Portsmouth F.C. Reserves and Academy
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Portsmouth F.C. Reserves and Academy consist of the reserve
and academy footballers of Portsmouth F.C.
.
and played their matches at Havant and Waterlooville
's home ground West Leigh Park. They played in the Premier Reserve League South
. The club announced on 7 July 2010 that they would opt out of the Totesport.com Combination Reserve League for the upcoming season, leaving the club without the ability to field a competitive reserve team. Instead, young players are being sent out on loan to other football clubs for first-team action and a number of friendly matches will be arranged over the course of the season for the reserve players to play in.
}: All these players have a professional contract, but still playing for Academy.
, a position formerly held at the club by Paul Hart
.
Currently Joel Ward
, Jason Pearce and Ryan Williams
are notable graduates in the first team squad.
Information in the above table is current as of 31 August 2011
Wales
Reserve team
Large professional sports clubs often have far more players under contract than could possibly play in a match. As a result, many of these clubs create second teams composed of players who need playing time, but have little hope of playing on the first team. The players on this second team are...
and academy footballers of Portsmouth F.C.
Portsmouth F.C.
Portsmouth Football Club is an English football club based in the city of Portsmouth. The club is nicknamed Pompey. Portsmouth's home matches have been played at Fratton Park since the club's formation in 1898. The team currently play in the Football League Championship after being relegated from...
.
The Reserves
The Portsmouth Reserves consist of mainly young players under the age of 21 who are no longer eligible for the academy but are still trying to make the step up to the senior team. The reserve team is also often used to give senior squad players and senior players returning from injury the chance to play and keep or build up match fitness, or for trialists at the club to impress in a competitive match. The team was last managed by Guy WhittinghamGuy Whittingham
Guy Whittingham is a retired professional footballer with over 450 appearances for a number of English clubs, after leaving the British Army. He is currently serving as joint caretaker manager of Portsmouth together with Stuart Gray...
and played their matches at Havant and Waterlooville
Havant & Waterlooville F.C.
Havant & Waterlooville Football Club are an English football club based in Havant, Hampshire. The club formed in 1998 after a merger between Havant Town and Waterlooville, and are currently members of the Conference South. Nicknamed The Hawks, they play at West Leigh Park.-History:In 1998 Havant...
's home ground West Leigh Park. They played in the Premier Reserve League South
FA Premier Reserve League
The Premier Reserve League is the reserve team league for the top English football teams in the Premier League...
. The club announced on 7 July 2010 that they would opt out of the Totesport.com Combination Reserve League for the upcoming season, leaving the club without the ability to field a competitive reserve team. Instead, young players are being sent out on loan to other football clubs for first-team action and a number of friendly matches will be arranged over the course of the season for the reserve players to play in.
Other players
}: List contains players unlisted on the clubs' official first team squad list though still contracted to the club or players currently at the club without contract.}: All these players have a professional contract, but still playing for Academy.
The Academy
Portsmouth were granted academy status at the beginning of the 2007/2008 season. In their first year as an academy side, they finished a highly respectable 4th place finish in the Premier League Academy Group A, beating some well established academy sides such as those of Southampton and Crystal Palace. The academy is currently ran by Andy AwfordAndy Awford
Andy Awford is a former football player and currently Academy manager at PortsmouthAwford began his career at his home-town club Worcester, where he became the youngest player ever to appear in the FA Cup, aged just 15 years 88 days, when he came on as substitute in a tie at Boreham...
, a position formerly held at the club by Paul Hart
Paul Hart
Paul Hart is an English football manager and former football defender, who is currently Academy Director at Charlton Athletic. The son of Johnny Hart, a football inside forward and manager, Hart had five-year spells with both Blackpool and Leeds United, while also playing for Nottingham Forest and...
.
Currently Joel Ward
Joel Ward (footballer)
Joel Edward Philip Ward is an English footballer who currently plays for Football League Championship club Portsmouth. He is naturally a centre back, but has made his breakthrough into the first team as both right back and defensive midfielder.-Portsmouth:Ward started his footballing career with...
, Jason Pearce and Ryan Williams
Ryan Williams (footballer born 1993)
Ryan Williams is an Australian footballer who currently plays for Football League Championship club Portsmouth. He is played as a winger.-Biography:...
are notable graduates in the first team squad.
Academy team
Player | DOB | POB | Position | International Caps | Previous Club | Goals | Matches | Notes | ||
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3rd Year Scholars - First Year Professionals (players born between 1 September 1992 and 31 August 1993) | ||||||||||
Lewis Tallack | 4 October 1992 | Luton Luton Luton is a large town and unitary authority of Bedfordshire, England, 30 miles north of London. Luton and its near neighbours, Dunstable and Houghton Regis, form the Luton/Dunstable Urban Area with a population of about 250,000.... |
DF | – | U16 | 0 | 3 | – | ||
Lewis Stockford | 1 October 1992 | Portsmouth Portsmouth Portsmouth is the second largest city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire on the south coast of England. Portsmouth is notable for being the United Kingdom's only island city; it is located mainly on Portsea Island... |
MF | – | U16 | 0 | 2 | – | ||
2nd Year Scholars (players born between 1 September 1993 and 31 August 1994) | ||||||||||
Matthew Gledhill | 12 November 1993 | – | GK | Republic of Ireland U19 Republic of Ireland national under-19 football team The Republic of Ireland national under-19 football team, is the national under-19 football team of the Republic of Ireland and is controlled by the Football Association of Ireland and competes in the biennial European Under-19 Football Championship.... |
U16 | 0 | 1 | – | ||
Sam Magri | 30 March 1994 | Portsmouth Portsmouth Portsmouth is the second largest city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire on the south coast of England. Portsmouth is notable for being the United Kingdom's only island city; it is located mainly on Portsea Island... |
DF | England U17 England national under-17 football team -Elite Qualifying Group 3:-Group stage:-Fifth place play-off:-FA International U17 Tournament:-Latest squad:The following players were named in the squad for the 2012 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship qualifying round.... |
U16 | 1 | 2 | – | ||
Dan Butler | 26 August 1994 | Cowes Cowes Cowes is an English seaport town and civil parish on the Isle of Wight. Cowes is located on the west bank of the estuary of the River Medina facing the smaller town of East Cowes on the east Bank... |
DF | – | U16 | 0 | 6 | – | ||
Alexander Grant | 23 January 1994 | Manchester Manchester Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater... |
DF | Australia U17 | ECU Joondalup ECU Joondalup The ECU Joondalup Soccer Club is an Australian football club from Joondalup, Western Australia currently playing in the Premier Division in the Football West State League which is one grade lower than the Australian A-League.-History:The ECU Joondalup Soccer Club was formed in 1992 and they were... |
1 | 6 | – | ||
Elliot Wheeler | 19 December 1993 | Newport, IOW | MF | – | U16 | 0 | 4 (1) | – | ||
Andrew Higgins | 21 September 1993 | Perth Perth, Western Australia Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000.... |
MF | – | ECU Joondalup ECU Joondalup The ECU Joondalup Soccer Club is an Australian football club from Joondalup, Western Australia currently playing in the Premier Division in the Football West State League which is one grade lower than the Australian A-League.-History:The ECU Joondalup Soccer Club was formed in 1992 and they were... |
1 | 6 | – | ||
George Colson | 24 October 1993 | Cowes Cowes Cowes is an English seaport town and civil parish on the Isle of Wight. Cowes is located on the west bank of the estuary of the River Medina facing the smaller town of East Cowes on the east Bank... |
MF | Wales U16 | U16 | 1 | 6 | – | ||
Jordan David Fitzharris | 15 April 1994 | Perth Perth, Western Australia Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000.... |
MF | Australia U17 | Football West Academy Football West Football West is the state governing body for association football in Western Australia. It is affiliated with the Football Federation Australia, the sport's national governing body... |
0 | 0 | – | ||
Jed Wallace | 15 December 1993 | Reading Reading, Berkshire Reading is a large town and unitary authority area in England. It is located in the Thames Valley at the confluence of the River Thames and River Kennet, and on both the Great Western Main Line railway and the M4 motorway, some west of London.... |
MF | – | Lewes FC | 0 | 2 (1) | – | ||
Ryan Williams Ryan Williams (footballer born 1993) Ryan Williams is an Australian footballer who currently plays for Football League Championship club Portsmouth. He is played as a winger.-Biography:... |
28 October 1993 | Perth Perth, Western Australia Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000.... |
MF | – | ECU Joondalup ECU Joondalup The ECU Joondalup Soccer Club is an Australian football club from Joondalup, Western Australia currently playing in the Premier Division in the Football West State League which is one grade lower than the Australian A-League.-History:The ECU Joondalup Soccer Club was formed in 1992 and they were... |
0 | 1 | Squad Number - 17 | ||
James Jennings | 13 October 1993 | Southampton Southampton Southampton is the largest city in the county of Hampshire on the south coast of England, and is situated south-west of London and north-west of Portsmouth. Southampton is a major port and the closest city to the New Forest... |
FW | – | U16 | 0 | 0 | – | ||
Chinedu Vine | 14 April 1994 | Nigeria Nigeria Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in... |
FW | – | Home Farm Home Farm F.C. Home Farm Football Club is an Irish football club based in Whitehall, Dublin. Originally founded in 1928, the club joined the League of Ireland in 1972 after merging with Drumcondra. Following this merger they were briefly known as Home Farm Drumcondra... |
0 | 0 (3) | – | ||
Patrick Ashton Antelmi | 15 March 1994 | Liverpool | FW | Australia U17 | Blacktown City Demons Blacktown City Demons Blacktown City FC, formerly The Demons, are an Australian football club based in Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia. The club was formed in 1953 as Toongabbie Soccer Club and changed their name to Blacktown City in 1979... |
0 | 0 | – | ||
Ashley Harris | 9 December 1993 | Poole Poole Poole is a large coastal town and seaport in the county of Dorset, on the south coast of England. The town is east of Dorchester, and Bournemouth adjoins Poole to the east. The Borough of Poole was made a unitary authority in 1997, gaining administrative independence from Dorset County Council... |
FW | – | U16 | 2 | 4 (2) | – | ||
1st year scholars (players born between 1 September 1994 and 31 August 1995) | ||||||||||
Jack Burns | 1994 | Portsmouth Portsmouth Portsmouth is the second largest city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire on the south coast of England. Portsmouth is notable for being the United Kingdom's only island city; it is located mainly on Portsea Island... |
DF | – | U16 | 0 | 2 (1) | – | ||
Liam Triggs | 1994 | Ryde Ryde Ryde is a British seaside town, civil parish and the most populous town and urban area on the Isle of Wight, with a population of approximately 30,000. It is situated on the north-east coast. The town grew in size as a seaside resort following the joining of the villages of Upper Ryde and Lower... |
DF | – | Oakfield Youth FC | 0 | 0 (2) | – | ||
Joshua Warren | 8 February 1995 | Portsmouth Portsmouth Portsmouth is the second largest city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire on the south coast of England. Portsmouth is notable for being the United Kingdom's only island city; it is located mainly on Portsea Island... |
DF | – | U16 | 0 | 1 (1) | – | ||
Adam Webster | 4 January 1995 | West Wittering West Wittering West Wittering is a small village and civil parish, on the Manhood Peninsula, in the Chichester district of West Sussex, England. It lies near the mouth of Chichester Harbour on the B2179 road 6.5 miles southwest of Chichester and has a sandy beach with what has been described as excellent... |
DF | – | U16 | 0 | 6 | – | ||
Nick Awford | 1995 | Portsmouth Portsmouth Portsmouth is the second largest city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire on the south coast of England. Portsmouth is notable for being the United Kingdom's only island city; it is located mainly on Portsea Island... |
MF | – | U16 | 0 | 5 (1) | – | ||
Kane Cook | 1995 | Basingstoke Basingstoke Basingstoke is a town in northeast Hampshire, in south central England. It lies across a valley at the source of the River Loddon. It is southwest of London, northeast of Southampton, southwest of Reading and northeast of the county town, Winchester. In 2008 it had an estimated population of... |
MF | – | Pace Youth FC | 0 | 0 | – | ||
James Hartson | 1994 | Swansea Swansea Swansea is a coastal city and county in Wales. Swansea is in the historic county boundaries of Glamorgan. Situated on the sandy South West Wales coast, the county area includes the Gower Peninsula and the Lliw uplands... |
MF | – | Celtic Celtic F.C. Celtic Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the Parkhead area of Glasgow, which currently plays in the Scottish Premier League. The club was established in 1887, and played its first game in 1888. Celtic have won the Scottish League Championship on 42 occasions, most recently in the... |
0 | 0 (1) | – | ||
George Branford | 15 October 1994 | Ashington Ashington, West Sussex Ashington is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies on the A24 road 3 miles northeast of Storrington.The parish has a land area of 805 hectares... |
MF | – | U16 | 1 | 0 (2) | – | ||
Aaron Kinchen | 1994 | Chichester Chichester Chichester is a cathedral city in West Sussex, within the historic County of Sussex, South-East England. It has a long history as a settlement; its Roman past and its subsequent importance in Anglo-Saxon times are only its beginnings... |
FW | – | U16 | 0 | 0 | – | ||
Jack Maloney | 8 December 1994 | Ryde Ryde Ryde is a British seaside town, civil parish and the most populous town and urban area on the Isle of Wight, with a population of approximately 30,000. It is situated on the north-east coast. The town grew in size as a seaside resort following the joining of the villages of Upper Ryde and Lower... |
FW | – | Oakfield Youth FC | 0 | 4 (1) | – | ||
Other Players | ||||||||||
Steven Lawrence | – | – | GK | – | – | 0 | 1 | – | ||
Timothy Farmer | – | Horam Horam Horam is a village and civil parish in the Wealden District of East Sussex, situated three miles south of Heathfield. Included in the parish are the settlements of Vines Cross and Burlow.-History:... |
GK | – | – | 0 | 1 | – | ||
Wooton | – | – | GK | – | – | 0 | 1 | – | ||
Academy graduates (2000–present)
- Academy graduates who still play for Portsmouth, including those that are currently out on loan to other clubs, are highlighted in green.
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Free agent Free agentIn professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....
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Age 20 v Watford Watford F.C.Watford Football Club is an English professional football club based in Watford, Hertfordshire. It is often referred to as Watford F.C., Watford, or by the team's nickname The Hornets . Watford Rovers, Founded in 1881, entered the FA Cup for the first time in 1886, and the Southern League a decade...
, 1 January 2011Ryan Williams Ryan Williams (footballer born 1993)Ryan Williams is an Australian footballer who currently plays for Football League Championship club Portsmouth. He is played as a winger.-Biography:...
Portsmouth Portsmouth F.C.Portsmouth Football Club is an English football club based in the city of Portsmouth. The club is nicknamed Pompey. Portsmouth's home matches have been played at Fratton Park since the club's formation in 1898. The team currently play in the Football League Championship after being relegated from...
Perth Perth, Western AustraliaPerth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....
Age 17 v Middlesbrough 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...
, 6 August 2011Jason Pearce Portsmouth Portsmouth F.C.Portsmouth Football Club is an English football club based in the city of Portsmouth. The club is nicknamed Pompey. Portsmouth's home matches have been played at Fratton Park since the club's formation in 1898. The team currently play in the Football League Championship after being relegated from...
Hillingdon HillingdonHillingdon is a suburban area within the London Borough of Hillingdon, situated 14.2 miles west of Charing Cross.Much of Hillingdon is represented as the Hillingdon East ward within the local authority, Hillingdon Council...
Age 23 v Reading Reading F.C.Reading Football Club is an English association football club based in the town of Reading, Berkshire who currently play in the Championship...
, 16 August 2011
Information in the above table is current as of 31 August 2011
Other notable academy graduates
England- Darren AndertonDarren AndertonDarren Robert Anderton is a retired English footballer who spent most of his career with Tottenham Hotspur as a midfielder. He played 30 times for the England national football team, scoring 7 goals.-Career:...
Wales
- Kit SymonsKit SymonsChristopher "Kit" Symons is a former Welsh international footballer.-Club career:A defender, Symons began his career at Portsmouth, spending seven years at the south coast club, making 160 appearances...