Newcastle United F.C. Reserves and Academy

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Newcastle United Reserves and Academy
Newcastle United Logo.svg
Full nameNewcastle United F.C. Reserves and Academy
Nickname(s)The Magpies
Founded1892
GroundUnder-21s: Whitley Park/St James' Park/Kingston Park
Capacity1,000/52,305/10,200
Owner Public Investment Fund (80%)
RB Sports & Media (10%)
PCP Capital Partners (10%)
ManagerUnder-21s: Ben Dawson
Under-18s: Graeme Carrick
LeagueUnder-21s: Premier League 2, Division 2
Under-18s: Premier League U18, North
2021-22Under-21s: 8th
Under-18s: 14th
Website Club website

Newcastle United F.C. Reserves and Academy are the reserve and academy teams for the Premier League club Newcastle United.

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Under-21

The Under-21 team plays in the Premier League 2, Division 2. It also participates in the Northumberland Senior Cup each season. Newcastle Under-21 play their home games at Whitley Park, the former home ground of West Allotment Celtic, and also at the first team stadium St James' Park. In previous seasons the team has also played at Gateshead International Stadium, the home ground of Gateshead, and Kingston Park, the home ground of Newcastle Falcons.

Honours

League Winners
Cups Winners

Under-18

The Under-18 team plays in the Premier League U18, North and is only for players 18 and below.

Home games are played at the academy base at Little Benton, located to the immediate south of Newcastle United's training ground, Darsley Park. FA Youth Cup home games are usually played at St James' Park.

As an ambitious club with aspirations of European football, the objective of Newcastle's academy is to develop players and their football-playing abilities to their fullest potential, so that these players might someday contribute to Newcastle's success on the pitch. This is made possible by guaranteeing the best training, education and management to the region's most promising players.

Honours

League Winners
Cup Winners

Players

Current players

As of 28 June 2023

The current Newcastle United Under-21 and Under-18 players are: [2] [3]

Under-21 professionals
NationalitySquad NumberPlayerDate of BirthPositionInternational CapsPrevious ClubJoined Club
Flag of England.svg 35Will Brown10 January 2002 (age 22)GK
Flag of England.svg 50 Matthew Bondswell (at Newport County for 2023–24 season)18 April 2002 (age 21)DF Flag of England.svg Capped at Under-18 level RB Leipzig 2021
Flag of England.svg 37Nathan Carlyon14 September 2002 (age 21)MF
Flag of England.svg 40 Joe White 1 October 2002 (age 21)MF Flag of England.svg Capped at Under-18 level
Flag of Scotland.svg 34 Lucas De Bolle 22 October 2002 (age 21)MF Flag of Scotland.svg Capped at Under-21 level
Flag of England.svg 43 Dylan Stephenson 10 December 2002 (age 21)FW
Flag of England.svg 49 Amadou Diallo 15 February 2003 (age 20)MF Flag of England.svg Capped at Under-17 level West Ham United 2022
Flag of Scotland.svg 41Jude Smith29 May 2003 (age 20)GK Flag of Scotland.svg Capped at Under-21 level East Fife 2022
Flag of England.svg 55Michael Ndiweni2 December 2003 (age 20)FW
Flag of England.svg 52 Jay Turner-Cooke 31 December 2003 (age 20)MF Sunderland 2021
Flag of England.svg 47Jamie Miley14 January 2004 (age 20)MF
Flag of England.svg 53Jordan Hackett20 February 2004 (age 19)DF
Flag of England.svg 58James Huntley2 March 2004 (age 19)MF
Flag of Ireland.svg 54 Alex Murphy 25 June 2004 (age 19)DF Flag of Ireland.svg Capped at Under-19 level Galway United 2022
Flag of England.svg 57Kyle Crossley24 July 2004 (age 19)FW
Flag of England.svg 51 Max Thompson 1 August 2004 (age 19)GK Flag of England.svg Capped at Under-18 level
Flag of England.svg 65Ciaran Thompson17 October 2004 (age 19)DF
Flag of Ireland.svg 60Reece Byrne20 November 2004 (age 19)GK Flag of Ireland.svg Capped at Under-19 level Bohemians 2023
Flag of England.svg 64Ellis Stanton19 February 2005 (age 18)MF
Flag of England.svg 63 Ben Parkinson 10 March 2005 (age 18)MF
Flag of Ireland.svg 50 Cathal Heffernan 27 April 2005 (age 18)DF Flag of Ireland.svg Capped at Under 19 level AC Milan 2023
Flag of Scotland.svg 66Charlie McArthur12 May 2005 (age 18)DF Flag of Scotland.svg Capped at Under-19 level Kilmarnock 2022
Flag of England.svg 61Shaun Mavdidi13 August 2005 (age 18)FW
Flag of Norway.svg 90 Travis Hernes 4 November 2005 (age 18)MF Flag of Norway.svg Capped at Under-17 level Shrewsbury Town 2023
Academy players
NationalitySquad NumberPlayerDate of BirthPositionInternational CapsPrevious ClubJoined Club
Flag of England.svg 78Darren Palmer24 September 2005 (age 18)MF
Flag of England.svg 73Josh Donaldson25 September 2005 (age 18)FW
Flag of England.svg 74Johnny Emerson30 November 2005 (age 18)MF
Flag of England.svg 77Carter Milmore19 November 2005 (age 18)DF
Flag of England.svg 79Harry Powell31 December 2005 (age 18)DF
Flag of England.svg 80Rory Powell31 December 2005 (age 18)DF
Flag of England.svg 71Scott Bailey22 January 2006 (age 18)MF
Flag of England.svg 72Dylan Charlton2 July 2006 (age 17)DF
Flag of England.svg 87Anthony Munda8 September 2006 (age 17)MF Flag of England.svg Capped at Under-18 level
Flag of England.svg 83Luke Craggs16 December 2006 (age 17)MF
Flag of England.svg 84Aidan Harris16 December 2006 (age 17)GK
Flag of England.svg 86Leo Shahar18 March 2007 (age 16)DF Flag of England.svg Capped at Under-17 level Wolverhampton Wanderers
Flag of England.svg 70Trevan Sanusi25 April 2007 (age 16)FW Flag of England.svg Capped at Under-17 level Birmingham City
Flag of England.svg 88Sean Neave27 May 2007 (age 16)FW Flag of England.svg Capped at Under-17 level

Notes

    Notable Academy and Youth Team players

    The following is a list of players who have played in the Newcastle United youth team and represented a country (not necessarily their country of birth) at full international level. Players who are currently playing at Newcastle United, or for another club on loan from Newcastle United, are highlighted in bold.

    Awards

    'Wor Jackie' Award

    Awarded to the best young player of the year, named after legendary local player Jackie Milburn.

    Jack Hixon Award

    Named after Jack Hixon, a local scout who found several North-East youngsters who went on to become Professional Footballers.

    Manchester United Premier Cup's Most Valuable Player

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