Ipswich Town F.C. Under-23s and Academy

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Ipswich Town Academy
Full nameIpswich Town Football Club Under-23s and Academy
Nickname(s)The Blues, The Tractor Boys, Town
GroundIpswich Town Football Club Training Centre, Playford Road, Ipswich
Portman Road
Capacity1,000 (Playford Road)
30,311 (Portman Road)
OwnerGamechanger 20 Ltd.
ChairmanMike O'Leary
ManagerKieron Dyer (U23s)
Adem Atay (U18s)
LeagueProfessional Development League 2 (South Division)

Ipswich Town Football Club currently runs a Category Two Academy, with a five-year plan to improve to Category One, which is run by Bryan Klug.[1] The youth teams play their home games at the Ipswich Town Training Centre at Playford Road in Ipswich, Suffolk, while some home games are played at Portman Road.[2]

Some of Ipswich's greatest ever players have come through the club's youth system since the 1960s, including Roger Osborne, Mick Mills, Kevin Beattie, Russell Osman, George Burley, John Wark, Terry Butcher and Jason Dozzell.[3] The academy was also very successful during the 1990s, producing a number of first-team players including Richard Wright, Titus Bramble, James Scowcroft and Kieron Dyer.[4] More recently, players such as Connor Wickham, who became the youngest Ipswich player to ever play for the first-team, making his debut at 16 years and 11 days old and Andre Dozzell, son of Jason Dozzell, who like his father went on to score in his debut for the club at the age of 16, have both graduated from the academy.[5][6]

Under-23s squad[]

As of 31 January 2022[7]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
30 MF England ENG Cameron Humphreys
34 DF England ENG Albie Armin
35 FW England ENG Matt Ward
36 MF England ENG Fraser Alexander
41 FW Australia AUS Tete Yengi
46 DF Indonesia IDN Elkan Baggott
48 MF Zimbabwe ZIM Zanda Siziba
— GK Poland POL Antoni Bort
— GK England ENG Nick Hayes
— GK England ENG Bert White
No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF Netherlands NED Levi Andoh
— DF France FRA Brooklyn Kabongolo
— DF Northern Ireland NIR Cameron Stewart
— DF England ENG Tommy Smith
— MF England ENG Tommy Hughes
— MF England ENG Alfie Cutbush
— MF Zimbabwe ZIM Tawanda Chirewa
— FW England ENG Harley Curtis
— FW Nigeria NGA Ola Bello
— FW England ENG Tyreece Simpson

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
33 DF England ENG Bailey Clements (on loan at Stevenage until 30 June 2022)
42 FW England ENG Ben Morris (on loan at GAIS until 30 November 2022)
— DF England ENG Dylan Crowe (on loan at Leiston until 30 June 2022)
— MF England ENG Brett McGavin (on loan at King's Lynn Town until 30 June 2022)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF England ENG Callum Page (on loan at Needham Market until 30 June 2022)
— MF England ENG Ross Crane (on loan at Concord Rangers until 30 June 2022)
— MF Republic of Ireland IRL Matthew Healy (on loan at Cork City until 30 June 2022)

Under-18s squad[]

As of 20 January 2022[8]

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 England ENG Danny Cullum
— DF Republic of Ireland IRL Edwin Agbaje
— DF England ENG Harry Barbrook
— MF England ENG Fin Barbrook
— MF England ENG Nico Valentine
— MF England ENG Connor Cook
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF England ENG Emmanuel Okunowo
— FW England ENG Jack Manly
— FW England ENG Ashley Boatswain
— FW England ENG Archie Kieran
— FW Bangladesh BAN Yousuf Hoque

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
— GK Wales WAL Lewis Ridd (on loan at AFC Sudbury until 30 June 2022)
— DF England ENG Harry Knock (on loan at Felixstowe & Walton United until 30 June 2022)
— DF England ENG Zak Bradshaw (on loan at Chelmsford City until 30 June 2022)
— DF England ENG Sean Stephenson (on loan at Brantham Athletic until 30 June 2022)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF England ENG Tyreece Osbourne (on loan at AFC Sudbury until 30 June 2022)
— MF England ENG Jesse Nwabueze (on loan at Felixstowe & Walton United until 30 June 2022)
— FW France FRA Gerard Buabo (on loan at Bury Town until 30 June 2022)

Academy coaching staff[]

Position Name
Head of Coaching & Player Development England Bryan Klug
Under-23 Manager England Kieron Dyer
Under-23 Coach England John McGreal
Under-18 Manager England Adem Atay
Head of Academy Goalkeeping England Carl Pentney
Head of Youth Development Phase England Sam Darlow
Head of Foundation Phase England Simon Tricker
Head of Academy Recruitment England Scott Mitchell
Head of Academy Performance Analysis England Adam Cuthbert
Player Care Manager England Alice Grindrod
Senior Academy Physiotherapist England Jack Wilce
Head of Academy Sports Science England Nathan Griffith
Academy Sports Therapist England Paul Barnes
Lead Strength & Conditioning Coach England Harry Jell
Academy Strength & Conditioning Coach England Calum Daley

Notable academy players[]

The following is a list of players who have played in the Ipswich Town youth system and gone on to make senior appearances at Championship level or above. Players who are currently playing for the club are highlighted in bold. Players who never made a senior appearance for the club are in italics.

Academy Player of the Year[]

Dale Roberts Academy Player of the Year
Year Name Ref
2001–02 England Will Snowdon [9]
2002–03 England Darren Bent [10]
2003–04 England Dean Bowditch [11]
2004–05 Republic of Ireland Billy Clarke [12]
2005–06 Northern Ireland Chris Casement [13]
2006–07 New Zealand Tommy Smith [14]
2007–08 Scotland Jordan Rhodes [15]
2008–09 England Connor Wickham [16]
2009–10 England Tom Eastman [17]
2010–11 Northern Ireland Josh Carson [18]
2011–12 Iceland Gunnar Thorsteinsson [19]
2012–13 England Jack Marriott [20]
2013–14 England Kyle Hammond [21]
2014–15 England Teddy Bishop [22]
2015–16 England Andre Dozzell [23]
2016–17 England Tristan Nydam [24]
2017–18 England Flynn Downes [25]
2018–19 England Jack Lankester [26]
2019–20 Not awarded[nb 1] [27]
2020–21 Not awarded

Youth honours[]

Reserves/Under-23s[]

Academy[]

League[]

  • U17 FA Premier Academy League
    • Champions (1): 2000–01

Cups[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ No Young Player of the Year award was given due to the Coronavirus outbreak resulting in the early curtailment of the 2019–20 season, and the cancellation of the Supporters' Club annual event.

References[]

  1. ^ "Management Team". Ipswich Town F.C. Archived from the original on 8 June 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  2. ^ "Ipswich Town 6–2 Bolton". Ipswich Town Official Website. 9 March 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ "Our Academy - Ipswich Town FC Academy". Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  4. ^ Watson, Stuart (30 March 2015). "Ipswich Town academy director Bryan Klug on 'special' talent, Category One latest, competing with Norwich and being sacked by Roy Keane". East Anglian Daily Times. Archived from the original on 8 August 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  5. ^ Pearce, Steve (4 May 2016). "Andre and Ben fly the flag for Town Academy in U17 European Championship squad". Ipswich Town F.C. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  6. ^ "Sheffield Wednesday 1–1 Ipswich Town". BBC Sport. 16 April 2016. Archived from the original on 19 April 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
  7. ^ "Ipswich Town – U23 and U18 Teams". Ipswich Town F.C. Archived from the original on 19 February 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
  8. ^ "Ipswich Town – U23 and U18 Teams". Ipswich Town F.C. Archived from the original on 19 February 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
  9. ^ "Snowdon Wins Award". TWTD. 29 April 2002. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  10. ^ "I Want to Stay - Pablo". TWTD. 28 April 2003. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  11. ^ "Westy Player of the Year". twtd.co.uk (Those Were The Days). 2 May 2004. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  12. ^ "Davis Wins Players' Award". twtd.co.uk (Those Were The Days). 3 May 2005. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  13. ^ "Casement Wins Youth Gong". TWTD. 23 April 2006. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  14. ^ "Legwinski Players' Player". TWTD. 1 May 2007. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
  15. ^ "Walters Wins Players' Player Award". TWTD. 22 April 2008. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  16. ^ "Richard Wright Wins Supporters Player of the Year". TWTD. 3 May 2009. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  17. ^ "McAuley Player of the Year". TWTD. 2 May 2010. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  18. ^ "Bullard Player of the Year". TWTD. 30 April 2011. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  19. ^ "Cresswell Player of the Year". TWTD. 21 April 2012. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  20. ^ "Smith Named Player of the Year". TWTD. 27 April 2013. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  21. ^ "Berra Player of the Year". TWTD. 12 April 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
  22. ^ "Murphy Players' Player of the Year". TWTD. 29 April 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  23. ^ "Bialkowski Wins Player of the Year". TWTD. 9 April 2016. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  24. ^ "Lawrence Wins Players' Player of the Year". TWTD. 2 May 2017. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  25. ^ Heath, Mark (2 May 2018). "Bialkowski a double winner at Town's end of season awards as Celina claims best goal". East Anglian Daily Times. Ipswich. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
  26. ^ "Chambo Named Player Of The Year". Ipswich Town. 13 April 2019. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  27. ^ "No Player of the Year Award for 2019/20". TWTD.co.uk.

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