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]

Players

Under 23 Age Group

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
- DF Flag of France.svg  FRA Loïc Mbe Soh (on loan to Almere City for the 2023–24 season)
48 MF Flag of France.svg  FRA Ateef Konaté
57 FW Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE Julian Larsson (on loan to Morecambe for the 2023–24 season)

Under 21 Age Group (born in 2002)

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
- DF Flag of England.svg  ENG Fin Back (on loan to Carlisle United for the 2023–24 season)
32 DF Flag of Ireland.svg  IRL Andrew Omobamidele
40 DF Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Murillo
21 FW Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE Anthony Elanga
17 FW Flag of England.svg  ENG Alex Mighten (on loan to Port Vale for the 2023–24 season)

Under 20 Age Group (born in 2003)

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
62 GK Flag of England.svg  ENG William Brook
- DF Ulster Banner.svg  NIR Aaron Donnelly (on loan to Dundee for the 2023–24 season)
41 MF Flag of Costa Rica.svg  CRC Brandon Aguilera (on loan to Bristol Rovers for the 2023–24 season)
60 MF Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  WAL Sam Collins
91 MF Flag of England.svg  ENG Jack Perkins
- FW Ulster Banner.svg  NIR Dale Taylor (on loan to Wycombe Wanderers for the 2023–24 season)

Under 19 Age Group (born in 2004)

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
63 GK Flag of England.svg  ENG Aaron Bott
64 DF Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  WAL Ben Hammond
65 DF Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  WAL Justin Hanks
71 DF Flag of England.svg  ENG Kyle McAdam
52 MF Ulster Banner.svg  NIR Jamie McDonnell
No.Pos.NationPlayer
59 MF Flag of England.svg  ENG Ben Perry
53 MF Flag of England.svg  ENG Joseph Gardner
66 MF Flag of England.svg  ENG Jack Nadin
69 FW Flag of England.svg  ENG Manni Norkett
49 FW Flag of England.svg  ENG Detlef Esapa Osong

Under 18 Age Group (born in 2005)

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
- GK Flag of England.svg  ENG Harry Griffiths
- GK Flag of England.svg  ENG Keehan Willows
73 DF Flag of England.svg  ENG Tony Gbopo
- DF Flag of England.svg  ENG Elijah Morgan
55 DF Flag of England.svg  ENG Joshua Powell
No.Pos.NationPlayer
- DF Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  WAL Theo Robinson
68 DF Flag of England.svg  ENG Jack Thompson
- MF Ulster Banner.svg  NIR Joel Thompson
- FW Flag of England.svg  ENG Connor Brown
- FW Flag of England.svg  ENG Ethan Hull

Under 17 Age Group (born in 2006)

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
- GK Flag of Ireland.svg  IRL Theo Avery
56 DF Flag of England.svg  ENG Zach Abbott
- DF Flag of England.svg  ENG Henry Lister
- DF Flag of England.svg  ENG David Modupe
81 DF Flag of England.svg  ENG Jimmy Sinclair
No.Pos.NationPlayer
- MF Flag of England.svg  ENG Kevin Adueni
- MF Flag of England.svg  ENG Danny Anijsko
- MF Flag of England.svg  ENG Kristian Clarke
- MF Flag of England.svg  ENG Theo Flanagan
83 MF Flag of England.svg  ENG Archie Whitehall

Under 16 Age Group (born in 2007)

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
- MF Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Cormac Daly

Other Academy Members

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
- GK Flag of England.svg  ENG Logan Melville
- MF Flag of England.svg  ENG Zyan Blake
- MF Flag of England.svg  ENG Evan Boulter
- MF Flag of England.svg  ENG Alfie Bradshaw
- MF Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  WAL Isaac Davies
No.Pos.NationPlayer
- MF Flag of Greece.svg  GRE Georgios Lemonakis
- FW Flag of England.svg  ENG Jayden Powell
- FW Flag of England.svg  ENG Amarn Robinson
- FW Flag of England.svg  ENG Faruq Smith

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 Strength and Conditioning Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rielly Stokes
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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References

  1. ↑ "Nottingham Forest Academy honours Nigel Doughty". itv.com. ITV plc. 5 October 2012.
  2. ↑ Club, Nottingham Forest Football (25 May 2021). "Forest Academy Secures Category 1 Status For 2021-22 Season". Nottingham Forest Football Club. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
  3. ↑ Club, Nottingham Forest Football (22 June 2023). "Forest learn EFL Trophy group stage opponents". Nottingham Forest Football Club. Retrieved 22 June 2023.

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