Everton F.C. Reserves and Academy

Everton Under-23s compete in Premier League 2 and play their home matches at Haig Avenue in Southport. On occasion, they are permitted to play at Goodison Park. Both the Under-23 and Under-18 players have been based at their Finch Farm training complex since its completion in 2007.

Players

As of 24 June 2024

Under-21 squad

No.	Player	Nationality	Date Of Birth	Signed From
Goalkeepers
—	Fraser Barnsley		(2004-10-06) 6 October 2004 (age 19)	Oxford United
—	Harry Tyrer		(2001-12-06) 6 December 2001 (age 22)	N/A
—	Žan-Luk Leban		(2002-12-15) 15 December 2002 (age 21)	N/A
Defenders
64	Reece Welch		(2003-09-19) 19 September 2003 (age 20)	N/A
68	Mathew Mallon		(2004-02-25) 25 February 2004 (age 20)	N/A
73	Elijah Campbell		(2004-08-02) 2 August 2004 (age 19)	N/A
75	Roman Dixon		(2004-12-26) 26 December 2004 (age 19)	N/A
76	Jack Tierney		(2005-01-17) 17 January 2005 (age 19)	N/A
Midfielders
57	Charlie Whitaker		(2001-09-16) 16 September 2001 (age 22)	Blackburn Rovers
62	Tyler Onyango		(2003-03-04) 4 March 2003 (age 21)	N/A
69	Luke Butterfield		(2003-09-29) 29 September 2003 (age 20)	Blackburn Rovers
79	Owen Barker		(2005-02-23) 23 February 2005 (age 19)	N/A
82	Halid Djankpata		(2005-04-13) 13 April 2005 (age 19)	N/A
83	Isaac Heath		(2004-10-28) 28 October 2004 (age 19)	Leeds United
86	Jenson Metcalfe		(2004-09-06) 6 September 2004 (age 19)	N/A
Forwards
56	Stanley Mills		(2003-10-25) 25 October 2003 (age 20)	N/A
88	Francis Okoronkowo		(2004-09-18) 18 September 2004 (age 19)	Sunderland
—	Braiden Graham		(2007-11-07) 7 November 2007 (age 16)	Linfield
—	Kingsford Boakye		(2004-12-11) 11 December 2004 (age 19)	N/A

Under-18 squad

No.	Player	Nationality	Date Of Birth	Signed From
Goalkeepers
50	George Pickford		(2007-02-06) 6 February 2007 (age 17)	N/A
—	Douglass Lukjanciks		(2007-10-09) 9 October 2007 (age 16)	N/A
Defenders
—	Aled Thomas		(2006-09-27) 27 September 2006 (age 17)	N/A
—	Bradley Moonan		Unknown	N/A
—	George Finney		Unknown	N/A
—	Jack Butler		(2005-11-12) 12 November 2005 (age 18)	N/A
—	Joshua van Schoor		(2006-10-08) 8 October 2006 (age 17)	N/A
—	Luca Davis		Unknown	N/A
—	Odin Samuels-Smith		(2006-06-05) 5 June 2006 (age 18)	N/A
Midfielders
81	Harvey Foster		(2007-03-13) 13 March 2007 (age 17)	N/A
65	Matthew Apter		(2005-10-21) 21 October 2005 (age 18)	N/A
—	Callum Bates		(2005-09-28) 28 September 2005 (age 18)	N/A
—	Harrison Armstrong		(2007-01-19) 19 January 2007 (age 17)	N/A
—	Jack Patterson		(2005-10-16) 16 October 2005 (age 18)	Crusaders
Forwards
67	Martin Sherif		(2006-06-10) 10 June 2006 (age 18)	N/A
—	Coby Ebere		(2005-09-17) 17 September 2005 (age 18)	N/A
—	George Morgan		(2006-09-08) 8 September 2006 (age 17)	N/A
—	Jacob Beaumont-Clark		(2005-09-19) 19 September 2005 (age 18)	N/A
—	Joel Catesby		Unknown	N/A

Player of the season

Under-23s:

• Victor Anichebe (2006)
• John Irving (2007)
• John Irving (2008)
• Kieran Agard (2009)
• Shane Duffy (2010)
• Jose Baxter (2011)
• Adam Forshaw (2012)
• N/A (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)

Academy:

• Scott Phelan (2006)
• Shaun Densmore (2007)
• Jack Rodwell (2008)
• James McCarten (2009)
• Adam Davies (2010)
• Jake Bidwell (2011)
• Hallam Hope (2012)
• Chris Long (2013)
• Ryan Ledson (2014)
• Harry Charsley (2015)

Academy staff

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

Awards and honours

• 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 (40): 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
  • 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

References

External links

• The Everton Way – Everton Academy Online
• Everton Shareholds Association – Tour of Finch Farm
• 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

This page was last edited on 25 June 2024, at 12:22