Nottingham Forest

Full name	Nottingham Forest Football Club
Nicknames	Forest, The Garibaldis, The Reds, The Tricky Trees
Short name	Forest
Founded	1865; 160 years ago (1865)
Ground	Loughborough University Stadium Nigel Doughty Academy
Owner	Evangelos Marinakis
Lead Coach	Chris McGuane (Head of Academy) Warren Joyce (Under 21's) Tom Mallinson (Under 18's)
League	Premier League 2 (Under 21's) U18 Premier League (Under 18's)
Website	www.nottinghamforest.co.uk
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Active departments ofNottingham Forest F.C.
Football (Men's) Football B (Men's) Football U-18 (Men's) Football (Women's) Netball

Nottingham Forest F.C. Under 21s orNottingham Forest F.C. B Team are the reserve team ofNottingham Forest. The team mainly consists of Under-21 players at the club, although senior players occasionally play in the reserve side, for instance when they are recovering from injury. The B team is coached by Warren Joyce.

Nottingham Forest F.C. Under 18s are the youth team ofNottingham Forest. The youth team is coached by Tom Mallinson.

TheNottingham Forest Academy as a whole is managed by Chris McGuane.

The Nottingham Forest F.C. Youth Academy was launched in 1997 under the supervision ofPaul Hart. The academy is run by full and part-time staff including ex-professional footballers alongside Chris McGuane. The academy is located at a 24-acre (97,000 m²) site in Nottingham. Since its inception the academy has nurtured the talents of many players that have made it into top flight football; these includeJermaine Jenas,Michael Dawson, his brotherAndy,James Perch,Carlos Merino,Scott Loach,Andy Reid andMarlon Harewood. Many of these players have gone on to play at international level. Others were released by the academy and went on to develop their careers successfully elsewhere, includingShaun Wright-Phillips andTom Huddlestone.

The Nottingham Forest youth team has been part of thePremier Academy League since 1997, playing in group D. Their best season was 2000–01 when they won the whole competition. They almost repeated this in the 2009–10 season but eventually lost 5–3 toArsenal in the play-off final.

The Nottingham Forest academy was officially renamed The Nigel Doughty Academy in October 2012 in memory of the former ownerNigel Doughty, who died earlier in the year.^[1]

In May 2021, the academy secured a conditional licence to operate a Category 1 Academy. This would allow the club's U21 and U18 teams to enter the elite academy games programme, including Premier League 2 and cup competitions.^[2]

For the2023–24 season, Forest entered an under-21 side in theEFL Trophy for the first time.^[3]

As of 14 October 2025^[4][5]

Nat.	No.	Pos.	Name	Date of Birth	Contract Exp.	Notes	Ref.
Goalkeepers
	47	GK	Luke Bruno Campbell	(2005-11-27)27 November 2005 (age 20)	30 June 2028		[6][7]
	63	GK	Aaron Charlie Bott	(2004-09-06)6 September 2004 (age 21)	30 June 2027		[8][9]
	67	GK	Keehan Martyn Willows	(2005-10-01)1 October 2005 (age 20)	30 June 2026		[10][11]
	-	GK	George David Murray-Jones	(2004-10-27)27 October 2004 (age 21)	30 June 2027 + 1 yr opt.	On loan toChester	[12][13][14]
Defenders
	58	DF	Jack Ethan Thompson	(2005-05-05)5 May 2005 (age 20)	30 June 2026		[15][16]
	60	DF	Jamie Christopher Newton	(2005-07-22)22 July 2005 (age 20)			[17][18]
	61	DF	James Sinclair	(2006-08-11)11 August 2006 (age 19)			[19][20]
	64	DF	Benjamin George Hammond	(2004-10-02)2 October 2004 (age 21)	30 June 2026		[21][22]
	65	DF	Justin Thomas Hanks	(2004-09-01)1 September 2004 (age 21)			[23][24]
	71	DF	David Dennis Ayodeji Modupe	(2006-09-23)23 September 2006 (age 19)	30 June 2027		[25][26]
	68	DF	Kristian Takura Clarke	(2006-11-02)2 November 2006 (age 19)			[27][28]
	-	DF	Matthew Orr	(2007-04-16)16 April 2007 (age 18)	30 June 2028		[29][30]
	-	DF	Kyle James McAdam	(2004-12-24)24 December 2004 (age 20)	30 June 2027	On loan toMansfield Town	[31][32]
	-	DF	Joshua Alan Powell	(2005-01-09)9 January 2005 (age 20)		On loan toColchester United	[33][34][35]
Midfielders
	46	MF	Cherif-Dine Baba Yaya	(2006-11-19)19 November 2006 (age 19)			[36]
	50	MF	Adam Evan Berry	(2006-01-09)9 January 2006 (age 19)	30 June 2026		[37][38]
	51	MF	Archie Harry Thomas Whitehall	(2006-05-21)21 May 2006 (age 19)	30 June 2026		[39][40]
	57	MF	Blaine Alexander Harris McClure	(2007-02-05)5 February 2007 (age 18)	30 June 2026	On loan fromRangers	[41]
	72	MF	Cormac Daly	(2007-03-17)17 March 2007 (age 18)	30 June 2026		[42][43]
	73	MF	Fuad Ayorinde Smith	(2007-12-13)13 December 2007 (age 17)	30 June 2027		[44][45]
	77	MF	Zyan Julius Blake	(2007-11-13)13 November 2007 (age 18)	30 June 2027		[46][47]
	93	MF	Chinazaekpere Samuel Nwosu	(2008-06-10)10 June 2008 (age 17)	30 June 2028		[48][49]
	-	MF	Shae Lou Tim Cahill	(2005-04-26)26 April 2005 (age 20)	30 June 2026 + 1 yr opt.		[50][51]
	-	MF	Frank Evans Ngatang Djamna		30 June 2027		[52][53]
	70	MF	Alfie William Bradshaw		30 June 2026	On loan toBracknell Town	[54][55][56]
	-	MF	Jamie Carson McDonnell	(2004-02-16)16 February 2004 (age 21)	30 June 2026 + 1 yr opt.	On loan toMansfield Town	[57][58][59]
Forwards
	45	FW	Lamin Sillah	(2006-06-06)6 June 2006 (age 19)	30 June 2028		[60][61]
	62	FW	Danny Brian Ambato Anisjko	(2006-01-11)11 January 2006 (age 19)	30 June 2026 + 1 yr opt.		[62][63]
	96	FW	Kalum Stewart Thompson	(2008-09-26)26 September 2008 (age 17)	30 June 2027		[64][65]
	-	FW	Joseph Charles Gardner	(2005-06-06)6 June 2005 (age 20)	30 June 2027 + 1 yr opt.	On loan toMansfield Town	[66][67][68]
	-	FW	Donnell Ocarriel McNeilly	(2005-10-30)30 October 2005 (age 20)	30 June 2028	On loan toWycombe Wanderers	[69][70]
	-	FW	Detlef Esapa Osong	(2004-09-21)21 September 2004 (age 21)	30 June 2026	On loan toMotherwell	[71][72][73]

As of 14 October 2025^[74][75]

Nat.	No.	Pos.	Name	Date of Birth	Contract Exp.	Notes	Ref.
Goalkeepers
	95	GK	Joseph Robert Bailey		30 June 2027		[76][77]
	-	GK	Alastair John Graham	(2008-09-23)23 September 2008 (age 17)	30 June 2027		[78][79]
	89	GK	Zac Alan Smith		30 June 2026		[80][81]
Defenders
	76	DF	Buba Sanneh		30 June 2026		[82][83]
	94	DF	Harvey George Andrews		30 June 2027		[84][85]
	-	DF	Ethan Thomas Broomes	(2008-06-04)4 June 2008 (age 17)	30 June 2027		[86][87]
	84	DF	Jonathan Carrion Whiteley		30 June 2026		[88][89]
	99	DF	Spencer James Sutton		30 June 2027		[90][91]
	88	DF	Will Iain Thompson	(2006-12-26)26 December 2006 (age 18)	30 June 2026		[92][93]
Midfielders
	98	MF	Riko Leon Rickelmae Piper Robinson	(2008-10-29)29 October 2008 (age 17)	30 June 2027		[94][95]
	79	MF	Evan James Boulter		30 June 2026		[96][97]
	82	MF	Isaac Tiger Davies	(2007-09-15)15 September 2007 (age 18)	30 June 2027		[98][99]
	92	MF	Eleazar Don Lokote		30 June 2027		[100][101]
	90	MF	Shakur Ruben Samuels		30 June 2027		[102][103]
	-	MF	Gabriel Schluter	(2009-01-10)10 January 2009 (age 16)			[104][105]
	85	MF	Jordan Scott Willows	(2008-12-16)16 December 2008 (age 16)	30 June 2026		[106][107]
Forwards
	-	FW	Basima Baba Balagizi		30 June 2027		[108][109]
	97	FW	Kanye Kennedy Bradshaw		30 June 2027		[110][111]
	87	FW	Taeneal Riquelme Brandy	(2007-09-17)17 September 2007 (age 18)	30 June 2026		[112][113]
	-	FW	Scott Joseph Hamilton	(2008-03-06)6 March 2008 (age 17)	30 June 2026 + 1 yr opt.		[114][115]
	74	FW	Jayden Anthony Powell				[116][117]

Academy staff
Head of Football Development & Talent Management	Craig Mulholland
Head of Academy	Chris McGuane
Professional Development Phase (PDP) coach	Warren Joyce
Professional Development Phase (PDP) coach	Tom Mallinson
Professional Development Phase (PDP) coach	Sam Darlow
Professional Development Phase (PDP) coach	Owen Coyle

• Premier Academy League
  • Winners: 2000–01
• Dallas Cup
  • Winners: 2002
• Premier League International Cup
  • Winners:2024–25

Players currently playing for Nottingham Forest are listed below inbold. The decade players are listed in indicates when they began playing with the academy, not the first team.

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