Sunderland A.F.C. Reserves and Academy

Sunderland Reserves and Academy
Full name Sunderland Association Football Club
Nickname(s) Young Black Cats
Founded

1879[1]

(as Sunderland and District Teachers)
Ground Eppleton Colliery Welfare Ground
Hetton-le-Hole, Sunderland
Capacity 2,500
Owner Stewart Donald
Chairman Stewart Donald
Manager Elliot Dickman

Sunderland A.F.C. Academy are the youth team of Sunderland Association Football Club. It is a member of the Professional Development League. They have won the FA Youth Cup in 1960, 1961, 2010 and were runners-up in 1958, 2008. The academy team coaching staff are Elliott Dickman, Lewis Dickman, Cliff Byrne, Brian Atkinson, Christopher Blake, Mark Prudhoe, Thomas Butler, Kevin Ball, Robbie Stockdale, Julio Arca, and Jonjo Dickman. Sunderland's academy has developed many good players over recent years such as Micky Gray, Jack Colback, Jordan Henderson, Trevor Carson and most recently Duncan Watmore, George Honeyman, Jordan Pickford and Lynden Gooch.

They play at Eppleton Colliery Welfare Ground or Academy of Light – also Stadium of Light for bigger matches since the rules changed in the Premier League 2 stating at least 4 games had to be hosted at the home stadiums of the Premier League teams.

Players

As of 8 March 2017

Development squad

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

No. Position Player
34 England MF Jake Hackett
36 England FW Andrew Nelson
38 England MF Owen Gamble
39 England MF Jack Diamond
40 England DF Brandon Taylor
41 Scotland FW Lee Connelly
43 England GK Anthony Patterson
48 Sweden FW Benjamin Mbunga-Kimpioka
England GK Max Johnstone
England DF Alexander Storey
No. Position Player
England DF Jack Bainbridge
New Zealand DF Sam Brotherton
England DF Jordan Hunter
France DF Williams Kokolo
Australia DF Jacob Young
England MF Adam Bale
Republic of Ireland MF Jack Connolly
Scotland FW Connor Shields
Republic of Ireland FW Robbie Dunne

Academy Squad

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

No. Position Player
Scotland GK Jack Newman
Faroe Islands DF Andrias Edmundsson
England DF Harrison Devine
England DF Kane Evans
France DF Rayed Derbali
England DF Tomas Howard
England MF Daniel Neil
No. Position Player
England MF Joseph Lilley
England MF Ryan Leonard
England MF Sonny Best
England MF Tom Scothern
England FW Cole Kiernan
England FW Connor Slack

References

  1. ↑ "Sunderland". Soccerbase. Retrieved 19 September 2008.
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