Nottingham Forest F.C. Under-23s, Under-18s and Academy
Full name | Nottingham Forest Football Club |
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Nickname(s) | Forest, The Reds, NFFC, The Tricky Trees |
Founded | 1865 |
Ground | The City Ground Nigel Doughty Academy |
Chairman | Nicholas Randall QC |
Manager | Andy Reid (Under 23's) Warren Joyce (Under 18's) Gary Brazil (Academy Manager) |
League | Professional Development League |
Website | Club website |
Nottingham Forest Under-23s are the reserve team of Nottingham Forest. The team mainly consists of Under-23 players at the club, although senior players occasionally play in the reserve side, for instance when they are recovering from injury.
Nottingham Forest F.C. Under 18s are the youth team of Nottingham Forest. The youth team is coached by Gareth Holmes. The Nottingham Forest Academy as a whole is managed by Gary Brazil.
Under 23s, Under 18s & Schoolboys[]
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 Gary Brazil. 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]
Under 23s squad[]
- As of 13 July 2021[2]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Under 23s out on loan[]
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Under 18s squad[]
- As of 13 July 2021[3]
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Schoolboys[]
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Staff[]
Under-23s and academy staff | |
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Academy manager | Gary Brazil |
Assistant academy manager | Chris McGuane |
Academy goalkeeping coach | Adam Skinner |
Head of coaching | Jody Cauldwell |
Academy secretary | Paul Fitzpatrick |
Under 23s lead coach | Andy Reid |
Under 23s assistant coach | Dave Rogers |
Under 23s goalkeeper coach | Adam Skinner |
Under 18s lead coach | Warren Joyce |
Under 18s assistant coach | Tom Mallinson |
Honours[]
- Premier Academy League
- Winners: 2000-2001
- Dallas Cup
- Winners: 2002
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[]
- Viv Anderson
- Paul Bannon
- Bryn Gunn
- John Robertson
- Steve Sutton
- Tony Woodcock
- Chris Woods
1980s[]
- David Campbell
- Gary Charles
- Steve Chettle
- Nigel Clough
- Mark Crossley
- Sean Dyche
- Chris Fairclough
- Scot Gemmill
- Lee Glover
- Steve Hodge
- Ian Kilford
- Steve Stone
- Des Walker
1990s[]
- Craig Armstrong
- Julian Bennett
- Brian Cash
- Andy Dawson
- Kevin Dawson
- Michael Dawson
- Gareth Edds
- Keith Foy
- Simon Francis
- Robbie Gibbons
- Mark Goodlad
- Steve Guinan
- Marlon Harewood
- Tom Huddlestone
- Jermaine Jenas
- Richard Liburd
- Paul McGregor
- Steve Melton
- Carlos Merino
- Chris O'Grady
- James Perch
- Jon-Paul Pittman
- David Prutton
- Andy Reid
- Andy Todd
- Justin Walker
- Craig Westcarr
- Gareth Williams
- Shaun Wright-Phillips
2000s[]
- Mo Adams
- Mickaël Antoine-Curier
- Patrick Bamford
- Felix Bastians
- Hamza Bencherif
- Jack Blake
- Eugen Bopp
- Oliver Burke
- Mark Byrne
- Neill Byrne
- Callum Chettle
- Karl Darlow
- Tony Diagne
- Vincent Fernandez
- Kieron Freeman
- Usman Gondal
- Joe Heath
- Arif Karaoğlan
- Jamaal Lascelles
- Lewis McGugan
- Alex Mighten
- Brendan Moloney
- David Morgan
- Wes Morgan
- Ben Osborn
- Alan Power
- Shane Redmond
- Gregor Robertson
- Barry Roche
- Nialle Rodney
- Tom Shaw
- Emile Sinclair
- Jordan Smith
- Richard Tait
- Robert Taylor
- John Thompson
- George Thomson
- Matt Thornhill
- Kieran Wallace
- Spencer Weir-Daley
- Ryan Yates
2010s[]
- Anel Ahmedhodžić
- Arvin Appiah
- Kostakis Artymatas
- Fin Back
- Matthew Bondswell
- Ben Brereton
- Matty Cash
- Adam Crookes
- Danny Elliott
- Yassine En-Neyah
- Tim Erlandsson
- Dimitar Evtimov
- Morgan Ferrier
- Tyrese Fornah
- Jordan Gabriel
- Virgil Gomis
- Jorge Grant
- Riley Harbottle
- Kieran Hayes
- Alex Iacovitti
- Brennan Johnson
- Idris Kadded
- Andreas Karo
- Ateef Konaté
- Konstantinos Laifis
- Josh Macdonald
- Kyle McClean
- Gerry McDonagh
- Jake Mulraney
- Frederik Nielsen
- Deimantas Petravičius
- Ilias Polimos
- Danny Preston
- Josh Rees
- Jayden Richardson
- Roger Riera
- Marcelo Saraiva
- Will Swan
- Jake Taylor
- Nikolay Todorov
- Tyler Walker
- Joe Worrall
References[]
- ^ "Nottingham Forest Academy honours Nigel Doughty". itv.com. ITV plc. 5 October 2012.
- ^ "Under 23s Team". Nottingham Forest Football Club Official Website. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ "Under 18s Team". Nottingham Forest Football Club Official Website. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
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- Football academies in England
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