Sunderland A.F.C. Reserves and Academy

Sunderland Reserves and Academy

Full name	Sunderland Association Football Club
Nickname(s)	Young Black Cats
Founded	1879 (as Sunderland and District Teachers)
Ground	Eppleton Colliery Welfare Ground Hetton-le-Hole, Sunderland
Capacity	2,500
Owner	Ellis Short
Chairman	Ellis Short
Manager	Andy Welsh
Home colours Away colours

Sunderland A.F.C. Academy are the youth team of Sunderland Association Football Club. It is a member of the Premier Academy League. They have won the FA Youth Cup in 1960, 1961, 2010 and were runners-up in 1958, 2008. The academy team is coached by Ged McNamee, Andy Welsh, Robbie Stockdale, Lewis Dickman, Elliott Dickman, Kevin Ball, Paul Bracewell, Stephen Clemence, Jonjo Dickman, Christopher Blake, Craig Liddle, Stuart Brightwell, Mark Atkinson and Mark Prudhoe.

They play at Eppleton Colliery Welfare Ground or Academy of Light – also Stadium of Light for bigger matches.

Players

As of 13 June 2015

Development squad

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
25	MF	ENG	Ethan Robson
31	DF	AUS	Tom Beadling
32	GK	POL	Maksymilian Stryjek
33	DF	ENG	George Brady
34	DF	ENG	Thomas Robson
37	FW	ENG	Rees Greenwood
38	DF	EIR	Daniel Casey
39	MF	ENG	George Honeyman
43	DF	ENG	Michael Ledger
45	DF	ENG	Josh Robson

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
49	MF	ENG	Daniel Wright
50	FW	ENG	Andrew Nelson
52	MF	ENG	Luke Molyneux
—	GK	EIR	James Talbot
—	DF	ENG	Denver Hume
—	MF	ENG	Jordan Blinco
—	MF	ENG	Daniel Pybus
—	FW	ENG	Carl Lawson
—	FW	EIR	Jean-Yves Poame

Academy Squad

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
35	FW	ENG	Joshua Maja
40	MF	ENG	Elliott Embleton
47	GK	ENG	Oliver Pain
—	GK	ENG	Cameron McCulloch
—	GK	ENG	Anthony Patterson
—	GK	NZL	Michael Woud
—	DF	SWE	Oscar Krusnell
—	DF	ENG	Fergus McAughtrie
—	DF	ENG	Alexander Storey
—	DF	ENG	Brandon Taylor

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	ENG	Jacob Young
—	MF	ENG	Christopher Allen
—	MF	ENG	Adam Bale
—	MF	EIR	Jack Connolly
—	MF	ENG	Owen Gamble
—	MF	ENG	Jake Hackett
—	MF	ENG	Jordan Hickey
—	MF	SWE	Benjamin Mbunga-Kimpioka
—	FW	SCO	Lee Connelly
—	FW	ENG	Jack Diamond

References

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