Full name | Ipswich Town Football Club Under-21s and Academy | |||
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Nickname(s) | The Tractor Boys | |||
Ground | Ipswich Town Football Club Training Centre, Playford Road, Ipswich Portman Road | |||
Capacity | 1,000 (Playford Road) 29,673 (Portman Road) | |||
Owner | Gamechanger 20 Ltd. | |||
Chairman | Mike O'Leary | |||
Manager | John McGreal (U21s) Olly Lee (U18s) | |||
League | Professional Development League 2 (South Division) | |||
Ipswich Town Football Club currently runs a Category Two Academy, with a five-year plan to improve to Category One, which is run by Bryan Klug. [1] The youth teams play their home games at the Ipswich Town Training Centre at Playford Road in Ipswich, Suffolk, while some home games are played at Portman Road. [2]
Some of Ipswich's greatest ever players have come through the club's youth system since the 1960s, including Roger Osborne, Mick Mills, Kevin Beattie, Russell Osman, George Burley, John Wark, Terry Butcher and Jason Dozzell. [3] The academy was also very successful during the 1990s, producing a number of first-team players including Richard Wright, Titus Bramble, James Scowcroft and Kieron Dyer. [4] In more recent years, the academy has produced more young players going onto the main team including Connor Wickham, Jordan Rhodes, Luke Woolfenden, Flynn Downes and Andre Dozzell, who like his father Jason Dozzell, scored on his debut at the age of 16. [5] [6]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Position | Name |
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Head of Coaching & Player Development | Bryan Klug |
Under-21 Head Coach | John McGreal |
Under-18 Head Coach | Olly Lee |
Academy Manager | Dean Wright |
Head of Academy Goalkeeping | Carl Pentney |
Head of Foundation Phase | Simon Tricker |
Head of Academy Recruitment | Alex Kaufman |
Head of Academy Performance Analysis | Adam Cuthbert |
Senior Academy Physiotherapist | Jack Wilce |
Head of Academy Sports Science | Nathan Griffith |
Academy Sports Therapist | Paul Barnes |
Lead Strength & Conditioning Coach | Harry Jell |
Academy Strength & Conditioning Coach | Calum Daley |
The following is a list of players who have played in the Ipswich Town youth system and gone on to make 3 or more senior appearances at Championship level or above or the top league of that country. Players who are currently playing for the club are highlighted in bold. Players who never made a senior appearance for the club are in italics.
Dale Roberts Academy Player of the Year | ||
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Year | Name | Ref |
2001–02 | Will Snowdon | [9] |
2002–03 | Darren Bent | [10] |
2003–04 | Dean Bowditch | [11] |
2004–05 | Billy Clarke | [12] |
2005–06 | Chris Casement | [13] |
2006–07 | Tommy Smith | [14] |
2007–08 | Jordan Rhodes | [15] |
2008–09 | Connor Wickham | [16] |
2009–10 | Tom Eastman | [17] |
2010–11 | Josh Carson | [18] |
2011–12 | Gunnar Thorsteinsson | [19] |
2012–13 | Jack Marriott | [20] |
2013–14 | Kyle Hammond | [21] |
2014–15 | Teddy Bishop | [22] |
2015–16 | Andre Dozzell | [23] |
2016–17 | Tristan Nydam | [24] |
2017–18 | Flynn Downes | [25] |
2018–19 | Jack Lankester | [26] |
2019–20 | Not awarded [nb 1] | [27] |
2020–21 | Not awarded | |
2021–22 | Cameron Humphreys | [28] |
2022–23 | Edwin Agbaje | [29] |
2023–24 | Fin Barbrook | [30] |
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