First Team Performance Analyst Intern
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Date posted
May 07, 2025
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Minimum Qualification
Quantity
1 Person
Description
Merthyr Town Football Club is seeking enthusiastic and proactive candidates to join the first-team setup in a performance analysis role ahead of the 2025/26 season. The role will allow candidates to work alongside first team coaches and staff, as well as being part of the further analysis team at the club.
This is an unpaid internship that allows students to be part of the first-team setup at a non-league football club within the English system and will include regular updates and tasks provided by the first team coaches and delivering data to the first team squad.
The role will require the candidate to attend all first team fixtures, as part of the first team staff, as well as attending one training session per week (where applicable) to deliver and report data. Extra work and tasks can be available on request.
Responsibilities for the role will include:
- Working alongside the current analysis team to help identify and process the requested analysis tasks.
- Ensure excellent communication exists between yourself and the first team manager and staff.
- Be expected to attend the large majority of first team fixtures, both home and away.
- Complete reports on matches and players in line with the first team staff requests, and then forward/present reports to first team players and staff.
- Working with the clubs VEO camera and footage to compile match/player information.
- Interpret match data from Wyscout to inform on player performance.
- Analyse and create opposition reports for the management staff homing in on tactical set ups and set piece strategies.
- Use the Catapult One Sports Tracker to report on player fitness and running data.
Person Specification:
- Be studying an undergraduate or post-graduate degree in Sports Coaching/Analysis/Studies or similar.
- Based within the South Wales area, so able to attend home games, training sessions, and pick-up points for Away bus travel - (Successful applicant will travel with first team to away fixtures on Club Team Bus)
- Reliable and dedicated with a flexible working approach.
- Passionate about football and the job role.
- Be able to commit to the full 2025/26 season.
- Candidate will be provided with Club Teamwear/Uniform to be worn at all matches and training sessions.
This is an unpaid internship that allows students to be part of the first-team setup at a non-league football club within the English system and will include regular updates and tasks provided by the first team coaches and delivering data to the first team squad.
The role will require the candidate to attend all first team fixtures, as part of the first team staff, as well as attending one training session per week (where applicable) to deliver and report data. Extra work and tasks can be available on request.
Responsibilities for the role will include:
- Working alongside the current analysis team to help identify and process the requested analysis tasks.
- Ensure excellent communication exists between yourself and the first team manager and staff.
- Be expected to attend the large majority of first team fixtures, both home and away.
- Complete reports on matches and players in line with the first team staff requests, and then forward/present reports to first team players and staff.
- Working with the clubs VEO camera and footage to compile match/player information.
- Interpret match data from Wyscout to inform on player performance.
- Analyse and create opposition reports for the management staff homing in on tactical set ups and set piece strategies.
- Use the Catapult One Sports Tracker to report on player fitness and running data.
Person Specification:
- Be studying an undergraduate or post-graduate degree in Sports Coaching/Analysis/Studies or similar.
- Based within the South Wales area, so able to attend home games, training sessions, and pick-up points for Away bus travel - (Successful applicant will travel with first team to away fixtures on Club Team Bus)
- Reliable and dedicated with a flexible working approach.
- Passionate about football and the job role.
- Be able to commit to the full 2025/26 season.
- Candidate will be provided with Club Teamwear/Uniform to be worn at all matches and training sessions.
Skills
- Analysis
- Computing
- Data
- Performance
