Stoke City F.C. Reserves and Academy

Stoke City Under-23s

Full name	Stoke City Football Club Under-23s
Nickname(s)	The Potters
Founded	1863, as Stoke Swifts F.C.
Ground	Bet365 Stadium Harrison Park, Leek Clayton Wood Training Ground
Chairman	Peter Coates
Manager	Glyn Hodges (Under-23s) Kevin Russell (Under-18s)
League	Premier League 2 Division 2
2015–16	Professional Development League Division 2, 8th
Website	Club home page

Stoke City Football Club Under-23s is the most senior of Stoke City's youth teams and the club's former reserve team. The Under-23 team is effectively Stoke City's second-string side. They play in Premier League 2 Division 2. The team also competes in the Premier League Cup and the Staffordshire Senior Cup.

They play their home matches at the club's main ground, the Bet365 Stadium, Harrison Park in Leek as well as the club's Clayton Wood Training Ground. In previous seasons the team has played at Macclesfield Town's Moss Rose Nantwich Town's Weaver Stadium and Newcastle Town's Lyme Valley Stadium. The Under-23s are managed by Glyn Hodges, whilst the Under-18s are managed by Kevin Russell.

Current squads

As of 1 July 2016^[1][2]

Under-23s

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

No. Position Player 30 MF Moha El Ouriachi 34 MF Ollie Shenton 37 FW Dom Telford 38 MF Eddy Lecygne 39 GK Dániel Gyollai 40 FW George Waring 41 MF Mark Waddington 42 DF Joel Taylor 45 FW Julien Ngoy 47 DF Kosovar Sadaki

No. Position Player 50 FW Hakim Abdallah 51 DF Lewis Banks 52 DF Liam Edwards 53 MF Daniel Jarvis 54 DF Harry Souttar 55 MF Thibaud Verlinden 56 DF Ryan Sweeney 59 MF Sergio Molina 60 GK Harry Isted 63 DF Johnville Renee-Pringle

Under-18s

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

No. Position Player 57 DF Luis Silva 58 MF Lasse Sørensen 61 DF Cameron McJannett 62 GK Tommy Dyche 64 FW Tyrese Campbell 65 DF James Butler 66 DF Mohamed Diallo 67 MF Krisztofer Szerető 68 DF Vazoumana Karamoko 69 MF Venancio Da Silva 70 MF Jake Dunwoody

No. Position Player 71 GK Mitchell Allen 72 DF Tom Edwards 73 DF Scott Wara 74 MF Connor Russo 75 DF Harvey Read 76 MF Rachid Baldé 77 MF Jacob Twyford 78 FW Jordan Greenidge 79 FW Shola Ayoola 80 FW Niklas Jokelainen (on loan from AC Oulu) 84 GK Máté Deczki

Honours

Leagues

• The Central League
• Champions: 1927–28, 2003–04
  • Runner-up: 1934–35
  • Division One (West) champions: 2002–03
  • Division Two Champions: 1991–92
• North Staffordshire & District League
  • Champions: 1895–96, 1898–99
  • Runner-up: 1896–97
• The Combination
  • Runner-up: 1892–93, 1893–94
• Midland Football League
  • Runner-up 1894–95
• Birmingham & District League
  • Runner-up: 1903–04, 1904–05
• North Staffordshire Federation League
  • Runner-up: 1908–09
• Football League Youth Alliance
  • Division Three North champions: 1998–99

Cups

• FA Youth Cup
  • Runners-up: 1983–84
• Generation Adidas Cup
  • Winner: 2013–14
• Altstatten International Tournament
  • Runner-up: 2013–14
• Central League Cup
  • Winner: 1996–97
  • Runner-up: 2000–01
• Midland Youth League Cup
  • Winner: 1996–97
• North Staffordshire Federation League Cup
  • Runner-up: 1908–09

Staff

Academy management

• Academy Director: Gareth Jennings
• Head of Academy Coaching: James Hunter
• Head of Academy Sports Science & Athletic Development: Paul White
• Head of Academy Education: Greg Briggs
• Academy Medical Lead Physiotherapist: Mel Pejic
• Academy Secretary: Margaret Stringer

Academy full-time coaching staff

• Senior Professional Development Coach: Glyn Hodges
• Professional Development Phase Coach: Kevin Russell
• Youth Development Phase Coach: Earl Barrett, Richard Carter, Richard Walker
• Foundation Phase Coach: Tom Holroyd, Gareth Owen, Liam Peart
• Academy Head Goalkeeping Coach: Danny Alcock

Notable Academy graduates

A number players from the Stoke City Academy go on to have careers in professional football, whether at Stoke City or at other clubs. The following is a list of players who have played at a professional level since the Academy opened in 1998. Players who are listed in Bold have gained senior international caps.

Matthew Bullock Clive Clarke Kris Commons Dean Crowe Carl Dickinson Dale Eve Ben Foster Robert Garrett Marc Goodfellow Matthew Hazley Robert Heath Karl Henry Richard Keogh Neil MacKenzie Louis Moult Lewis Neal

Curtis Nelson James O'Connor Gareth Owen Jermaine Palmer Martin Paterson Jimmy Phillips Adam Rooney Ollie Shenton Ryan Shotton Steven Taaffe Ádám Vass Nathaniel Wedderburn Andy Wilkinson Brian Wilson Steve Woods Ashley Woolliscroft

League performance

Reserves & U21's

• Source:^[3]

Season	League	Played	Wins	Draws	Losses	Goals F	Goals A	Points	Position
Entered the Combination as Stoke Swifts
1891–92	The Combination	22	13	1	8	49	29	27	4/12
1892–93	The Combination	22	14	4	4	48	23	32	2/12
1893–94	The Combination	18	10	1	7	57	31	21	2/10
1894–95	Midland Football League	26	14	7	5	90	33	35	2/14
1895–96	North Staffordshire & District League	30	21	7	2	109	29	49	1/16
1896–97	North Staffordshire & District League	25	18	3	5	84	33	39	2/14
1897–98	The Combination	24	10	5	9	42	35	25	3/13
1898–99	North Staffordshire & District League	22	17	1	4	84	25	35	1/12
1899–1900	North Staffordshire & District League	16	9	1	6	50	27	19	3/9
Renamed Stoke reserves and joined the Birmingham & District League
1900–01	Birmingham & District League	34	17	5	12	80	51	39	4/18
1901–02	Birmingham & District League	34	15	6	13	50	45	36	9/18
1902–03	Birmingham & District League	34	14	6	14	63	45	34	10/18
1903–04	Birmingham & District League	34	21	6	7	89	55	48	2/18
1904–05	Birmingham & District League	34	20	5	9	68	33	45	2/18
1905–06	Birmingham & District League	34	14	7	13	71	60	35	8/18
1906–07	Birmingham & District League	34	13	8	13	62	64	34	9/18
1907–08	Birmingham & District League	34	12	9	13	53	57	33	11/18
Stoke resign from the Football League and first team replaces reserves in the Birmingham & District League
1908–09	North Staffordshire Federation League	15	11	1	3	44	22	23	2/10
1909–10	North Staffordshire & District League	26	20	0	6	76	23	40	3/14
1910–11	North Staffordshire & District League	26	14	3	9	65	32	31	5/14
First team leave the Birmingham & District League, reserves take their place
1911–12	Birmingham & District League	34	11	12	11	51	52	34	9/18
1912–13	Birmingham & District League	34	13	3	18	58	75	29	14/18
1913–14	Birmingham & District League	34	17	7	10	73	46	41	4/18
1914–15	Birmingham & District League	34	17	5	12	80	52	39	8/18
1914 to 1919 – World War I
1919–20	Birmingham & District League	34	14	4	16	73	68	32	12/18
1920–21	Birmingham & District League	34	11	6	17	46	62	28	12/18
Joined the newly formed reserve team only Central League
1921–22	Central League	42	19	9	14	71	52	47	6/22
1922–23	Central League	42	13	9	14	62	82	35	18/22
1923–24	Central League	42	11	12	19	43	58	34	17/22
1924–25	Central League	42	12	8	22	54	90	32	18/22
Stoke-on-Trent granted city status in 1925, renamed Stoke City Reserves
1925–26	Central League	42	14	8	20	74	93	36	18/22
1926–27	Central League	42	15	5	22	70	81	35	18/22
1927–28	Central League	42	23	8	11	101	62	54	1/22
1928–29	Central League	42	16	7	19	78	82	39	15/22
1929–30	Central League	42	17	10	15	70	83	44	8/22
1930–31	Central League	42	14	11	17	46	73	39	16/22
1931–32	Central League	42	12	10	20	57	101	34	16/22
1932–33	Central League	42	16	8	18	80	74	40	14/22
1933–34	Central League	42	26	4	12	88	66	56	3/22
1934–35	Central League	42	21	10	11	93	62	52	2/22
1935–36	Central League	42	10	10	22	66	95	30	20/22
1936–37	Central League	42	19	6	17	70	82	44	11/22
1937–38	Central League	42	12	12	18	55	76	36	21/22
1938–39	Central League	42	12	10	20	60	65	34	19/22
1939 to 1945 – World War II
1945–46	Central League	40	16	3	21	68	74	35	14/21
1946–47	Central League	42	11	10	21	56	89	32	18/22
1947–48	Central League	42	15	9	18	56	71	39	13/22
1948–49	Central League	42	16	6	20	65	69	38	14/22
1949–50	Central League	42	13	9	20	56	83	35	19/22
1950–51	Central League	42	6	9	27	34	92	21	22/22
1951–52	Central League	42	11	5	26	47	84	27	22/22
1952–53	Central League	42	17	7	18	67	69	41	11/22
1953–54	Central League	42	10	6	26	46	89	26	21/22
1954–55	Central League	42	19	5	18	69	78	43	12/22
1955–56	Central League	42	10	14	18	52	76	34	17/22
1956–57	Central League	42	17	11	14	65	62	45	8/22
1957–58	Central League	42	16	10	16	66	71	42	11/22
1958–59	Central League	42	22	8	12	81	54	52	4/22
1959–60	Central League	42	21	9	12	77	54	51	5/22
1960–61	Central League	42	9	11	22	42	71	29	20/22
1961–62	Central League	42	11	11	20	45	75	33	19/22
1962–63	Central League	42	22	8	12	75	50	52	6/22
1963–64	Central League	42	19	10	13	58	42	48	14/22
1964–65	Central League	42	10	12	20	42	71	32	18/22
1965–66	Central League	42	24	9	9	76	51	57	2/22
1966–67	Central League	42	18	5	19	65	68	41	11/22
1967–68	Central League	42	12	14	16	60	73	38	16/22
1968–69	Central League	42	15	9	18	45	42	39	13/22
1969–70	Central League	42	19	11	12	67	40	49	8/22
1970–71	Central League	42	10	14	18	52	64	34	18/22
1971–72	Central League	42	17	13	12	59	49	47	6/22
1972–73	Central League	42	23	8	11	86	55	54	2/22
1973–74	Central League	42	16	11	15	59	56	43	13/22
1974–75	Central League	42	18	12	12	50	40	48	6/22
1975–76	Central League	42	16	10	16	60	55	42	11/22
1976–77	Central League	42	13	18	11	49	50	44	10/22
1977–78	Central League	42	13	14	15	58	52	40	11/22
1978–79	Central League	42	23	11	8	65	45	57	3/22
1979–80	Central League	42	11	17	14	45	49	39	13/22
1980–81	Central League	42	14	11	17	51	57	39	14/22
1981–82	Central League	42	11	15	16	50	61	37	14/22
Central League Division Two created
1982–83	Central League Division One	30	14	6	10	54	57	34	7/16
Three points for a win introduced to reserve team football
1983–84	Central League Division One	30	11	6	13	52	59	39	9/16
1984–85	Central League Division One	34	8	6	20	43	72	30	17/18
1985–86	Central League Division Two	34	9	5	20	51	85	32	?/18
1986–87	Central League Division Two	32	13	5	14	42	48	44	?/17
1987–88	Central League Division Two	34	11	8	15	30	44	41	?/18
1988–89	Central League Division Two	34	17	10	7	60	38	61	?/18
1989–90	Central League Division Two	34	14	8	12	50	44	50	?/18
1990–91	Central League Division Two	34	12	5	17	51	67	41	?/18
1991–92	Central League Division Two	34	25	5	4	93	30	80	1/18
1992–93	Central League Division One	34	8	8	18	38	56	32	16/18
1993–94	Central League Division Two	34	21	3	10	54	41	66	3/18
1994–95	Central League Division One	34	12	7	15	46	44	43	11/18
1995–96	Central League Division One	34	17	8	9	57	42	59	3/18
League restructure
1996–97	Central League Premier Division	24	11	2	11	34	37	35	4/13
1997–98	Central League Premier Division	24	10	4	10	35	41	34	6/13
1998–99	Central League Premier Division	24	7	7	10	24	32	28	10/13
League restructure following creation of Premier Reserve League
1999–2000	Central League Premier Division	22	3	8	11	21	37	17	11/12
2000–01	Central League Division One	22	9	5	8	35	32	12	5/12
2001–02	Central League Division One	22	10	3	9	52	27	33	5/12
2002–03	Central League Division One	18	12	2	4	42	22	38	1/10
2003–04	Central League Premier Division	22	13	4	5	45	31	43	1/12
2004–05	Central League Premier Division	22	10	3	9	28	26	33	5/12
Leagues re-organised into geographical divisions
2005–06	Central League Central Division	18	7	2	9	22	30	23	6/10
2006–07	Central League Central Division	22	6	7	9	25	37	25	8/12
2007–08	Central League Central Division	22	9	3	10	25	36	30	9/12
Joined Premier Reserve League following first team's promotion
2008–09	Premier Reserve League South	16	4	2	10	18	23	14	8/9
2009–10	Premier Reserve League South	16	3	4	9	13	24	13	9/9
resigned from the Premier Reserve League
2010–11	No league entered
2011–12	Central League Central Division	12	3	3	6	15	23	12	7/7
Joined Professional Development League following league reconstruction
2012–13	Under-21 Premier League First Phase	12	1	1	10	11	37	4	7/7
	Under-21 Premier League Second Phase	12	2	1	9	14	28	7	7/7
2013–14	Under-21 Premier League	21	6	4	11	26	34	22	18/22
2014–15	Under-21 Premier League Division 2	22	4	6	12	23	50	18	11/12
2015–16	Under-21 Premier League Division 2	22	10	2	10	24	24	32	8/12

Academy

Season	League
	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos
Joined under-19 FA Premier Academy League
1999–00	22	3	5	14	17	47	14	8/8
2000–01	28	6	7	15	37	59	25	8/10
2001–02	28	7	6	15	40	46	27	8/10
2002–03	28	3	8	17	25	62	17	10/10
2003–04	26	4	7	15	37	63	19	9/10
League becomes - Premier Academy League Under 18s
2004–05	28	10	9	9	39	46	39	6/9
2005–06	28	10	8	10	42	37	38	6/10
2006–07	28	3	5	20	14	53	14	10/10
2007–08	28	6	7	15	28	42	22	10/10
2008–09	28	11	7	10	30	41	40	6/10
2009–10	28	9	10	9	32	38	37	8/10
2010–11	28	5	3	20	27	58	18	10/10
2011–12	28	12	7	9	45	41	43	6/10
League becomes - Premier League under-18s
2012–13	12	5	0	7	16	21	15	5/7
	12	4	3	5	17	16	15	4/7
2013–14	31	6	6	19	34	61	24	11/11
2014–15	29	9	6	14	41	50	33	17/24

References

1. "Retained and released lists submitted by Premier League clubs". Premier League. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
2. "Stoke City Academy and development thread 2016/7". Oatcake Fanzine. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
3. "Under 21s / Reserve Team Statistics". Stoke City. Retrieved 17 March 2015.

External links

• Stoke Under-21s at stokecityfc.com
• Stoke Under-18s at stokecityfc.com