Sheffield Wednesday F.C. Academy

Sheffield Wednesday Academy

Full name	Sheffield Wednesday Football Club Youth Academy
Nickname(s)	The Owls
Founded	1948
Ground	Middlewood Road Training Ground Sheffield
League	Professional Development League 2 North Division

The Sheffield Wednesday Academy is the youth system of Sheffield Wednesday Football Club.

The academy runs two sides; the U23 Development squad, and the U18 Academy. Both play in the respective age groups' Professional Development League Division 2 North leagues.

History[]

League history[]

• 1957–58: Sheffield Intermediate League
• 1958–59 to 1997–98: Northern Intermediate League
• 1997–98: Premier Youth League
• 1998–99 to 2011–12: Premier Academy League
• 2012–13 to present: Professional Development League

Honours[]

• FA Youth Cup: runners-up 1991
• Northern Intermediate League Cup: winners 1982, 1989, 1993
• Professional U23 Development League 2: winners 2016–17

Players[]

Under-23s[]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 42 GK  ENG Joshua Render 19 DF  SWZ David Agbontohoma — DF  ENG Kwame Boateng 34 DF  IRL Ciaran Brennan — DF  ENG Declan Thompson — MF  POR Paulo Aguas — MF  ENG Jay Glover

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  UGA Jayden Onen — MF  ENG Will Trueman 27 MF  ENG Liam Waldock 15 FW  NGA Korede Adedoyin — FW  ENG Alex Bonnington — FW  BEL Basile Zottos

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 44 GK  ENG Luke Jackson (on loan at Guiseley) — DF  ENG Josh Dawodu (on loan at Stalybridge Celtic) — DF  ENG Ryan Galvin (on loan at Gloucester City) — MF  ENG Lewis Farmer (on loan at Redditch United) — FW  ENG Charles Hagan (on loan at Hampton & Richmond Borough)

Under-18s[]

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  NIR Pierce Charles — GK  ENG Jack Hall — DF  ENG Josh Ashman — DF  ENG Josh Chapman — DF  ENG Leojo Davidson — DF  ENG Cian Flannery — DF  ENG Mackenzie Maltby — DF  ZIM Joey Phuthi — DF  SLE Fuad Sesay — DF  ENG Jenson Whitham — MF  OMA Murtadha Al-Jahadhmy

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ERI Filimon Asfha — MF  ENG Jake Bradford — MF  ENG Sean Fusire — MF  ENG Caelen Kilheeney — MF  ENG Danai Rhule — MF  ENG Rio Shipston — MF  ZIM Tafadzwa Tapudzai — MF  ENG Danny Wassell — FW  ENG Bailey-Tye Cadamarteri — FW  POL Kamil Maciag

Graduates[]

The following list includes players who have graduated from Sheffield Wednesday's youth system to make their senior debut for the first team. Players who have represented their national team at senior level are highlighted in bold.

As of the end of the 2020-2021 season.

Academy staff[]

Role	Name
Academy manager	Steven Haslam
Under-23 coach	Lee Bullen
Head of academy goalkeeping	Nicky Weaver
Head of coaching	Daral Pugh
Professional development phase manager	Andy Holdsworth
Academy physio	Paul Teather
Head of education	Dan Potts
Professional development phase coach	Andy Sharp
Head of academy recruitment	Mark Grayson
Youth development phase assistant manager	Jamie Hadfield
Foundation phase lead coach	Chris Butt
Academy analyst	Liam Bracken
Lead academy physio	Ashley Fickling
Pre-academy manager	John Megson
Academy administrator	John Hendley
Player care lead	Kerry Robinson
Academy operations lead	Craig Chappell

References[]

• Sheffield Wednesday Official Website
• Sheffield Wednesday Youth Academy Official Webpage

Coordinates: 53°24′50″N 1°30′25″W / 53.414°N 1.507°W / 53.414; -1.507