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 - DF   ENG Fin Back

Under 21 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 - GK   ENG William Brook - DF   NIR Aaron Donnelly - MF   WAL Sam Collins

No. Pos. Nation Player - MF   ENG Jack Perkins - FW   NIR Dale Taylor

Under 20 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 - GK   ENG Aaron Bott - DF   WAL Ben Hammond - DF   WAL Justin Hanks - DF   ENG Kyle McAdam - MF   NIR Jamie McDonnell

No. Pos. Nation Player - MF   ENG Ben Perry - MF   ENG Jack Nadin - FW   ENG Manni Norkett - FW   ENG Detlef Esapa Osong

Under 19 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 - DF   ENG Jamie Newton - DF   ENG Joshua Powell - DF   ENG Jack Thompson

No. Pos. Nation Player - MF   ENG Joseph Gardner - MF   ENG Georgios Lemonakis - MF   NIR Joel Thompson - FW   ENG Connor Brown

Under 18 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 Brown - DF   ENG Zach Abbott - DF   ENG David Modupe - DF   ENG James Sinclair - DF   ENG Will Thompson - MF   LVA Danny Anisjko

No. Pos. Nation Player - MF   ENG Adam Berry - MF   ENG Kristian Clarke - MF   ENG Theo Flanagan - MF   ENG Archie Whitehall - FW   ENG Faruq Smith

Under 17 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   ENG Alfie Bradshaw - MF   SCO Cormac Daly

No. Pos. Nation Player - MF   ENG Fuad Smith - FW   ENG Amarn Robinson

Under 16 Age Group (born in 2008)

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   ENG Jordan Willows

No. Pos. Nation Player

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 Zac Smith - DF   ENG Ethan Broomes - DF   ENG Bubbacar Sanneh - DF   ENG Jonathan Whiteley - MF   ENG Evan Boulter

No. Pos. Nation Player - MF   WAL Isaac Davies - MF   ENG Frank Djamna - FW   ENG Zyan Blake - FW   ENG Taeneal Brandy

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 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.

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

References