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AFC Wimbledon Academy
Full nameAFC Wimbledon
Nickname(s)The Dons, The Wombles
Founded2003
GroundNew Plough Lane
ChairmanJoe Palmer
ManagerMichael Hamilton (Academy Manager) & Rob Tuvey (U18s Manager)
LeagueFootball League Youth Alliance
2019-201st (Merit League One)
WebsiteClub website

AFC Wimbledon Development squad and Academy are the youth teams of professional English association football club AFC Wimbledon. Under the Elite Player Performance Plan (EPPP) system for youth development, the Academy has been granted Category Three status. The Under-18 squad currently competes in Football League Youth Alliance South East Conference. The Under 18's squad play their home matches in the FA Youth Cup at Kingsmeadow, in Kingston upon Thames, London. Whilst the Under 23's play a majority of their matches at Merstham F.C. most other matches are held at the club's New Malden training complex. The development squad competes in the Under–21 Premier League Cup.

History

The AFC Wimbledon Academy was founded in 2003. In 2010, the Under-13s squad won the Tesco Cup, having triumphed through the County and Regional rounds of the competition, by beating Lytham St Annes YMCA 2-0 in the final.

Current academy and youth development staff

Name Role
England Michael Hamilton Academy Manager
England Mark Robinson Lead Professional Phase Coach and Loans manager
England Robert Tuvey U18s Head Coach
England James Oliver-Pearce Lead Youth Phase Coach (U12-16)
England Jack Matthews Lead Foundation Phase Coach (U7-12)
England Seb Brown Goalkeeper Coach
England Ben Fosuhene Head of Talent Identification
England Jenna Richards Physical Performance and Medicine Manager
England Will Rose Lead Physical Performance

Current Youth Development Squads

Under-23s Development squad

As of 20 June 2020

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
31 DF Wales WAL Jack Madelin
32 DF England ENG Huseyin Biler
35 DF England ENG Archie Procter
38 MF England ENG Ayoub Assal
— MF England ENG Elliott Bolton
28 FW England ENG David Fisher
29 FW England ENG Zach Robinson


Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
No. Pos. Nation Player

Under-18s squad

Under the Elite Player Performance Plan (EPPP) system for youth development, the AFC Wimbledon Academy has been granted Category Three Academy status. The club currently competes in the Merit League One of the Football Youth Alliance.

As of 8 May 2017

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
41 GK England ENG Matthew Cox
— GK England ENG Aaron Jones
— DF England ENG Luke Jenkins
— DF England ENG Isaac Ogundere
— DF England ENG Ethan Sutcliffe
— DF England ENG Ben Mason
— DF England ENG Josh Hallard
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF England ENG Dylan Adjei-Hersey
— MF England ENG Kwaku Frimpong
— MF England ENG Issac Olaniyan
— MF England ENG Julian Sarmiento-Ramirez
— MF England ENG Abdi Alli
— MF England ENG Marcel Campbell
— FW England ENG Troy Chiabi

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
No. Pos. Nation Player

Notable Academy graduates

Players in bold went on to sign professional contracts and are currently playing for the senior first team. Players in italics subsequently went on to be signed by a Premier League club.

References

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