Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Under-23s and Academy

Tottenham Hotspur Under-23s and Academy

Full name	Tottenham Hotspur Football Club Under-23s and Academy
Nickname(s)	Spurs, The Lilywhites
Ground	Hotspur Way, Enfield, London, England
Chairman	Daniel Levy
Manager	Vacant (Development squad) John McDermott (Academy)
League	U21 Premier League U18 Premier League
Home colours Away colours Third colours

The Tottenham Hotspur Academy was created to train and develop players from the age of eight right up to the age of 23. Many of whom have progressed through Tottenham's youth academy have gone on to sign professional contracts and represent their country at International level.

The reserves in recent times have been known as the Development Squad to reflect the purpose of producing players for the first team. Though matches are billed as under 21, three overage players are allowed which gives the club the opportunity to give senior squad players a chance to play and keep or build up match fitness, often following an injury.

They have won one Premier Reserve League South title since the league's formation in 1999 and were runners-up in the inaugural Barclays U21 Premiership League which took over from 2012.

Historical reserve team

In 1948 Tottenham entered an 'A' team into the Eastern Counties League.^[1] They won the League Cup in their first season and the league title and the East Anglian Cup in their second. In 1957–58 they again won both the league and East Anglian Cup and went on to win the League Cup the following season. They won three consecutive league titles in 1959–60, 1960–61 and 1961–62. In 1963 they left the ECL to join the Metropolitan League, which they won in 1966–67 as well as the League Cup in 1963–64 and the League Cup and Professional Cup in 1964–65. In 1969 they joined the South East Counties League, where they played until the formation of the Academy team in 1998, winning it three times between 1969 and 1973 and several times in the 1980s and 1990s.^[1]

During their time in the ECL the club played at White Hart Lane, as well as at Hoddesdon Town's Lowfield Ground (1950–51), the Hoddesdon Sports Arena (1951–52) and Brookfields Lane in Cheshunt (1952–1963).

The Academy

The Tottenham Hotspur Academy coaches young footballers from the ages of 8 to 18 involving approximately 150 young players, looked after by 30 full-time and part-time staff. The academy features a network of 35 scouts who are tasked with finding the best local, national and international talent. Whilst under 16, in the Youth development phase, players are coached or play in the evenings and the weekend whilst they are in full-time education. On reaching 16, the best players are offered a place in the U18s Academy on a full-time 2 year Scholarship contract. This provides an academic programme alongside their football commitments. Players will usually progress through first and second years of the professional development phase whereupon on completion, they will be either offered a professional contract or be released. Where a player is borderline or has been held back because of injury there is the option of offering a third year at the Academy by exception.

Notable players to come through the Tottenham Hotspur Academy include Ledley King, Glenn Hoddle, Peter Crouch, Stephen Carr, Nick Barmby, Ian Walker, and Sol Campbell all of whom have gone on to represent their country at international level.

The Academy Manager is John McDermott. One of the former Youth Team coaches is Alex Inglethorpe who joined the club in 2006 after a two-year spell as manager of Exeter City. In November 2012 after six years service to Tottenham he joined Liverpool to become their Under-21 coach.^[2]

Development Squad

Players who have progressed through the Academy and have shown the potential to play at a higher level are offered professional contracts and will then join the Development Squad. The Development Squad may also be joined by under 21 players signed from other clubs or free agents who have proved themselves in trials at the club. The purpose of the Development Squad is to produce new players for the First Team though breaking into the senior squad is no easy feat for a young player. As well as playing in U21 games players may be loaned out to other clubs in lower leagues or sometimes clubs abroad to give them experience and to aid their development.

As of the 2012 - 2013 season the Development squad have played in the Barclays U21 Premiership League. In July 2014, former Aston Villa and Middlesbrough defender Ugo Ehiogu was appointed Under-21 Team Coach following a period of part-time work within the Academy.^[3] However, on 20 April 2017, Ehiogu went into cardiac arrest after collapsing at Tottenham's training ground; he died the following day at the age of 44.^[4] Two months later, Tottenham announced that they had appointed former Dagenham and Redbridge manager Wayne Burnett as Ehiogu's successor, with former player Scott Parker taking charge of the u-18s.^[5][6]

Seasons

Honours

Players

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 39 FW Shayon Harrison 40 MF Luke Amos 41 GK Alfie Whiteman 42 MF Anthony Georgiou 45 DF Jaden Brown 46 MF Tashan Oakley-Boothe 47 MF George Marsh 48 DF Jonathan Dinzeyi 49 GK Brandon Austin 54 MF Dylan Duncan

No. Position Player 55 MF Jack Roles 56 DF Timothy Eyoma 60 GK Jonathan De Bie 63 MF Jamie Reynolds — GK Tom Glover — FW Shilow Tracey — FW Kazaiah Sterling — DF Japhet Tanganga — GK Charlie Freeman — DF Tariq Hinds

Out On Loan

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

No. Position Player 44 MF Marcus Edwards (at Excelsior until 31 May 2019)[13] 59 MF Samuel Shashoua (at Atlético Baleares until 31 May 2019)[14]

No. Position Player — DF Connor Ogilvie (at Gillingham until 31 December 2018)[15]

Academy

Second Year Scholars

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

No. Position Player 52 MF Oliver Skipp 62 MF Jamie Bowden 64 MF Paris Maghoma 67 MF Armando Shashoua 74 DF Brooklyn Lyons-Foster — MF Phoenix Patterson — FW Rodel Richards — DF Maxwell Statham

No. Position Player — FW Jeremie Mukendi — DF Jubril Okedina — MF Elliot Thorpe — GK Joshua Oluwayemi — MF Maurizio Pochettino — MF Rayan Clarke — DF Maxi Tainio — MF Dilan Markanday

First Year Scholars

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

No. Position Player 68 FW J’Neil Bennett 70 DF Malachi Walcott 71 FW Troy Parrot 72 MF Harvey White 73 DF Luis Binks

No. Position Player — GK Kacper Kurylowicz — MF Chay Cooper — FW Enock Asante — MF Rafferty Pedder — DF Dennis Cirkin

Schoolboys

Under-16s

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

No. Position Player — GK Timothée Lo-Tutala — GK Tobi Oluwayemi – DF Kallum Cesay — DF Jeremy Kyezu — DF Alexander Laing – DF Dermi Lusala – DF Alex Monroe — DF Marques Muir — MF Eddie Carrington

No. Position Player — MF Matthew Craig — MF Michael Craig — MF Alex Gibson-Hammond — MF Nile John — MF Romaine Mundle — MF Albert Rachi — MF Max Robson — MF Zanda Siziba — FW Tarrelle Whittaker

Under-15s

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

No. Position Player — GK Adam Hayton — GK Aaron Maguire — DF Brandon Bryan-Waugh — DF Jordan Hackett — DF Maxwell McKnight — DF Daniel Ngoma — DF Reuell Walters – DF Benjamin Watt — MF Shannon Brown

No. Position Player — MF Dante Cassanova — MF Omari Forson — MF Khalon Haysman — MF Roshaun Mathurin — MF Zachary Obeiro — MF Renaldo Toraj — MF Jaden Williams — FW Dane Scarlett

Under-14s

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

No. Position Player — FW Jamie Donley

Notable Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Academy Graduates

The following list of notable graduates have appeared in 25 or more games for the first team. Players still currently playing for the club in bold

• Nick Barmby
• Nabil Bentaleb
• David Button
• Tom Carroll
• Stephen Carr
• Steven Caulker
• Sol Campbell
• Peter Crouch
• Micky Hazard
• Glenn Hoddle
• Mark Hughes
• Harry Kane
• Stephen Kelly
• Ledley King
• Jake Livermore
• Ryan Mason
• Josh Onomah
• Tomas Pekhart
• Alex Pritchard
• Jamie Redknapp
• Danny Rose
• Andros Townsend
• Ian Walker
• Kyle Walker-Peters
• Harry Winks
• Mark Yeates
• Luke Young

Academy management and support staff

Reserve team manager history

• Colin Calderwood (2001–2003)
• John McDermott (2005)
• Clive Allen
• Gareth Mason (2006-2007)
• Lee Connor Hagger (2007)

References

External links

• Barclays Premier Reserve League South
• Premier Academy League
• Official Tottenham Hotspur Reserve(Professionals)Team
• Official Tottenham Hotspur Academy page
• The Tottenham Hotspur academy way – These Football Times (2015)