Nottingham Forest F.C. Under-21s, Under-18s and Academy

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Nottingham Forest Under 21s, Under 18s and Academy
Full nameNottingham Forest Football Club
Nickname(s)Forest, The Reds, NFFC, The Tricky Trees
Founded1865
Ground The City Ground
Nigel Doughty Academy
ChairmanTom Cartledge
ManagerChris McGuane (Head of Academy)
Warren Joyce (Under 21's)
Tom Mallinson (Under 18's)
League Premier League 2 (Under 21's)
U18 Premier League (Under 18's)
Website Club website

Nottingham Forest F.C. Under 21s or Nottingham Forest F.C. B Team are the reserve team of Nottingham Forest. The team mainly consists of Under-21 players at the club, although senior players occasionally play in the reserve side, for instance when they are recovering from injury. The B team is coached by Warren Joyce.

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Nottingham Forest F.C. Under 18s are the youth team of Nottingham Forest. The youth team is coached by Tom Mallinson.

The Nottingham Forest Academy as a whole is managed by Chris McGuane.

Under 21s & Under 18s

The Nottingham Forest F.C. Youth Academy was launched in 1997 under the supervision of Paul Hart. The academy is run by full and part-time staff including ex-professional footballers alongside Chris McGuane. The academy is located at a 24-acre (97,000 m2) site in Nottingham. Since its inception the academy has nurtured the talents of many players that have made it into top flight football; these include Jermaine Jenas, Michael Dawson, his brother Andy, James Perch, Carlos Merino, Scott Loach, Andy Reid and Marlon Harewood. Many of these players have gone on to play at international level. Others were released by the academy and went on to develop their careers successfully elsewhere, including Shaun Wright-Phillips and Tom Huddlestone.

The Nottingham Forest youth team has been part of the Premier Academy League since 1997, playing in group D. Their best season was 2000–01 when they won the whole competition. They almost repeated this in the 2009–10 season but eventually lost 5–3 to Arsenal in the play-off final.

The Nottingham Forest academy was officially renamed The Nigel Doughty Academy in October 2012 in memory of the former owner Nigel Doughty, who died earlier in the year. [1]

In May 2021, the academy secured a conditional licence to operate a Category 1 Academy. This would allow the club's U21 and U18 teams to enter the elite academy games programme, including Premier League 2 and cup competitions. [2]

For the 2023–24 season, Forest entered an under-21 side to the EFL Trophy for the first time. [3]

B Team

As of 18 July 2024 [4] [5]
Nat.No.Pos.NameDate of BirthContract Exp.NotesRef.
Flag of England.svg - GK Aaron Charlie Bott6 September 2004 (age 19)30 June 2025 + 1 yr opt. [6] [7]
Flag of England.svg - GK William Michael Brook9 November 2003 (age 20) [8] [9]
Flag of England.svg - GK Harry Griffiths4 May 2005 (age 19) [10] [11]
Flag of England.svg - DF Zach MacFarlane Abbott 13 May 2006 (age 18)30 June 2026 [12] [13]
Flag of England.svg - DF Finley Jude William Back 25 September 2002 (age 21) [14]
Ulster Banner.svg - DF Aaron Martin Donnelly 8 June 2003 (age 21)30 June 2025 [15] [16]
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg - DF Benjamin George Hammond1 July 2004 (age 20)30 June 2025 + 1 yr opt. [17] [18]
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg - DF Justin Thomas Hanks1 September 2004 (age 19)30 June 2025 [19] [20]
Flag of England.svg - DF Kyle James McAdam24 December 2004 (age 19)30 June 2026 [21] [22]
Flag of Scotland.svg - DF Jamie Christopher Newton22 July 2005 (age 18)30 June 2025 [23] [24]
Flag of England.svg - DF Jack Ethan Thompson5 May 2005 (age 19)30 June 2026 [25] [26]
Flag of Australia (converted).svg - MF Shae Lou Tim Cahill 26 April 2005 (age 19)30 June 2026 + 1 yr opt. [27] [28]
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg - MF Samuel Haig Collins16 September 2003 (age 20)30 June 2025 + 1 yr opt. [29] [30]
Ulster Banner.svg - MF Jamie Carson McDonnell16 February 2004 (age 20) [31] [32]
Flag of England.svg - MF Jack Richard Nadin31 October 2004 (age 19)30 June 2025 + 1 yr opt. [33] [34]
Flag of England.svg - MF Jack William Perkins26 October 2003 (age 20)30 June 2025 + 1 yr opt. [35] [36]
Flag of England.svg - MF Benjamin Marshall Perry11 October 2004 (age 19)30 June 2026 [37] [38]
Flag of England.svg - MF Joshua Alan Powell9 January 2005 (age 19) [39] [40]
Ulster Banner.svg - MF Joel Peter Thompson25 July 2005 (age 18) [41]
Flag of England.svg - FW Joseph Charles Gardner6 June 2005 (age 19) [42] [43]
Flag of England.svg - FW Manni Sam Norkett 30 October 2004 (age 19) [44] [45]
Flag of England.svg - FW Detlef Esapa Osong 21 September 2004 (age 19)30 June 2026On loan to Rotherham United [46] [47] [48]
Ulster Banner.svg - FW Dale Taylor 12 December 2003 (age 20)30 June 2025 [49] [50]

U18 Team

As of 16 July 2024 [51] [52]
Nat.No.Pos.NameDate of BirthContract Exp.NotesRef.
Flag of Ireland.svg - GK Theoron Avery Brown10 May 2006 (age 18)30 June 2025 [53] [54]
Flag of England.svg - GK Keehan Martyn Willows1 October 2005 (age 18)30 June 2025 [55] [56]
Flag of England.svg - GK Zac Smith30 June 2026 [57] [58]
Flag of England.svg - DF Ethan Broomes30 June 2026 [59] [60]
Flag of England.svg - DF David Dennis Ayodeji Modupe23 September 2006 (age 17)30 June 2027 [61] [62]
Flag of England.svg - DF Bubbacar Sanneh30 June 2026 [63]
Flag of England.svg - DF James Sinclair11 August 2006 (age 17)30 June 2025 + 1 yr opt. [64] [65]
Flag of England.svg - DF Will Thompson30 June 2026 [66] [67]
Flag of England.svg - DF Jonathan Whiteley30 June 2026 [68] [69]
Flag of Latvia.svg - MF Danny Brian Ambato Anisjko29 January 2006 (age 18)30 June 2026 + 1 yr opt. [70] [71]
Flag of England.svg - MF Adam Evan Berry9 January 2006 (age 18)30 June 2025 [72] [73]
Flag of England.svg - MF Evan Boulter30 June 2026 [74] [75]
Flag of England.svg - MF Alfie William Bradshaw30 June 2026 [76] [77]
Flag of England.svg - MF Kristian Takura Clarke2 November 2006 (age 17)30 June 2025 [78] [79]
Flag of Scotland.svg - MF Cormac Daly17 March 2007 (age 17)30 June 2026 [80] [81]
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg - MF Isaac Davies30 June 2026 [82] [83]
Flag of England.svg - MF Frank Djamna30 June 2026 [84] [85]
Flag of England.svg - MF Theo Jae Simon Flanagan8 October 2006 (age 17)30 June 2025 [86] [87]
Flag of England.svg - MF Georgios Spyridon Lemonakis30 June 2025 [88] [89]
Flag of England.svg - MF Faruq Adekunle Smith30 June 2025 [90]
Flag of England.svg - MF Fuad Smith30 June 2026 [91] [92]
Flag of England.svg - MF Jordan Willows30 June 2026 [93]
Flag of England.svg - MF Archie Harry Thomas Whitehall21 May 2006 (age 18)30 June 2025 + 1 yr opt. [94] [95]
Flag of England.svg - FW Zyan Blake30 June 2026 [96] [97]
Flag of England.svg - FW Taeneal Brandy30 June 2026 [98] [99]
Flag of England.svg - FW Connor Lewis Brown9 November 2005 (age 18) [100]
Flag of England.svg - FW Jayden Powell [101] [102]
Flag of England.svg - FW Amarn Michael Robinson30 June 2025 [103] [104]

Staff

Academy staff
Head of Football Development & Talent Management Flag of Scotland.svg Craig Mulholland
Head of Academy Flag of England.svg Chris McGuane
Head of Academy Coaching and Player Development Flag of England.svg Jody Caudwell
Head of Academy Goalkeeping Flag of England.svg Adam Skinner
Head of Academy Performance Analysis Flag of England.svg Joss Carter
Academy Secretary Flag of Scotland.svg Paul Fitzpatrick
Under 21s Lead Coach Flag of England.svg Warren Joyce
Under 21s Assistant Coachvacant
Under 21s Lead Physical Performance Coach Flag of England.svg Louis Birchall
Under 18s Lead Coach Flag of England.svg Tom Mallinson
Under 18s Assistant Coachvacant
Under 18s Individual Development Lead & Analyst Flag of Norway.svg Jonas Munkvold

Honours

Notable Academy graduates and attendees

Players currently playing for Nottingham Forest are listed below in bold. The decade players are listed in indicates when they began playing with the academy, not the first team.

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

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