AFC Wimbledon Development Squad and Academy

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AFC Wimbledon Academy

Full name	AFC Wimbledon
Nickname(s)	The Dons, The Wombles
Founded	2003
Ground	New Plough Lane
Chairman	Joe Palmer
Manager	Michael Hamilton (Academy Manager) & Rob Tuvey (U18s Manager)
League	Football League Youth Alliance
2019-20	1st (Merit League One)
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours

AFC Wimbledon Development squad and Academy are the youth teams of professional English association football club AFC Wimbledon. Under the Elite Player Performance Plan (EPPP) system for youth development, the Academy has been granted Category Three status. The Under-18 squad currently competes in Football League Youth Alliance South East Conference. The Under 18's squad play their home matches in the FA Youth Cup at Kingsmeadow, in Kingston upon Thames, London. Whilst the Under 23's play a majority of their matches at Merstham F.C. most other matches are held at the club's New Malden training complex. The development squad competes in the Under–21 Premier League Cup.

History[]

The AFC Wimbledon Academy was founded in 2003. In 2010, the Under-13s squad won the Tesco Cup, having triumphed through the County and Regional rounds of the competition, by beating Lytham St Annes YMCA 2-0 in the final.

Current academy and youth development staff[]

Name	Role
Michael Hamilton	Academy Manager
Mark Robinson	Lead Professional Phase Coach and Loans manager
Robert Tuvey	U18s Head Coach
James Oliver-Pearce	Lead Youth Phase Coach (U12-16)
Jack Matthews	Lead Foundation Phase Coach (U7-12)
Seb Brown	Goalkeeper Coach
Ben Fosuhene	Head of Talent Identification
Jenna Richards	Physical Performance and Medicine Manager
Will Rose	Lead Physical Performance

Current Youth Development Squads[]

Under-23s Development squad[]

As of 27 July 2021

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 FW  ENG Zach Robinson 15 DF  WAL Jack Madelin 20 DF  ENG Huseyin Biler 23 MF  ENG Elliott Bolton 26 DF  ENG Jack Currie

No. Pos. Nation Player 27 MF  ENG Dylan Adjei-Hersey 29 FW  ENG David Fisher 33 DF  ENG Isaac Ogundere 34 MF  ENG Kwaku Frimpong 36 DF  ENG Luke Jenkins

Out on loan[]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player

No. Pos. Nation Player

Under-18s squad[]

Under the Elite Player Performance Plan (EPPP) system for youth development, the AFC Wimbledon Academy has been granted Category Three Academy status. The club currently competes in the Merit League One of the Football Youth Alliance.

As of 27 July 2021.

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  ENG Harry Griffiths — GK  ENG Aaron Jones — DF  ENG Ethan Sutcliffe — DF  ENG Ben Mason — DF  ENG Josh Hallard — DF  ENG Reuben Mason — DF  ENG Leo Young

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ENG Issac Olaniyan — MF  ENG Julian Sarmiento-Ramires — MF  ENG Abdi Alli — MF  ENG Morgan Williams — MF  ENG Marcel Campbell — FW  ENG Quaine Bartley — FW  ENG Paris Lock

Out on loan[]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player

No. Pos. Nation Player

Notable Academy graduates[]

Players in bold went on to sign professional contracts and are currently playing for the senior first team. Players in italics subsequently went on to be signed by a Premier League club.

References[]