Nottingham Forest F.C. Under-21s Squad and Academy

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 Gary Brazil.

Under 21's & Academy

The Nottingham Forest F.C. Youth Academy was launched in 1997 under the supervision of Paul Hart and Nick Marshall, currently the Academy is managed and directed by an interim one, along with a host of full and part-time staff including ex-professional footballers and ex-Nottingham Forest players, Steve Sutton and Steve Chettle along with 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 even 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 14 September 2016 Nottingham Forest F.C. Under-23 Squad

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

No. Position Player 34 FW Tyler Walker (on loan to Stevenage) 40 DF Alex Iacovitti (on loan to Mansfield Town) 42 DF Joe Worrall 43 GK Jordan Smith 44 MF Ryan Yates (on loan to Barrow) 46 DF Jordan Gabriel 47 FW James Thorne 48 MF Anel Ahmedhodzic 49 MF Toby Edser — GK Tim Erlandsson (on loan to Barrow)

No. Position Player — GK Chris Marques — DF Frederik Nielsen — MF Adam Crookes — MF Elvis Otim — MF Aaron Smith — MF Rob Worrall — FW Ben Brereton — FW Gerry McDonagh (on loan to Wrexham) — FW Lewis Walters — FW Anthony Wright

Under 18s squad

As of 23 January 2014 Nottingham Forest F.C. Academy Squad

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

No. Position Player — GK Rūdolfs Soloha — GK Jordan Wright — DF Choz Charlesworth — DF Charlie Jemson — DF Danny Preston — DF Joe Re — DF Connor Smith — DF Ethan Stewart

No. Position Player — DF Jake Willetts — MF Yassine En Neyah — MF Kyle McClean — MF Luke McCormick — MF Jake Taylor — FW Rio Gill — FW Virgil Gomis — FW Kieran Hayes

Schoolboys

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

No. Position Player — GK George Shelvey — DF Sam Greenwood — DF Riley Harbottle — DF Jayden Richardson — MF Keith Asare — MF Dylan Kubu

No. Position Player — MF Josh Barnes — MF Brennan Johnson — MF Ethan Dekel — FW Arvin Appiah — FW Will Swann — FW Kieran Darby

Honours

• Premier Academy League
  • Winners: 2000-2001

Notable Academy graduates & attendees

References