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
Capacity1,000/52,305/10,200
Owner Public Investment Fund (85%)
RB Sports & Media (15%)
ManagerUnder-21s: vacant
Under-18s: Chris Moore
LeagueUnder-21s: Premier League 2
Under-18s: U18 Premier League, North
2024–25Under-21s: 9th
Under-18s: 5th
Website www.nufc.co.uk

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

Under–21 players

The players below are in the Under–21 age group; these are players born on or after 1 January 2004 for the 2025/26 season and usually have professional contracts (unless stated):

As of 18 Jun 2025
Under–21 players
NationalitySquad NumberPlayerDate of BirthPositionInternational CapsPrevious ClubJoined Club
Flag of England.svg 31 Max Thompson [2] [3] 1 August 2004 (age 20)GK Flag of England.svg Capped at Under-18 level
Flag of Australia (converted).svg 32 Garang Kuol [4] 15 September 2004 (age 20)FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg Capped at senior level Central Coast Mariners 2023
Flag of England.svg 46Ciaran Thompson [5] 17 October 2004 (age 20)DF
Flag of England.svg 44 Ben Parkinson [5] 10 March 2005 (age 20)FW
Flag of Ireland.svg 43 Cathal Heffernan [6] 27 April 2005 (age 20)DF Flag of Ireland.svg Capped at Under 19 level AC Milan 2023
Flag of Scotland.svg 47 Charlie McArthur [7] 12 May 2005 (age 20)DF Flag of Scotland.svg Capped at Under-19 level Kilmarnock 2022
Flag of Serbia.svg Miodrag Pivaš [8] 17 May 2005 (age 20)DF Flag of Serbia.svg Capped at Under-17 level Jedinstvo Ub 2024
Flag of England.svg 55Darren Palmer [9] 24 September 2005 (age 19)MF
Flag of Norway.svg 49 Travis Hernes [10] 4 November 2005 (age 19)MF Flag of Norway.svg Capped at Under-20 level Shrewsbury Town 2023
Flag of Spain.svg 58Mo Sedibeh [11] [12] 26 November 2005 (age 19)MF Bradford City 2024
Flag of England.svg 48Alfie Harrison [13] 28 November 2005 (age 19)MF Manchester City 2024
Flag of England.svg 53Johnny Emerson [9] 30 November 2005 (age 19)MF Flag of Scotland.svg Capped at Under-19 level
Flag of England.svg 41James Taylor [11] [14] 11 January 2006 (age 19)GK Hemel Hempstead 2024
Flag of England.svg 50Scott Bailey [9] 22 January 2006 (age 19)MF
Flag of England.svg 51Dylan Charlton [9] 2 July 2006 (age 18)DF
Flag of England.svg 69Anthony Munda [9] 8 September 2006 (age 18)MF Flag of England.svg Capped at Under-18 level
Flag of England.svg 68Fraser Harper [11] [15] 2 October 2006 (age 18)MF Wolverhampton Wanderers 2024
Flag of England.svg 74Adam Harrison [9] 20 October 2006 (age 18)GK
Flag of England.svg 71Thomas Bryant [a] 11 December 2006 (age 18)DF
Flag of England.svg 73Aidan Harris [9] 16 December 2006 (age 18)GK
Flag of Turkey.svg 61Baran Yıldız [11] [17] 2 January 2007 (age 18)MF Gençlerbirliği 2025
Flag of England.svg 79Logan Watts [16] 22 January 2007 (age 18)DF
Flag of Ireland.svg 60Kyle Fitzgerald [18] 28 January 2007 (age 18)FW Flag of Ireland.svg Capped at Under-18 level Galway United 2025
Flag of England.svg 76Leo Shahar [16] 18 March 2007 (age 18)DF Flag of England.svg Capped at Under-18 level Wolverhampton Wanderers 2023
Flag of England.svg 70Joe Brayson [16] 21 April 2007 (age 18)FW
Flag of England.svg 75 Trevan Sanusi [16] 25 April 2007 (age 18)FW Flag of England.svg Capped at Under-18 level Birmingham City 2023
Flag of England.svg 78Sean Neave [16] 27 May 2007 (age 18)FW Flag of England.svg Capped at Under-18 level
Flag of England.svg 72Luke Craggs [16] 14 July 2007 (age 17)DF
Future players
NationalitySquad NumberPlayerDate of BirthPositionInternational CapsPrevious ClubJoined Club
Flag of Spain.svg Antonio Cordero [b] 14 November 2006 (age 18)MF Flag of Spain.svg Capped at Under-19 level Málaga 2025
Flag of Georgia.svg Vakhtang Salia [c] 30 August 2007 (age 17)FW Flag of Georgia.svg Capped at Under-21 level Dinamo Tbilisi 2025

Notes

  1. Thomas Bryant has a third year scholarship contract. [16]
  2. Antonio Cordero will join from Málaga on 1 July 2025. [19]
  3. Vakhtang Salia will join from Dinamo Tbilisi on 30 August 2025. [20]

Under–18 players

The players below are in the Under–18 age group; these are players born between 1 September 2007 and 30 August 2008 for the 2025/26 season and have second year academy contracts:

Under–18 players
NationalitySquad NumberPlayerDate of BirthPositionInternational CapsPrevious ClubJoined Club
Flag of England.svg 81Guy Bloomer [21] 13 September 2007 (age 17)DF
Flag of England.svg 88Alex O'Donovan [21] 3 October 2007 (age 17)MF
Flag of England.svg 95Kayden Lucas [21] 30 October 2007 (age 17)FW Clevedon Town 2024
Flag of England.svg 94Ezra Tika-Lemba [21] 7 November 2007 (age 17)MF West Ham United 2024
Flag of Libya.svg 91Mo Waddani [21] 7 November 2007 (age 17)MF Flag of Libya.svg Capped at Under-20 level
Flag of England.svg 82Jude Cogdon [21] 19 December 2007 (age 17)MF
Flag of England.svg 86Henry Johnson [21] 1 January 2008 (age 17)DF
Flag of England.svg 84Jake Durrant [21] 4 February 2008 (age 17)DF
Flag of Ireland.svg 89 Rory Finneran [11] [22] 29 February 2008 (age 17)MF Flag of Ireland.svg Capped at Under-17 level Blackburn Rovers 2024
Flag of England.svg 90Matty Taylor [21] 31 March 2008 (age 17)MF
Flag of England.svg 92Kacey Wooster [21] 4 April 2008 (age 17)FW Southend United 2023
Flag of England.svg 93Aaron Epia [21] 7 April 2008 (age 17)DF Everton 2024
Flag of England.svg 87Tyler Jones [21] 18 April 2008 (age 17)GK
Flag of England.svg 80Will Anderson [21] 15 July 2008 (age 16)GK
Flag of England.svg 85Matheos Ferreira [21] 2 August 2008 (age 16)MF

The players below are in the Under–17 age group; these are players born between 1 September 2008 and 30 August 2009 for the 2025/26 season and have first year academy contracts:

Under–17 players
NationalitySquad NumberPlayerDate of BirthPositionInternational CapsPrevious ClubJoined Club
Flag of England.svg Michael Mills [16] 18 February 2009 (age 16)FW Flag of England.svg Capped at Under-16 level Port Vale 2023
Flag of England.svg Sam Alabi [16] 9 July 2009 (age 15)MF Flag of England.svg Capped at Under-16 level Oldham Athletic 2023
Flag of England.svg Sammy Pinnington [16] FW Luton Town 2023

The players below are below the Under–17 age group, but already played at Under–18 level; these are players born after 1 September 2009 for the 2025/26 season:

Under–16 players
NationalitySquad NumberPlayerDate of BirthPositionInternational CapsPrevious ClubJoined Club
Flag of England.svg George Mair [23] 28 September 2009 (age 15)GK Flag of England.svg Capped at Under-16 level
Flag of England.svg Roman Dowell [24] 3 December 2009 (age 15)GK
Flag of England.svg Lesecond Yeutembip [25] 1 January 2010 (age 15)DF Flag of England.svg Capped at Under-15 level Charlton Athletic 2024

Former players

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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