Doncaster Rovers F.C. Academy

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Doncaster Rovers Academy
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Full nameDoncaster Rovers Football Club Academy
Nickname(s)The Rovers
Donny
The Vikings
GroundCantley Park
Manager Tony Cook
League Football League Youth Alliance, North East Conference

Doncaster Rovers Academy is the youth team run by Doncaster Rovers to encourage and develop young footballers in South Yorkshire.

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The youth team runs 9 teams and has over 100 players from the ages of 8 to 17. Tony Cook is the current academy manager and was promoted to this position in January 2019 after initially joined the club as head of academy coaching in September 2017. The academy team plays in the Football League Youth Alliance, North East Conference and is only for players below the age of 18. Home games are played at the club's training ground at Cantley Park.

The role of the Doncaster Rovers Academy is to develop players and their abilities to their full potential for the club's first team. Rovers youth team were runners-up of the FA Youth Cup in 1988 [1] and the winners of the Youth Alliance Cup in 2012. [2] The youth system currently has Category 3 status but with future plans to achieve Category 2 status Academy in the Elite Player Performance Plan which would make Doncaster one of the few teams outside the Premier League with Category 2 status. [3]

Current squad

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
— GK Flag of England.svg  ENG Tom Chambers
41 GK Flag of England.svg  ENG Jake Oram
34 DF Flag of England.svg  ENG Jak Whiting
39 DF Flag of England.svg  ENG Alex Fletcher
28 DF Flag of England.svg  ENG Bobby Faulkner
36 DF Flag of England.svg  ENG Charlie Petch
— DF Flag of England.svg  ENG Freddie Allen
— DF Flag of England.svg  ENG Chris Pooley
— MF Flag of England.svg  ENG Will Green
40 MF Flag of England.svg  ENG Faris Khan
No.Pos.NationPlayer
37 MF Flag of England.svg  ENG Jack Raper
— MF Flag of England.svg  ENG Joshua Lindley
— MF Flag of England.svg  ENG Justin Bennett
— MF Flag of England.svg  ENG Harry Wood
38 MF Flag of England.svg  ENG Will Flint
42 MF Flag of England.svg  ENG Sam Straughan-Brown
— FW Flag of England.svg  ENG Ethan Harrison
35 FW Flag of England.svg  ENG Jack Goodman (on loan at Stamford until 25 January 2023)
— FW Flag of England.svg  ENG Tom Parkinson
— FW Flag of England.svg  ENG Owen Scattergood
— FW Flag of England.svg  ENG Max Adamson
— MF Flag of England.svg  ENG Franklin Middleton

Players listed in bold have signed a professional deal with Doncaster Rovers but are still eligible to play for the U18's.

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Staff

RoleName
Academy Manager Tony Cook
Head of Academy OperationsCalum Oakenfold
Head of Coaching Steve Welsh
Lead Youth Development Coach - 13 – 16 Frank Sinclair
Foundation Lead Coach - 7 -12Adam Pilgrim
Head of GoalkeepingSteve Hernandez

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Age Groups

There are currently 9 squads at the Academy.

Notable Academy Graduates

The following are players from Doncaster's academy team past or present who have gone on to play in the top 2 tiers of the Football League, or the top tier in another country with prominent national leagues.

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References

  1. ↑ "FA Youth Cup Past Winners". Archived from the original on 3 April 2015.
  2. ↑ "ITV/FA Youth Final".
  3. ↑ "Special report: All systems go with Rovers' youth remit - Ben Mawson".
  4. ↑ "Academy Profiles" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 October 2014.
  5. ↑ "Doncaster Rovers Academy Staff".
  6. ↑ "Doncaster Rovers/Darius Henderson". YouTube. 27 July 2008. Retrieved 13 August 2012.

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