Nottingham Forest F.C. Under-23s, Under-18s and Academy

The Nottingham Forest F.C. Youth Academy was launched in 1997 under the supervision of Paul Hart. The academy is run by full and part-time staff including ex-professional footballers alongside Gary Brazil. The academy is located at a 24-acre (97,000 m²) site in Nottingham. Since its inception the academy has nurtured the talents of many players that have made it into top flight football; these include Jermaine Jenas, Michael Dawson, his brother Andy, James Perch, Carlos Merino, Scott Loach, Andy Reid and Marlon Harewood. Many of these players have gone on to play at international level. Others were released by the academy and went on to develop their careers successfully elsewhere, including Shaun Wright-Phillips and Tom Huddlestone.

The Nottingham Forest youth team has been part of the Premier Academy League since 1997, playing in group D. Their best season was 2000–01 when they won the whole competition. They almost repeated this in the 2009–10 season but eventually lost 5–3 to Arsenal in the play-off final.

The Nottingham Forest academy was officially renamed The Nigel Doughty Academy in October 2012 in memory of the former owner Nigel Doughty, who died earlier in the year.[1]

Reserves and Academy

As of 14 July 2022[2]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 36 FW  NIR Dale Taylor 39 GK  ENG George Shelvey 40 FW  SWE Julian Larsson 41 MF  WAL Oli Hammond 42 MF  FRA Ateef Konaté 44 FW  ENG Pharrell Johnson 45 MF  ENG Billy Fewster

No. Pos. Nation Player 47 GK  SCO Nicky Hogarth 50 DF  NIR Aaron Donnelly 51 FW  ENG Lewis Salmon 53 GK  ENG Ryan Hammond 54 DF  ENG James Clarridge 55 MF  ENG Alex Gibson-Hammond

Reserves and Academy 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 — DF  ENG Fin Back (on loan to Carlisle United for the 2022–23 season) — DF  ENG Riley Harbottle (on loan to Mansfield Town for the 2022–23 season)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  CRC Brandon Aguilera (on loan to Guanacasteca for the Liga FPD Apertura season) — FW  ENG Will Swan (on loan to Mansfield Town for the 2022–23 season)

Under 18s squad

As of 9 March 2022[3]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 46 DF  ENG Zach Abbott 48 DF  WAL Ben Hammond 49 FW  ENG Detlef Esapa Osong 52 MF  NIR Jamie McDonnell — GK  ENG Aaron Bott — GK  WAL Kane Draper — GK  ENG Keehan Willows — DF  WAL Justin Hanks — DF  ENG Henry Lister — DF  ENG Elijah Morgan — DF  WAL Theo Robinson — DF  IRL Osa Solomon — DF  ENG Jack Thompson — MF  ENG Kevin Adueni

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ENG Danny Anisijko — MF  WAL Sam Collins — MF  ENG Joseph Gardner — MF  ENG Ethan Hull — MF  ENG Kyle McAdam — MF  ENG Jack Nadin — MF  ENG Jack Perkins — MF  ENG Ben Perry — MF  ENG Joshua Powell — MF  ENG Faruq Smith — MF  NIR Joel Thompson — MF  ENG Archie Whitehall — FW  ENG Connor Brown — FW  ENG Aaron Korpal

• Premier Academy League
  • Winners: 2000-2001
• Dallas Cup
  • Winners: 2002

Players currently playing for Nottingham Forest are listed below in bold. The decade players are listed in indicates when they began playing with the academy, not the first team.