Charlton Athletic F.C. Under-23s and Academy

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Charlton Athletic Under 21s
Charlton Athletic.svg
Full nameCharlton Athletic Football Club
(Under-21 Development Squad and Academy)
Nickname(s)The Addicks
Founded 1905 (reserves)
1998 (academy)
GroundSparrows Lane,
New Eltham, London
League Professional Development League 2 (South Division)

The Charlton Athletic Academy refers to the teams and players in the youth system of English professional football club Charlton Athletic; they play the majority of their home games at the club's training ground in New Eltham, London.

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The Under-21 Development side consists mainly of Charlton's academy players who are aiming to break into the first team squad and in the near future, while senior players occasionally play when returning from injury. The current senior professional development coach for the under-21 squad is Chris Lock. They compete in the Professional Development League, League 2; the club's Under-18 team plays in the same category of the lower age group.

Reserve team history

From 1999 until 2007, Charlton Reserves were members of the FA Premier Reserve League Southern; however, due to the relegation of the first team at the end of the 2006/2007 season from the Premier League to the Football League Championship, they were demoted to the Football Combination Central where they played against other Football League reserve teams and successful Football Conference reserve sides. At the end of the 2008–09 season the first team were again relegated to Football League One and the reserve side was dissolved as a competitive team.

Under Glynn Snodin

In 1999 the team joined the FA Premier Reserve League Southern. Led by reserve-team coach Glynn Snodin had relative success in their first season, finishing 2nd, however in comparison the next three seasons were disappointing as the club finished 8th, 7th & 7th respectively. After this however things picked up, and Charlton became unexpected winners of the league in 2003/2004, and this was then followed by a second success at the Charlton team won the division again in 2004/2005, just a season later. This was followed by another good season, seeing the Addicks finish fourth, however popular reserve-team coach Snodin left to join Southampton as first-team coach. [1] Snodin was replaced by Mark Robson for the remainder; however, this was short-lived as Charlton faced a managerial re-shuffle after the resignation of Alan Curbishley, Mervyn Day and Keith Peacock.

Under Mark Kinsella

With the installation of Iain Dowie as head-coach, Robson was moved to development coach, working with both the Reserve & First Team sides, however after Dowie was fired he was named assistant head-coach, under Les Reed. Mark Kinsella replaced Robson as development coach until this hiring of current club manager Alan Pardew when Kinsella was moved to reserve-team coach. [2] Despite a hectic season the team still managed to finish 6th, however due to the relegation of the first-team the club were demoted to the Football Combination Central where after spending much of the season top of the table were pipped to the post by Southampton Reserves on the last game of the season. [3]

In 2008 Mark Kinsella moved to a more senior role within the first team under Caretaker manager Phil Parkinson while the club sought after a replacement for Alan Pardew, who parted company with the club 22 November 2008. He was replaced by the club's U18 Youth Coach, Damian Matthew, for the interim period. [4] When Parkinson assumed the role of first team manager Matthew was designated Development coach, based on the same role Mark Robson had held previously.

In 2009 the reserve team was disbanded as a competitive side. With the relegation of the first team from the Football League Championship to the Football League One it was decided that the team would no longer play in the Football Combination and instead only played a number of friendly matches throughout the season.

Home ground

Stonebridge Road, November 2007 Stonebridge PloughEnd.jpg
Stonebridge Road, November 2007

In the last nine years the reserves had many different stadia. In their first season they played their matches at Welling United's ground, Park View Road, but the stay was short-lived. For the 2000/2001 season the reserve team played their matches at the first-team's ground, The Valley, however when there was a clash in matches the reserve teams would play their games at Park View Road. This system continued until the 2006/2007 season, when the team moved their matches to Gravesend & Northfleet's ground, Stonebridge Road. The reserve team continued to play their games there in the 2007/2008 season, after the change of club name from Gravesend & Northfleet to Ebbsfleet United.

Reserve team managers

NameDatesAchievements
Flag of England.svg Glynn Snodin 2000 – March 2006 Premier Reserve League South Champions (2003–04, 2004–05)
Flag of England.svg Mark Robson (as Development Coach)March 2006 – November 2006
Flag of Ireland.svg Mark Kinsella November 2006 – November 2008 Football Combination Central Runners Up (2007–08)
Flag of England.svg Damian Matthew (as Development Coach)November 2008 — January 2011

Recent reserves seasons

Season by season record (1999–2008) [5]
SeasonCompetitionPWDLFAPtsPos
1999-00 Premier Reserve League Southern 2415275736472/13
2000-01 Premier Reserve League Southern 2486103544308/13
2001-02 Premier Reserve League Southern 2697103741347/14
2002-03 Premier Reserve League Southern 26104124037347/14
2003–04 Premier Reserve League Southern 2817654619571/15
2004–05 Premier Reserve League Southern 2818734621611/15
2005–06 Premier Reserve League Southern 2614483829464/14
2006–07 Premier Reserve League Southern 187472824256/10
2007-08 Football Combination Central 1812433917372/10
2008-09 Football Combination Central 187292525237/10

Under-21s squad

Current squad

As of 11 December 2024 [6]

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
31 GK Flag of England.svg  ENG Lennon MacLorg
35 MF Flag of England.svg  ENG Kai Enslin
37 GK Flag of England.svg  ENG Tommy Reid
38 DF Flag of Fiji.svg  FIJ Josh Laqeretabua
— DF Flag of England.svg  ENG Toby Bower
— DF Flag of England.svg  ENG Keenan Gough
— DF Flag of England.svg  ENG Oliver Hobden
No.Pos.NationPlayer
— DF Flag of England.svg  ENG Mason Hunter
— DF Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Seydil Toure
— MF Flag of England.svg  ENG Aaron Henry
— MF Flag of England.svg  ENG Ryan Huke
— MF Flag of England.svg  ENG Harvey Kedwell
— MF Flag of England.svg  ENG Henry Rylah
— FW Flag of Ireland.svg  IRL Patrick Casey

Academy history

The Charlton Athletic Youth Academy was a development of Charlton's commitment to develop young players, a scheme which started in the early-mid-1990s when there was an explosion of young talent under joint managers Steve Gritt. Notable players such as Scott Minto, Kim Grant, Anthony Barness, Lee Bowyer, Richard Rufus, Linvoy Primus, Shaun Newton, Jermain Defoe, Jlloyd Samuel, Jamie Stuart, Kevin Lisbie, Paul Konchesky and Scott Parker all came through the ranks.

This was followed by the creation of the Youth Academy in 1998, aiming to find the best local, and worldwide talent to bring to Charlton at a young age. Numerous players have gone on to play in the top two tiers of English football, having begun their footballing career at the Charlton Youth Academy, including Carl Jenkinson, Harry Arter, Tareiq Holmes-Dennis, Kasey Palmer, Michael Turner, Robert Elliot, Jonjo Shelvey, Jordan Cousins, Callum Harriott, Darren Randolph, Joe Gomez, Ademola Lookman, Morgan Fox, Dillon Phillips, Ezri Konsa, Karlan Ahearne-Grant, Chris Solly and Harry Lennon. [7]

The Under-18 team play in the U18 Professional Development League 2 however the academy takes boys from the ages of nine upwards.

Valley Gold

The Valley Gold scheme was previously set up to aid Charlton's return to The Valley. When a supporter signs up to the scheme, they now have the opportunity to win up to £15,000 at half-time on home match days, as well as getting £15 off the price of their season ticket and the opportunity to have first priority to away games or high demand home matches.

Since Charlton's return to the Valley in December 1992 the scheme has since used to give financial support to the Charlton Youth Academy, to help nurture Charlton stars of the future. [8]

Under 18s squad

Current squad

As of 11 December 2024 [9]

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
32 MF Flag of England.svg  ENG Alan Mwamba
33 FW Flag of England.svg  ENG Micah Mbick
— GK Flag of England.svg  ENG Finley Woodham
— GK Flag of England.svg  ENG Jude Sadler
— DF Flag of England.svg  ENG Ethan Brown
— DF Flag of England.svg  ENG Ethan Cann
— DF Flag of England.svg  ENG Dionte Davis
— DF Flag of England.svg  ENG Marley Dawkins
— DF Flag of England.svg  ENG Tate Elliott
— DF Flag of England.svg  ENG Joshua Ogunnowo
— DF Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Lanre Olatunji
No.Pos.NationPlayer
— DF Flag of England.svg  ENG Phoenix Valentine
— MF Flag of England.svg  ENG Jack Belton
— MF Flag of England.svg  ENG Ibrahim Fullah
— MF Flag of England.svg  ENG Ellis McMillan
— MF Flag of England.svg  ENG Jacob Safa
— MF Flag of England.svg  ENG Manu Wales
— MF Flag of England.svg  ENG Sam Washington-Amoah
— FW Flag of England.svg  ENG Shia-Lee Burnham
— FW Flag of England.svg  ENG Reuben Reid
— FW Flag of England.svg  ENG Emmanuel Sol-Loza
— FW Flag of England.svg  ENG Bradley Tagoe

Coaching staff

Role [10] Name
Academy Director Flag of England.svg Steve Avory
Academy Manager Flag of England.svg Tom Pell
Head of Coaching (U9-U16) Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Rhys Williams
Senior Professional Development Lead Coach (U21) Flag of England.svg Chris Lock
Senior Professional Development Lead Coach (U18) Flag of England.svg Jason Pearce
Lead Youth Development Phase Coach (U15-16) Flag of England.svg Kieran Culleton
Youth Development Phase Coach (Under 12-14) Flag of England.svg Daniel Gill
Academy Recruitment Manager Flag of England.svg Bert Dawkins
Head of Youth Academy Sports Science Flag of England.svg Alex Brown
Lead Academy Sports Scientist Flag of England.svg William Groom
Academy Physiotherapist Flag of England.svg Ashar Magoba
Performance Analyst (Development Squad) Flag of England.svg Daniel Mahony
Academy Performance Analyst Flag of England.svg Tidjane Balde
Kit Assistant Flag of England.svg Sam Perre

Notable players

National Team Caps

Other academy graduates

Honours

Reserve team/Under-23s

CompetitionAchievementYear
Premier Reserve League South Champions2003-04
Premier Reserve League South Champions2004-05
Football Combination Central Runners-Up2007-08
Professional Development League 2 National Champions 2013

Youth

CompetitionAchievementYear
FA Youth Cup Finalists 1987
Professional Development League 2 National Champions 2015
Professional Development League 2 National Champions 2016

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  2. ↑ "New contract for Kinsella". cafc.co.uk. Retrieved 2 December 2008.[ permanent dead link ]
  3. ↑ "Football Combination Central 2007/2008 Final Table". theFA.com. Archived from the original on 21 June 2008. Retrieved 18 March 2008.
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  5. ↑ "Charlton Athletic F.C. Reserves History". fchd.info. Retrieved 6 August 2008.
  6. ↑ "U21s : CAFC". cafc.co.uk. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  7. ↑ Charlton Athletic Youth Academy Archived 8 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ↑ Charlton Athletic Valley Gold Archived 27 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ↑ "U18s : CAFC". cafc.co.uk. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  10. ↑ "Coaching Team". Charlton Athletic FC. 3 April 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
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