News Archive, Category: Football

A graphic promoting the new UDA Soccer football academy partnership with the University of Bath

University of Bath partners with University Degrees Abroad to deliver world-class football pathway for US student-athletes

23 February 2026

University Degrees Abroad (UDA) is proud to announce a new partnership with the University of Bath to support the expansion of its professional football (soccer) academy operations in the United Kingdom. The collaboration will provide student-athletes from the United States with the opportunity to pursue a world-class undergraduate degree while training within one of the UK’s leading high-performance sporting environments. The University of Bath is consistently ranked among the UK’s top universities and is home...

A montage featuring cutouts of the six University of Bath sporting scholars for 2025-26 - (from left) Diamond Ayiehfor, Matthew Rayner, George Riley, Maria Slade, Tate Williams and Cara Zeidler.

Para Lioness, rising rugby stars and aspiring Olympians join illustrious ranks of University of Bath Sporting Scholars

13 January 2026

A Para Lioness footballer, two England U20 rugby players and aspiring Olympians in artistic swimming, judo and sailing make up the inspirational cohort of University of Bath student-athletes to be awarded sporting scholarships for the 2025-26 academic year. Maria Slade, Diamond Ayiehfor, Tate Williams, Cara Zeidler, George Riley and Matthew Rayner will all benefit from scholarship funding to help them meet the demands of training, competing and studying at an elite level. They follow in...

A graphic promoting the Student Sports Pass at the University of Bath. There are pictures of people using various sporting facilities including a basketball court, swimming pool, tennis court, athletics track and badminton court. There are icons representing the different sports and facilties students can access. The text reads: "Free Student Sport. Did you know? Your student library card is also your Sports Pass? Activate your card on arrival at the Sports Training Village and take advantage of our world-class facilities right on your doorstep."

Get access to swimming, basketball, athletics, racket sports, MUGA and much more by activating your FREE Student Sports Pass

15 September 2025

Want to swim between lectures, serve up some rallies on the tennis and badminton courts, shoot some hoops indoors or outdoors, or join a group of friends for five-a-side football? University of Bath students can do all this and more for FREE with the student-exclusive Sports Pass!  Simply take your library card to the Team Bath Sports Training Village reception to activate your Sports Pass and gain access to a host of daily activities in our inspirational sporting facilities on campus. These include:   ...

A Grimsby Town Academy footballer, wearing black and white stripes, shapes to cross the ball with his right foot as attackers and defenders, wearing green, wait for the cross.

VIDEO: EFL Academy footballers get a taste of student-athlete life during inspirational pre-season training camps at University of Bath

11 August 2025

Young players from four English Football League (EFL) clubs have benefited from pre-season training camps at the University of Bath’s elite sporting facilities – and got to experience a potential post-Academy student-athlete career. The U18 squads from Crewe Alexandra, Grimsby Town, Huddersfield Town and Millwall each spent a week in campus accommodation while training at the University’s Sports Training Village as part of their preparations for the 2025-26 season. As well as train and play...

Two junior Celtic footballers, wearing green and white hoops with white shorts, close down an Aberdeen player, wearing all red, as he looks to pass a football.

University of Bath leads world’s largest growth and maturation study in elite football to support early and late developers

05 August 2025

The University of Bath, in partnership with the University of Edinburgh, has conducted the most extensive growth and maturation study in world football, helping reshape talent development pathways for young players in Scotland. Commissioned by the Scottish Football Association (SFA) and completed between January and April 2024, the research, published in the Journal of Sports Sciences, evaluated over 1,000 academy players in the Club Academy Scotland (CAS) system - making it the largest study of...

Assistant Referee Adam Nunn prepares for 2025 FIFA Club World Cup with heat training sessions at Team Bath Sports Science Centre

05 June 2025

Professional Assistant Referee Adam Nunn has called upon his Qatar World Cup preparations at the University of Bath to acclimatise for the FIFA Club World Cup, which gets under way later this month in the United States. The Premier League and FIFA official has once again been doing exercise and recovery sessions at the Team Bath Physio & Sports Science Centre in a plastic indoor chamber heated to more than 30 degrees Celcius. It was...

A ground-level photo of the newly-opened 3G pitch at the University of Bath, the first fully recyclable 3G pitch in the UK, with a University of Bath rugby ball in the foreground and players out of focus in the distance

VIDEO: University of Bath unveils the UK’s first fully recyclable 3G pitch

28 May 2025

The UK’s first fully recyclable 3G pitch has been officially opened at the University of Bath today. Professor Phil Taylor, Vice-Chancellor and President of the University, marked the opening by scoring a penalty following a ceremony attended by representatives of the University, The SU Bath (Students’ Union], local sporting clubs including Bath City FC, and Bristol-based contractors Verde. [caption id="attachment_71875" align="alignright" width="292"] Professor Phil Taylor takes - and scores - a penalty kick to officially...

A photo of Blues Awards 2025 winners holding their certificates and trophies at the Pump Rooms in Bath

Glittering Blues Awards 2025 ceremony celebrates both student sport at University of Bath and achievements of Paris 2024 athletes

02 May 2025

Golfer Charlotte Gregory was voted by her fellow students as the University of Bath's Sports Personality of the Year when the 2025 Blues Awards took place at the historic Roman Baths and Pump Room. The Psychology student was presented with her prize by Professor Cassie Wilson, the University’s Pro Vice-Chancellor (Student Experience), during the annual celebration of student sport. [caption id="attachment_71828" align="alignright" width="292"] Charlotte Gregory is presented with the Sports Personality of the Year prize...

A montage of sporting images from the University of Bath and Team Bath during 2024

Paris pride, historic international achievements, emotional reunions and big gym investment among highlights of incredible sporting 2024

20 December 2024

Olympic and Paralympic success in Paris is just one of the highlights of a truly monumental year of sport at the University of Bath. World Cup victories, European crowns, groundbreaking international debuts, emotional reunions, national accolades, innovative new partnerships and an extensive gym refurbishment are also among the many high points from an action-packed 2024. In total athletes brought 93 senior international medals back to their Team Bath training base, 17 of which were secured...

A group picture of student-athletes on the 2024-25 Team Bath Student Performance Sport Breakthrough Programme following an induction event in the Chancellors Building in October 2024

Helping student-athletes at Bath maximise academic and sporting potential – Rengen backing improved Breakthrough Programme

10 November 2024

A new and improved Student Performance Sport Breakthrough Programme will provide more than 160 University of Bath student-athletes across 25 different sports with bespoke support designed to help them maximise their academic and sporting potential. Supported by Team Bath partners Rengen, the programme offers best-practice personal development and performance support to the students - all identified as having long-term athletic potential – as they seek to make the step up from pre-elite level to sustained...

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