Middlesbrough F.C. Reserves and Academy

Middlesbrough Reserves

Full name	Middlesbrough Football Club
Nickname(s)	Boro, The Boro, Smoggies
Ground	Rockliffe Park, Hurworth
Owner	Steve Gibson
Manager	Steve Agnew
League	The Central League, East Division
2010-11	The Central League, 1st
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

Middlesbrough Academy

Ground	Rockliffe Park, Hurworth
Manager	Dave Parnaby
League	FA Premier Academy League
2010-11	FA Academy Premier League Group D, 6th

Middlesbrough Reserves and the Middlesbrough Academy are the reserve and under-18 teams of Middlesbrough F.C. respectively.

Most reserve home fixtures and all Academy home fixtures are played at Rockliffe Park, near Hurworth, though the final reserve home game of the season is usually played at the Riverside Stadium.

Reserves

Middlesbrough Reserves (also referred to as the Development Squad) play in The Central League, East Division, of which they were champions in 2010–11. Since there are only 14 games in the league, the reserves also play in a number of friendly games throughout the season.

Since summer 2010, the reserve team has been managed by Steve Agnew, a role he retained following Tony Mowbray's appointment as manager in November that year. On the 7th of January they beat Marske United 4:0 at Mount Pleasant with First team manager Tony Mowbray observing from the stands.

Academy

The Middlesbrough Academy is the name for Middlesbrough's youth system. They play in the FA Premier Academy League.

In recent years the Academy has been noted as one of the most productive in the country and the North East, producing among others, current first team captain Matthew Bates, and first team regulars Tony McMahon and Joe Bennett. Other notable graduates include Scotland international James Morrison, Australia internationals Luke Wilkshire, Brad Jones and Rhys Williams, England internationals Adam Johnson and Stewart Downing and Northern Ireland international Chris Brunt. In 2007, the BBC noted that since the 2002–03 season, Middlesbrough had produced the most graduates from their academy to play in at least five first team games.

The head of the Academy is Dave Parnaby. He led the Academy side to the 2003 FA Youth Cup final against Manchester United where they finished runners up, before getting to the final again the next season and emerging victorious over Aston Villa.

Academy staff

Position	Staff
Academy Manager	Dave Parnaby
Under-18 coach	Mark Proctor
Goalkeeping Coach	Simon Hood
Sports Scientist	Peter Hood
Physio	James Baldwin
Head of Recruitment	Ron Bone
Assistant Head of Recruitment	Martin Carter
Head of Education and Welfare	John Barry
Academy Assistant	Terry Mulgrew

Youth coaching staff

Position	Staff
Under-16 coach	Colin Cooper
Under-12 coach	Gary Bennett

Players

Academy

The following players form the Academy squad for the 2011–12 season. Any squad number listed refers to the player's first team squad number.

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

No. Position Player GK James Montgomery GK Luke Coddington GK Shane Bland DF Kieran Weledji DF Andre Bennett 40 DF Paul Weldon DF Kyle Oliver 35 DF Bruno Pilatos 32 DF Adam Reach DF Ben Gibson DF David Atkinson DF Michael Roberts DF Lewis Galpin DF Adam Jackson

No. Position Player MF Lewis Maloney MF Jordan Jones MF Matthew Dolan MF Ryan Brobbel MF Curtis Edwards MF Lewis Sirrell FW Dylan McGlade FW James Warnett FW Adam Garrity FW Charlie Wyke FW Wilson Kneeshaw FW Matthew Waters FW Jake Fowler