Stoke City F.C. Reserves and Academy

Stoke City Under 21s

Full name	Stoke City Football Club Under-21s
Nickname(s)	The Potters
Founded	1863, as Stoke Swifts F.C.
Ground	Britannia Stadium Moss Rose, Macclesfield Clayton Wood Training Ground
Chairman	Peter Coates
Manager	Glyn Hodges & John Perkins (Under-21s) Kevin Russell (Under-18s)
League	Professional Development League Division 2
2014–15	Professional Development League Division 2, 11th
Website	Club home page

Stoke City Football Club Under-21s is the most senior of Stoke City's youth teams and the clubs's former and the club's former reserve team. The Under-21 team is effectively Stoke City's second-string side, but is limited to three outfield players and one goalkeeper over the age of 21 per game following the introduction of new regulations from the 2012–13 season.^[1] They play in Professional U21 Development League Division 2. The team also competes in the Staffordshire Senior Cup and U21 Premier League Cup.

They play their home matches at the club's main ground, the Britannia Stadium, the Moss Rose in Macclesfield as well as the club's Clayton Wood Training Ground. In previous seasons the team has played at Nantwich Town's Weaver Stadium and Newcastle Town's Lyme Valley Stadium. The Under-21s are managed by Glyn Hodges, whilst the Under-18s are managed by Kevin Russell.

Under-21s

Squad

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

No.	Position	Player
39	GK	Dániel Gyollai
—	GK	Dominic Kurasik
—	DF	Lewis Banks
—	DF	Ben Barber
—	DF	Liam Edwards
40	DF	Bobby Moseley
—	DF	Ryan O'Reilly
—	DF	Johnville Renee-Pringle
—	DF	Mason Watkins-Clark
—	MF	Ed Dryden

No.	Position	Player
30	MF	Moha El Ouriachi
38	MF	Eddy Lecygne
—	MF	Sergio Molina
—	MF	Ollie Roberts
42	MF	Joel Taylor
41	MF	Mark Waddington
—	FW	Yusuf Çoban
—	FW	Peter Skapetis
37	FW	Dom Telford
—	FW	George Waring

Under-18s

As of 22 January 2016^[2]

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

No.	Position	Player
—	GK	Tommy Dyche
—	GK	Harry Isted
—	GK	Chris Marques
—	DF	Theo Brierley
—	DF	Tom Edwards
—	DF	Harvey Read
—	DF	Kosovar Sadaki
—	DF	Luis Silva
—	DF	Liam Smith

No.	Position	Player
—	DF	Toby Wells
—	DF	Josh Williams
—	MF	Jake Dunwoody
—	MF	Daniel Jarvis
—	MF	Thibaud Verlinden
—	MF	Freddy Yao
—	FW	Shola Ayoola
—	FW	Julien N'Goy
—	FW	Tom Shepherd

Honours

Leagues

The Central League
Champions: 1927–28, 2003–04
- Runner-up: 1934–35
- Division One (West) champions: 2002–03
- Division Two Champions: 1991–92
North Staffordshire & District League
- Champions: 1895–96, 1898–99
- Runner-up: 1896–97
The Combination
- Runner-up: 1892–93, 1893–94
Midland Football League
- Runner-up 1894–95
Birmingham & District League
- Runner-up: 1903–04, 1904–05
North Staffordshire Federation League
- Runner-up: 1908–09
Football League Youth Alliance
- Division Three North champions: 1998–99

Cups

FA Youth Cup
- Runners-up: 1983–84
Generation Adidas Cup
- Winner: 2013–14
Altstatten International Tournament
- Runner-up: 2013–14
Central League Cup
- Winner: 1996–97
- Runner-up: 2000–01
Midland Youth League Cup
- Winner: 1996–97
North Staffordshire Federation League Cup
- Runner-up: 1908–09

Staff

Academy management

Academy Director: David Wright
Head of Academy Coaching: James Hunter
Head of Academy Sports Science & Athletic Development: Paul White
Head of Academy Education: Greg Briggs
Academy Medical Lead Physiotherapist: Mel Pejic
Academy Secretary: Margaret Stringer

Academy full-time coaching staff

Senior Professional Development Coach: Glyn Hodges
Professional Development Phase Coach: John Perkins & Kevin Russell
Youth Development Phase Coach: Earl Barrett, Richard Carter, Richard Walker
Foundation Phase Coach: Tom Holroyd, Gareth Owen, Liam Peart
Academy Head Goalkeeping Coach: Danny Alcock

Notable Academy graduates

A number players from the Stoke City Academy go on to have careers in professional football, whether at Stoke City or at other clubs. The following is a list of players who have played at a professional level since the Academy opened in 1998. Players who are listed in Bold have gained senior international caps.

League performance

Reserves & U21's

Source:^[3]

Season	League	Played	Wins	Draws	Losses	Goals F	Goals A	Points	Position
Entered the Combination as Stoke Swifts
1891–92	The Combination	22	13	1	8	49	29	27	4/12
1892–93	The Combination	22	14	4	4	48	23	32	2/12
1893–94	The Combination	18	10	1	7	57	31	21	2/10
1894–95	Midland Football League	26	14	7	5	90	33	35	2/14
1895–96	North Staffordshire & District League	30	21	7	2	109	29	49	1/16
1896–97	North Staffordshire & District League	25	18	3	5	84	33	39	2/14
1897–98	The Combination	24	10	5	9	42	35	25	3/13
1898–99	North Staffordshire & District League	22	17	1	4	84	25	35	1/12
1899–1900	North Staffordshire & District League	16	9	1	6	50	27	19	3/9
Renamed Stoke reserves and joined the Birmingham & District League
1900–01	Birmingham & District League	34	17	5	12	80	51	39	4/18
1901–02	Birmingham & District League	34	15	6	13	50	45	36	9/18
1902–03	Birmingham & District League	34	14	6	14	63	45	34	10/18
1903–04	Birmingham & District League	34	21	6	7	89	55	48	2/18
1904–05	Birmingham & District League	34	20	5	9	68	33	45	2/18
1905–06	Birmingham & District League	34	14	7	13	71	60	35	8/18
1906–07	Birmingham & District League	34	13	8	13	62	64	34	9/18
1907–08	Birmingham & District League	34	12	9	13	53	57	33	11/18
Stoke resign from the Football League and first team replaces reserves in the Birmingham & District League
1908–09	North Staffordshire Federation League	15	11	1	3	44	22	23	2/10
1909–10	North Staffordshire & District League	26	20	0	6	76	23	40	3/14
1910–11	North Staffordshire & District League	26	14	3	9	65	32	31	5/14
First team leave the Birmingham & District League, reserves take their place
1911–12	Birmingham & District League	34	11	12	11	51	52	34	9/18
1912–13	Birmingham & District League	34	13	3	18	58	75	29	14/18
1913–14	Birmingham & District League	34	17	7	10	73	46	41	4/18
1914–15	Birmingham & District League	34	17	5	12	80	52	39	8/18
1914 to 1919 – World War I
1919–20	Birmingham & District League	34	14	4	16	73	68	32	12/18
1920–21	Birmingham & District League	34	11	6	17	46	62	28	12/18
Joined the newly formed reserve team only Central League
1921–22	Central League	42	19	9	14	71	52	47	6/22
1922–23	Central League	42	13	9	14	62	82	35	18/22
1923–24	Central League	42	11	12	19	43	58	34	17/22
1924–25	Central League	42	12	8	22	54	90	32	18/22
Stoke-on-Trent granted city status in 1925, renamed Stoke City Reserves
1925–26	Central League	42	14	8	20	74	93	36	18/22
1926–27	Central League	42	15	5	22	70	81	35	18/22
1927–28	Central League	42	23	8	11	101	62	54	1/22
1928–29	Central League	42	16	7	19	78	82	39	15/22
1929–30	Central League	42	17	10	15	70	83	44	8/22
1930–31	Central League	42	14	11	17	46	73	39	16/22
1931–32	Central League	42	12	10	20	57	101	34	16/22
1932–33	Central League	42	16	8	18	80	74	40	14/22
1933–34	Central League	42	26	4	12	88	66	56	3/22
1934–35	Central League	42	21	10	11	93	62	52	2/22
1935–36	Central League	42	10	10	22	66	95	30	20/22
1936–37	Central League	42	19	6	17	70	82	44	11/22
1937–38	Central League	42	12	12	18	55	76	36	21/22
1938–39	Central League	42	12	10	20	60	65	34	19/22
1939 to 1945 – World War II
1945–46	Central League	40	16	3	21	68	74	35	14/21
1946–47	Central League	42	11	10	21	56	89	32	18/22
1947–48	Central League	42	15	9	18	56	71	39	13/22
1948–49	Central League	42	16	6	20	65	69	38	14/22
1949–50	Central League	42	13	9	20	56	83	35	19/22
1950–51	Central League	42	6	9	27	34	92	21	22/22
1951–52	Central League	42	11	5	26	47	84	27	22/22
1952–53	Central League	42	17	7	18	67	69	41	11/22
1953–54	Central League	42	10	6	26	46	89	26	21/22
1954–55	Central League	42	19	5	18	69	78	43	12/22
1955–56	Central League	42	10	14	18	52	76	34	17/22
1956–57	Central League	42	17	11	14	65	62	45	8/22
1957–58	Central League	42	16	10	16	66	71	42	11/22
1958–59	Central League	42	22	8	12	81	54	52	4/22
1959–60	Central League	42	21	9	12	77	54	51	5/22
1960–61	Central League	42	9	11	22	42	71	29	20/22
1961–62	Central League	42	11	11	20	45	75	33	19/22
1962–63	Central League	42	22	8	12	75	50	52	6/22
1963–64	Central League	42	19	10	13	58	42	48	14/22
1964–65	Central League	42	10	12	20	42	71	32	18/22
1965–66	Central League	42	24	9	9	76	51	57	2/22
1966–67	Central League	42	18	5	19	65	68	41	11/22
1967–68	Central League	42	12	14	16	60	73	38	16/22
1968–69	Central League	42	15	9	18	45	42	39	13/22
1969–70	Central League	42	19	11	12	67	40	49	8/22
1970–71	Central League	42	10	14	18	52	64	34	18/22
1971–72	Central League	42	17	13	12	59	49	47	6/22
1972–73	Central League	42	23	8	11	86	55	54	2/22
1973–74	Central League	42	16	11	15	59	56	43	13/22
1974–75	Central League	42	18	12	12	50	40	48	6/22
1975–76	Central League	42	16	10	16	60	55	42	11/22
1976–77	Central League	42	13	18	11	49	50	44	10/22
1977–78	Central League	42	13	14	15	58	52	40	11/22
1978–79	Central League	42	23	11	8	65	45	57	3/22
1979–80	Central League	42	11	17	14	45	49	39	13/22
1980–81	Central League	42	14	11	17	51	57	39	14/22
1981–82	Central League	42	11	15	16	50	61	37	14/22
Central League Division Two created
1982–83	Central League Division One	30	14	6	10	54	57	34	7/16
Three points for a win introduced to reserve team football
1983–84	Central League Division One	30	11	6	13	52	59	39	9/16
1984–85	Central League Division One	34	8	6	20	43	72	30	17/18
1985–86	Central League Division Two	34	9	5	20	51	85	32	?/18
1986–87	Central League Division Two	32	13	5	14	42	48	44	?/17
1987–88	Central League Division Two	34	11	8	15	30	44	41	?/18
1988–89	Central League Division Two	34	17	10	7	60	38	61	?/18
1989–90	Central League Division Two	34	14	8	12	50	44	50	?/18
1990–91	Central League Division Two	34	12	5	17	51	67	41	?/18
1991–92	Central League Division Two	34	25	5	4	93	30	80	1/18
1992–93	Central League Division One	34	8	8	18	38	56	32	16/18
1993–94	Central League Division Two	34	21	3	10	54	41	66	3/18
1994–95	Central League Division One	34	12	7	15	46	44	43	11/18
1995–96	Central League Division One	34	17	8	9	57	42	59	3/18
League restructure
1996–97	Central League Premier Division	24	11	2	11	34	37	35	4/13
1997–98	Central League Premier Division	24	10	4	10	35	41	34	6/13
1998–99	Central League Premier Division	24	7	7	10	24	32	28	10/13
League restructure following creation of Premier Reserve League
1999–2000	Central League Premier Division	22	3	8	11	21	37	17	11/12
2000–01	Central League Division One	22	9	5	8	35	32	12	5/12
2001–02	Central League Division One	22	10	3	9	52	27	33	5/12
2002–03	Central League Division One	18	12	2	4	42	22	38	1/10
2003–04	Central League Premier Division	22	13	4	5	45	31	43	1/12
2004–05	Central League Premier Division	22	10	3	9	28	26	33	5/12
Leagues re-organised into geographical divisions
2005–06	Central League Central Division	18	7	2	9	22	30	23	6/10
2006–07	Central League Central Division	22	6	7	9	25	37	25	8/12
2007–08	Central League Central Division	22	9	3	10	25	36	30	9/12
Joined Premier Reserve League following first team's promotion
2008–09	Premier Reserve League South	16	4	2	10	18	23	14	8/9
2009–10	Premier Reserve League South	16	3	4	9	13	24	13	9/9
resigned from the Premier Reserve League
2010–11	No league entered
2011–12	Central League Central Division	12	3	3	6	15	23	12	7/7
Joined Professional Development League following league reconstruction
2012–13	Under-21 Premier League First Phase	12	1	1	10	11	37	4	7/7
2012–13	Under-21 Premier League Second Phase	12	2	1	9	14	28	7	7/7
2013–14	Under-21 Premier League	21	6	4	11	26	34	22	18/22
2014–15	Under-21 Premier League Division 2	22	4	6	12	23	50	18	11/12

Academy

Season	League
Season	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos
Joined under-19 FA Premier Academy League
1999–00	22	3	5	14	17	47	14	8/8
2000–01	28	6	7	15	37	59	25	8/10
2001–02	28	7	6	15	40	46	27	8/10
2002–03	28	3	8	17	25	62	17	10/10
2003–04	26	4	7	15	37	63	19	9/10
League becomes - Premier Academy League Under 18s
2004–05	28	10	9	9	39	46	39	6/9
2005–06	28	10	8	10	42	37	38	6/10
2006–07	28	3	5	20	14	53	14	10/10
2007–08	28	6	7	15	28	42	22	10/10
2008–09	28	11	7	10	30	41	40	6/10
2009–10	28	9	10	9	32	38	37	8/10
2010–11	28	5	3	20	27	58	18	10/10
2011–12	28	12	7	9	45	41	43	6/10
League becomes - Premier League under-18s
2012–13	12	5	0	7	16	21	15	5/7
2012–13	12	4	3	5	17	16	15	4/7
2013–14	31	6	6	19	34	61	24	11/11
2014–15	29	9	6	14	41	50	33	17/24

References

↑ "Barclays U21 Premier League: Competition Format explained". premierleague.com. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
↑ "Under-18s". Stoke City. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
↑ "Under 21s / Reserve Team Statistics". Stoke City. Retrieved 17 March 2015.

External links

Stoke Under-21s at stokecityfc.com
Stoke Under-18s at stokecityfc.com

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