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]

Under 23s squad

As of 13 July 2021[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 41 MF  ENG Oliver Hammond 42 MF  FRA Ateef Konaté 43 DF  POR Baba Fernandes 44 DF  ENG Fin Back 45 DF  ENG Jayden Richardson 46 DF  ENG Riley Harbottle 48 FW  ENG Will Swan — GK  SCO Nicky Hogarth — GK  ENG Joe Watkins — DF  ENG James Clarridge — DF  NIR Aaron Donnelly — DF  ALB Rezart Rama

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  ENG Sam Sanders — DF  WAL Morgan Thomas-Sadler — MF  ENG Josh Barnes — MF  ENG Billy Fewster — MF  ENG Alex Gibson-Hammond — MF  NIR Jamie McDonnell — MF  GUA Marcelo Saraiva — MF  ENG Reece Wylie — FW  SWE Julian Larsson — FW  ENG Lewis Salmon — FW  NIR Dale Taylor

Under 23s 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 43 GK  ENG George Shelvey (on loan to Mansfield Town)

Under 18s squad

As of 13 July 2021[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 — GK  ENG Alex Akers — DF  ENG Lewis Barker — DF  ENG Silvio Bello — DF  ENG Luke Boland — DF  ENG Pharrell Johnson — DF  IRL Osa Solomon

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  WAL Sam Collins — MF  CMR Jordan Fankwe — MF  ENG Aaron Korpal — MF  ENG Jack Perkins — MF  GRE Alexandros Sarantis — MF  NIR Bobby-Jack McAleese — FW  ENG Jovel Jackson-Davis

Schoolboys

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  ENG Aaron Bott — DF  ENG Jack Thompson — DF  WAL Ben Hammond — DF  ENG Justin Hanks — MF  ENG Kyle McAdam — MF  WAL Fenn Davies

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ENG Josh Powell — MF  ENG Ben Perry — FW  ENG Joe Gardner — FW  ENG Jack Nadin — FW  ENG Esapa Osong

• 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.