Newcastle United F.C. Under-21s 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. Under-21s and Academy are the reserve and academy teams for the Premier League club Newcastle United.

Contents

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 1 Sep 2025
Under–21 players
NationalitySquad NumberPlayerDate of BirthPositionInternational CapsPrevious ClubJoined Club
Flag of England.svg 31 Max Thompson [2] [3] 1 August 2004 (age 21)GK Flag of England.svg Capped at Under-18 level
Flag of England.svg 42Ciaran Thompson [4] 17 October 2004 (age 20)DF
Flag of England.svg 40 Ben Parkinson [4] 10 March 2005 (age 20)FW
Flag of Ireland.svg 38 Cathal Heffernan [5] 27 April 2005 (age 20)DF Flag of Ireland.svg Capped at Under 19 level AC Milan 2023
Flag of Scotland.svg 43 Charlie McArthur [6] 12 May 2005 (age 20)DF Flag of Scotland.svg Capped at Under-19 level Kilmarnock 2022
Flag of Serbia.svg 65 Miodrag Pivaš [7] 17 May 2005 (age 20)DF Flag of Serbia.svg Capped at Under-17 level Jedinstvo Ub 2024
Flag of England.svg 49Darren Palmer [8] 24 September 2005 (age 19)MF
Flag of England.svg 44Alfie Harrison [9] 28 November 2005 (age 19)MF Manchester City 2024
Flag of England.svg 48Johnny Emerson [8] 30 November 2005 (age 19)MF Flag of Scotland.svg Capped at Under-19 level
Flag of England.svg 35James Taylor [10] [11] 11 January 2006 (age 19)GK Hemel Hempstead 2024
Flag of England.svg 46Scott Bailey [8] 22 January 2006 (age 19)MF
Flag of England.svg 47Dylan Charlton [8] 2 July 2006 (age 19)DF
Flag of England.svg 54Anthony Munda [8] 8 September 2006 (age 18)MF Flag of England.svg Capped at Under-18 level
Flag of England.svg 53Fraser Harper [10] [12] 2 October 2006 (age 18)MF Wolverhampton Wanderers 2024
Flag of England.svg 59Adam Harrison [8] 20 October 2006 (age 18)GK
Flag of England.svg 56Thomas Bryant [a] 11 December 2006 (age 18)DF
Flag of Turkey.svg 52Baran Yıldız [10] [14] 2 January 2007 (age 18)MF Gençlerbirliği 2025
Flag of England.svg 63Logan Watts [13] 22 January 2007 (age 18)DF
Flag of Ireland.svg 51Kyle Fitzgerald [15] 28 January 2007 (age 18)FW Flag of Ireland.svg Capped at Under-18 level Galway United 2025
Flag of South Korea.svg 64 Park Seung-soo [16] 17 March 2007 (age 18)MF Flag of South Korea.svg Capped at Under-20 level Suwon Samsung Bluewings 2025
Flag of England.svg 61Leo Shahar [13] 18 March 2007 (age 18)DF Flag of England.svg Capped at Under-19 level Wolverhampton Wanderers 2023
Flag of England.svg 55Joe Brayson [13] 21 April 2007 (age 18)FW
Flag of England.svg 62Sean Neave [13] 27 May 2007 (age 18)FW Flag of England.svg Capped at Under-18 level
Flag of England.svg 57Luke Craggs [13] 14 July 2007 (age 18)DF
Flag of Georgia.svg Vakhtang Salia [17] 30 August 2007 (age 18)FW Flag of Georgia.svg Capped at Under-21 level Dinamo Tbilisi 2025
Under–21 players players out on loan
NationalitySquad NumberPlayerDate of BirthPositionInternational CapsPrevious ClubJoined Club
Flag of Norway.svg 45 Travis Hernes [18] [b] 4 November 2005 (age 19)MF Flag of Norway.svg Capped at Under-20 level Shrewsbury Town 2023
Flag of Spain.svg Antonio Cordero [20] [c] 14 November 2006 (age 18)MF Flag of Spain.svg Capped at Under-19 level Málaga 2025
Flag of England.svg 58Aidan Harris [8] [d] 16 December 2006 (age 18)GK
Flag of England.svg 60 Trevan Sanusi [13] [e] 25 April 2007 (age 18)FW Flag of England.svg Capped at Under-18 level Birmingham City 2023

Notes

  1. Thomas Bryant has a third year scholarship contract. [13]
  2. Out on loan at Groningen. [19]
  3. Out on loan at Westerlo. [21]
  4. Out on loan at Coleraine. [22]
  5. Out on loan at Lorient. [23]

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 71Guy Bloomer [24] 13 September 2007 (age 17)DF
Flag of England.svg 77Alex O'Donovan [24] 3 October 2007 (age 17)MF
Flag of England.svg 84Kayden Lucas [24] 30 October 2007 (age 17)FW Clevedon Town 2024
Flag of England.svg 83Ezra Tika-Lemba [24] 7 November 2007 (age 17)MF West Ham United 2024
Flag of Libya.svg 80Mo Waddani [24] 7 November 2007 (age 17)MF Flag of Libya.svg Capped at Under-20 level
Flag of England.svg 72Jude Cogdon [24] 19 December 2007 (age 17)MF
Flag of England.svg 75Henry Johnson [24] 1 January 2008 (age 17)DF
Flag of England.svg 73Jake Durrant [24] 4 February 2008 (age 17)DF
Flag of Ireland.svg 78 Rory Finneran [10] [25] 29 February 2008 (age 17)MF Flag of Ireland.svg Capped at Under-17 level Blackburn Rovers 2024
Flag of England.svg 79Matty Taylor [24] 31 March 2008 (age 17)MF
Flag of England.svg 81Kacey Wooster [24] 4 April 2008 (age 17)FW Southend United 2023
Flag of England.svg 82Aaron Epia [24] [a] 7 April 2008 (age 17)DF Everton 2024
Flag of England.svg 70Will Anderson [24] 15 July 2008 (age 17)GK
Flag of England.svg 74Matheos Ferreira [24] [b] 2 August 2008 (age 17)MF
Under–18 players players out on loan
NationalitySquad NumberPlayerDate of BirthPositionInternational CapsPrevious ClubJoined Club
Flag of England.svg 76Tyler Jones [24] [c] 18 April 2008 (age 17)GK

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 91Ethan Ndiweni [28] 17 September 2008 (age 16)FW
Flag of England.svg 92Thomas Old [28] 19 September 2008 (age 16)DF
Flag of England.svg 93Jack Patterson [28] 19 September 2008 (age 16)MF
Flag of England.svg 88Mason Miley [28] 29 September 2008 (age 16)MF
Flag of England.svg 90Noah Morgan [28] 6 October 2008 (age 16)DF
Flag of England.svg 94Sammy Pinnington [13] 17 November 2008 (age 16)FW Luton Town 2023
Flag of England.svg 86Luke Gilligan [28] 14 December 2008 (age 16)MF
Flag of England.svg 87Oliver Holland [28] 3 January 2009 (age 16)GK
Flag of Scotland.svg 69Alfie Hutchison [29] 22 January 2009 (age 16)FW Flag of Scotland.svg Capped at Under-15 level Rangers 2025
Flag of Scotland.svg 68Oliver Goodbrand [29] 9 February 2009 (age 16)DF Flag of Scotland.svg Capped at Under-17 level Rangers 2025
Flag of England.svg 89Michael Mills [13] 18 February 2009 (age 16)FW Flag of England.svg Capped at Under-16 level Port Vale 2023
Flag of England.svg 66Isaac Moran [30] 14 March 2009 (age 16)DF Flag of England.svg Capped at Under-15 level Liverpool 2025
Flag of England.svg 85Sam Alabi [13] 9 July 2009 (age 16)MF Flag of England.svg Capped at Under-17 level Oldham Athletic 2023
Flag of England.svg 95Jack Callaghan

Notes

  1. Aaron Epia has a professional contract. [26]
  2. Matheos Ferreira has a professional contract. [26]
  3. Out on loan at Ashington. [27]

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 [31] 28 September 2009 (age 15)GK Flag of England.svg Capped at Under-17 level
Flag of England.svg Alfie Seldon [32] 20 October 2009 (age 15)FW
Flag of England.svg Roman Dowell [33] 3 December 2009 (age 15)GK
Flag of England.svg Lesecond Yeutembip [34] 1 January 2010 (age 15)DF Flag of England.svg Capped at Under-16 level Charlton Athletic 2024
Flag of England.svg Jayden Kouossu [35] 28 April 2010 (age 15)MF Flag of England.svg Capped at Under-15 level West Bromwich Albion 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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