Burnley F.C. Academy

Burnley F.C. Academy

Nickname(s)	The Clarets
Ground	Barnfield Training Ground County Ground (under-21s)
Manager	Andy Farrell (under-21s) Tony Philliskirk (under-18s)
League	Professional Development League (under-21s and under-18s) National League Cup (under-21s)

Burnley F.C. Academy are the youth teams of Burnley Football Club. The under-21s currently play in the first level of reserve football in England, the U21 Professional Development League. The team mainly consists of players under the age of 21 at the club, but does occasionally include first team players. Burnley's under-18s also play in the first level of academy football in England, the U18 Professional Development League.

U21 squad

As of 3 September 2025 ^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK   ENG Felix Chester — GK   IRL Oisin Cooney — GK   ENG Lewis Forshaw — DF   ENG Noah Adekoya — DF   ENG Joe Ashton — DF   ENG Hamzat Balogun 52 DF   SCO Murray Campbell — DF   ENG Brad Grant — DF   ENG Jack McEvilly

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF   NED Jesse Williams — MF   ENG Zach Johnson 53 MF   NZL Marley Leuluai — MF   ENG Adam McCoy 54 MF   SCO Oli Pimlott — MF   ENG Kamarni Ryan 55 MF   ENG Charlie Veevers — FW   SCO Joe Bevan — FW   ENG Benji Wetshi

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 40 GK   ENG Charlie Casper(on loan at Grimsby Town until 30 June 2026) 50 GK   ENG Sam Waller(on loan at Crewe Alexandra until 30 June 2026) — DF   ENG Logan Pye (on loan at Accrington Stanley until 30 June 2026) 41 MF   ENG Joe Bauress (on loan at Accrington Stanley until 30 June 2026) 47 MF   ENG Tommy McDermott (at Shrewsbury Town until 30 June 2026)

No. Pos. Nation Player 42 MF   WAL Tom Tweedy(on loan at Morecambe until 30 June 2026) — FW   AUT Oluwaseun Adewumi (on loan at Cercle Brugge until 30 June 2026) 51 FW   ENG Vernon Masara(on loan at F.C. United of Manchester until 26 September 2025) — FW   SCO Michael Mellon (on loan at Oldham Athletic until 30 June 2026)

U18 Squad

As of 11 July 2025 ^[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK   ENG Connor Edwards — DF   ENG Freddie Best — DF   ENG Albert Blackie — DF   ENG Croyde da Costa — DF   ENG Luca Fong — DF   ENG Anwar Murtesa — DF   ENG Michael Stanley — DF   ENG Joseph Wilcock — MF   ENG George Brierley — MF   ENG James Lewis

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   IRL Kian McMahon-Brown — MF   ENG Dylan Morison — MF   NIR Troy Savage — MF   GIB Luca Scanlon — MF   POR Fabio So — FW   ENG Braidin Derbyshire — FW   ENG Corey King — FW   NGA Destiny Okonkwo — FW   ENG Brandon Pouani — FW   ENG Warren Taylor

Honours

The list below includes honours won by either Burnley's "A", "B", reserves, under-23s, under-21s, or under-18s teams. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

League The Central League (first tier) Winners: 1948–49, 1961–62, 1962–63 Runners–up: 1950–51, 1953–54 The Central League Division Two (third tier) Winners: 1997–98 Professional U18 Development League 2 North (second tier) Winners: 2024–25 Lancashire League Division One Winners: 1952–53, 1956–57, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1993–94 Lancashire League Division Two Winners: 1955–56, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1980–81 Lancashire Combination Division Two Winners: 1954–55 Runners–up: 1907–08 West Lancashire Football League Division One Winners: 1927–28, 1938–39, 1949–50 North East Lancashire League [a] Winners: 1892–93, 1893–94 Runners–up: 1890–91, 1891–92

Cup FA Youth Cup Winners: 1967–68 Central League Cup Winners: 2015–16, 2023–24 Lancashire Senior Cup [b] Winners: (13) 1889–90, 1914–15, 1949–50, 1951–52, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1969–70, 1971–72, 1992–93, 2022–23 European Youth Cup (under-21) Winners: 1966 [c] Runners-up: 1965 [d] Washington International Youth Tournament [e] Winners: 1972

Graduates

Below is a list of Burnley youth players that have gone on to play in the first team since 1936. ^[14]

Players that have been capped at full international level are in bold.

1930s

• Tommy Lawton
• Ken Ashbridge
• Len Martindale
• Freddy Taylor
• George Bray
• George Knight

1940s

• Peter Kippax
• Harry Mather
• Harry Potts
• Harold Spencer
• Harold Rudman
• Jack Knight
• Tommy Cummings
• Tommy Henderson

1950s

• Roy Stephenson
• Jimmy Adamson
• Tony Hapgood
• Albert Cheesebrough
• Brian Pilkington
• Doug Winton
• David Cargill
• Bobby Seith
• Colin McDonald
• Jimmy Scott
• Dave Smith
• Brian Miller
• John Angus
• Jimmy Robson
• Adam Blacklaw
• Des Lancaster
• Ian Lawson
• Alan Shackleton
• John Connelly
• Ray Pointer
• Billy White
• John Talbut
• Gordon Harris

1960s

• Jim Furnell
• Walter Joyce
• Andy Lochhead
• Ron Fenton
• Dave Walker
• Ian Towers
• Peter Simpson
• Arthur Bellamy
• Mick Buxton
• Willie Morgan
• Brian O'Neil
• Willie Irvine
• Johnny Price
• Fred Smith
• Sammy Todd
• Ralph Coates
• Les Latcham
• Dave Merrington
• Len Kinsella
• John Murray
• Colin Blant
• Ray Ternent
• Stan Ternent
• Dave Thomas
• Peter Jones
• Willie Brown
• Steve Kindon
• Wilf Wrigley
• Eric Probert
• Mick Docherty

1970s

• Alan West
• Eddie Cliff
• Leighton James
• Ronnie Welch
• Harry Wilson
• Jeff Parton
• Billy Ingham
• Billy Rodaway
• Paul Bradshaw
• Ray Hankin
• Terry Pashley
• Brian Flynn
• Micky Finn
• Ian Brennan
• Bobby Flavell
• Colin Morris
• Derrick Parker
• Derek Scott
• David Loggie
• Joe Jakub
• Peter Robinson
• Marshall Burke
• Bob Higgins
• Richard Overson
• Tony Arins
• Kevin Young
• Stuart Robertson
• Jeff Tate
• Phil Cavener
• Vince Overson
• Paul Dixon

1980s

• Brian Laws
• Colin Anderson
• Andy Wharton
• Mick Wardrobe
• Mike Phelan
• Trevor Steven
• Mark Allen
• Dave Miller
• Phil Ray
• Billy Wright
• Lee Dixon
• Steve Kennedy
• Darren Heesom
• Ashley Hoskin
• Andy Kilner
• Peter Leebrook
• Jason Harris
• Michael Southern
• Tony Woodworth
• Phil Devaney
• Jason Hardy
• Mark Monington
• Stuart Hooper
• Paul McKay

1990s

• Neil Howarth
• Graham Lancashire
• John Mullin
• Paul Smith
• Wayne Dowell
• Chris Brass
• John Borland
• Paul Weller
• Colin Carr-Lawton
• Wayne Dowell
• Phil Eastwood
• Ian Duerden
• Carl Smith
• Matthew Heywood
• Chris Scott
• Brad Maylett
• Michael Devenney
• John Williamson

2000s

• Anthony Shandran
• Matthew O'Neill
• Richard Chaplow
• Mark Rasmussen
• Andy Waine
• Ryan Townsend
• Paul Scott
• Joel Pilkington
• Kyle Lafferty
• Chris McCann
• Jay Rodriguez
• Alex MacDonald

2010s

• Michael King
• Wes Fletcher
• Cameron Howieson
• Steven Hewitt
• Shay McCartan
• Joe Jackson
• Aiden O'Neill
• Dwight McNeil

2020s

• Max Thompson
• Bobby Thomas
• Anthony Glennon
• Lewis Richardson
• Owen Dodgson
• Dara Costelloe
• Joe Bauress
• Will Hugill

Notes

1. Burnley won both the 1892–93 and 1893–94 seasons with unbeaten records, scoring 112 goals in 22 matches in the former and 119 in 18 games in the latter. ^[5]
2. The club generally fielded its first team in the competition until the mid-1990s. ^[6]
3. Held in Düsseldorf, West Germany, ^[7] Burnley defeated Fortuna Düsseldorf (3–1), 1. FC Köln (3–0), and Inter Milan (1–0) to reach the final, where they beat Barcelona 2–1. ^{[8] [9]}
4. Held in Marl, West Germany, Burnley beat Ajax, Auswahl Marl, and Juventus to reach the final, in which they lost to Red Star Belgrade. ^{[10] [11]}
5. Held at Sunderland's training ground in Washington (County Durham), with the final at Roker Park, it was the first international under-19 club tournament held in England. In the group stage, Burnley defeated Sheffield United and Kickers Offenbach (West Germany), and drew with Standard Liège (Belgium). The team qualified for the final, where they defeated Sunderland 1–0, with Leighton James scoring the only goal. ^{[12] [13]}

References

1. "Under 21". Burnley F.C. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
2. "Under 18". Burnley F.C. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
3. Rundle, Richard. "Burnley Reserves". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
4. Rundle, Richard. "Burnley "A"". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
5. Simpson, Ray (2007). The Clarets Chronicles: The Definitive History of Burnley Football Club 1882–2007. Burnley F.C. pp. 562–566. ISBN   978-0955746802.
6. Simpson (2007), pp. 509–510
7. "Free transfers for five young Clarets". Lancashire Telegraph. 26 May 1966. p. 16.
8. Simpson (2007), p. 317
9. "Witton sign a centre half". Liverpool Daily Post. 23 July 1966. p. 15.
10. Simpson (2007), p. 313
11. "Young stars of Europe are looking for goals now!" Lancashire Telegraph. 3 July 1965. p. 13.
12. Simpson (2007), p. 341
13. "Great team show wins tournament: 5 Nations under-19 youth tournament". Burnley Civic Trust Heritage Image Collection. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
14. Scholes, Tony (8 November 2016). "Burnley FC Youth Academy Graduates". UpTheClarets. Retrieved 22 March 2019.

External links

• Official Burnley F.C. website

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