Trevor Bumstead is an English Association

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coach. He holds the UEFA A Licence.

Coaching career

Southend United

Bumstead was born in Essex. He began coaching Southend United youth at their centre of excellence in 2002 and was responsible for the Under 9's.

West Ham United

In 2004 Bumstead moved to

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under Academy Manager

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as the Lead Youth Development Phase Coach, responsible for players between the Under 12 and Under 16 age groups. A number of players cite Bumstead as a major influence in their development, including Declan Rice,Declan Rice: How England midfielder overcame rejection to become key Euro 2020 figure
BBC.com, 5 June 2021 Reece Oxford,

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and Grady Diangana.

Scottish Football Association

In July 2012, Bumstead headed a conference of over 120 coaches from across the country as part of the

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West Region Coaching Conference at Toryglen Regional Football Centre.

Arsenal

Bumstead joined Arsenal in 2014 under Academy Manager Andries Jonker initially to work with the Under 15s as head coach, before taking over the Under 16s. Throughout his time at the academy, he worked closely with future stars Bukayo Saka, Folarin Balogun,

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and

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. In 2017 his Under 16 side won the

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Cup, beating

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and

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respectively. During his tenure with the Under 16s, several players and ex-players were assigned to work alongside Bumstead and his team as they studied for their UEFA coaching licenses,Episode 13 - Former West Ham United & Arsenal Academy Coach - Trevor Bumstead
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, Per Mertesacker,

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and

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. Following the departure of

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in 2018, Bumstead took temporary charge of Arsenal U18 until a permanent replacement was found.

Buckswood School

Since 2019 He has been the Head of Football at Buckswood School.Academy Coaching Staff
Buckswood.co.uk.

References

External links

Buckswood School Academy Coaching Staff
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