JAMES WILES

Education & Sport Mentor

I joined Northampton Town Football Club Community Trust as an Education and Sports Mentor in May 2022.

My role included supporting students with the Premier League Primary Stars programme, helping those with their Maths, English and PSHE. Furthermore, I am a one-to-one mentor to those that need support and to encourage their individual needs.

Prior to going full-time, I ran the NTFC Women, Academy and Football and Education Programme social media profiles and covered those teams’ fixtures for the club.

Find out more about James:

Q. WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE FOOTBALL TEAM?

A. Tottenham Hotspur

Q. WHAT IS THE BEST PART OF YOUR CURRENT JOB?

A. Being part of the NTFC Women family

Q. WHAT HOBBIES DO YOU HAVE OUTSIDE OF WORK?

A. Football, football and football

Q. WHAT IS YOUR PROUDEST MOMENT?

A. Being presented with the FAWNL Programme of the Year Award on behalf of NTFC Women

Q. WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE SPORTING MOMENT?

A. Brackley Town winning the FA Trophy on penalties after Gareth Dean equalised with the last kick of the game

Q. NAME SOMETHING PEOPLE MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT YOU?

A. My great uncle played rugby for Ireland

Q. WHAT IS YOUR CELEBRITY LOOKALIKE?

A. Someone I went to uni with was obsessed with the Bundesliga and said I looked like Christoph Kramer

Q. WHAT IS THE BIGGEST IMPACT YOU HAVE MADE IN THE COMMUNITY?

A. My one-to-one mentoring work in schools has been really impactful as well as my work promoting the NTFC Women and Girls’ programme

Q. IF YOU COULD BE ANYONE FOR THE DAY WHO WOULD IT BE?

A. Adam Moreton 

Q. WHAT ARE YOUR GOALS FOR THE FUTURE?

A. To earn a full-time role in football media