Everton F.C. Under-21s and Academy

Everton Under-21s, the youth team of Everton, compete in Premier League 2 and play their home matches at Walton Hall Park.

Both the Under-21 and Development squad players have been based at their Finch Farm training complex since its completion in 2007.

As of 15 August 2025^[1]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  NIR Fraser Barnsley — GK  ENG George Pickford — DF  ENG Bradley Moonan — DF  ENG Eli Campbell — DF  ENG George Finney — DF  ENG Joshua van Schoor — DF  ENG Luca Davis — DF  ENG Odin Samuels-Smith — DF  ENG Reece Welch — DF  ENG Roman Dixon — DF  ENG William Tamen — MF  WAL Aled Thomas — MF  ENG Callum Bates — MF  GAM Francis Gomez

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ENG Harvey Foster — MF  ENG Isaac Heath — MF  NIR Jack Patterson — MF  ENG Justin Clarke — MF  ENG Tyler Onyango — FW  NIR Braiden Graham — FW  GER Coby Ebere — FW  ENG Francis Okoronkwo — FW  WAL George Morgan — FW  ENG Jacob Beaumont-Clark — FW  ENG Joel Catesby — FW  GHA Kingsford Boakye — FW  NED Martin Sherif — FW  WAL Omari Benjamin

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

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  ENG Douglass Lukjanciks — GK  ENG Goodness Gospel-Eze — GK  ENG Seve Patrick — DF  ENG Freddie Freedman — DF  ENG Harvey Billington — DF  ENG John Dodds — DF  ENG Lewis Evans — DF  ENG Louis Poland — DF  ENG Reuben Gokah — DF  ENG Rocco Lambert — MF  ENG Amari Moses

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ENG Demi Akarakiri — MF  NIR Freddie Murdock — MF  WAL Luis Gardner — MF  ENG Malik Olayiwola — MF  ENG Melvin Matos — FW  SCO Ceiran Loney — FW  SCO Charlie Stewart — FW  ENG Kean Wren — FW  ENG Ray Robert — FW  ENG Shea Pita

• Victor Anichebe (2006)
• John Irving (2007)
• John Irving (2008)
• Kieran Agard (2009)
• Shane Duffy (2010)
• Jose Baxter (2011)
• Adam Forshaw (2012)
• — (2013)
• Tyias Browning (2014)
• Brendan Galloway (2015)
• Joe Williams (2016)
• Jonjoe Kenny (2017)
• Morgan Feeney (2018)
• Nathan Broadhead (2019)
• Anthony Gordon (2020)
• Ryan Astley (2021)
• — (2022)
• — (2023)
• — (2024)
• — (2025)

Position	Name
Operations Manager	Dan Manning
Director of Academy	Gareth Prosser
Head of Coaching	Carl Darlington
Professional Development Coach	Leighton Baines

Remaining academy staff:

• Lead Coaches: Paul Bennett, Tom Kearney, Paul Tait
• Coaching Team: Peter Cavanagh, Phil Jevons, Colin Littlejohns, John Miles, Kevin O'Brien, Joe Peterson, Scott Phelan, Tom Gardner, Andy Cowley, Ross Morrison
• Sports Science & Medicine: John McKeown, Peter Beirne, Lewis Charnock, Nick Coleman, Jack Dowling, Dan Carney, Josh Jeffery, Matthew Lowe, Leah McCready
• Recruitment: Sam Bailey, Michael Cribley, Paul Johnson, Darren Kearns, Ian Lavery, Ray Redmond, Nicola Woods.
• Education & Welfare: Chris Adamson, Phil McQuaid, Darren Murphy
• Operations: Daniel Manning, Sean Farrington, Vincent Fieldstead, Rob How, John King, Daniel Manning, Danny Webb, Sean McClure, Keith Loyden
• Analytics and Strategic Planning: Owen O’Connor

• Premier League 2:
  • Winners (2): 2016–17, 2018–19
• Premier League Cup:
  • Winners (1): 2019
• Lancashire Senior Cup:
  • Winners (7): 1894, 1897, 1910, 1935, 1940, 1964, 2016
• Liverpool Senior Cup:
  • Winners (41): 1884, 1886, 1887, 1890, 1891, 1892, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1904, 1906, 1908, 1911, 1914, 1919, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1926, 1928, 1938, 1940, 1945, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1983, 1996, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2016, 2025
  • Joint Winners (6): 1910, 1912, 1934, 1936, 1958, 1982
• SuperCupNI:
  • Winners (7): 1995 (Junior), 2002 (Junior), 2008 (Junior), 2009 (Junior), 2011 (Junior), 2013 (Junior), 2016 (Elite)
  • Runners-up (3): 1999 (Junior), 2004 (Junior), 2012 (Junior)
• U18 Premier League:
  • Winners (1): 2014
• Future Champions Tournament:
  • Runners-up (3): 2013
• Premier Academy League:
  • Winners (1): 2011
• FA Youth Cup:
  • Winners (3): 1965, 1984, 1998
  • Runners-up (4): 1961, 1977, 1983, 2002
• The Central League:
  • Winners (4): 1914, 1938, 1954, 1968
• CEE Cup
  • Winners (1): 2017

• The Everton Way – Everton Academy Online (archived)
• Everton Shareholds Association – Tour of Finch Farm (archived)
• The School of Science
• Information about the academy from ToffeeWeb
• Discussions about the youth teams, results and the future stars from ToffeeTalk
• PitchCare Magazine Article. Archived 15 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine.
• Dr Pepper Dallas Cup® XXXIII: April 1–8, 2012. Archived 4 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine.
• 2011 NI Milk Cup
• Premier Academy Youth League Champions