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

Nottingham Forest
Full nameNottingham Forest Football Club
Nickname(s)
  • Forest, The Garibaldis, The Reds, The Tricky Trees
Short nameForest
Founded1865 (1865)
GroundLoughborough University Stadium
Nigel Doughty Academy
OwnerEvangelos Marinakis
Lead CoachChris 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)
Websitewww.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

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 in the EFL Trophy for the first time.[3]

B Team

Current Squad

As of 15 August 2025[4][5]
Nat. No. Pos. Name Date of Birth Contract Exp. Notes Ref.
Goalkeepers
England - GK Aaron Charlie Bott (2004-09-06) 6 September 2004 30 June 2027 [6][7]
England - GK Luke Campbell (2005-11-27) 27 November 2005 30 June 2028 [8][9]
England - GK George David Murray-Jones (2004-10-27) 27 October 2004 30 June 2027 + 1 yr opt. [10][11]
England - GK Keehan Martyn Willows (2005-10-01) 1 October 2005 30 June 2026 [12][13]
Defenders
Zimbabwe - DF Kristian Takura Clarke (2006-11-02) 2 November 2006 [14][15]
Wales - DF Benjamin George Hammond (2004-10-02) 2 October 2004 30 June 2026 [16][17]
Wales - DF Justin Thomas Hanks (2004-09-01) 1 September 2004 [18][19]
England - DF David Dennis Ayodeji Modupe (2006-09-23) 23 September 2006 30 June 2027 [20][21]
Scotland - DF Jamie Christopher Newton (2005-07-22) 22 July 2005 [22][23]
England - DF James Sinclair (2006-08-11) 11 August 2006 [24][25]
England - DF Jack Ethan Thompson (2005-05-05) 5 May 2005 30 June 2026 [26][27]
England - DF Kyle James McAdam (2004-12-24) 24 December 2004 30 June 2027 On loan at Mansfield Town [28][29]
England - DF Joshua Alan Powell (2005-01-09) 9 January 2005 On loan at Colchester United [30][31][32]
Midfielders
England - MF Adam Evan Berry (2006-01-09) 9 January 2006 30 June 2026 [33][34]
England - MF Zyan Julius Blake (2007-11-13) 13 November 2007 30 June 2027 [35][36]
England - MF Alfie William Bradshaw 30 June 2026 [37][38]
Australia - MF Shae Lou Tim Cahill (2005-04-26) 26 April 2005 30 June 2026 + 1 yr opt. [39][40]
Scotland - MF Cormac Daly (2007-03-17) 17 March 2007 30 June 2026 [41][42]
England - MF Frank Evans Ngatang Djamna 30 June 2027 [43][44]
England - MF Fuad Ayorinde Smith (2007-12-13) 13 December 2007 30 June 2027 [45][46]
England - MF Archie Harry Thomas Whitehall (2006-05-21) 21 May 2006 30 June 2026 [47][48]
Benin - MF Cherif-Dine Baba Yaya (2006-11-19) 19 November 2006 [49]
Northern Ireland - MF Jamie Carson McDonnell (2004-02-16) 16 February 2004 30 June 2026 + 1 yr opt. On loan at Mansfield Town [50][51][52]
Forwards
Latvia - FW Danny Brian Ambato Anisjko (2006-01-11) 11 January 2006 30 June 2026 + 1 yr opt. [53][54]
The Gambia - FW Lamin Sillah (2006-06-06) 6 June 2006 30 June 2028 [55][56]
Republic of Ireland - FW Joseph Charles Gardner (2005-06-06) 6 June 2005 30 June 2027 + 1 yr opt. On loan at Mansfield Town [57][58][59]
England - FW Detlef Esapa Osong (2004-09-21) 21 September 2004 30 June 2026 On loan at Motherwell [60][61][62]

U18 Team

Current Squad

As of 15 August 2025[63][64]
Nat. No. Pos. Name Date of Birth Contract Exp. Notes Ref.
Goalkeepers
England - GK Joe Bailey 30 June 2027 [65][66]
Scotland - GK Alastair Graham (2008-09-23) 23 September 2008 30 June 2027 [67][68]
England - GK Zac Alan Smith 30 June 2026 [69][70]
Defenders
England - DF Harvey Andrews 30 June 2027 [71][72]
England - DF Ethan Thomas Broomes (2008-06-04) 4 June 2008 30 June 2027 [73][74]
England - DF Buba Sanneh 30 June 2026 [75][76]
England - DF Spencer Sutton 30 June 2027 [77][78]
England - DF Will Iain Thompson (2006-12-26) 26 December 2006 30 June 2026 [79][80]
England - DF Jonathan Carrion Whiteley 30 June 2026 [81][82]
Midfielders
Northern Ireland - MF Evan James Boulter 30 June 2026 [83][84]
Wales - MF Isaac Tiger Davies (2007-09-15) 15 September 2007 30 June 2027 [85][86]
England - MF Eleazar Lokote 30 June 2027 [87][88]
England - MF Riko Robinson (2008-10-29) 29 October 2008 30 June 2027 [89][90]
England - MF Shakir Samuels 30 June 2027 [91][92]
Northern Ireland - MF Kalum Thompson (2008-09-26) 26 September 2008 30 June 2027 [93][94]
England - MF Jordan Scott Willows (2008-12-16) 16 December 2008 30 June 2026 [95][96]
Forwards
England - FW Basima Balagizi 30 June 2027 [97][98]
England - FW Kanye Bradshaw 30 June 2027 [99][100]
England - FW Taeneal Riquelme Brandy (2007-09-17) 17 September 2007 30 June 2026 [101][102]
Northern Ireland - FW Scott Joseph Hamilton (2008-03-06) 6 March 2008 30 June 2026 + 1 yr opt. [103][104]
England - FW Jayden Anthony Powell [105][106]

Staff

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

Honours

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

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