Everton F.C. Reserves and Academy

Everton Under-21s, the youth team of Everton, compete in Premier League 2 and play their home matches at Walton Hall Park.

Both the Under-21 and Development squad players have been based at their Finch Farm training complex since its completion in 2007.

Players

As of 9 June 2025 ^[1]

Under-21 squad

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   NIR Fraser Barnsley — GK   ENG George Pickford — DF   ENG Bradley Moonan — DF   ENG Eli Campbell — DF   ENG Odin Samuels-Smith — DF   ENG Reece Welch — DF   ENG Roman Dixon — DF   ENG William Tamen — MF   ENG Callum Bates — MF   GAM Francis Gomez

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   ENG Isaac Heath — MF   NIR Jack Patterson — MF   ENG Jenson Metcalfe — MF   ENG Tyler Onyango — FW   GER Coby Ebere — FW   ENG Francis Okoronkwo — FW   ENG Jacob Beaumont-Clark — FW   GHA Kingsford Boakye — FW   NED Martin Sherif — FW   WAL Omari Benjamin

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

Development squad

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 Adam Seve Patrick — GK   ENG Douglass Lukjanciks — GK   ENG Goodness Gospel-Eze — DF   WAL Aled Thomas — DF   ENG Freddie Freedman — DF   ENG George Finney — DF   ENG Harvey Billington — DF   ENG Joshua van Schoor — DF   ENG Lewis Evans — DF   ENG Louis Poland — DF   ENG Luca Davis — DF   ENG Rocco Lambert — MF   ENG Demi Akarakiri — MF   ENG Harvey Foster

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   ENG Joel Catesby — MF   ENG Jonathan Nsangou — MF   ENG Justin Clarke — MF   WAL Luis Gardner — MF   ENG Malik Olayiwola — MF   ENG Melvin Matos — MF   ENG Ray Robert — FW   ENG Amari Moses — FW   NIR Braiden Graham — FW   SCO Ceiran Loney — FW   SCO Charlie Stewart — FW   ENG Kean Wren — FW   WAL George Morgan

Player of the season

• Victor Anichebe (2006)
• John Irving (2007)
• John Irving (2008)
• Kieran Agard (2009)
• Shane Duffy (2010)
• Jose Baxter (2011)
• Adam Forshaw (2012)
• — (2013)
• Tyias Browning (2014)
• Brendan Galloway (2015)
• Joe Williams (2016)
• Jonjoe Kenny (2017)
• Morgan Feeney (2018)
• Nathan Broadhead (2019)
• Anthony Gordon (2020)
• Ryan Astley (2021)
• — (2022)
• — (2023)
• — (2024)
• — (2025)

Academy staff

Position	Name
Operations Manager	Dan Manning
Director of Academy	Gareth Prosser
Head of Coaching	Carl Darlington
Professional Development Coach	Leighton Baines

Remaining academy staff:

• Lead Coaches: Paul Bennett, Tom Kearney, Paul Tait
• Coaching Team: Peter Cavanagh, Phil Jevons, Colin Littlejohns, John Miles, Kevin O'Brien, Joe Peterson, Scott Phelan, Tom Gardner, Andy Cowley, Ross Morrison
• Sports Science & Medicine: John McKeown, Peter Beirne, Lewis Charnock, Nick Coleman, Jack Dowling, Dan Carney, Josh Jeffery, Matthew Lowe, Leah McCready
• Recruitment: Sam Bailey, Michael Cribley, Paul Johnson, Darren Kearns, Ian Lavery, Ray Redmond, Nicola Woods.
• Education & Welfare: Chris Adamson, Phil McQuaid, Darren Murphy
• Operations: Daniel Manning, Sean Farrington, Vincent Fieldstead, Rob How, John King, Daniel Manning, Danny Webb, Sean McClure, Keith Loyden
• Analytics and Strategic Planning: Owen O’Connor

Awards and honours

• Premier League 2 :
  • Winners (2): 2016–17, 2018–19
• Premier League Cup :
  • Winners (1): 2019
• Lancashire Senior Cup :
  • Winners (7): 1894, 1897, 1910, 1935, 1940, 1964, 2016
• Liverpool Senior Cup :
  • Winners (40): 1884, 1886, 1887, 1890, 1891, 1892, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1904, 1906, 1908, 1911, 1914, 1919, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1926, 1928, 1938, 1940, 1945, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1983, 1996, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2016
  • Joint Winners (6): 1910, 1912, 1934, 1936, 1958, 1982
• SuperCupNI :
  • Winners (7): 1995 (Junior), 2002 (Junior), 2008 (Junior), 2009 (Junior), 2011 (Junior), 2013 (Junior), 2016 (Elite)
  • Runners-up (3): 1999 (Junior), 2004 (Junior), 2012 (Junior)
• U18 Premier League :
  • Winners (1): 2014
• Future Champions Tournament :
  • Runners-up (3): 2013
• Premier Academy League :
  • Winners (1): 2011
• FA Youth Cup :
  • Winners (3): 1965, 1984, 1998
  • Runners-up (4): 1961, 1977, 1983, 2002
• The Central League :
  • Winners (4): 1914, 1938, 1954, 1968
• CEE Cup
  • Winners (1): 2017

References

1. "Teams". Everton FC. Retrieved 9 June 2025.

External links

• The Everton Way – Everton Academy Online
• Everton Shareholds Association – Tour of Finch Farm
• The School of Science
• Information about the academy from ToffeeWeb
• Discussions about the youth teams, results and the future stars from ToffeeTalk
• PitchCare Magazine Article Archived 15 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
• Dr Pepper Dallas Cup® XXXIII: April 1 – 8, 2012 Archived 4 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine
• 2011 NI Milk Cup
• Premier Academy Youth League Champions