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Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Under-23s and Academy

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Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham Hotspur crest
Full nameTottenham Hotspur
Nickname(s)Spurs, Lilywhites
Founded1882 as Hotspur F.C.
GroundMatchroom Stadium
Brisbane Road
Leyton, London, England
Capacity7,920 (all seated)
ChairmanEngland Daniel Levy
ManagerEngland Clive Allen (reserves)
England Alex Inglethorpe (academy)
LeaguePremier Reserve League South
Premier Academy League U18 Group B
2006-07Premier Reserve League South, 5th
Premier Academy League U18 Group B, 3rd

The Reserves

The Tottenham Hotspur Reserves consist of mainly young players under the age of 21 who are no longer eligible for the academy but are still trying to make the step up to the senior team. The reserve team is also often used to give senior squad players and senior players returning from injury the chance to play and keep or build up match fitness.

The team are currently managed by former player Clive Allen and play their matches at Leyton Orient's home ground Matchroom Stadium from the 2007-08 season onwards. They originally played at Broadhall Way, the home ground of Stevenage Borough. They have won one Premier Reserve League South title since the league's formation in 1999.

The Club announced on 12 June 2009 that for the 2009/2010 season it would not be entering a team in the Reserve League. Instead the reserve players would be loaned out for first team experience, and if necessary friendly matches would be arranged as required during the season to test out players returning from injury.[1]

The Academy

The Tottenham Hotspur Academy coaches young footballers from the ages of 8 to 18 involving approximately 150 young players, looked after by 30 full time and part time staff. The academy features a network of 35 scouts who are tasked with finding the best local, national and international talent.

Notable players to come through the Tottenham Hotspur Academy include Ledley King, Glenn Hoddle, Peter Crouch, Stephen Carr, Nick Barmby, Ian Walker and Sol Campbell all of whom have gone on to represent their country at international level.

The current Youth Team coach is Alex Inglethorpe who joined the club in 2006 after a two year spell as manager of Exeter City.

Seasons

2005/06 season

Clive Allen became the manager of the reserve team at the beginning of the season and led them to their first FA Premier Reserve League South title staying in 1st position from mid-December until the end of the season. They lost just three times during the league season. In the Barclays Premiership Reserve League Play-Off which is contested by the winners of the Southern and Northern Reserve League title winners Tottenham Reserves lost 2-0 to Manchester United Reserves at Old Trafford.

2006/07 season

The 2006/07 was less successful for the reserve team with them finishing mid-table in fifth place behind league winners Reading, Watford, Chelsea and Leicester City. The academy team have made a vast improvement over the previous season and finished the league in third position in their Under 18 Group behind Reading and Leicester City.

The end of the season coincided with the end of a Tottenham career for Charlie Lee and Rob Burch with both being released to further their careers elsewhere. [2]

2008/09 season

On 1 July 2008, Tottenham Hotspur confirmed the permanent transfer of Joe Martin who had previously been on loan, to Blackpool.[3] Spurs also loaned out Tomas Pekhart to Southampton, Troy Archibald-Henville to Norwich City, Simon Dawkins to Leyton Orient, David Button to Grays Athletic, Andrew Barcham, Leigh Mills and Charlie Daniels went on loan to Gillingham. [4]

In 2009 Grays Athletic this time loaned Lee Butcher another goalkeeper for a month[4] and Gillingham acquired Barcham permanently.[5] Charlie Daniels was allowed to join Leyton Orient on a free transfer.[6] Button this time went on loan to AFC Bournemouth, made his league debut for them and Archibald-Henville went to Exter City, while Yuri Berchiche and David Hutton both moved to Cheltenham Town.

Honours

  • Eurofoot Tournament: 1
    • 2007

Players

Professionals

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
— DF England ENG Calum Butcher
— GK England ENG Lee Butcher
— DF England ENG Anton Blackwood

On loan

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
— DF England ENG Troy Archibald-Henville (on loan at Exeter City, July 2009)
— DF England ENG Calum Butcher (on loan at Barnet)
— DF England ENG Adam Smith (on loan at Torquay United, January 2010)
— DF England ENG Steven Caulker (on loan at Yeovil Town, July 2009)
— MF England ENG Andros Townsend (on loan at Leyton Orient, August 2009)
— MF England ENG Ryan Mason (on loan at Yeovil Town, July 2009)
— FW England ENG Jonathan Obika (on loan at Yeovil Town, August 2009)
— FW Czech Republic CZE Tomas Pekhart (on loan at Slavia Prague, January 2010[7])
— MF England ENG Sam Cox (on loan at Histon)
— GK England ENG David Button (on loan at Shrewsbury Town)
— GK Sweden SWE Oscar Jansson (on loan at Exeter City)
— GK Italy ITA Mirko Ranieri (on loan at Ipswich Town, July 2010[8])

Academy team

Second years

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
— GK England ENG Jamie Butler
— DF England ENG Nathan Byrne
— MF England ENG Jake Nicholson
— MF England ENG Dean Parrett
— MF England ENG Coskun Ekim
— MF England ENG Chace O'Neill
— MF England ENG Anthony Jack
— MF England ENG Tom Carroll
— MF England ENG John Bostock
— MF Belgium BEL José-Paul M'Poku

First Years

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
— GK England ENG Jonathan Miles
— GK England ENG Jordan Archer
— DF England ENG Olumide Durojaiye
— DF England ENG Zaine Francis-Angol
— MF England ENG Callum Tapping
— MF England ENG Jesse Waller Lassen
— MF Republic of Ireland IRL Paul McBride
— MF England ENG Ryan Fredericks
— MF England ENG Alex Prichard
— FW England ENG Cameron Lancaster
— FW England ENG Kudus Oyenuga
— FW England ENG James Sparkes

Under-16s

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
— DF England ENG Ramil Sheriff
— DF England ENG John Popoola
— DF England ENG Jack Bartram
— DF Nigeria NGA Michael Onuwo

Staff

Current staff

  • Academy Manager: England John McDermott
  • Assistant Academy Manager/Head of Player Development: England Chris Ramsey
  • Academy head of recruitment: England Richard Allen
  • Academy goalkeeper coach: England Perry Suckling
  • U18 Coach: England Alex Inglethorpe
  • U15 coach: England Bradley Allen
  • U14 coach: England Steve Palmer
  • U13 coach: Tony Tilbrook
  • U12 coach: Danny Buck
  • U11 coach: Justin Cochrane
  • U10 coach: Gary Broadhurst
  • U9 coach: SaulHurst/Daryl Willard
  • Community coach: Roger Miller
  • Technical skills Development Coach: Vacant
  • Academy doctor: Dr Kalpesh Parmar
  • Academy physio's: Rory Brown, Stewart Ross
  • Performance manager: Steve Palmer
  • Education/welfare officer: Trevor Webb
  • Academy secretary/administration: Penney Smith
To see the full list please visit About the Academy

Reserve team manager history

Notes

  1. ^ Reserve News THFC website 2009-06-12 Retrieved, 2009-08-15
  2. ^ tottenhamhotspur.com - Player Update
  3. ^ "Martin to Blackpool". tottenhamhotspur.com. 1 July 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-01.
  4. ^ a b "Grays loan for Butcher". Tottenham Hotspur F.C. 31 December 2008. Retrieved 2009-01-01.
  5. ^ "Barcham move made permanent". tottenhamhotspur.com. 2 January 2009. Retrieved 2009-01-03.
  6. ^ "Daniels leaves Spurs for Orient". BBC Sport. 7 January 2009. Retrieved 2009-01-13.
  7. ^ "Slavia loan from Tomas". Spurs. 2 February 2009. Retrieved 2 February 2009.
  8. ^ "Ipswich Loan For Mirko". Spurs. 9 November 2009. Retrieved 9 November 2009.


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