The MK Dons Girls Talent Pathway includes various squads and opportunities for girls from U8s to U16s and into senior football. The pathway's purpose is to provide players an opportunity to a professional development environment and prepare players for senior first team football and beyond. Players are fully registered to the MK Dons Community Trust and teams play either in the local MKDDL Boys league or the JPL Warriors leagues in Boys & Girls Leagues. As a former Regional Talent Centre, MK Dons Girls continue to advocate an incredible opportunity to development in a good environment. The Girls Academy remains one of the strongest development programs in the country and continues to grow year on year.
To progress players with our senior women’s pathway or into the professional women’s game
To have a clear playing philosophy that enables players to experience various game and training formats.
Regular fixtures program
Clear pathway for players to progress through the different groups
National recognition for players to attend regional and national events whether be England or other nations (Most recently Romania, Portugal & Republic of Ireland).
The Girls Academy includes a gym program, Mixed training sessions (With boys), Strength & Conditioning & Sports Therapists, as well as highly qualified development coaches and runs from 12-23s
The Emerging Talent Centre (ETC) trains once a week & has a once a week games program (Monday & Friday), its a great entry point to start a players journey from 8-11s
We continue to operate along with the biggest clubs in the country and support the England Talent Pathway for all girls on our programs with incredible results over the past few years.as we continue to improve the programs.
Once registered we will send out details within two weeks with confirmed dates of the trials to get it in your diary early.
Our Girls Academy runs 12-16s, Girls Performance (New) 12-14s & ETC will run 8-11s
When completing the Application form, please enter your Date of Birth before selecting 'Free registration'
To register for our Summer trials, please use the following link:
MK Dons Girls Trials 2026/2027 | Milton Keynes Dons Community Trust
If you have not registered, unfortunately you wont be able to just turn up on the day due to numbers and ratios. Contact will go out soon with more trial information
Thank you
Dene Walsh
Head of Community Football
