Everton F.C. Under-21s and Academy

Everton Under-21s, the youth team of Everton, compete in Premier League 2 and play their home matches at Walton Hall Park.

Both the Under-21 and Development squad players have been based at their Finch Farm training complex since its completion in 2007.

Players

As of 1 July 2026

Under-21 squad

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
47	GK	ENG	Fraser Barnsley
48	DF	ENG	William Tamen
49	FW	WAL	Omari Benjamin
50	GK	ENG	George Pickford
55	DF	ENG	George Finney
57	FW	ENG	Justin Clarke
58	FW	NIR	Braiden Graham
59	DF	ENG	Luca Davis
67	FW	NED	Martin Sherif
73	DF	ENG	Elijah Campbell

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
77	DF	JAM	Odin Samuels-Smith
78	DF	ENG	Joshua van Schoor
80	FW	ENG	Joel Catesby
81	MF	ENG	Harvey Foster
82	MF	GAM	Francis Gomez
84	FW	GER	Coby Ebere
85	MF	NIR	Jack Patterson
87	FW	WAL	George Morgan
90	DF	WAL	Aled Thomas
92	MF	ENG	Callum Bates

Development squad

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
52	GK	ENG	Douglass Lukjanciks
60	DF	ENG	Rocco Lambert
61	MF	WAL	Luis Gardner
65	MF	ENG	Demi Akarakiri
68	FW	SCO	Ceiran Loney
76	MF	ENG	Malik Olayiwola
79	GK	ENG	Seve Patrick
86	MF	ENG	Melvin Matos
—	DF	ENG	Harvey Billington

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	SCO	John Dodds
—	DF	ENG	Lewis Evans
—	DF	ENG	Reuben Gokah
—	MF	ENG	Amari Moses
—	MF	ENG	Jake Doughty
—	MF	POL	Jonathan Nsangou
—	MF	NIR	Freddie Murdock
—	FW	ENG	Ray Robert
—	FW	WAL	Shea Pita

Player of the season

• Victor Anichebe (2006)
• John Irving (2007)
• John Irving (2008)
• Kieran Agard (2009)
• Shane Duffy (2010)
• Jose Baxter (2011)
• Adam Forshaw (2012)
• — (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)
• — (2022)
• — (2023)
• — (2024)
• — (2025)

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 (41): 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, 2025
  • 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

External links

• The Everton Way – Everton Academy Online (archived)
• Everton Shareholds Association – Tour of Finch Farm (archived)
• The School of Science
• Information about the academy from ToffeeWeb
• Discussions about the youth teams, results and the future stars from ToffeeTalk
• PitchCare Magazine Article. Archived 15 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine.
• Dr Pepper Dallas Cup® XXXIII: April 1–8, 2012. Archived 4 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine.
• 2011 NI Milk Cup
• Premier Academy Youth League Champions