Middlesbrough Reserves and the Middlesbrough Academy are the reserve and under-18 teams of Middlesbrough F.C.

Middlesbrough F.C.

Middlesbrough Football Club , also known as Boro, are an English football club based in Middlesbrough, who play in the Football League Championship. Formed in 1876, they have played at the Riverside Stadium since August 1995, their third ground since turning professional in 1889...

 respectively.

Most reserve home fixtures and all Academy home fixtures are played at Rockliffe Park, near Hurworth, though the final reserve home game of the season is usually played at the Riverside Stadium

Riverside Stadium

The Riverside Stadium is a football stadium in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England, which has been the home of Middlesbrough F.C. since it opened in 1995...

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Reserves

Middlesbrough Reserves (also referred to as the Development Squad) play in The Central League, East Division, of which they were champions in 2010–11. Since there are only 14 games in the league, the reserves also play in a number of friendly games throughout the season.

Since summer 2010, the reserve team has been managed by Steve Agnew

Steve Agnew

Stephen Mark "Steve" Agnew is a retired English footballer and current first team coach of Middlesbrough.-Club career:...

, a role he retained following Tony Mowbray

Tony Mowbray

Anthony Mark "Tony" Mowbray is an English former professional football player, who is currently the manager of Middlesbrough...

's appointment as manager in November that year.

Academy

The Middlesbrough Academy is the name for Middlesbrough's youth system. They play in the FA Premier Academy League.

In recent years the Academy has been noted as one of the most productive in the country and the North East, producing among others, current first team captain Matthew Bates

Matthew Bates

Matthew David Bates is an English professional football player and captain of Middlesbrough. He plays in central defence, however is equally adept at playing right-back or defensive midfield.-Career:...

, and first team regulars Tony McMahon and Joe Bennett

Joe Bennett (footballer)

Joseph "Joe" Bennett is an English footballer who plays for Middlesbrough. Born and brought up in Rochdale, Bennett signed his first professional contract with the club prior to the 2008-09 season and is comfortable playing anywhere on the left, although he usually operates as a left-back...

. Other notable graduates include Scotland international James Morrison

James Morrison (footballer)

James Clark Morrison is a Scottish international footballer who currently plays for West Bromwich Albion. His ability to run with the ball at pace makes him an effective option through the middle, as an attacking midfielder, or more often as a right winger...

, Australia internationals Luke Wilkshire

Luke Wilkshire

Luke Wilkshire is an Australian football player who plays for Dynamo Moscow in the Russian Premier League...

, Brad Jones and Rhys Williams

Rhys Williams (footballer)

Rhys Williams is an Australian professional football player currently playing for Middlesbrough in the English Football League Championship and the Australia national football team...

, England internationals Adam Johnson and Stewart Downing

Stewart Downing

Stewart Downing is an English footballer who plays for Liverpool and the England national team. Primarily a winger, Downing has previously played for Aston Villa, Middlesbrough and Sunderland.-Middlesbrough:...

 and Northern Ireland international Chris Brunt

Chris Brunt

Christopher Brunt is a Northern Irish footballer who plays for English Premier League side West Bromwich Albion. He plays as a left winger and more recently an attacking midfield position. He is also the Albion captain....

. In 2007, the BBC noted that since the 2002–03 season, Middlesbrough had produced the most graduates from their academy to play in at least five first team games.

The head of the Academy is Dave Parnaby

Dave Parnaby

Dave Parnaby is an English football coach and head of the Middlesbrough youth academy.Parnaby is from County Durham. He was a teacher for 22 years, teaching physical education at Longfield Comprehensive School, in Darlington...

. He led the Academy side to the 2003 FA Youth Cup

FA Youth Cup

The 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...

 final against Manchester United where they finished runners up, before getting to the final again the next season and emerging victorious over Aston Villa.

Academy staff

Position	Staff
Academy Manager	Dave Parnaby Dave Parnaby Dave Parnaby is an English football coach and head of the Middlesbrough youth academy.Parnaby is from County Durham. He was a teacher for 22 years, teaching physical education at Longfield Comprehensive School, in Darlington...
Under-18 coach	Mark Proctor Mark Proctor (footballer) Mark Proctor is an English former footballer and former football manager. He is currently first team coach of Middlesbrough.-Playing career:...
Goalkeeping Coach	Simon Hood
Sports Scientist	Peter Hood
Physio	James Baldwin
Head of Recruitment	Ron Bone
Assistant Head of Recruitment	Martin Carter
Head of Education and Welfare	John Barry
Academy Assistant	Terry Mulgrew

Youth coaching staff

Position	Staff
Under-16 coach	Colin Cooper Colin Cooper Colin Terence Cooper is an English former footballer, who spent most of his career at Middlesbrough and Nottingham Forest. Cooper is part of the Middlesbrough coaching staff after leaving his role of assistant manager at Bradford City.-Playing career:He played as a centre back, but was equally...
Under-12 coach	Gary Bennett Gary Bennett (footballer born 1961) Gary Ernest Bennett is a former English professional footballer who is most known for playing for Sunderland from 1985 to 1996...

Academy

The following players form the Academy squad for the 2011–12 season. Any squad number listed refers to the player's first team squad number.