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

Nottingham Forest Development Squad & Academy

Full name	Nottingham Forest Football Club
Nickname(s)	Forest, The Reds, NFFC, The Tricky Trees, Foresters
Founded	1865
Ground	The City Ground Nigel Doughty Academy
Owner	Al-Hasawi Family
Chairman	Fawaz Al-Hasawi
Manager	Jimmy Gilligan (Under 21's) Gary Brazil (Academy)
League	Premier Academy League
Website	Club home page
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Nottingham Forest Under-21's 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 under-21's team is coached by Jimmy Gilligan and play in the Premier Academy League.

Nottingham Forest F.C. Academy 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 & 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 & 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]

Reserves squad

As of 23 January 2014 Nottingham Forest F.C. Under-21 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 35 MF Oliver Burke 36 GK Ross Durrant — GK Jordan Smith (on loan to Ilkeston) — DF Kieran Fenton — DF Ilias Polimos — DF Roger Riera

No. Position Player — MF Jack Blake — MF Matty Cash — MF Josh Macdonald — MF Deimantas Petravičius — MF Josh Rees — FW Derrick Otim — FW Nikolay Todorov

Academy 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 Joe Boyd — GK Richard Dearle — GK Tim Erlandsson — DF Ismael Diallo — DF Alex Iacovitti — DF Andreas Karo — DF Jack Kelly — DF Frederik Nielsen — DF Joe Worrall — DF Jermaine Worthington — MF Liam Adams

No. Position Player — MF Aidan Austin — MF Dylan Burns — MF Adam Crookes — MF Tom Gamblen — MF Elvis Otim — MF Luke Thomas — MF Ryan Yates — FW Gerry McDonagh — FW James Thorne — FW Kasheme Walton

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 Jordan Wright — GK Brad Jones — DF Jordan Gabriel — DF Charlie Jemson — DF Yehia Sabraoui — DF Ethan Stewart — DF Dan Preston — DF Riley Harbottle — MF Kyle McClean — MF Jake Taylor — MF Jake Willetts

No. Position Player — MF Jason Fellows — MF Luke McCormick — MF Connor Smith — MF Choz Charlesworth — MF Brennan Johnson — FW Virgil Gomis — FW Kieran Hayes — FW Kevin Bastos — FW Arvin Appiah — FW Kieran Darby — FW Ethan Dekel

Honours

• Premier Academy League
  • Winners: 2000-2001

Notable Academy graduates & attendees

References