Our Staff
Paul Taylor
Managing Director
Paul Taylor, Managing Director of PSC Ltd, encompasses over 35 years of top-level professional football experience – ranging from playing, coaching and management in both England and the USA.
After a distinguished playing and coaching career in England and the States, Paul spent over 20 years coaching and managing professionally in England – the last 17 of which he spent as Director of Football at Walsall FC, in charge of all football matters of the club from youth football to senior levels. He helped transform the club from a position of financial hardship in what is now ‘League 2’ to become a profitable Championship club.
Paul’s role as Managing Director oversees all aspects of PSC work from player recruitment to the organization of professional club tours and training camps. Paul has acted as a ‘football consultant’ to a number of English clubs in recent years.
Mark Taylor
CEO / Company Director
Mark possesses several years of experience working with professional clubs in the football industry and has a BA Honours degree in Sport Management. He is a director of PSC Soccer Academy and has established links with professional teams and coaches all around the world.
He exclusively represents a number of players from the English Premier and Football Leagues and a number of players from various top foreign leagues in North America and Europe.
PSC Soccer Academy uses Mark’s expertise for the organizing and arrangement of elite showcase tours and training camps to Europe and Asia.
Tom Taylor
PSC, Director
Email: tom@pscltd.co.uk
Tom Taylor is a Director for PSC Soccer. He is responsible for the organization, and coaching of all USA programs including pro combines events, camps, professional player recruitment and international showcases. Tom has a number of years of experience in North America, playing, coaching and consulting for professional clubs such as the Tulsa Roughnecks, Portland Timbers and Wilmington Hammerheads of the United Soccer Leagues as well as youth clubs across North America.
During the last 10 years he has gained valuable experience working with professional players and coaches around North America, Europe and Asia traveling with PSC teams to over 25 countries and being involved in over 300+ games against top-tier opposition in places such as Sweden, Finland, Thailand, Malta, Portugal, Spain, and Ireland to name just a few.
Since the company was formed he has also assisted with the organization and running of English and Spanish Premier League tours to North America such as Swansea City, Valencia, Norwich City and West Bromwich Albion’s trips with PSC to encounter MLS, NASL, and USL opposition.
Simon Deeley
Director of Player Recruitment and Event Management
Email: simon@pscltd.co.uk
Simon Deeley joined the PSC team in 2009, predominantly on the player recruitment side of the business, based in the USA and the UK. Simon graduated from the University of Central Lancashire, England in 2006 with a Sport Management degree and is an English FA and USSF Licensed and experienced coach.
In addition to his active role in player recruitment and coaching Simon has been instrumental in the planning, organizing and directing of English Premier League team tours across America such as West Bromwich Albion’s tour to California (2011) and Swansea City’s tour to California (2012) and Chicago (2014).
During this period he has directed and coached on over 25 PSC showcase tours and more than 50 Professional Soccer Combines throughout the US and Europe, assisting and facilitating in many of the 450+ men’s and women’s professional success stories we have announced since 2011.
Patrick Walker
Director of Scandinavian Operations
Patrick Walker has coached at the highest level in Sweden and Norway for over 30 years, and has an extensive network throughout Scandinavia. He is currently the director of PSC’s programs in Sweden and has been responsible for the majority of PSC’s success stories in Scandinavia, placing players from the United States into clubs across many professional divisions in both Sweden and Finland. Patrick also runs PSC’s Residential Program in Örebro, Sweden which has resulted in nine players signing professional contracts in the past two years.
Patrick Walker has been a Head Coach in the Premier League in Sweden and Norway for the last 30 years and has an extensive network throughout Scandinavia. He is currently the director of PSC’s Residential programs and has been pivotal in the large number of success stories we have announced in Sweden in the past 4 years such as Steffen Kraus signing with Karlslunds IF and Shane McInerney signing with Linkoping City amongst many more.
Declan Roche
Placement and Recruitment – Ireland
Declan is a former professional player and spent six years with Scottish Premier League giants Celtic FC from 1985 until 1991 as well as plying his trade in the Irish Premier League. He is a UEFA A Licensed Head Coach at Dublin University and has many close contacts within Irish professional football. Declan won three Irish Premier League titles and a number of domestic trophies during his playing career. He has assisted PSC in numerous signings and trials in Ireland including Wilfried Tagbo and Ata Ozbay to Finn Harps, Zac Lubin to Cork City, Aaron Horton’s trial with Bray Wanderers and Shane McInerney’s contract offer from Cork City.
Matthew Couchman
Player Recruitment / operations management
