Liverpool F.C. Reserves
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Liverpool F.C. Reserves are the reserve team of Liverpool
.
Reserves play in the FA Premier Reserve League
. In their division, the reserves became Champions in 2000. They competed in the Lancashire Combination
from 1896 to 1911, with the exception of the 1898–99 season, in which they joined The Combination
. From 1911 on they took part in the Central League
until becoming inaugural members of the Premier Reserve League North in 1999. They also participate in the Liverpool Senior Cup
, although in recent years the teams entered in this competition have featured an increasing number of youth players.
The current Reserve team manager is Rodolfo Borrell who was appointed in July 2011. The reserves play their home games at Prenton Park
(the home of Tranmere Rovers); in previous seasons the team has also played at the club's academy, the Halliwell Jones Stadium
(home of Warrington Wolves
), Haig Avenue
(the home of Southport
), Knowsley Road
(the home of St Helens RLFC) and the Racecourse Ground
(home of Wrexham
).
The team was the subject of a famous quote from legendary Liverpool FC manager Bill Shankly
, who while telling a joke at the expense of local rivals Everton
, declared In my time at Anfield
we always said we had the two best teams on Merseyside
, Liverpool and Liverpool Reserves. Another version of the quote has Shankly saying There's only two teams in Liverpool: Liverpool and Liverpool Reserves.
The most successful Liverpool Reserves coach has been Roy Evans
. Evans spent most of his playing career as a reserve team player, making only 11 appearances for the first team. After an injury ended his career in 1974, he was appointed coach of the reserves by Bob Paisley
. Evans subsequently led the reserves to victory in a series of Central League championships, including three in his first three seasons, a four in a row sequence from 1978 and two more in the early 1980s. Throughout the history of Liverpool FC many of the club's best known players have progressed through the reserve team. These include current first team squad members Steven Gerrard
, Jamie Carragher
, Martin Kelly
, Jay Spearing
, John Flanagan
, Jack Robinson
as well as the likes of Robbie Fowler
, Michael Owen
and Steve McManaman
.
, north Liverpool. It replaced the older, more informal youth system, and enables the club to focus their youth development and scouting, employing new techniques and FA standards.
It is overseen by Frank McParland
. The Academy now allows the main training ground at Melwood
to be kept solely for the first team squad and allows all the areas there to be kept in excellent condition. It also provides a stepping stone for youngsters to progress to the highest levels of football at Liverpool
.
Scouts attend many local youth matches looking for talented boys. A boy will then be invited to attend training sessions at the Academy. They are taken in as young as the age of eight. Former England International
player Jamie Carragher
who is part of the Englands 2010 World Cup team, started at Liverpool when he was aged just nine, with Michael Owen
joining at eleven,and Steven Gerrard
joining at the age of eight. At this age, the boys start by simply attending after-school training sessions, but as they reach their middle-teens, their academic needs will be taken over by the Academy if they are deemed athletically talented enough. As such, the Academy has a lecture theatre and a computer-equipped classroom.
The Academy can handle up to twenty boys in each year group, although the actual number in each year group is usually around eighteen. Between the ages of eight and twelve the boys play in eight-a-side games of three twenty-minute periods. It allows the boys to play as defenders or as attackers in small groups within a system and is not as physically demanding as playing eleven-a-side matches.
There are four full-size grass pitches
and one with a Polytan
surface. There are also a further seven smaller pitches and an indoor arena. The grounds cover an area of 56 acre
s.
On the walls of the indoor centre hang the words 'Technique', 'Attitude', 'Balance' and 'Speed'. 'TABS' is the key word preached at The Academy.
As of 25 July 2011.
In addition, the reserves and academy employ staff from the first-team.
(1954–1957) Joe Fagan
(1971–1974) Roy Evans
(1975–1984) Chris Lawler
(1984–1986) Phil Thompson
(1986–1992) Sammy Lee
(1993–1998) Joe Corrigan
(1998–2002) Hughie McAuley
(2003–2006) Gary Ablett (2006–2009) John McMahon
(2009–2011) José Segura
(caretaker) (2011) Rodolfo Borrell (2011-)
Liverpool F.C.
Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...
.
Reserve team
LiverpoolLiverpool F.C.
Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...
Reserves play in the FA Premier Reserve League
FA Premier Reserve League
The Premier Reserve League is the reserve team league for the top English football teams in the Premier League...
. In their division, the reserves became Champions in 2000. They competed in the Lancashire Combination
Lancashire Combination
The Lancashire Combination was a football league founded in the North West of England in 1891–92. It absorbed the Lancashire League in 1903. In 1968 the Combination lost five of its clubs to the newly formed Northern Premier League...
from 1896 to 1911, with the exception of the 1898–99 season, in which they joined The Combination
The Combination
The Combination was a minor league during the early days of English football. It had two incarnations; the first ran only for the 1888–89 season for teams across the Northern England and the Midlands, and was wound up before completion. The second was created for the 1890–91 season, but disbanded...
. From 1911 on they took part in the Central League
Central League (football)
The Central League , is a football league in England for reserve teams primarily of Football League clubs in the Midlands and North of England....
until becoming inaugural members of the Premier Reserve League North in 1999. They also participate in the Liverpool Senior Cup
Liverpool Senior Cup
The Liverpool County Football Association Senior Cup, commonly known as the Liverpool Senior Cup, is a football knockout tournament involving teams from the city of Liverpool, England and surrounding areas....
, although in recent years the teams entered in this competition have featured an increasing number of youth players.
The current Reserve team manager is Rodolfo Borrell who was appointed in July 2011. The reserves play their home games at Prenton Park
Prenton Park
Prenton Park is an association football stadium in Birkenhead, England. It is the home ground of Tranmere Rovers F.C. The club moved to the current Prenton Park in 1912. The ground has had several rebuilds, with the most recent occurring in 1995 in response to the requirement of the Taylor Report...
(the home of Tranmere Rovers); in previous seasons the team has also played at the club's academy, the Halliwell Jones Stadium
Halliwell Jones Stadium
Halliwell Jones Stadium is a rugby league stadium in Warrington, England that is the home ground of Warrington Wolves. It has also staged Challenge Cup semi-finals, the European Nations Final and the National League Grand Finals' Day....
(home of Warrington Wolves
Warrington Wolves
Warrington Wolves are a professional rugby league football club based in Warrington, England that competes in Super League. They play at the Halliwell Jones Stadium, having moved there from Wilderspool in 2003....
), Haig Avenue
Haig Avenue
Haig Avenue is a football stadium in Southport, England and is the home ground of Southport F.C.-Location:The ground is situated to the east of Southport just off the A570, the main road to Ormskirk...
(the home of Southport
Southport F.C.
Southport Football Club are an English football club, based in Southport, Merseyside. They are currently in the Conference National, and play their home matches at Haig Avenue, which has a capacity of 6,008...
), Knowsley Road
Knowsley Road
Knowsley Road was a stadium located in Eccleston, St Helens, Merseyside. It was the home of St Helens RLFC from 1890 until its closure in 2010. St Helens Town FC played their home fixtures at Knowsley Road from 2002 until 2010. For a period, the venue also hosted Liverpool FC Reserves...
(the home of St Helens RLFC) and the Racecourse Ground
Racecourse Ground
The Glyndŵr University Racecourse Stadium AKA The Racecourse Ground is a stadium located in Wrexham, North Wales. It is the home of Wrexham F.C. and, since 2010, the Crusaders Rugby League team who play in the engage Super League...
(home of Wrexham
Wrexham A.F.C.
Wrexham Football Club are a professional football team based in Wrexham, north-east Wales, who play in the English football pyramid.Founded in 1872, they are one of the oldest surviving football clubs in Britain and the oldest professional club in Wales...
).
The team was the subject of a famous quote from legendary Liverpool FC manager Bill Shankly
Bill Shankly
William "Bill" Shankly, OBE was a Scottish football player and manager, most noted for managing Liverpool between 1959 and 1974. One of Britain's most successful and respected football managers, Shankly was also a fine player whose career was interrupted by the Second World War...
, who while telling a joke at the expense of local rivals Everton
Everton F.C.
Everton Football Club are an English professional association football club from the city of Liverpool. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest level of English football...
, declared In my time at Anfield
Anfield
Anfield is an association football stadium in the district of Anfield, Liverpool, England, with a seating capacity of 45,522. It has been the home of Liverpool F.C. since their formation in 1892 and was originally the home of Everton F.C. from 1884 to 1892, before they moved to Goodison Park...
we always said we had the two best teams on Merseyside
Merseyside
Merseyside is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 1,365,900. It encompasses the metropolitan area centred on both banks of the lower reaches of the Mersey Estuary, and comprises five metropolitan boroughs: Knowsley, St Helens, Sefton, Wirral, and the city of Liverpool...
, Liverpool and Liverpool Reserves. Another version of the quote has Shankly saying There's only two teams in Liverpool: Liverpool and Liverpool Reserves.
The most successful Liverpool Reserves coach has been Roy Evans
Roy Evans
Roy Evans CBE was a Liverpool football player who eventually rose through the coaching ranks to become team manager.-Career:...
. Evans spent most of his playing career as a reserve team player, making only 11 appearances for the first team. After an injury ended his career in 1974, he was appointed coach of the reserves by Bob Paisley
Bob Paisley
Robert "Bob" Paisley OBE was an English football half back turned manager. His association with Liverpool was to span nearly half a century including his contribution to the club, first as a player, then as a physiotherapist and coach, and finally as manager.In nine years as manager between 1974...
. Evans subsequently led the reserves to victory in a series of Central League championships, including three in his first three seasons, a four in a row sequence from 1978 and two more in the early 1980s. Throughout the history of Liverpool FC many of the club's best known players have progressed through the reserve team. These include current first team squad members Steven Gerrard
Steven Gerrard
Steven George Gerrard MBE is an English footballer who plays for and captains Premier League club Liverpool. He also has 89 caps for the England national team. He has played much of his career in a centre midfielder role, but he has also been used as a second striker and right winger...
, Jamie Carragher
Jamie Carragher
James Lee Duncan "Jamie" Carragher is an English footballer who plays as a defender for Premier League side Liverpool...
, Martin Kelly
Martin Kelly
Martin Ronald Kelly is an English footballer who plays for Premier League club Liverpool as a right back, although he spent most of his Academy career playing as a centre back.-2007–08:...
, Jay Spearing
Jay Spearing
Jay Francis Spearing is an English footballer who plays for Liverpool as a Defensive midfielder. He was originally spotted playing for amateur Wallasey side Greenleas alongside former Liverpool professional Craig Lindfield....
, John Flanagan
John Flanagan (English footballer)
Jonathon Patrick "Jon" Flanagan is an English footballer who plays for Liverpool as a full back. He made his debut for Liverpool in a 3-0 win against Manchester City on 11 April 2011. He is the nephew of QPR right-back Bradley Orr...
, Jack Robinson
Jack Robinson (footballer born 1993)
Jack Robinson is an English professional footballer playing for Liverpool. He is the youngest ever player to have played for the club, having made his debut at the age of 16 years and 250 days old....
as well as the likes of Robbie Fowler
Robbie Fowler
Robert Bernard Fowler is an English footballer who is currently player/manager for Thai Premier League club Muangthong United....
, Michael Owen
Michael Owen
Michael James Owen is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Manchester United.The son of former footballer Terry Owen, Owen began his senior career at Liverpool in 1996. He progressed through the Liverpool youth team and scored on his debut in May 1997...
and Steve McManaman
Steve McManaman
Steven McManaman is a retired English footballer who played as a midfielder, winger and playmaker. Having spent his playing career at two of European football's most successful clubs of the 20th century, Liverpool and Real Madrid, as well as a spell at Manchester City, McManaman is the most...
.
The Academy
In 1998, a new state-of-the-art Youth Academy was opened in KirkbyKirkby
Kirkby is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley in the metropolitan county of Merseyside in England. The town was developed from the 1950s through 1970s as a means to house the overspill of Liverpool. It is situated roughly north of Huyton, the administrative HQ of the borough and about...
, north Liverpool. It replaced the older, more informal youth system, and enables the club to focus their youth development and scouting, employing new techniques and FA standards.
It is overseen by Frank McParland
Frank McParland
Frank McParland is the director of Liverpool F.C.'s academy.- Liverpool F.C. :With the appointment of Rafael Benítez as manager, Liverpool changed their approach in the recruitment of young players. McParland became join-chief scout alongside Eduardo Macia...
. The Academy now allows the main training ground at Melwood
Melwood
Melwood, in West Derby, Liverpool, is home to Liverpool FC's training ground. It is not attached to The Academy, which is in Kirkby.It is based in the West Derby area of Liverpool and has been their home since the fifties. The ground previously belonged to St Francis Xavier, a local school...
to be kept solely for the first team squad and allows all the areas there to be kept in excellent condition. It also provides a stepping stone for youngsters to progress to the highest levels of football at Liverpool
Liverpool F.C.
Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...
.
Scouts attend many local youth matches looking for talented boys. A boy will then be invited to attend training sessions at the Academy. They are taken in as young as the age of eight. Former England International
England national football team
The England national football team represents England in association football and is controlled by the Football Association, the governing body for football in England. England is the joint oldest national football team in the world, alongside Scotland, whom they played in the world's first...
player Jamie Carragher
Jamie Carragher
James Lee Duncan "Jamie" Carragher is an English footballer who plays as a defender for Premier League side Liverpool...
who is part of the Englands 2010 World Cup team, started at Liverpool when he was aged just nine, with Michael Owen
Michael Owen
Michael James Owen is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Manchester United.The son of former footballer Terry Owen, Owen began his senior career at Liverpool in 1996. He progressed through the Liverpool youth team and scored on his debut in May 1997...
joining at eleven,and Steven Gerrard
Steven Gerrard
Steven George Gerrard MBE is an English footballer who plays for and captains Premier League club Liverpool. He also has 89 caps for the England national team. He has played much of his career in a centre midfielder role, but he has also been used as a second striker and right winger...
joining at the age of eight. At this age, the boys start by simply attending after-school training sessions, but as they reach their middle-teens, their academic needs will be taken over by the Academy if they are deemed athletically talented enough. As such, the Academy has a lecture theatre and a computer-equipped classroom.
The Academy can handle up to twenty boys in each year group, although the actual number in each year group is usually around eighteen. Between the ages of eight and twelve the boys play in eight-a-side games of three twenty-minute periods. It allows the boys to play as defenders or as attackers in small groups within a system and is not as physically demanding as playing eleven-a-side matches.
There are four full-size grass pitches
Association football pitch
An association football pitch is the playing surface for the game of association football made of turf. Its dimensions and markings are defined by Law 1 of the Laws of the Game, "The Field of Play".All line markings on the pitch form part of the area which they define...
and one with a Polytan
Polytan
Polytan GmbH is a Burgheim, Germany-based manufacturer and installer of synthetic sport surfaces, including running tracks and synthetic turf...
surface. There are also a further seven smaller pitches and an indoor arena. The grounds cover an area of 56 acre
Acre
The acre is a unit of area in a number of different systems, including the imperial and U.S. customary systems. The most commonly used acres today are the international acre and, in the United States, the survey acre. The most common use of the acre is to measure tracts of land.The acre is related...
s.
On the walls of the indoor centre hang the words 'Technique', 'Attitude', 'Balance' and 'Speed'. 'TABS' is the key word preached at The Academy.
Academy Partnerships
Liverpool FC/ the Academy has a number of partnerships with football clubs and sports organisations outside England:- St. Kevin's Boys Football Club (Republic of Ireland)
- St Joseph's Boys Football Club (Republic of Ireland)
- Bray WanderersBray Wanderers A.F.C.Bray Wanderers A.F.C. are an Irish football club playing in the Premier Division of the League of Ireland. The club, founded in 1942 and elected to the League in 1985, hails from Bray and play their home matches at the Carlisle Grounds. Club colours are Green and White, and it goes by the nickname...
(Republic of Ireland) - Dynamo Juniors of Central Texas (United States of America)
- K.R.C. GenkK.R.C. GenkKoninklijke Racing Club Genk , usually referred to as Racing Genk or simply Genk, is a Belgian professional football club based in the city of Genk in Belgian Limburg. Racing Genk plays in the Belgian Pro League and they have won 3 Belgian champion titles in 1998–99, in 2001–02 and in 2010–11 as...
(Belgium) - MTK Budapest (Hungary)
- International Academy and Soccer School (LFCIASS) (Indonesia)
- Football academies in the Middle East via an agreement between F6 group, Liverpool FC and Richard Petty Motorsports team
Reserves
The following players are expected to play for the reserves during the Premier Reserve League 2010–11. In addition, all members of the first team squad are eligible to play for the reserves, as are players from the Academy. Additionally, some of the younger players in the reserves may still feature for the academy side:Reserves
As of 19 July 2011. Squad Numbers refer to players' first team squad number (for season 2011/12), where applicable. Reserve and youth games are 1–11.Academy (Under-18s)
The following players are expected to play for the team during the Premier Academy League 2011–12.As of 25 July 2011.
| Player | DOB | Position | International caps | Profile | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd Year Academy (players born between 1 September 1992 and 31 August 1993) | |||||
 |
Krisztián Adorján | 19 January 1993 (age 19) | FW | Capped at Under-19 level |
View |
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Kristjan Gauti Emilsson | 26 April 1993 (age 18) | MF | Capped at Under-19 level |
View |
| |
Adam Hajdu | 16 January 1993 (age 19) | MF | Capped at Under-19 level |
View |
 |
Matthew McGiveron | 3 September 1992 (age 19) | DF | – | View |
| |
Michael Ngoo | 23 October 1992 (age 19) | FW | Capped at Under-20 level |
View |
| |
Craig Roddan | 22 April 1993 (age 18) | MF | – | View |
 |
Stephen Sama | 5 March 1993 (age 18) | DF | Capped at Under-19 level |
View |
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Jakub Sokolik | 28 August 1993 (age 18) | DF | Capped at Under-17 level |
View |
| |
Jamie Stephens | 25 August 1993 (age 18) | GK | - | View |
| 2nd Year Academy (players born between 1 September 1993 and 31 August 1994) | |||||
| |
Peter Aylmer | 12 February 1994 (age 17) | DF | – | View |
| |
Tyrell Belford | 6 May 1994 (age 17) | GK | Capped at Under-17 level |
View |
| |
Lewis Hatch | 4 September 1993 (age 18) | MF | – | View |
 |
Long Cheng | - | - | – | |
 |
Tom King | 20 July 1994 (age 17) | DF | Capped at Under-19 level |
View |
| |
Adam Morgan | 21 April 1994 (age 17) | FW | Capped at Under-19 level |
View |
| Henoc John Mukendi | 20 November 1993 (age 18) | FW | - | View | |
 |
Nacho (Juan Ignacio Huertas Ortiz) | 16 December 1993 (age 18) | MF | – | |
 |
Marc Pelosi | 17 June 1994 (age 17) | MF | Capped at Under-17 level |
View |
| Joseph Rafferty | 6 October 1993 (age 18) | DF | Capped at Under-18 level | View | |
| |
Matthew Regan | 22 February 1994 (age 17) | DF | Capped at Under-17 level |
View |
 |
Toni Silva | 15 September 1993 (age 18) | MF | Capped at Under-17 level |
View |
| |
Brad Smith | 9 April 1994 (age 17) | DF | Capped at Under-17 level |
View |
| |
Josh Sumner | 3 January 1994 (age 18) | FW | – | View |
| |
Tom Walsh | 23 March 1994 (age 17) | MF | – | View |
| 1st Year Academy (born on or after 1 September 1994) | |||||
| |
Yalany Baio | 10 October 1994 (age 17) | MF | - | View |
| |
Jack Dunn | 19 November 1994 (age 17) | MF | Capped at Under-17 level |
View |
| |
Sam Gainford | 14 November 1994 (age 17) | MF/FW | - | View |
| |
Jordan Lussey | 2 November 1994 (age 17) | DF | Capped at Under-18 level |
View |
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Ryan McLaughlin | 30 September 1994 (age 17) | DF | Capped at Under-20 level |
View |
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Yusuf Mersin | 23 September 1994 (age 17) | GK | Capped at Under-17 level |
View |
| |
Dave Moli | 30 November 1995 (age 16) | FW | Capped at Under-16 level |
View |
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Kristoffer Peterson | 28 November 1994 (age 17) | MF/FW | Capped at Under-17 level |
View |
| |
Nathan Quirk | 27 September 1994 (age 17) | MF | - | View |
| |
Connor Wearing | 19 January 1995 (age 17) | GK | - | View |
| |
Michael Wilson | 24 January 1995 (age 17) | DF | - | View |
| Notable Under 16s | |||||
| |
Nathan Burke | DF | - | – | |
| |
Chen Xiaomao | - | - | – | |
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Ryan Crump | GK | Capped at Under-17 |
– | |
| |
Iaia Embarlo | 18 August 1996 (age 15) | MF | - | – |
| |
Ryan Fulton | GK | Capped at Under-16 |
– | |
| |
Niall Nelson | DF | Called-Up at Under-16 level |
– | |
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Lloyd Jones | DF | Capped at Under-17 level |
– | |
| |
Joe Maguire | DF | - | – | |
| |
William Marsh | FW | Capped at Under-16 level |
– | |
| Alex O’Hanlon | DF | Capped at Under-16 level | – | ||
| |
Oluwaseyi Ojo | MF | Capped at Under-16 level |
– | |
| |
Callum Pilkington | 10 March 1996 (age 15) | FW | - | – |
| |
Connor Randall | MF | Called-Up at Under-17 level |
– | |
| |
Jordan Rossiter | Capped at Under-16 level |
– | ||
| |
Jerome Sinclair | FW | Capped at Under-16 level |
– | |
| |
Jordan Williams | 6 November 1995 (age 16) | DF/MF | Capped at Under-17 level |
– |
| |
Harry Wilson | Capped at Under-16 level |
– | ||
Out on loan
Some of Liverpool's reserves and youth players are on loan at other clubs. See Liverpool F.C. players out on loan.Current coaching staff
- Academy director: Frank McParlandFrank McParlandFrank McParland is the director of Liverpool F.C.'s academy.- Liverpool F.C. :With the appointment of Rafael Benítez as manager, Liverpool changed their approach in the recruitment of young players. McParland became join-chief scout alongside Eduardo Macia...
- Academy technical director: José SeguraJosé SeguraJosé Segura is a Spanish Football coach who won both the Greek championship and Cup with Olympiacos FC after the sacking of Takis Lemonis in March 2008. He decided to leave the club after the end of the season, despite winning two titles, because the board was planning to agree with a more...
- Reserve team manager: Rodolfo Borrell
- Reserve fitness coach: Andy O'Boyle
- Reserve Goalkeeping Coach: Mark Morris
- Academy Manager: Steve Cooper
- Academy recruitment director: Stuart Webber
- Academy Chief scout: Dave Moss
- Academy Under 18's coach: Mike MarshMike Marsh (footballer)Mike Marsh is a footballer and now a coach, who came through the ranks at Liverpool and was part of their 1992 FA Cup-winning side.-Professional career:...
- Academy Under 18's Fitness Coach:
Remi Tang - Academy Coach Under 6's – Under 11's: Mike Garrity
- Academy Goalkeeping Coach: Peter Kennedy
- Academy Sport Scientist: Oliver Morgan
- Academy Physiotherapist: Andy Renshaw , Liam Kershaw, Richie PartridgeRichie PartridgeRichard Joseph "Richie" Partridge is a retired Irish footballer. Active in senior football between 2000 and 2011, he was capped at Under 18 and Under 21 level by the Irish national team, called up by the senior national team in 2002, and played for nine English clubs before finishing his career in...
- Academy local recruitment officer: Ian Barrigan
In addition, the reserves and academy employ staff from the first-team.
Reserve team manager history
Bob PaisleyBob Paisley
Robert "Bob" Paisley OBE was an English football half back turned manager. His association with Liverpool was to span nearly half a century including his contribution to the club, first as a player, then as a physiotherapist and coach, and finally as manager.In nine years as manager between 1974...
(1954–1957) Joe Fagan
Joe Fagan
Joe Fagan was an English football manager best known for being manager of Liverpool F.C. from 1983 to 1985.- Career:Joe Fagan's playing career was largely spent at Manchester City for whom he signed in 1938...
(1971–1974) Roy Evans
Roy Evans
Roy Evans CBE was a Liverpool football player who eventually rose through the coaching ranks to become team manager.-Career:...
(1975–1984) Chris Lawler
Chris Lawler
Chris Lawler is a former footballer who enjoyed much of Liverpool's success of the 1960s and 1970s.-Life and playing career:...
(1984–1986) Phil Thompson
Phil Thompson
Philip Bernard Thompson is a retired English footballer, who played as a defender for Liverpool team of the 1970s and 1980s. During this time, he also represented the England national football team on 42 occasions...
(1986–1992) Sammy Lee
Sammy Lee (footballer)
Samuel "Sammy" Lee is an English football coach and former player. He played most of his career for hometown club Liverpool during the 1970s and 1980s as a midfielder, and also represented England fourteen times....
(1993–1998) Joe Corrigan
Joe Corrigan
Joseph Thomas Corrigan , is a former football goalkeeper who played for Manchester City and England.-Career:...
(1998–2002) Hughie McAuley
Hughie McAuley
Hughie McAuley was the Liverpool F.C. Reserves team manager from 2003-2009, and for the 2005/06 season worked closely with Paco Herrera....
(2003–2006) Gary Ablett (2006–2009) John McMahon
John McMahon (footballer)
John McMahon is an English former footballer turned coach. He is the current first-team coach at Tranmere Rovers and is a former reserve team coach at Liverpool...
(2009–2011) José Segura
José Segura
José Segura is a Spanish Football coach who won both the Greek championship and Cup with Olympiacos FC after the sacking of Takis Lemonis in March 2008. He decided to leave the club after the end of the season, despite winning two titles, because the board was planning to agree with a more...
(caretaker) (2011) Rodolfo Borrell (2011-)
League Champions
- The Central League / Premier Reserve League North: 18
- 1956–57, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1989–90, 1999–00, 2007–08Premier Reserve League 2007-08The 2007–08 Premier Reserve League season is the ninth since its establishment. The events in the senior leagues during the 2006–07 season saw Watford, Charlton and Sheffield United all relegated and replaced by the promoted teams Birmingham, Derby County, and Sunderland.Northern Champions...
- 1956–57, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1989–90, 1999–00, 2007–08
- Premier Reserve League National Champions: 1
- 2007–08Premier Reserve League 2007-08The 2007–08 Premier Reserve League season is the ninth since its establishment. The events in the senior leagues during the 2006–07 season saw Watford, Charlton and Sheffield United all relegated and replaced by the promoted teams Birmingham, Derby County, and Sunderland.Northern Champions...
- 2007–08
- Lancashire CombinationLancashire CombinationThe Lancashire Combination was a football league founded in the North West of England in 1891–92. It absorbed the Lancashire League in 1903. In 1968 the Combination lost five of its clubs to the newly formed Northern Premier League...
: 2- 1896–97, 1899–00
Cup Winners
- Liverpool Senior CupLiverpool Senior CupThe Liverpool County Football Association Senior Cup, commonly known as the Liverpool Senior Cup, is a football knockout tournament involving teams from the city of Liverpool, England and surrounding areas....
: 40- 1893, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1905, 1907, 1909, 1910 (shared), 1912 (shared), 1913, 1915, 1920, 1925, 1927, 1929, 1930, 1934 (shared), 1936 (shared), 1937, 1939, 1942, 1943, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1951, 1952, 1962, 1964 (shared), 1968, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1982 (shared), 1997, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2009, 2010
- Lancashire Senior CupLancashire Senior CupThe Lancashire County Football Association Cup , is a football knockout tournament involving teams from Lancashire, England and surrounding areas. It is a County Cup competition of the Lancashire County Football Association and involves Premier League clubs and Football League clubs...
: 11- 1919, 1920 (shared), 1924, 1931, 1933, 1944, 1947, 1956, 1959, 1973, 2010
- Liverpool Challenge CupLiverpool County Football AssociationThe Liverpool County Football Association, simply known as the Liverpool FA, is the County Football Association in Merseyside, England. It runs several league and cup competitions in the county.-Organisation:...
: 4- 1954, 1959, 1960, 1961
League Champions
- Premier Academy League U19Premier Academy LeagueThe Premier Academy League is the top level of youth football in England. It is contested between the Academy sides of The Premier League and some Football League clubs, including Welsh side Cardiff City...
: 1- 2001–02
- Premier Academy League U17Premier Academy LeagueThe Premier Academy League is the top level of youth football in England. It is contested between the Academy sides of The Premier League and some Football League clubs, including Welsh side Cardiff City...
: 1- 2001–02
- Lancashire League Division OneLancashire League (football)The Lancashire League has been the name of two separate football competitions for clubs based in northern England.-Lancashire League :...
: 6- 1965–66, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1971–72, 1977–78, 1982–83
- Lancashire League Division TwoLancashire League (football)The Lancashire League has been the name of two separate football competitions for clubs based in northern England.-Lancashire League :...
: 7- 1961–62, 1965–66, 1967–68, 1972–73, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1992–93
- Lancashire League Division ThreeLancashire League (football)The Lancashire League has been the name of two separate football competitions for clubs based in northern England.-Lancashire League :...
: 1- 1960–61
Cup Winners
- FA Youth CupFA Youth CupThe Football Association Youth Challenge Cup is an English football competition run by The Football Association for under–18 sides. Only those players between the age of 15 and 18 on 31 August of the current season are eligible to take part...
: 3- 1996, 2006, 2007
- Liverpool Youth CupLiverpool County Football AssociationThe Liverpool County Football Association, simply known as the Liverpool FA, is the County Football Association in Merseyside, England. It runs several league and cup competitions in the county.-Organisation:...
: 3- 1954, 1956, 1958
- Lancashire Division One League CupLancashire League (football)The Lancashire League has been the name of two separate football competitions for clubs based in northern England.-Lancashire League :...
: 3- 1960, 1966, 1967
- Lancashire Division Two League CupLancashire League (football)The Lancashire League has been the name of two separate football competitions for clubs based in northern England.-Lancashire League :...
: 5- 1962, 1966, 1967, 1973, 1980
- Lancashire Division Three League CupLancashire League (football)The Lancashire League has been the name of two separate football competitions for clubs based in northern England.-Lancashire League :...
: 1- 1961
Noted graduates
Liverpool's youth system has been successful over the years, many players who have come through it have gone on to make an impact in the first-team.Pre-WW2
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And those that made it elsewhereSeveral former Liverpool youth and reserve team players have found success with other clubs. None of these players became established members of the Liverpool first team.
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Sources
- Who’s Who Of Liverpool (2006): Tony Matthews
- LFCHistory.net