Everton F.C. Reserves and Academy

Football academy in England

Everton Under-23s compete in Premier League 2 and play their home matches at Haig Avenue in Southport. On occasion, they are permitted to play at Goodison Park. Both the Under-23 and Under-18 players have been based at their Finch Farm training complex since its completion in 2007.

Players

As of 8 January 2024^[1]

Under-21 squad

No.	Player	Date Of Birth	Signed From
Goalkeepers
52	Jack Barrett	(2002-06-04) 4 June 2002 (age 21)	N/A
71	Dylan Graham	(2004-10-31) 31 October 2004 (age 19)	Ballymena United
—	Fraser Barnsley	(2004-10-06) 6 October 2004 (age 19)	Oxford United
Defenders
38	Ryan Astley	(2001-10-04) 4 October 2001 (age 22)	N/A
48	Kyle John	(2001-02-13) 13 February 2001 (age 23)	N/A
64	Reece Welch	(2003-09-19) 19 September 2003 (age 20)	N/A
68	Mathew Mallon	(2004-02-25) 25 February 2004 (age 20)	N/A
73	Elijah Campbell	(2004-08-02) 2 August 2004 (age 19)	N/A
74	Edward Jones	(2005-03-28) 28 March 2005 (age 19)	N/A
75	Roman Dixon	(2004-12-26) 26 December 2004 (age 19)	N/A
76	Jack Tierney	(2005-01-17) 17 January 2005 (age 19)	N/A
Midfielders
46	Sean McAllister	(2002-09-15) 15 September 2002 (age 21)	Dungannon Swifts
56	Stanley Mills	(2003-10-25) 25 October 2003 (age 20)	N/A
57	Charlie Whitaker	(2001-09-16) 16 September 2001 (age 22)	Blackburn Rovers
58	Mackenzie Hunt	(2001-11-14) 14 November 2001 (age 22)	N/A
66	Liam Higgins	(2003-01-15) 15 January 2003 (age 21)	N/A
69	Luke Butterfield	(2003-09-29) 29 September 2003 (age 20)	Blackburn Rovers
79	Owen Barker	(2005-02-23) 23 February 2005 (age 19)	N/A
82	Halid Djankpata	(2005-04-13) 13 April 2005 (age 18)	N/A
83	Isaac Heath	(2004-10-28) 28 October 2004 (age 19)	Leeds United
86	Jenson Metcalfe	(2004-09-06) 6 September 2004 (age 19)	N/A
Forwards
70	Katia Kouyate	(2003-09-09) 9 September 2003 (age 20)	N/A
88	Francis Okoronkowo	(2004-09-18) 18 September 2004 (age 19)	Sunderland

Out on loan

Pos	Player	Loaned to	On loan from	On loan until
GK	Harry Tyrer	Chesterfield	1 July 2023	30 June 2024
GK	Žan-Luk Leban	Farsley Celtic	4 August 2023	30 June 2024
MF	Lewis Warrington	Plymouth Argyle	26 July 2023	30 June 2024

Under-18 squad

No.	Player	Date Of Birth	Signed From
Goalkeepers
—	George Pickford	Unknown	N/A
—	Sebastian Jensen	Unknown	N/A
Defenders
—	Aled Thomas	(2006-09-27) 27 September 2006 (age 17)	N/A
—	Bradley Moonan	Unknown	N/A
—	Daniel Maher	Unknown	N/A
—	George Finney	Unknown	N/A
—	Jack Butler	(2005-11-12) 12 November 2005 (age 18)	N/A
—	Joshua van Schoor	(2006-10-08) 8 October 2006 (age 17)	N/A
—	Luca Davis	Unknown	N/A
—	Odin Samuels-Smith	Unknown	N/A
Midfielders
65	Matthew Apter	(2005-10-21) 21 October 2005 (age 18)	N/A
—	Callum Bates	(2005-09-28) 28 September 2005 (age 18)	N/A
—	Harrison Armstrong	(2007-01-19) 19 January 2007 (age 17)	N/A
—	Harvey Foster	Unknown	N/A
—	Jack Patterson	(2005-10-16) 16 October 2005 (age 18)	Crusaders
Forwards
67	Martin Sherif	(2006-06-10) 10 June 2006 (age 17)	N/A
—	Coby Ebere	(2005-09-17) 17 September 2005 (age 18)	N/A
—	George Morgan	(2006-09-08) 8 September 2006 (age 17)	N/A
—	Jacob Beaumont-Clark	(2005-09-19) 19 September 2005 (age 18)	N/A
—	Joel Catesby	Unknown	N/A

Player of the season

Under-23s:

Victor Anichebe (2006)
John Irving (2007)
John Irving (2008)
Kieran Agard (2009)
Shane Duffy (2010)
Jose Baxter (2011)
Adam Forshaw (2012)
N/A (2013)
Tyias Browning (2014)
Brendan Galloway (2015)
Joe Williams (2016)
Jonjoe Kenny (2017)
Morgan Feeney (2018)
Nathan Broadhead (2019)
Anthony Gordon (2020)
Ryan Astley (2021)

Academy:

Scott Phelan (2006)
Shaun Densmore (2007)
Jack Rodwell (2008)
James McCarten (2009)
Adam Davies (2010)
Jake Bidwell (2011)
Hallam Hope (2012)
Chris Long (2013)
Ryan Ledson (2014)
Harry Charsley (2015)

Academy staff


Position	Name
Operations Manager	Dan Manning
Director of Academy	Gareth Prosser
Head of Coaching	Carl Darlington
Professional Development Coach	Leighton Baines

Remaining academy staff:

Lead Coaches: Paul Bennett, Tom Kearney, Paul Tait
Coaching Team: Peter Cavanagh, Phil Jevons, Colin Littlejohns, John Miles, Kevin O'Brien, Joe Peterson, Scott Phelan, Tom Gardner, Andy Cowley, Ross Morrison
Sports Science & Medicine: John McKeown, Peter Beirne, Lewis Charnock, Nick Coleman, Jack Dowling, Dan Carney, Josh Jeffery, Matthew Lowe, Leah McCready
Recruitment: Sam Bailey, Michael Cribley, Paul Johnson, Darren Kearns, Ian Lavery, Ray Redmond, Nicola Woods.
Education & Welfare: Chris Adamson, Phil McQuaid, Darren Murphy
Operations: Daniel Manning, Sean Farrington, Vincent Fieldstead, Rob How, John King, Daniel Manning, Danny Webb, Sean McClure, Keith Loyden
Analytics and Strategic Planning: Owen O’Connor

Awards and honours

Premier League 2:
- Winners (2): 2016–17, 2018–19
Premier League Cup:
- Winners (1): 2019
Lancashire Senior Cup:
- Winners (7): 1894, 1897, 1910, 1935, 1940, 1964, 2016
Liverpool Senior Cup:
- Winners (40): 1884, 1886, 1887, 1890, 1891, 1892, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1904, 1906, 1908, 1911, 1914, 1919, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1926, 1928, 1938, 1940, 1945, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1983, 1996, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2016
- Joint Winners (6): 1910, 1912, 1934, 1936, 1958, 1982
SuperCupNI:
- Winners (7): 1995 (Junior), 2002 (Junior), 2008 (Junior), 2009 (Junior), 2011 (Junior), 2013 (Junior), 2016 (Elite)
- Runners-up (3): 1999 (Junior), 2004 (Junior), 2012 (Junior)
U18 Premier League:
- Winners (1): 2014
Future Champions Tournament:
- Runners-up (3): 2013
Premier Academy League:
- Winners (1): 2011
FA Youth Cup:
- Winners (3): 1965, 1984, 1998
- Runners-up (4): 1961, 1977, 1983, 2002
The Central League:
- Winners (4): 1914, 1938, 1954, 1968
CEE Cup
- Winners (1): 2017