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

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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.

Full nameNottingham Forest Football Club
Nicknames
  • Forest, The Garibaldis, The Reds, The Tricky Trees
Short nameForest
Founded1865; 161 years ago (1865)
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Nottingham Forest
Full nameNottingham Forest Football Club
Nicknames
  • Forest, The Garibaldis, The Reds, The Tricky Trees
Short nameForest
Founded1865; 161 years ago (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 Edit this at Wikidata
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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 5 February 2026[4][5]
More information Nat., No. ...
Nat. No. Pos. Name Date of birth Contract Exp. Notes Ref.
Goalkeepers
England 63 GK Aaron Charlie Bott (2004-09-06) 6 September 2004 (age 21) 30 June 2027 [6][7]
England 47 GK Luke Bruno Campbell (2005-11-27) 27 November 2005 (age 20) 30 June 2028 [8][9]
Northern Ireland - GK Owen Grainger (2007-07-12) 12 July 2007 (age 18)
England - GK George David Murray-Jones (2004-10-27) 27 October 2004 (age 21) 30 June 2027 + 1 yr opt. [10][11]
England 67 GK Keehan Martyn Willows (2005-10-01) 1 October 2005 (age 20) 30 June 2026 [12][13]
Defenders
Zimbabwe 68 DF Kristian Takura Clarke (2006-11-02) 2 November 2006 (age 19) [14][15]
Wales 64 DF Benjamin George Hammond (2004-10-02) 2 October 2004 (age 21) 30 June 2026 On loan to Northampton Town [16][17][18]
Wales 65 DF Justin Thomas Hanks (2004-09-01) 1 September 2004 (age 21) [19][20]
England - DF Kyle James McAdam (2004-12-24) 24 December 2004 (age 21) 30 June 2027 On loan to Northampton Town [21][22][23]
England 71 DF David Dennis Ayodeji Richard Christian Modupe (2006-09-23) 23 September 2006 (age 19) 30 June 2027 [24][25]
Scotland 60 DF Jamie Christopher Newton (2005-07-22) 22 July 2005 (age 20) [26][27]
Northern Ireland - DF Matthew Orr (2007-04-16) 16 April 2007 (age 19) 30 June 2028 [28][29]
England - DF Joshua Alan Powell (2005-01-09) 9 January 2005 (age 21) On loan to Fleetwood Town [30][31][32]
England 61 DF James Sinclair (2006-08-11) 11 August 2006 (age 19) [33][34]
England 58 DF Jack Ethan Thompson (2005-05-05) 5 May 2005 (age 20) 30 June 2026 On loan to Barrow [35][36][37]
Midfielders
Benin 46 MF Cherif-Dine Baba Yaya (2006-11-19) 19 November 2006 (age 19) On loan to Hereford [38][39]
England 77 MF Zyan Julius Blake (2007-11-13) 13 November 2007 (age 18) 30 June 2027 [40][41]
England 70 MF Alfie William Bradshaw 30 June 2026 [42][43]
Australia - MF Shae Lou Tim Cahill (2005-04-26) 26 April 2005 (age 21) 30 June 2026 + 1 yr opt. [44][45]
Scotland 72 MF Cormac Daly (2007-03-17) 17 March 2007 (age 19) 30 June 2026 On loan to Hereford [46][47][48]
Northern Ireland 57 MF Blaine Alexander Harris McClure (2007-02-05) 5 February 2007 (age 19) 30 June 2026 On loan from Rangers [49]
England - MF Frank Evans Ngatang Djamna 30 June 2027 [50][51]
England 93 MF Chinazaekpere Samuel Nwosu (2008-06-10) 10 June 2008 (age 17) 30 June 2028 [52][53]
England 73 MF Fuad Ayorinde Smith (2007-12-13) 13 December 2007 (age 18) 30 June 2027 [54][55]
England 51 MF Archie Harry Thomas Whitehall (2006-05-21) 21 May 2006 (age 19) 30 June 2026 [56][57]
Forwards
Latvia 62 FW Danny Brian Ambato Anisjko (2006-01-11) 11 January 2006 (age 20) 30 June 2026 + 1 yr opt. [58][59]
Republic of Ireland - FW Joseph Charles Gardner (2005-06-06) 6 June 2005 (age 20) 30 June 2027 + 1 yr opt. On loan to Mansfield Town [60][61][62]
England - FW Donnell Ocarriel McNeilly (2005-10-30) 30 October 2005 (age 20) 30 June 2028 [63][64]
England - FW Detlef Esapa Osong (2004-09-21) 21 September 2004 (age 21) 30 June 2026 On loan to Fleetwood Town [65][66][67]
The Gambia 45 FW Lamin Sillah (2006-06-06) 6 June 2006 (age 19) 30 June 2028 [68][69]
Northern Ireland 96 FW Kalum Stewart Thompson (2008-09-26) 26 September 2008 (age 17) 30 June 2027 [70][71]
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U18 Team

Current Squad

As of 5 February 2026[72][73]
More information Nat., No. ...
Nat. No. Pos. Name Date of birth Contract Exp. Notes Ref.
Goalkeepers
England 95 GK Joseph Robert Bailey 30 June 2027 [74][75]
Scotland - GK Alastair John Graham (2008-09-23) 23 September 2008 (age 17) 30 June 2027 [76][77]
England 89 GK Zac Alan Smith 30 June 2026 [78][79]
Defenders
England 94 DF Harvey George Andrews 30 June 2027 [80][81]
England - DF Ethan Thomas Broomes (2008-06-04) 4 June 2008 (age 17) 30 June 2027 [82][83]
England 84 DF Jonathan Carrion Whiteley 30 June 2026 [84][85]
England 76 DF Buba Sanneh 30 June 2026 [86][87]
England 99 DF Spencer James Sutton 30 June 2027 [88][89]
England 88 DF Will Iain Thompson (2006-12-26) 26 December 2006 (age 19) 30 June 2026 [90][91]
Midfielders
Northern Ireland 79 MF Evan James Boulter 30 June 2026 [92][93]
England 92 MF Eleazar Don Lokote 30 June 2027 [94][95]
England 98 MF Riko Leon Rickelmae Piper Robinson (2008-10-29) 29 October 2008 (age 17) 30 June 2028 [96][97]
England 90 MF Shakur Ruben Samuels 30 June 2027 [98][99]
England - MF Gabriel Toby Schluter (2009-01-10) 10 January 2009 (age 17) [100][101]
England 85 MF Jordan Scott Willows (2008-12-16) 16 December 2008 (age 17) 30 June 2026 [102][103]
Forwards
England - FW Basima Baba Balagizi 30 June 2027 [104][105]
England 97 FW Kanye Kennedy Bradshaw 30 June 2027 [106][107]
England 87 FW Taeneal Riquelme Brandy (2007-09-17) 17 September 2007 (age 18) 30 June 2026 [108][109]
Northern Ireland - FW Scott Joseph Hamilton (2008-03-06) 6 March 2008 (age 18) 30 June 2026 + 1 yr opt. [110][111]
England 74 FW Jayden Anthony Powell [112][113]
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Staff

More information Academy 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
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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

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