Football Testimonials

David wrote to me by email the week leading up to the home match with Liverpool in March and told me the team would escape relegation easily if I applied the information he offered me.

Well to say he was right is an understatement.

The transformation in confidence and performance turned into winning performances

Thanks for all your help David, top man!

Gary O’Neill – AFC Bournemouth – Manager (March 2023)

David wrote to me to offer me some information to help the team start winning and boy did it work!

The same players who had won 8 of the previous 37 matches won 5 of the last 9 matches to escape relegation when all seemed lost.

Thanks for the info David it’s a game changer! Top man!

Mark Bonner – Cambridge Utd – Manager (April 2023)

David messaged me on LinkedIn and offered me some information to help the players win football matches.

I had no idea if his information would work but amazingly the players won 4 and drew five of the final 10 matches to escape relegation when we were in serious danger of being dragged into a relegation fight.

Thank you so much David.

Simon Weaver – Harrogate Town FC (March 2023)

David messaged me on LinkedIn and offered to help the team using information that he said would help the team escape relegation easily.

Well the team finished the season in 14th place an incredible turnaround from having been deep in trouble near the bottom of the table.

The team had won 3 out of the first 22 matches. After using David’s information the same players won 14 and drew 10 of the remaining matches and we reached the final of the FA Trophy.

Ian Watson – Assistant Manager Gateshead FC (January 2023)

David was our son’s football coach at Athletico Failsworth junior football club. He worked with Jacob on a 1-2-1 basis for what we thought was a player coach review with both myself and my husband.

David did not know at the time but Jacob had been having problems at school walking around the classroom, disrupting lessons with what was described as emotional behavioural issues.

David asked Jacob to see himself walking round the classroom repeating in his mind the thoughts he had as to why he was walking round the room and disrupting lessons and stop when he had the same feeling he had which he felt when he was in the classroom.

David then asked Jacob to breathe in and out through his nose keeping his mouth shut all the time. David asked Jacob if the bad feeling had now gone Jacob said yes. David repeated his clearing process several times asking Jacob the same questions after Jacob recalled different memories which Jacob recalled were causing him difficulty.

Jacob is now the calmest boy in his class and doing really well with his school work. David thank you we were really worried before you joined the club about Jacob we didn’t know what to do.

Rick & Claire Chapman – Athletico Failsworth, Manchester (October 2018)

Dave wrote to me and told me to write a question up on the wipeboard before matches and the same players who had won 5 of the previous 29 matches won 7 of the final 9 matches to miraculously escape relegation.

Alan Curbishley – West Ham Utd (April 2007

I brought Dave in to work 1:1 with the players after finding his details and speaking to him directly.

What he did was clear and immediate, he worked individually with players to remove the internal noise affecting their performance: overthinking, tension, hesitation, and emotional carryover into games.

The change was noticeable quickly. Players looked more composed, clearer in decision-making and more consistent under pressure.
We were 17 points adrift of safety in November 2007 in the National Conference, but the group became more stable mentally and more effective on the pitch.

Against the odds, we survived on the final day.

Dave’s work with the players was a key part of that shift.

Dino Maamria – Northwich Victoria FC (May 2008)

Dave got in touch with me with 9 games remaining in the season and suggested a simple but powerful way of framing things with the players before kick-off.

The focus was helping players clear the mental noise that was affecting performance, individual errors, lapses in concentration and the hesitation that builds when confidence drops.

At that stage, the same group of players who had won 5 of the previous 29 games won 7 of the final 9 games.

What followed was a clear shift in performance and results. The team began to look more composed, more focused and more resilient in key moments.

The work had a real impact on clarity and execution under pressure.

Roberto Martinez, Wigan Athletic Manager (March 2011)

David contacted me via LinkedIn and suggested a simple pre-match intervention, writing a specific question on the dressing room board to focus the players into a clearer, more peripheral, flow-based performance state.

At the time, the team had not scored a goal for over seven hours of football and had been struggling over a prolonged period, with confidence and execution under pressure clearly affected.
What followed was a significant shift in performance.

The same group of players delivered a 3–0 away win against the league leaders, producing one of their strongest collective performances of the season.

Beyond that, there was a noticeable change in mindset and belief within the environment. Players appeared clearer, more committed, and more effective in key moments.

On a personal level, the work also influenced deeper mindset patterns around leadership and performance, contributing to a positive shift in my own trajectory as a manager.

Mark Robins – Coventry City FC (January 2018)

Dave reached out with a simple intervention for the group — a question to be written on the dressing room board before matches to help reset focus and sharpen decision-making under pressure.

At that point, results had stalled and the team was struggling to turn performances into wins.

The impact was immediate. The players looked clearer, more composed, and more effective in key moments, which translated into improved results.

Alongside that, Dave worked with me on a straightforward process to help players clear mental noise and reset between games. This contributed to a noticeable lift in consistency and performance levels across the squad.

We went on to achieve promotion to the National League.

Anthony Johnson – Salford City FC (May 2018)

Dave reached out via LinkedIn on the night I was appointed Caretaker Manager at Newport County FC.

He suggested a simple but focused intervention — a specific question to be written on the dressing room board for players to mentally engage with before matches, designed to sharpen clarity and focus under pressure.

At that point, the team had won 5 from the previous 34 games with belief and confidence affected over a sustained period.

What followed was a clear shift in performance and outcomes.

Over the final 12 matches, the group became more consistent, more composed and more effective in key moments — winning 7, drawing 3, losing 3 despite being 11 points from safety with 12 games remaining.

That turnaround allowed us to escape relegation in circumstances that previously looked extremely unlikely.

Michael Flynn – Newport County FC (May 2017)

Dave contacted me in December 2017 offering support to help the team improve consistency and performance under pressure.

He worked with the squad in a group session, focusing on clearing the internal noise that was affecting confidence, resilience, and energy levels within games.

At that stage, performances had been inconsistent and the group was struggling to convert effort into results.

The next match away at Brighouse resulted in a 1–0 win and a first clean sheet in several months, with the team looking more organised, composed, and controlled throughout.

From there, performances stabilised and the team moved away from relegation danger, finishing the season strongly after what had looked like a difficult position.

Jon Macken, Radcliffe FC (May 2018)

I invited Dave into West Didsbury & Chorlton FC following my appointment in December 2018.

At that stage, the team had won 3 of the previous 27 matches where confidence within the group was low.

Dave worked with the players individually on the first night of training, focusing on clearing the internal noise affecting performance — particularly around confidence, decision-making and execution under pressure.

Within two days, the team responded with a 2–0 away win at Whitchurch Alport, followed by a run of five consecutive victories.

After Dave stepped away due to work commitments, results dropped significantly and we went on a seven-game winless run.

We asked him to return, and the team immediately responded again — winning 3 of the next 4 matches.

During this period, Dave also helped us identify specific performance breakdowns within the team structure. He worked with key players to clear the internal interference affecting their actions in critical moments, particularly in defensive situations.

The same players then became standout performers in the final run of games, with both centre-backs even contributing headed goals.

The impact on clarity, confidence and execution was clear in the results.

David Powell, West Didsbury & Chorlton FC (May 2019)