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Revision as of 23:12, 26 July 2011

Leeds United Reserves are the reserve team of Leeds United A.F.C.. The manager of the reserves is Neil Redfearn and they currently play at the first team's home ground, Elland Road.[1] In previous seasons, the reserves have played at York City's Bootham Crescent and the South Leeds Stadium.[2] The reserves are generally a mix of recovering or fringe first-team players, young professionals and promising scholars.

Leeds United Under 18s are the youth team of Leeds United A.F.C.. They play in the Premier Academy League. The youth team won the competition in the 2002–03 season when the league was split into Under-19s and Under-17s, with Leeds winning the Under-17s competition. Neil Redfearn is the current manager of the Leeds Under 18s.[3] They play at the club's training ground, Thorp Arch. The youth team also annually compete in the FA Youth Cup, having won it twice – the first time in 1993, beating Manchester United 4–1[4] and the second time beating Crystal Palace 3–0 in 1997.[5]

Leeds' concentration on youth since the Ridsdale era attracted praise at the highest level with the president of FIFA Sepp Blatter commenting "Leeds, a club I greatly respect, have to be applauded for its efforts in this regard".[6]

The Leeds United Academy has produced several promising youngsters that have been signed by Premier League clubs in recent years. Michael Woods and Tom Taiwo moved to Chelsea, Danny Rose was snapped up by Tottenham Hotspur, Danny Ward switched to Bolton Wanderers and Luke Garbutt moved to Everton while still in the Leeds United youth team.

Former players that graduated through the Leeds United academy include England internationals Aaron Lennon, James Milner, Paul Robinson, Scott Carson, Alan Smith, Australian international Harry Kewell and Republic of Ireland international Stephen McPhail. England Under-21 internationals Matt Kilgallon and Fabian Delph.

Graduates in the current Leeds United first team squad include Jonathan Howson, Ben Parker and Aidan White.

Honours

Reserves

League

Under 18s

Cups

Under 17s

League

Managers

For a more detailed list of Academy coaching staff, please click here.

Academy Directors

From To Name Notes
1992 1997 Paul Hart
1998 2000 Alan Hill
1999 2000 Steve Beaglehole Assistant
2000 2001 Brian Kidd
2000 c.2001 Clive Richards Assistant
2001 2005 Gary Worthington Assistant
2002 2004 Andy Ritchie
2004 2010 Neil Thompson
2009 2010 Daral Pugh Assistant
2010 2011 Gwyn Williams Acting
2011 pres. Chris Sulley

Reserves

From To Name Notes
1948 1960 Willis Edwards
1967 1975 Cyril Patridge
1978 1980 Bryan Edwards
1980 1991 Peter Gunby
1995 1997 David Williams
1997 1998 Eddie Gray
2000 2003 Roy Aitken
2003 2005 Steve Agnew
2006 2006 David Geddis
2006 2010 Neil Thompson
2010 pres. Neil Redfearn

Under 19s & 17s and 18s & 16s

From To Name Position
2000 2004 Pop Robson Under 17s Coach (2000–01),
Under 19s Coach (2001–04)
2006 2007 Steve Agnew Under 18s Coach
2007 Paul Beesley Under 18s Coach
2007 2009 Daral Pugh Under 16s Coach
Under 18s Coach (2007–09)
2009 pres. Neil Redfearn Under 18s Coach

Current players

Any player whether a professional, a young professional or a scholar is eligible to play for the reserves. Only players under the age of 18 (primarily scholars) are eligible to play for the Under 18s.[3]

Player DOB Position International Caps Notes
Young Professionals
England Alex Cairns (1993-01-04) 4 January 1993 (age 31) GK [7]
Germany Monty Gimpel (1993-09-16) 16 September 1993 (age 31) CB [8] Can also represent England
England Will Hatfield (1991-10-10) 10 October 1991 (age 33) CM
England Joe McCann (1992-10-11) 11 October 1992 (age 32) ML
England Sanchez Payne (1993-01-31) 31 January 1993 (age 31) CM
England Charlie Taylor (1993-09-18) 18 September 1993 (age 31) LB [9]
England Zac Thompson (1993-01-05) 5 January 1993 (age 31) CM [10] Signed from Everton
England Lewis Turner (1992-09-03) 3 September 1992 (age 32) RM [7]
England Nathan Turner (1992-09-03) 3 September 1992 (age 32) RB [7]
2nd year scholars
England Dean Bartle (1994-03-22) 22 March 1994 (age 30) CM
England Sam Byram (1993-09-16) 16 September 1993 (age 31) RB
England Charlie Clamp (1994-05-23) 23 May 1994 (age 30) CM
England Ross Killock (1994-07-12) 12 July 1994 (age 30) CB
England Simon Lenighan (1994-05-13) 13 May 1994 (age 30) FW
Germany Christian Paulat-Brigg (1994-05-29) 29 May 1994 (age 30) GK Signed from Burnley
England Dominic Poleon (1993-09-07) 7 September 1993 (age 31) FW Signed from Southend United
England Conor Qualter (1994-03-31) 31 March 1994 (age 30) CB
England Jordan Snodin (1994-02-22) 22 February 1994 (age 30) CM [11]
1st year scholars
England Chris Dawson (1994-09-02) 2 September 1994 (age 30) CM [12]
Republic of Ireland Eric Grimes (1995-02-04) 4 February 1995 (age 29) GK [13]Signed from Ringmahon Rangers
England Alex Mowatt (1995-02-13) 13 February 1995 (age 29) CM
England Luke Parkin (1994-04-11) 11 April 1994 (age 30) FW
England Lewis Walters (1995-03-28) 28 March 1995 (age 29) FW
Other academy players
England Dan Atkinson GK
England Lewis Cook
England Lewie Coyle DF [12]
England Tyler Denton MF [12]
England Brad Dixon GK
England Alex Purver
England Elliott Wilkes

References

  1. ^ "Scratching his Head". Leeds United. 2008-08-20. Retrieved 2008-08-31.
  2. ^ "Leeds reserves will play at York". BBC Sport. 2006-05-27. Retrieved 2008-08-31.
  3. ^ a b Leeds United The Next Chapter: Official Handbook 2008/09. Leeds United. 2008.
  4. ^ David Barber. "Leeds upset United". The FA. Retrieved 2008-08-31. [dead link]
  5. ^ "FA Youth Cup 1953-2006". The FA. Retrieved 2008-08-31. [dead link]
  6. ^ "Blatter praises Leeds youth model". BBC Sport. BBC. 2008-10-16. Retrieved 2008-10-16.
  7. ^ a b c http://www.leedsunited.com/news/20110509/academy-trio-offered-pro-deals_2247585_2356388
  8. ^ http://www.leedsunited.com/news/20110526/duo-sign-united-contracts_2247585_2367375
  9. ^ http://www.leedsunited.com/news/20110523/academy-youngster-earns-pro-deal_2247585_2365303
  10. ^ http://www.leedsunited.com/news/20110420/defender-signs-deal-with-united_2247585_2342669
  11. ^ http://www.leedsunited.com/news/20110304/snodin-signs-up-as-a-scholar_2247585_2307896
  12. ^ a b c http://www.leedsunited.com/news/20101123/youngsters-set-for-scholarships_2247585_2228245
  13. ^ http://www.leedsunited.com/news/20110622/irish-international-joins-academy_2247585_2380453
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