Appleton AFC Club Officers
Tony Little - Vice Chairman
Tony started coaching his son in the Academy and has continued to do so now for 7 years and counting.
In 2015 after his daughter showed an interest in playing football he became involved in trying to build up the Girls section. Alongside Kate, Tony has grown the girls section which is now a quarter of the overall Club. Tony is also now an active member of the Cheshire Girls League committee.
Tony is actively involved in all areas of running the club for both Boys and Girls. "Providing a fun, safe environment for as many children as we can to play football" is what makes being part of AAFC so fun.
Nicola Banks - Secretary
As Secretary, Nicola is the main point of contact for Warrington Junior Football League and Cheshire County FA. She is responsible for looking after the administrative operations for the club including attending county and league meetings, completing affiliation, player registrations, and ensuring the appropriate compliance.
Nicola is passionate about sport and keeping fit and after spending many years standing on the side lines watching her sons play football (of which the youngest 2 play for Appleton), she thought it was time to give something back and joined the team at Appleton AFC in 2022.
Iain Hill - Fixtures & Pitches
Iain's role is to plan and organise the home fixtures and pitches for the club. This is done by using 2 new 3G pitches at Broomfields and Sandymoor, 3 Pewterspear Green Trust sites, and the New Lane pitches.
Like most, Iain started as a volunteer helper in 2012 when his son was in the academy and quickly became an FA Licensed coach a few months later. Eight years on he is still coaching/managing his son's u13 team.
Away from Appleton AFC, Iain continues his love of sport, beng an active ECB cricket coach and is a Senior Supervisor steward at Manchester City.
Kate Little - Head of Girls
Kate started coaching alongside Tony in 2015, FA qualified, currently coaching the Girls Academy and Under 15’s. Kate has actively grown the Girls section from half a dozen girls in 2015, entering 2 teams into Cheshire Girls league in January 2016 to 9 league teams in 2019. Kate’s aim is to offer football to girls of all ages in the local area.
Kate also started the Ladies team in December 2018, encouraging ladies of all ages and abilities to enjoy football. The Ladies entered a team in the Cheshire Inspire League and are going from strength to strength.
Nicola Banks - Coaches Child Welfare Officer (CCWO)
As the Coaches Child Welfare Officer (CCWO), Nicola's role is to ensure that all coaches have a valid Disclosure & Barring Services Check (DBS) and relevant, in date coaching qualifications.
Neil Peers - Head of Boys Academy
Having played for the club when I was 10 years old on the old Loushers lane pitches, when my oldest son started to play football Appleton was the obvious choice for us.
I had helped out on occasions previously and when a coach for my older sons team stepped down in 2015 I became fully involved seeing the team all the way through to their final season at under 18’s.
As my oldest son left for university my youngest son was joining the academy where I carried on coaching, in his second year I took over as Academy officer.
During my time we’ve help develop over 200 children go onto play in the Warrington Junior football league aiming to create 5 teams every year, each team with 2 FA level one qualified coaches.
I still coach my youngest son team, after another summer filled with tournaments we head into under 10’s this season.