlands’ under-represented Asian communities, will have a knock-on effect on player recruitment in those same areas.

Course tutor, ex-Wycombe midfielder and now FA talent ID manager, Steve Brown, said: “It was great to be in Leicester at the type of grassroots club where future stars are made.

“We want to embed the England DNA, which is a philosophy of how we play the game and how we develop players to be the best they can be, across the game from grassroots all the way to the England teams.

“I was really enthused by what I saw and if we can bring the professional and grassroots game closer in this way the future of the game will be in good health.”

Leicester Nirvana chairman Kirk Master added: “Leicester Nirvana are always keen to be a bridge between local communities and the game we all love.

“This snapshot of good practice gives us hope that talent identification becomes a more recognised part of the game and helps to promote inclusion, which can only be a good thing.”

Read more at http://www.thefa.com/news/my-football/falearning/2016/aug/talent-id-leicester-nirvana-steve-brown-wycombe#27uWhzbA633zgs5b.99

The success of the Saturday Development Session has meant that more and more children want to be part of the session. Therefore, in order for us to deliver a better service to your child, from the 6th August 2016, the sessions will be split into two time slots:

• Children aged 5yrs – 6yrs will be at 9.30am – 10.30am
• Children aged 7yrs, 8yrs and 9 years will be at 10.30 – 11.30am

Thank you for your continued support.

It has been important for us to find the right balance of experience and quality to support a group of very talented young players. After a busy period we are pleased to announce our new management team for the coming season. 

Dave Williams alongside Owen Wright, with support from Mark Rawle and Scott Eustace focussing on coaching and player development and a new role this year for Tobias Hawkins as our fitness strength and conditioning coach. Richard Gerald will be our new football co-ordinater. 

These appointments have a fantastic blend of professional and non league experience and the knowledge necessary to improve the playing staff and team going forward, and we wish them well. 

Welcome to Leicester Nirvana.