BROMSGROVE Sporting have appointed Iain Queen as the club’s new director of football.
Queen replaces Graham Scott in the role with the latter to continue in his other position as Sporting’s vice-chairman.
He most recently held the position of football development officer at the club and set-up Bromsgrove’s under-21s team.
Queen said: “As I enter my fourth season at the club, I am delighted to take on the role of director of football at Bromsgrove Sporting.
“I would like to thank the board for this opportunity and, in particular, Graham Scott, who has helped mentor me for this position over the past 12 months.
“Graham will continue in his role as vice-chairman, and support the club with any football operations.
“His knowledge of non league football is second to none and I am delighted to have the opportunity to continue to work together over the coming years.”
Queen has worked alongside three different chairmen and five managers during his time with Sporting.
He reflected on the various different roles he has held at the club and also looked ahead to what he hopes to achieve at Sporting in the future.
Queen added: “During my first year with Bromsgrove Sporting, I spent time working alongside many of the key departments across the club, helping to support the commercial, media and safeguarding teams, whilst also learning the intricacies of the role of a club secretary.
“This time was invaluable in helping me understand the day-to-day operations of our club and lead me to take on a directors role on the board.
“This past season, I was tasked with looking at our pathway across the whole football club.
“We are extremely lucky to have so many fantastic volunteers who work tirelessly for our youngsters, and we are fortunate to have such a strong structure in place with Alan Williams and Alan Horton operating the girls and women’s pathway and Jon Livesey and Richard Gladwin overseeing our Colts section at the club.
“Mark Reeve and Stuart Carson were recruited as joint under-21 managers for the 2024/25 season and, together alongside Pete Rose, have formed a strong management team who have put together a competitive group of lads.
“This team continues to grow and develop and we are constantly on the lookout for the best talent in our local area.
“It was fantastic to see young players like Charlie McNamara, Bo Morris and Archie Thurston get first team opportunities last season and we hope for more breakthroughs in the future.
“We currently have teams at Bromsgrove Sporting from under-8s, all the way up to the adult first team, with the only gap in our pathway being a competitive floodlit team.
“This is something we are hoping to address in the future – however, with the Victoria Ground being at its usage capacity, and a lack of availability in the Worcestershire area, this has so far provided difficult.
“We do however have our exciting new partnership with Colmers School and Sixth Form College, where post-16 students will have to the opportunity to represent the club alongside completing their A-Levels.
“We are still taking applicants, so if anyone is interested then I encourage them to contact me at: [email protected].”
