Having played youth football at Stoke City, Port Vale, Staffordshire U19s and then advancing into the semi-professional ranks of the North West Counties League, he began to develop his coaching experience as a youth coach at local North West Counties club, Newcastle Town FC.
Aged 28, he began working full-time for Manchester United Soccer Schools, coaching in places such as Seattle, Paris, Dubai, South Africa and India.
[1] After only five months, Weaver resigned from his job, and was later appointed as head coach of rival Warriors FC in June 2013, replacing V.
He left Warriors FC by mutual consent in October 2015, and joined the Singapore office of leading British sports production and media company, Sunset+Vine in January 2016, to write for its digital publication, VoxSports.
In May 2016, Weaver attained the UEFA Pro Licence following completion of the final course module, in which candidates were to compile a research study on a topic of their choice.