Everton F.C. Reserves and Academy

Everton Under-23s compete in Premier League 2 and play their home matches at Merseyrail Community Stadium in Southport.

On occasion, they are permitted to play at Goodison Park.

Everton's Academy is located at their USM Finch Farm training complex, and produces young talent for the Under-18s, Under-23s and First team.

Players of all age groups train at USM Finch Farm.

Development squad

As of 1 February 2021

Pos.	Nation	Player	Date of birth	Notes
GK		Harry Tyrer	(2001-12-06) 6 December 2001	Under-23s
GK		Jack Barrett	(2002-06-04) 4 June 2002	Under-18s
GK		Jack McIntyre	(2002-10-18) 18 October 2002	Under-18s
GK		Jak Stewart	Unknown	Under-18s
GK		Nicolas Defreitas-Hansen	(2001-07-10) 10 July 2001	Under-23s
GK		Žan-Luk Leban	(2002-12-15) 15 December 2002	Under-23s
DF		Con Ouzounidis	(1999-10-08) 8 October 1999	Under-23s
DF		Daniel Lowey	(2003-06-08) 8 June 2003	Under-18s
DF		Dylan Thompson	(2002-10-25) 25 October 2002	Under-18s
DF		Elijah Campbell	Unknown	Under-18s
DF		Harry Hagan	(2003-04-24) 24 April 2003	Under-18s
DF		Joel Davidson	(2001-11-06) 6 November 2001	Under-18s
DF		Joseph Anderson	(2001-02-06) 6 February 2001	Under-23s
DF		Kyle John	(2001-02-13) 13 February 2001	Under-23s
DF		Mathew Mallon	Unknown	Under-18s
DF		Reece Welch	(2003-09-19) 19 September 2003	Under-18s
DF		Ryan Astley	(2001-10-04) 4 October 2001	Under-23s
DF		Sebastian Kristensen	Unknown	Under-18s
DF		Thierry Small	(2004-08-01) 1 August 2004	Under-23s
MF		Bobby Carroll	(2001-10-12) 12 October 2001	Under-23s
MF		Charlie Whitaker	Unknown	Under-18s
MF		Einar Iversen	(2001-06-06) 6 June 2001	Under-23s
MF		Imam Jagne	(2003-10-01) 1 October 2003	Under-18s
MF		Isaac Price	(2003-09-26) 26 September 2003	Under-18s
MF		Josh Bowler	(1999-03-05) 5 March 1999	Under-23s
MF		Lewis Warrington	(2002-10-10) 10 October 2002	Under-18s
MF		Liam Higgins	(2003-01-15) 15 January 2003	Under-18s
MF		Luke Butterfield	(2003-09-29) 29 September 2003	Under-18s
MF		Mackenzie Hunt	(2001-11-14) 14 November 2001	Under-23s
MF		Rhys Hughes	(2001-09-21) 21 September 2001	Under-23s
MF		Sean McAllister	(2002-09-15) 15 September 2002	Under-18s
MF		Sebastian Quirk	(2001-12-05) 5 December 2001	Under-23s
MF		Stanley Mills	Unknown	Under-18s
MF		Tyler Onyango	(2003-03-04) 4 March 2003	Under-23s
FW		Katia Kouyate	Unknown	Under-18s
FW		Lewis Dobbin	(2003-01-03) 3 January 2003	Under-23s
FW		Nathan Broadhead	(1998-04-05) 5 April 1998	Under-23s / Unregistered player
FW		Rafael Garcia	(2002-10-07) 7 October 2002	Under-18s
FW		Thomas Cannon	(2002-12-22) 22 December 2002	Under-18s

Out on loan

Pos.	Nation	Player	Date of birth	Notes
DF		Callum Connolly°	(1997-09-23) 23 September 1997	(at Fleetwood Town until 30 June 2021)
DF		Lewis Gibson	(2000-07-19) 19 July 2000	(at Reading until 30 June 2021)
DF		Matthew Pennington°	(1994-10-06) 6 October 1994	(at Shrewsbury Town until 30 June 2021)
MF		Beni Baningime	(1998-09-09) 9 September 1998	(at Derby County until 30 June 2021)
MF		Dennis Adeniran°	(1999-01-02) 2 January 1999	(at Wycombe Wanderers until 30 June 2021)
MF		Nathangelo Markelo	(1999-01-07) 7 January 1999	(at FC Twente until 30 June 2021)

°Parent club contract due to expire on 1 July 2021

Academy staff

• Chief Operating Officer: Joel Waldron
• Director of Academy: David Unsworth
• Head of Coaching: Sean Lundon
• Professional Development Coach: Leighton Baines
• 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

• 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)
  • 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)
• Premier League 2:
  • Winners (2): 2016–17 2018-2019
• 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

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
• Dr Pepper Dallas Cup® XXXIII: April 1 - 8, 2012
• 2011 NI Milk Cup
• Premier Academy Youth League Champions