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

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]

Players

Under 23 Age Group

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 38 GK  ENG George Shelvey - DF  FRA Loïc Mbe Soh (on loan to Almere City for the 2023–24 season) 48 MF  FRA Ateef Konaté 57 FW  SWE Julian Larsson

Under 21 Age Group (born in 2002)

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

No. Pos. Nation Player - DF  ENG Fin Back (on loan to Carlisle United for the 2023–24 season) 32 DF  IRL Andrew Omobamidele 40 DF  BRA Murillo - MF  WAL Oliver Hammond 21 FW  SWE Anthony Elanga 17 FW  ENG Alex Mighten

Under 20 Age Group (born in 2003)

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 62 GK  ENG William Brook - DF  NIR Aaron Donnelly (on loan to Dundee for the 2023–24 season) 41 MF  CRC Brandon Aguilera 60 MF  WAL Sam Collins 91 MF  ENG Jack Perkins - FW  NIR Dale Taylor (on loan to Wycombe Wanderers for the 2023–24 season)

Under 19 Age Group (born in 2004)

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 63 GK  ENG Aaron Bott 54 DF  ENG James Clarridge 64 DF  WAL Ben Hammond 65 DF  WAL Justin Hanks 58 DF  ENG Pharrell Johnson 71 DF  ENG Kyle McAdam

No. Pos. Nation Player 52 MF  NIR Jamie McDonnell 59 MF  ENG Ben Perry 53 MF  ENG Joseph Gardner 66 MF  ENG Jack Nadin 69 FW  ENG Manni Norkett 49 FW  ENG Detlef Esapa Osong

Under 18 Age Group (born in 2005)

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  ENG Harry Griffiths - GK  ENG Keehan Willows 73 DF  ENG Tony Gbopo - DF  ENG Elijah Morgan 55 DF  ENG Joshua Powell

No. Pos. Nation Player - DF  WAL Theo Robinson 68 DF  ENG Jack Thompson - MF  NIR Joel Thompson - FW  ENG Connor Brown - FW  ENG Ethan Hull

Under 17 Age Group (born in 2006)

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  IRL Theo Avery 56 DF  ENG Zach Abbott - DF  ENG Henry Lister - DF  ENG David Modupe 81 DF  ENG Jimmy Sinclair

No. Pos. Nation Player - MF  ENG Kevin Adueni - MF  ENG Danny Anijsko - MF  ENG Kristian Clarke - MF  ENG Theo Flanagan 83 MF  ENG Archie Whitehall

Under 16 Age Group (born in 2007)

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

No. Pos. Nation Player - MF  SCO Cormac Daly

No. Pos. Nation Player - MF  ENG George Hemmings

Other Academy Members

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  ENG Logan Melville - MF  ENG Zyan Blake - MF  ENG Evan Boulter - MF  ENG Alfie Bradshaw - MF  WAL Isaac Davies

No. Pos. Nation Player - MF  GRE Georgios Lemonakis - FW  ENG Jayden Powell - FW  ENG Amarn Robinson - FW  ENG Faruq Smith

Staff

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 Strength and Conditioning	Rielly Stokes
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

• 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.

References