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Nottingham Forest Under 21s, Under 18s and Academy
Full nameNottingham Forest Football Club
Nickname(s)Forest, The Reds, NFFC, The Tricky Trees
Founded1865
GroundThe City Ground
Nigel Doughty Academy
ChairmanTom Cartledge
ManagerChris McGuane (Head of Academy)
Warren Joyce (Under 21's)
Tom Mallinson (Under 18's)
LeaguePremier League 2 (Under 21's)
U18 Premier League (Under 18's)
Websitehttps://www.nottinghamforest.co.uk/
Active departments of Nottingham Forest F.C.
Football
(Men's)		 Football B
(Men's)		 Football U-18
(Men's)
Football
(Women's)		 Netball


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

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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

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Current Squad

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As of 18 November 2024[4][5]
Nat. No. Pos. Name Date of Birth Contract Exp. Notes Ref.
England 36 GK George David Murray-Jones (2004-10-27) 27 October 2004 (age 20) 30 June 2027 + 1 yr opt. [6][7]
England 61 GK Harry Griffiths (2005-05-04) 4 May 2005 (age 19) [8][9]
England 62 GK William Michael Brook (2003-11-09) 9 November 2003 (age 21) [10][11]
England 63 GK Aaron Charlie Bott (2004-09-06) 6 September 2004 (age 20) 30 June 2027 [12][13]
England 81 GK Keehan Martyn Willows (2005-10-01) 1 October 2005 (age 19) 30 June 2025 [14][15]
Republic of Ireland 82 GK Theoron Avery Brown (2006-05-10) 10 May 2006 (age 18) 30 June 2025 [16][17]
England 45 DF Finley Jude William Back (2002-09-25) 25 September 2002 (age 22) [18]
England 55 DF Joshua Alan Powell (2005-01-09) 9 January 2005 (age 19) [19][20]
Wales 64 DF Benjamin George Hammond (2004-10-02) 2 October 2004 (age 20) 30 June 2025 + 1 yr opt. [21][22]
Wales 65 DF Justin Thomas Hanks (2004-09-01) 1 September 2004 (age 20) 30 June 2025 [23][24]
England 67 DF Jack Ethan Thompson (2005-05-05) 5 May 2005 (age 19) 30 June 2026 [25][26]
England 70 DF Kyle James McAdam (2004-12-24) 24 December 2004 (age 20) 30 June 2026 [27][28]
England 76 DF James Sinclair (2006-08-11) 11 August 2006 (age 18) 30 June 2025 + 1 yr opt. [29][30]
Scotland 98 DF Jamie Christopher Newton (2005-07-22) 22 July 2005 (age 19) 30 June 2025 [31][32]
Northern Ireland - DF Aaron Martin Donnelly (2003-06-08) 8 June 2003 (age 21) 30 June 2025 On loan to Colchester United [33][34][35]
Australia 51 MF Shae Lou Tim Cahill (2005-04-26) 26 April 2005 (age 19) 30 June 2026 + 1 yr opt. [36][37]
England 58 MF Jack William Perkins (2003-10-26) 26 October 2003 (age 21) 30 June 2025 + 1 yr opt. [38][39]
England 59 MF Benjamin Marshall Perry (2004-10-11) 11 October 2004 (age 20) 30 June 2026 [40][41]
Wales 60 MF Samuel Haig Collins (2003-09-16) 16 September 2003 (age 21) 30 June 2025 + 1 yr opt. [42][43]
England 66 MF Jack Richard Nadin (2004-10-31) 31 October 2004 (age 20) 30 June 2025 + 1 yr opt. [44][45]
England 71 MF Archie Harry Thomas Whitehall (2006-05-21) 21 May 2006 (age 18) 30 June 2025 + 1 yr opt. [46][47]
England 73 MF Faruq Adekunle Smith (2006-08-01) 1 August 2006 (age 18) 30 June 2025 [48][49]
England 99 MF Adam Evan Berry (2006-01-09) 9 January 2006 (age 18) 30 June 2025 [50][51]
Northern Ireland - MF Jamie Carson McDonnell (2004-02-16) 16 February 2004 (age 20) 30 June 2026 + 1 yr opt. On loan to Colchester United [52][53][54]
United States 46 FW Kristian George Fletcher (2005-08-06) 6 August 2005 (age 19) 30 June 2025 On loan from D.C. United [55][56]
England 53 FW Joseph Charles Gardner (2005-06-06) 6 June 2005 (age 19) [57][58]
Latvia 72 FW Danny Brian Ambato Anisjko (2006-01-11) 11 January 2006 (age 18) 30 June 2026 + 1 yr opt. [59][60]
England - FW Manni Sam Norkett (2004-10-30) 30 October 2004 (age 20) On loan to Cheltenham Town [61][62][63]
England - FW Detlef Esapa Osong (2004-09-21) 21 September 2004 (age 20) 30 June 2026 On loan to Rotherham United [64][65][66]
Northern Ireland - FW Dale Taylor (2003-12-12) 12 December 2003 (age 21) 30 June 2027 On loan to Wigan Athletic [67][68]

U18 Team

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Current Squad

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As of 15 November 2024[69][70]
Nat. No. Pos. Name Date of Birth Contract Exp. Notes Ref.
England 95 GK Zac Alan Smith 30 June 2026 [71][72]
England 77 DF David Dennis Ayodeji Richard Christiano Modupe (2006-09-23) 23 September 2006 (age 18) 30 June 2027 [73][74]
England 88 DF Will Iain Thompson (2006-12-26) 26 December 2006 (age 18) 30 June 2026 [75][76]
England 90 DF Jonathan Carrion Whiteley 30 June 2026 [77][78]
England 96 DF Ethan Thomas Broomes 30 June 2026 [79][80]
England 97 DF Buba Sanneh 30 June 2026 [81]
England 78 MF Theo Jae Simon Flanagan (2006-10-08) 8 October 2006 (age 18) 30 June 2025 On loan to 1874 Northwich [82][83][84]
England 79 MF Alfie William Bradshaw 30 June 2026 [85][86]
England 80 MF Kristian Takura Clarke (2006-11-02) 2 November 2006 (age 18) 30 June 2025 [87][88]
Wales 84 MF Isaac Tiger Davies 30 June 2027 [89][90]
England 85 MF Fuad Ayorinde Smith (2007-12-13) 13 December 2007 (age 17) 30 June 2026 [91][92]
England 86 MF Frank Evans Ngatang Djamna 30 June 2026 [93][94]
England 91 MF Jordan Scott Willows (2008-12-16) 16 December 2008 (age 16) 30 June 2026 [95][96]
Scotland 93 MF Cormac Daly (2007-03-17) 17 March 2007 (age 17) 30 June 2026 [97][98]
Northern Ireland 94 MF Evan James Boulter 30 June 2026 [99][100]
England - MF Georgios Spyridon Lemonakis (2006-05-06) 6 May 2006 (age 18) 30 June 2025 [101][102]
England 56 FW Amarn Michael Robinson 30 June 2025 [103][104]
England 74 FW Connor Lewis Brown (2005-11-09) 9 November 2005 (age 19) [105]
England 83 FW Zyan Julius Blake (2007-11-13) 13 November 2007 (age 17) 30 June 2027 [106][107]
England 87 FW Jayden Anthony Powell [108][109]
Northern Ireland 89 FW Scott Joseph Hamilton (2008-01-01) 1 January 2008 (age 16) 30 June 2026 + 1 yr opt. [110][111]
England 92 FW Taeneal Riquelme Brandy 30 June 2026 [112][113]

Staff

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Academy staff
Head of Football Development & Talent Management Scotland Craig Mulholland
Head of Academy England Chris McGuane
Professional Development Phase (PDP) coach England Warren Joyce
Professional Development Phase (PDP) coach England Tom Mallinson
Professional Development Phase (PDP) coach England Sam Darlow
Professional Development Phase (PDP) coach Scotland Owen Coyle
Professional Development Phase (PDP) coach England Lewis Grabban

Honours

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Notable Academy graduates and attendees

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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

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1970s

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1980s

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1990s

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2000s

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2010s

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2020s

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References

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