Nottingham Forest F.C. Under-21s, Under-18s and Academy

Nottingham Forest Under 21s, Under 18s and Academy

Full name	Nottingham Forest Football Club
Nickname(s)	Forest, The Reds, NFFC, The Tricky Trees
Founded	1865
Ground	The City Ground Nigel Doughty Academy
Chairman	Tom Cartledge
Manager	Chris 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
Home colours Away colours Third colours

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.

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[edit]

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]

B Team[edit]

As of 16 July 2024^[4][5]

Nat.	No.	Pos.	Name	Date of Birth	Contract Exp.	Notes	Ref.
	-	GK	Aaron Charlie Bott	(2004-09-06) 6 September 2004 (age 19)	30 June 2025 + 1 yr opt.		[6][7]
	-	GK	William Michael Brook	(2003-11-09) 9 November 2003 (age 20)			[8][9]
	-	GK	Harry Griffiths	(2005-05-04) 4 May 2005 (age 19)			[10][11]
	-	DF	Zach MacFarlane Abbott	(2006-05-13) 13 May 2006 (age 18)	30 June 2026		[12][13]
	-	DF	Finley Jude William Back	(2002-09-25) 25 September 2002 (age 21)
	-	DF	Aaron Martin Donnelly	(2003-06-08) 8 June 2003 (age 21)	30 June 2025		[14][15]
	-	DF	Benjamin George Hammond	(2004-07-01) 1 July 2004 (age 20)	30 June 2025 + 1 yr opt.		[16][17]
	-	DF	Justin Thomas Hanks	(2004-09-01) 1 September 2004 (age 19)	30 June 2025		[18][19]
	-	DF	Kyle James McAdam	(2004-12-24) 24 December 2004 (age 19)	30 June 2026		[20][21]
	-	DF	Jamie Christopher Newton	(2005-07-22) 22 July 2005 (age 18)	30 June 2025		[22][23]
	-	DF	Jack Ethan Thompson	(2005-05-05) 5 May 2005 (age 19)	30 June 2026		[24][25]
	-	MF	Samuel Haig Collins	(2003-09-16) 16 September 2003 (age 20)	30 June 2025 + 1 yr opt.		[26][27]
	-	MF	Jamie Carson McDonnell	(2004-02-16) 16 February 2004 (age 20)			[28][29]
	-	MF	Jack Richard Nadin	(2004-10-31) 31 October 2004 (age 19)	30 June 2025 + 1 yr opt.		[30][31]
	-	MF	Jack William Perkins	(2003-10-26) 26 October 2003 (age 20)	30 June 2025 + 1 yr opt.		[32][33]
	-	MF	Benjamin Marshall Perry	(2004-10-11) 11 October 2004 (age 19)	30 June 2026		[34][35]
	-	MF	Joshua Alan Powell	(2005-01-09) 9 January 2005 (age 19)			[36][37]
	-	MF	Joel Peter Thompson	(2005-07-25) 25 July 2005 (age 18)			[38]
	-	FW	Joseph Charles Gardner	(2005-06-06) 6 June 2005 (age 19)			[39][40]
	-	FW	Manni Sam Norkett	(2004-10-30) 30 October 2004 (age 19)			[41][42]
	-	FW	Detlef Esapa Osong	(2004-09-21) 21 September 2004 (age 19)	30 June 2026		[43][44]
	-	FW	Dale Taylor	(2003-12-12) 12 December 2003 (age 20)	30 June 2025		[45][46]

U18 Team[edit]

As of 16 July 2024^[47][48]

Nat.	No.	Pos.	Name	Date of Birth	Contract Exp.	Notes	Ref.
	-	GK	Theoron Avery Brown	(2006-05-10) 10 May 2006 (age 18)	30 June 2025		[49][50]
	-	GK	Keehan Martyn Willows	(2005-10-01) 1 October 2005 (age 18)	30 June 2025		[51][52]
	-	GK	Zac Smith		30 June 2026		[53]
	-	DF	Ethan Broomes		30 June 2026		[54]
	-	DF	David Dennis Ayodeji Modupe	(2006-09-23) 23 September 2006 (age 17)	30 June 2027		[55][56]
	-	DF	Bubbacar Sanneh		30 June 2026		[57]
	-	DF	James Sinclair	(2006-08-11) 11 August 2006 (age 17)	30 June 2025 + 1 yr opt.		[58][59]
	-	DF	Will Thompson		30 June 2026		[60]
	-	DF	Jonathan Whiteley		30 June 2026		[61]
	-	MF	Danny Brian Ambato Anisjko	(2006-01-29) 29 January 2006 (age 18)	30 June 2026 + 1 yr opt.		[62][63]
	-	MF	Adam Evan Berry	(2006-01-09) 9 January 2006 (age 18)	30 June 2025		[64][65]
	-	MF	Evan Boulter		30 June 2026		[66]
	-	MF	Alfie William Bradshaw		30 June 2026		[67]
	-	MF	Kristian Takura Clarke	(2006-11-02) 2 November 2006 (age 17)	30 June 2025		[68][69]
	-	MF	Cormac Daly	(2007-03-17) 17 March 2007 (age 17)	30 June 2026		[70][71]
	-	MF	Isaac Davies		30 June 2026		[72]
	-	MF	Frank Djamna		30 June 2026		[73]
	-	MF	Theo Jae Simon Flanagan	(2006-10-08) 8 October 2006 (age 17)	30 June 2025		[74][75]
	-	MF	Georgios Spyridon Lemonakis		30 June 2025		[76]
	-	MF	Faruq Adekunle Smith		30 June 2025		[77]
	-	MF	Fuad Smith		30 June 2026		[78]
	-	MF	Jordan Willows		30 June 2026		[79]
	-	MF	Archie Harry Thomas Whitehall	(2006-05-21) 21 May 2006 (age 18)	30 June 2025 + 1 yr opt.		[80][81]
	-	FW	Zyan Blake		30 June 2026		[82]
	-	FW	Taeneal Brandy		30 June 2026		[83]
	-	FW	Connor Lewis Brown	(2005-11-09) 9 November 2005 (age 18)			[84]
	-	FW	Jayden Powell				[85]
	-	FW	Amarn Michael Robinson		30 June 2025		[86]

Staff[edit]

Academy staff
Head of Football Development & Talent Management	Craig Mulholland
Head of Academy	Chris McGuane
Head of Academy Coaching and Player Development	Jody Caudwell
Head of Academy Goalkeeping	Adam Skinner
Head of Academy Performance Analysis	Joss Carter
Academy Secretary	Paul Fitzpatrick
Under 21s Lead Coach	Warren Joyce
Under 21s Assistant Coach	vacant
Under 21s Lead Physical Performance Coach	Louis Birchall
Under 18s Lead Coach	Tom Mallinson
Under 18s Assistant Coach	vacant
Under 18s Individual Development Lead & Analyst	Jonas Munkvold

Honours[edit]

• Premier Academy League
  • Winners: 2000-2001
• Dallas Cup
  • Winners: 2002

Notable Academy graduates and attendees[edit]

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[edit]

1970s[edit]

1980s[edit]

1990s[edit]

2000s[edit]

2010s[edit]

2020s[edit]

References[edit]