AFC Wimbledon Development Squad and Academy
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| Full name | AFC Wimbledon | |||
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| Nicknames | The Dons, The Wombles | |||
| Founded | 2003 | |||
| Ground | Plough Lane | |||
| Chairman | Mick Buckley | |||
| Manager | Michael Hamilton (Academy Manager) | |||
| League | Football League Youth Alliance | |||
| 2019-20 | 1st (Merit League One) | |||
| Website | http://www.afcwimbledon.co.uk/ | |||
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AFC Wimbledon Development squad and Academy are the youth teams of professional English association football club AFC Wimbledon. Under the Elite Player Performance Plan (EPPP) system for youth development, the academy has been granted Category Three status. The Under-18 squad currently competes in Football League Youth Alliance South East Conference. The Under 18's squad play their home matches in the FA Youth Cup at Kingsmeadow[clarification needed], in Kingston upon Thames, London. Whilst the Under 23's play a majority of their matches at Merstham F.C. most other matches are held at the club's New Malden training complex. The development squad competes in the Under–21 Premier League Cup.
Current academy and youth development staff
The AFC Wimbledon Academy was founded in 2003. In 2010, the Under-13s squad won the Tesco Cup, having triumphed through the County and Regional rounds of the competition, by beating Lytham St Annes YMCA 2–0 in the final.
| Name | Role |
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 Michael Hamilton |
Academy Manager |
| Michael Cook |
Academy Head of Operations |
| Anthony Ferguson |
Head of Coaching |
| James Oliver Pearce |
Under 18s Head Coach |
| Jack Matthews |
Lead Youth Phase Coach (U13-16) |
| Nicholas Wright |
Lead Foundation Phase Coach |
| Liam Connor |
Head of Physical Performance |
| Jenna Richards |
Physical Performance and Medicine Manager |
| Stuart Page |
Head of Education |
| Ben Fosuhene |
Head of Academy Talent ID |
| Ahmed Jama |
Head of Academy Performance Analysis |
 Diogo Santos |
Youth Development Phase Coach |
| Conor Martin |
Academy Club Journalist |
| Deji Olorukoba-Oseni |
Academy Administrator |
