Liverpool F.C. Reserves and Academy

Liverpool Under-21s played in Premier League 2. The Reserves won the regional division title in 2000 and again 2008 winning also the national league that year. It competed in the Lancashire Combination from 1896 to 1911, with the exception of the 1898–99 season, in which it joined The Combination. From 1911 on, it took part in the Central League until becoming inaugural members of the Premier Reserve League North in 1999. The team also participated in the Liverpool Senior Cup and the Lancashire Senior Cup; the last time it took part in them was the 2009–10 season when it also won both competitions. The last reserve team manager was Rodolfo Borrell, who was appointed in July 2011 and led the reserve team during its final season before taking over the newly formed under-21 side in July 2012. The reserves last played their home games at Prenton Park (the home of Tranmere Rovers); in previous seasons the team has also played at the club's academy, the Halliwell Jones Stadium (home of Warrington Wolves), Haig Avenue (the home of Southport), Totally Wicked Stadium (the home of St Helens R.F.C.) and the Racecourse Ground (home of Wrexham). The most successful Liverpool Reserves manager was Roy Evans. Evans spent most of his playing career as a reserve team player, making only 11 appearances for the first team. After an injury ended his career in 1974, he was appointed manager of the reserves by Bob Paisley. Evans subsequently led the reserves to victory in a series of Central League championships, including three in his first three seasons, a four in a row sequence from 1978, and two more in the early 1980s. Throughout the history of Liverpool FC, many of the club's best known players have progressed through the reserve team. These include people who at one point were first team squad members including Trent Alexander-Arnold, Steven Gerrard, Robbie Fowler, Michael Owen, Steve McManaman, Jamie Carragher and Raheem Sterling. ==The Academy==

In 1998, a new state-of-the-art Youth Academy was opened in Kirkby, Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley. It replaced the older, more informal youth system, and enables the club to focus their youth development and scouting, employing new techniques and FA standards. Scouts attend many local youth matches looking for talented boys. A boy will then be invited to attend training sessions at the Academy. They are currently taken in as young as the age of six. Former England International player Jamie Carragher started at Liverpool when he was aged just nine, with Michael Owen joining at eleven, and Steven Gerrard joining at the age of eight. On the walls of the indoor centre hang the words 'Technique', 'Attitude', 'Balance', and 'Speed'. 'TABS' is the key word preached at The Academy. Academy director Alex Inglethorpe has said the remit of the academy is to produce physically, technically, tactically and mentally elite players with enough quality to represent the senior side in the Champions League. and maintains a number of football schools worldwide through partnerships with football clubs and commercial and sports organisations. LFC International Football Academy currently has branches in Scandinavia (Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, and Gran Canaria during winter), America (Texas and Plymouth, the latter through an affiliate with CS United Soccer Club), Egypt (Cairo), South Africa (Durban and Johannesburg), China (Guilin), India (Pune, in cooperation with DSK Shivajians), and Japan (Tokyo). Previously schools were also run in Abuja, Belfast, Boston, Charlotte, Cyprus, Dublin, Hong Kong, Iceland, Jakarta, Katwijk, Lisbon, Madrid, Malta, Mumbai, Manila, Nairobi, Saint Vincent, and Singapore. == Squad ==

Players listed in bold have made at least one senior first-team appearance. Other players under contract Out on loan ==Staff==

Current coaching and medical staff • Academy director: Alex Inglethorpe • Assistent Academy director: Nick Marshall • Education manager: Caitlin Hawkins • Academy player care manager: Marek Szmid • U21s manager: Rob Page • U21s and Academy goalkeeping coach: Mark Morris • U21s player-coach: Jay Spearing • U18s manager: Simon Wiles • U18 assistant manager: Anthony Ryan • U18s and Academy goalkeeping coach: Neil Edwards • Head Academy physiotherapist & U21s head physio: Paul Kelly • Performance coach: Yvie Ryan • U21 and loans physiotherapist: Tony Jones • U18 Education Officer: Ted Smith • U18 Lead physiotherapist: Phil Bolland • U18 assistant physiotherapist: Gregg Blundell • Academy kit manager: Aubrey Rogers • Head of pre-Academy recruitment: Steve Gorst • Pre-Academy co-ordinator: Ricky Heywood • Assistant Academy recruitment co-ordinator: Frederico Paciencia • Academy U16 head coach: Lewis Nightingale • Academy U13 head coach: Michael Yates • Academy U12 head coach: Phil Charnock • Academy U11 head coach: John Miles • Academy U10 head coach: Gephte Mbolokele • Academy U9 head coach: Josh Wesselby • Head of coaching for foundation stage: John Thompson • Assistant head of pre-Academy coach: Roy Smith • Goalkeeping coach: Ian Dunbavin • Lead pre-Academy coach: James Williams • Academy advanced coaching centre co-ordinator: Jon Newby Source: • Phil Thompson (1986–1992) • Sammy Lee (1993–1998) • Joe Corrigan (1998–2002) • Hughie McAuley (2003–2006) • Gary Ablett (2006–2009) • John McMahon (2009–2011) • José Segura (caretaker) (2011) • Rodolfo Borrell (2011–2012) • Alex Inglethorpe (2012–2014) • Michael Beale (2014–2016) • Mike Garrity (caretaker) (2016–2017) • Neil Critchley (2017–2020) • Barry Lewtas (2020–2025) • Rob Page (2025–present) ==Awards==

Liverpool Academy Players' Player of the Year Players in bold are still playing for Liverpool. }||||Defender|| ==Honours==

Reserves ;;League Champions • The Central League: 16(1956–57, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1989–90, • Premier Reserve League National: 1(2007–08) • Premier Reserve League North: 2(1999–2000, 2007–08) • Lancashire Combination: 2(1896–97, 1899–1900) ;;Cup Winners • Liverpool Senior Cup: 40(1893, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1905, 1907, 1909, 1910*, 1912*, 1913, 1915, 1920, 1925, 1927, 1929, 1930, 1934*, 1936*, 1937, 1939, 1942, 1943, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1951, 1952, 1962, 1964*, 1968, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1982*, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2009, 2010) • Lancashire Senior Cup: 13(1919, 1920*, 1924, 1931, 1933, 1944, 1947, 1956, 1959, 1973, 2010, 2017, 2022) • Liverpool Challenge Cup: 4(1954, 1959, 1960, 1961) Youth ;;League Champions • Lancashire League Division One: 6(1965–66, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1971–72, 1977–78, 1982–83) • Lancashire League Division Two: 7(1961–62, 1965–66, 1967–68, 1972–73, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1992–93) • Lancashire League Division Three: 1(1960–61) ;;Cup Winners • FA Youth Cup: 4(1996, 2006, 2007, 2019) • Liverpool Youth Cup: 3(1954, 1956, 1958) • Lancashire Division One League Cup: 3(1960, 1966, 1967) • Lancashire Division Two League Cup: 5(1962, 1966, 1967, 1973, 1980) • Lancashire Division Three League Cup: 1(1961) *Asterisk denotes a shared title. ==Noted graduates==

Established at Liverpool Liverpool's youth system has only seen moderate success over the years; with only a few players who have come through it have gone on to feature in the first-team. The following players have gone on to play over ten competitive matches for the first team. Pre-WW2 • Harold Barton • Cyril Done • Alf Hanson • Jack Parkinson • Syd Roberts 1940s • Bill Jones • Billy Liddell • Jimmy Payne • Eddie Spicer 1950s • Alan A'Court • Eric Anderson • Gerry Byrne • Bobby Campbell • Don Campbell • Jimmy Melia • Ronnie Moran • Roy Saunders 1960s • Alf Arrowsmith • Phil Boersma • Ian Callaghan • Bobby Graham • Chris Lawler • Ian Ross • Tommy Smith • Phil Thompson 1970s • Jimmy Case • David Fairclough • Colin Irwin • Sammy Lee • John McLaughlin 1980s • Gary Ablett • Mike Marsh • Steve Staunton • Ronnie Whelan 1990s • Jamie Carragher • Robbie Fowler • Steven Gerrard • Dominic Matteo • Steve McManaman • Michael Owen • David Thompson • Stephen Wright 2000s • Dani Pacheco • Darren Potter • Emiliano Insúa • Jay Spearing • Martin Kelly • Neil Mellor • Stephen Warnock 2010s • Andre Wisdom • Brad Smith • Jack Robinson • Jon Flanagan • Jordon Ibe • Pedro Chirivella • Raheem Sterling • Suso • Sheyi Ojo • Trent Alexander-Arnold • Ben Woodburn • Curtis Jones • Neco Williams • Caoimhín Kelleher 2020s • Nathaniel Phillips • Rhys Williams • Conor Bradley • Stefan Bajcetic • Bobby Clark • James McConnell • Jarell Quansah • Jayden Danns • Rio Ngumoha • Trey Nyoni • Tyler Morton Established elsewhere Many of the former Liverpool youth and reserve team players have found success with other clubs. None of these players became established members of the Liverpool first team. 1950s • Joe Maloney • Keith Burkinshaw 1960s • Ted MacDougall 1970s • John Gidman • Tommy Tynan 1980s • Alan Harper • Colin Russell • Craig Hignett • Dave Watson • Howard Gayle • John Durnin • Mark Seagraves • Mike Newell • Nigel Adkins • Paul Jewell • Brian Mooney • Ken DeMange • Kevin Sheedy 1990s • Nicky Rizzo • Alex Watson • Phil Charnock • Ryan Lowe • Jim Magilton • Paul Dalglish • Tony Warner • Danny Williams • Gareth Roberts • Jason Koumas 2000s • Besian Idrizaj • Adam Hammill • Alan Navarro • Calum Woods • Charlie Barnett • Craig Lindfield • Danny Guthrie • Danny O'Donnell • David Mannix • David Raven • Ian Dawes • Jack Hobbs • James Smith • Jon Newby • Jon Otsemobor • Lee Peltier • Max Harrop • Michael Burns • Paul Anderson • Ray Putterill • Ryan Crowther • Sean Highdale • Steven Gillespie • Steven Irwin • Antonio Barragán • Daniel Ayala • Francisco Manuel Duran • Godwin Antwi • Miki Roqué • Daniel Sjölund • Christopher Buchtmann • Marvin Pourié • Jimmy Ryan • Richie Partridge • Shane O'Connor • Ronald Huth • Ryan Flynn • Astrit Ajdarević • Zak Whitbread • Layton Maxwell 2010s • Gerardo Bruna • Dean Bouzanis • Jake Brimmer • Nikolay Mihaylov • Jakub Sokolík • Martin Hansen • Nikola Saric • Henoc Mukendi • Adam Morgan • Adam Phillips • Alex Whittle • Andy Firth • Anthony Glennon • Anthony Gordon • Cameron Brannagan • Connor Randall • Conor Coady • Craig Roddan • Daniel Trickett-Smith • David Amoo • Herbie Kane • Isaac Christie-Davies • Jack Dunn • Jason Banton • Jerome Sinclair • Joe Maguire • Jordan Lussey • Jordan Rossiter • Lloyd Jones • Matty Virtue • Michael Ihiekwe • Michael Ngoo • Nathan Eccleston • Ovie Ejaria • Robbie Threlfall • Ryan Kent • Sam Hart • Shamal George • Stephen Darby • Tom Brewitt • Tom Ince • Tyrell Belford • Yan Dhanda • Emmanuel Mendy • Madger Gomes • Mikel San José • Rafael Páez • Sergi Canós • Lauri Dalla Valle • Patrik Raitanen • Stephen Sama • Toni Silva • Yalany Baio • András Simon • Kristóf Polgár • Krisztián Adorján • Krisztián Németh • Patrik Poór • Péter Gulácsi • Zsolt Pölöskei • Alex O'Hanlon • Conor Masterson • Corey Whelan • Daniel Cleary • Joseph Rafferty • Kristján Emilsson • Victor Pálsson • Bobby Adekanye • Emeka Obi • Edvard Tagseth • Ryan McLaughlin • João Carlos Teixeira • Paulo Alves • Rafael Camacho • Toni Gomes • Alex Cooper • Gary Mackay-Steven • George Johnston • Ryan Fulton • Alexander Kačaniklić • Kristoffer Peterson • Yusuf Mersin • Brooks Lennon • Marc Pelosi • Villyan Bijev • Danny Ward • Harry Wilson • Jordan Williams 2020s • Yasser Larouci • Dal Varešanović • Adam Lewis • Harvey Blair • Herbie Kane • Jack Bearne • Jake Cain • Kane Drummond • Layton Stewart • Leighton Clarkson • Liam Coyle • Luis Longstaff • Oludare Olufunwa • Paul Glatzel • Remi Savage • Tom Clayton • Billy Koumetio • Ki-Jana Hoever • Mateusz Musiałowski • Sam Durrant • Morgan Boyes • Vimal Yoganathan ==Notes==