This event, which is being offered free of charge, will be held in conjunction with the Emirates Airline Young Footballer Challenge, and sponsored by Emirates, the Dubai-based international airline.

The coaching session with a group of young players will be conducted by the two visiting senior officials from Arsenal Football Club’s Community Department, Paul Shipwright, who is responsible for partnered Soccer Schools and Martin Davis, Sports Development Officer.  At the end of the Practical Session, there will be a Question and Answer session.

“Paul Shipwright and Martin Davis will be sharing their best practices in football coaching for young players,” said Peter Paul Gauci, Event Coordinator and Vice-President and PRO for AMSC. “This activity will encourage and support the coaches of this popular sport while seeking to raise standards of the football game.”

Paul Fleri Soler, Emirates’ Manager for Malta and Cyprus, said: “As the sponsor of the Emirates Airline Young Footballer Challenge for the 5th year, Emirates seeks to develop a more proactive partnership with Arsenal supporters and football community in Malta. Activities like these help to bring in foreign know-how in coaching for the benefit of  Maltese trainers.”

The Arsenal FC coaches will be retuning to Malta on the initiative of Arsenal Malta Supporters Club and with the support of Arsenal FC. Paul Shipwright and Martin Davis together with their wives will be the guests of the Radisson SAS Bay Point Hotel, St George’s Bay.

All Football Club Youth Nurseries are invited to send their coaches and admission is free.  It is advisable to book in advance either on tel: 7924 8635 or via email on arsenal@onvol.net; or rifepa@onvol.net