Felixstowe & Walton United FC

Felixstowe & Walton United are pleased to announce that Luke Hillyard will be taking over as Reserve Team Manager with his first game in charge on the 10^thof November. 

Luke joins The Seasiders after leaving Achilles in early October, where he was very successful with the club finishing as SIL champions in 2018 and helping them to victory in The Suffolk Senior Cup in 2017. He spent three years in charge at Achilles. Speaking about leaving the club he said, “ I felt it was time to go.  I loved my time at the club, it is a great place. But I just thought I had taken them as far as I could. Winning the title last season was the pinnacle and we’d won everything we could. I think I’ve left the club in a better place than when I arrived.”

Prior to taking over at The Goldstar Ground on the 10^th of November, Luke wants to take a look at the players in the two games against Haverhill Borough and Harleston Town in the next week. He will be looking to bring players in to strengthen the young reserve team squad.

Ian Watson, joint first team manager, said “Luke is a young, up and coming, ambitious manager whose reputation already precedes him. To say it is a major coup on the club’s part is an understatement, with a number of Thurlow Nunn clubs courting him. I am personally pleased after our conversations that Luke has chosen Felixstowe as the club to join, in the main because of what our club stands for and where we are progressing throughout. Luke is keen to develop and progress, not only himself but also the talented young players we already have at our club and Kev (O’Donnell – joint first team manager), myself and Alex (Egelton – caretaker reserve team manager) look forward to working directly with him. Luke is keen to link with the Under 18 squad to push the whole club forward.”