Reading F.C. Under-18s and Academy

Reading Under-18s and Academy
Full name Reading Football Club Under-18s & Academy
Nickname(s) The Royals
Ground Hogwood Park
Chairman Sir John Madejski
Manager David Dodds,
Martin Kuhl (Under-21s),
Eamonn Dolan (Academy)

Reading F.C. Under-18s is the youth football club of Reading F.C., in Reading, England.

Under-18 squad

The under-18s play their home matches at Hogwood Park, the club's training ground, with a selection of games each season being played at the Madejski Stadium. Three outfield players and one goalkeeper over the age of 18 are allowed to be selected for each fixture, with scholars from the Academy squad also eligible to play. The following players are those in the senior squad who are under 18, but are not regularly involved in first team games.

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

No. Position Player
— England GK Luke Southwood
— England GK Joe Tupper
— England GK Billy Collins
— England DF Daniel Akinwunmi
— England DF Gabriel Osho
— England DF Omar Richards
— Iceland DF Axel Andresson
43 England DF Tennai Watson
— Iceland MF Sindri Scheving
— England MF Harrison Bennett
— England MF Josh Chatee
— Republic of Ireland MF Conor Davis
— England MF Ryan East
49 Republic of Ireland MF Josh Barrett
— England FW Sam Smith
No. Position Player
— England GK Liam Driscoll
— England DF Teddy Howe
— Scotland DF Thomas Mcintyre
— England DF Ramarni Medford-Smith
— England MF Tyler Frost
— England MF Joel Rollinson
— England MF Ade Shokunbi
— United States FW Eric Matzelevich

Staff

Academy and development staff

Former players

Graduates

Prior to the establishment of the Academy, Reading produced several players for the first-team who went on to have successful careers. Neil Webb became Reading's youngest ever goalscorer aged 17 years and 31 days and made a total of 81 appearances for the club, later going on to win 26 England caps.[1] Ady Williams made nearly 400 appearances in three spells between 1988 and 2004 and was capped 13 times for Wales[2] whilst Stuart Lovell made 227 league appearances, scored 58 times and played twice for the Australia national team.[3] Others to have come through the ranks include Johnny Brooks, Jerry Williams, Steve Hetzke, Scott Taylor and Maurice Evans, who made over 400 league appearances for Reading and later managed the first-team between 1977 and 1984.[4][5]

Since the Academy opened in 1999, 33 graduates have gone on to play for the first team. Players who have gone on to play for their country at full international level are marked in bold whilst those still at the club are marked in italics.[6]

Careers elsewhere

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A number of players attached to the Academy as schoolboys and scholars, as well as those who signed professionally but never made a first team appearance, have gone on play league football elsewhere. Those that have gone on to play for their country at full international level are marked in bold.[6][7][8][9][10]

References

  1. ↑ Rice, Xan (9 May 2004). "When the music stops - Part 1". The Observer. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
  2. ↑ "Player profile: Ady Williams". Reading F.C. Archived from the original on 28 February 2008. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
  3. ↑ "I felt like a fair dinkum Aussie". FourFourTwo. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
  4. ↑ "Reading F.C. players 1946–2012". Neil Brown statistics. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
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  7. ↑ "Dolan's insight into newboys". Reading F.C. Archived from the original on 27 May 2012. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
  8. ↑ "Korea's Nam Tae-Hee believes Sunderland-bound Ji Dong-Won will be a 'great player'". Goal.com. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
  9. ↑ "Royals offer scholarship contracts to seven schoolboys for next season". Reading F.C. Archived from the original on 27 June 2007. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
  10. ↑ "Induction for new intake". Reading F.C. Archived from the original on 20 July 2009. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
  11. ↑ Gibson, Richard (7 November 2012). "Scouting Report: Ex-brickie Austin leading Ronaldo, Messi and Co in Euro goalscoring charts". Daily Mail. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
  12. ↑ "Player profile: Marvin Bartley". Burnley F.C. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
  13. ↑ "Doug Bergqvist joins Exeter from Aldershot". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
  14. ↑ "Henrik Breimyr profile". Aldershot Town F.C. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
  15. ↑ "Town sign Daniel Carr". Huddersfield Town F.C. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
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  17. ↑ "Reading axe Murty and Hahnemann". BBC Sport. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
  18. ↑ "Uche Ikpeazu: Watford sign prolific teenager on pro contract". BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  19. ↑ "Adam Mekki profile". Aldershot Town F.C. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
  20. ↑ "Johnny Mullins profile". Rotherham United F.C. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
  21. ↑ "Matt Partridge". Reading F.C. Archived from the original on 9 April 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
  22. ↑ "Dolan: 'Academy is a success'...but Gooding's unconvinced". Reading Post. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
  23. ↑ "James Rowe profile". Reading F.C. Archived from the original on 1 August 2010. Retrieved 10 August 2010.
  24. ↑ "Louie Soares profile". Aldershot Town F.C. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
  25. ↑ "Vasilev signing: Inside info". Reading F.C. Archived from the original on 23 March 2008. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
  26. ↑ Rayner, Stuart (18 January 2012). "Connor Wickham's time to stand on his own has arrived". The Journal. Newcastle. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
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