Marty Rodwell New Director of Football & Mens 1st Team Coach

Fencibles United AFC are pleased to be announcing Martin Rodwell as our new Director of Football (DOF) and 2021 new Men’s 1st Team Coach.

Marty will be joining us from Manurewa where he has spent the last 3 years as their head coach gaining promotion into 1st Division. Marty holds an AFC/NZ B Coaching license and a Bachelor in Sports & Exercise.

He currently teaches sports at schools and for the last few years he has coached National Youth league teams for both Auckland Football and Waitakere.

Marty has a passion for developing Junior & Youth football and 6 years ago he started the SAE Football Academy which now has 150 members with two of them currently in the U20 NZ national training squad.

Marty’s primary role for Fencibles will be on the field setting the coaching standards, coaching our players and coaching our coaches.

He officially starts in the new year however he will be one of our qualified coaches at our Ole Academy this summer.

Marty is an avid Liverpool fan (he did not tell us that when he applied) and outside of the game he is busy with his family including his four children.

Please join us in welcoming Marty to the Fencibles family.