Everton F.C. Under-21s 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 1 September 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 48 DF   ENG William Tamen 49 FW   WAL Omari Benjamin 50 GK   ENG George Pickford 51 FW   GHA Kingsford Boakye 55 DF   ENG George Finney 57 FW   ENG Justin Clarke 58 FW   NIR Braiden Graham 59 DF   ENG Luca Davis 64 DF   ENG Reece Welch 72 DF   ENG Bradley Moonan 73 DF   ENG Elijah Campbell 75 DF   ENG Roman Dixon

No. Pos. Nation Player 77 DF   ENG Odin Samuels-Smith 78 DF   ENG Joshua van Schoor 80 FW   ENG Joel Catesby 81 MF   ENG Harvey Foster 82 MF   GAM Francis Gomez 84 FW   GER Coby Ebere 85 MF   NIR Jack Patterson 87 FW   WAL George Morgan 90 DF   WAL Aled Thomas 91 FW   ENG Jacob Beaumont-Clark 92 MF   ENG Callum Bates

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 47 GK   ENG Fraser Barnsley(at Marine until 30 June 2026) 62 MF   ENG Tyler Onyango (at Stockport County until 30 June 2026) 67 FW   NED Martin Sherif (at Rotherham United until 30 June 2026)

No. Pos. Nation Player 83 FW   ENG Isaac Heath (at Accrington Stanley until 30 June 2026) 88 FW   ENG Francis Okoronkwo (at Lincoln City until 30 June 2026)

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 52 GK   ENG Douglass Lukjanciks 60 DF   ENG Rocco Lambert 61 MF   WAL Luis Gardner 68 FW   SCO Ceiran Loney 70 FW   SCO Charlie Stewart 71 FW   ENG Kean Wren 79 GK   ENG Seve Patrick 86 MF   ENG Melvin Matos 89 DF   ENG Louis Poland — DF   ENG Freddie Freedman

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF   ENG Harvey Billington — DF   ENG John Dodds — DF   ENG Lewis Evans — DF   ENG Reuben Gokah — MF   ENG Amari Moses — MF   ENG Demi Akarakiri — MF   NIR Freddie Murdock — MF   ENG Malik Olayiwola — FW   ENG Ray Robert — FW   ENG Shea Pita

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 74 GK   ENG Goodness Gospel-Eze(at Burscough until 30 June 2026)

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 (41): 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, 2025
  • 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 29 August 2025.

External links

• The Everton Way – Everton Academy Online (archived)
• Everton Shareholds Association – Tour of Finch Farm (archived)
• 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