Charlton Athletic Under 21s

Full name	Charlton Athletic Football Club (Under-21 Development Squad and Academy)
Nickname	The Addicks
Founded	1905 (Reserves) 1998 (Academy)
Ground	Sparrows Lane, New Eltham,London
League	Professional Development League 2 (South Division)
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TheCharlton Athletic Academy refers to the teams and players in theyouth system of English professional football clubCharlton Athletic; they play the majority of their home games at the club's training ground Sparrows Lane inNew Eltham, south-east London.

TheUnder-21 Development side consists mainly of Charlton's academy players who are aiming to break into the first team squad and in the near future, while senior players occasionally play when returning from injury. The current senior professional development coach for the under-21 squad is Chris Lock. They compete in theProfessional Development League 2; the club'sUnder-18 team plays in the same category of the lower age group.

As of 27 November 2025^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 31 GK  ENG Tommy Reid 34 MF  ENG Kai Enslin 35 MF  ENG Alan Mwamba 36 DF  ENG Keenan Gough 38 DF  FIJ Josh Laqeretabua 39 MF  ENG Henry Rylah 40 GK  ENG Lennon MacLorg 42 DF  ENG Oliver Hobden 43 FW  ENG Paris Lock 45 DF  ENG Ty Ewens-Findlay 46 FW  ENG Reuben Reid

No. Pos. Nation Player 47 FW  ENG Emmanuel Sol-Loza 48 MF  ENG Jacob Safa 49 DF  ENG Ethan Brown 50 DF  ENG Mason Hunter — GK  ENG George Hardy — DF  ENG Toby Bower — DF  ENG Max Kuzcynski — MF  ENG Reuben Amissah — MF  ENG Manu Wales — FW  IRL Patrick Casey

The Charlton Athletic Youth Academy was a development of Charlton's commitment to develop young players, a scheme which started in the early-mid-1990s when there was an explosion of young talent under joint managersSteve Gritt andAlan Curbishley. Notable players such asScott Minto,Kim Grant,Anthony Barness,Lee Bowyer,Richard Rufus,Linvoy Primus,Shaun Newton,Jermain Defoe,Jlloyd Samuel,Jamie Stuart,Kevin Lisbie,Paul Konchesky andScott Parker all came through the ranks.

This was followed by the creation of the Youth Academy in 1998, aiming to find the best local, and worldwide talent to bring to Charlton at a young age. Numerous players have gone on to play in the top two tiers of English football, having begun their footballing career at the Charlton Youth Academy, includingCarl Jenkinson,Harry Arter,Tareiq Holmes-Dennis,Kasey Palmer,Michael Turner,Robert Elliot,Jonjo Shelvey,Jordan Cousins,Callum Harriott,Darren Randolph,Joe Gomez,Ademola Lookman,Morgan Fox,Dillon Phillips,Ezri Konsa,Karlan Ahearne-Grant,Chris Solly andHarry Lennon.^[2]

The Under-18 team play in the U18 Professional Development League 2 however the academy takes boys from the ages of nine upwards.

The Valley Gold scheme was previously set up to aid Charlton's return toThe Valley. When a supporter signs up to the scheme, they now have the opportunity to win up to £15,000 at half-time on home match days, as well as getting £15 off the price of their season ticket and the opportunity to have first priority to away games or high demand home matches.

Since Charlton's return to the Valley in December 1992 the scheme has since been used to give financial support to the Charlton Youth Academy, to help nurture Charlton stars of the future.^[3]

As of 27 November 2025^[4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  ENG Logan Williams — GK  ENG Finley Woodman — DF  ENG Dionte Davis — DF  ENG Tate Elliott — DF  ENG Taku Muvhuti — DF  ENG Lanre Olatunji — DF  ENG Marley Rayment-Dawkins — DF  ENG Phoenix Valentine — MF  ENG Jack Belton — MF  ENG Patrick Boje

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ENG Michael Mylona — MF  ENG Kacper Podgorny — MF  ENG Harry Randall — MF  ENG Ed Thomas — MF  ENG Sam Washington-Amoah — FW  ENG Shia-Lee Burnham — FW  ENG Ellis McMillan — FW  ENG Kayode Peterkin — FW  ENG Raynon Richman — FW  ENG Bradley Tagoe

Role[5]	Name
Academy Director	Steve Avory
Academy Manager	Tom Pell
Head of Coaching (U9-U16)	Rhys Williams
Senior Professional Development Lead Coach (U21)	Chris Lock
Senior Professional Development Lead Coach (U18)	Jason Pearce
Lead Youth Development Phase Coach (U15-16)	Kieran Culleton
Youth Development Phase Coach (Under 12-14)	Daniel Gill
Academy Recruitment Manager	Bert Dawkins
Head of Youth Academy Sports Science	Alex Brown
Lead Academy Sports Scientist	William Groom
Academy Physiotherapist	Ashar Magoba
Performance Analyst (Development Squad)	Daniel Mahony
Academy Performance Analyst	Tidjane Balde
Kit Assistant	Sam Perre

From 1999 until 2007, Charlton Reserves were members of theFA Premier Reserve League Southern; however, due to the relegation of the first team at the end of the2006–2007 season from thePremier League to theFootball League Championship, they were demoted to theFootball Combination Central where they played against otherFootball League reserve teams and successfulFootball Conference reserve sides. At the end of the2008–09 season the first team were relegated toFootball League One and the reserve side was dissolved as a competitive team.

In 1999 the team joined theFA Premier Reserve League Southern. Led by reserve-team coachGlynn Snodin had relative success in their first season, finishing 2nd, however in comparison the next three seasons were disappointing as the club finished 8th, 7th & 7th respectively. After this however things picked up, and Charlton became unexpected winners of the league in2003–2004, and this was then followed by a second success at the Charlton team won the division again in2004–2005, just a season later. This was followed by another good season, seeing the Addicks finish fourth, however popular reserve-team coach Snodin left to joinSouthampton as first-team coach.^[6] Snodin was replaced byMark Robson for the remainder; however, this was short-lived as Charlton faced a managerial re-shuffle after the resignation ofAlan Curbishley,Mervyn Day andKeith Peacock.

With the installation ofIain Dowie as head-coach, Robson was moved to development coach, working with both the Reserve & First Team sides, however after Dowie was fired he was named assistant head-coach, underLes Reed.Mark Kinsella replaced Robson as development coach until this hiring of current club managerAlan Pardew when Kinsella was moved to reserve-team coach.^[7] Despite a hectic season the team still managed to finish 6th, however due to the relegation of the first-team the club were demoted to theFootball Combination Central where after spending much of the season top of the table were pipped to the post bySouthampton Reserves on the last game of the season.^[8]

In 2008 Mark Kinsella moved to a more senior role within the first team under Caretaker managerPhil Parkinson while the club sought after a replacement forAlan Pardew, who parted company with the club on 22 November 2008. He was replaced by the club's U18 Youth Coach,Damian Matthew, for the interim period.^[9] When Parkinson assumed the role of first team manager Matthew was designated Development coach, based on the same role Mark Robson had held previously.

In 2009 the reserve team was disbanded as a competitive side. With the relegation of the first team from theFootball League Championship to theFootball League One it was decided that the team would no longer play in the Football Combination and instead only played a number of friendly matches throughout the season.

In the last nine years the reserves had many different stadia. In their first season they played their matches atWelling United's ground,Park View Road, but the stay was short-lived. For the 2000–2001 season the reserve team played their matches at the first-team's ground,The Valley, however when there was a clash in matches the reserve teams would play their games at Park View Road. This system continued until the 2006–2007 season, when the team moved their matches toGravesend & Northfleet's ground,Stonebridge Road. The reserve team continued to play their games there in the 2007–2008 season, after the change of club name from Gravesend & Northfleet toEbbsfleet United.

Name	Dates	Achievements
Glynn Snodin	2000 – March 2006	Premier Reserve League South Champions (2003–04,2004–05)
Mark Robson (as Development Coach)	March 2006 – November 2006
Mark Kinsella	November 2006 – November 2008	Football Combination Central Runners Up (2007–08)
Damian Matthew (as Development Coach)	November 2008 — January 2011

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