Nickname(s) The Toon, The Magpies Ground Capacity 1,000/52,387 | Founded 1892 | |
Ground Reserves: Whitley Park/St James' ParkNewcastle upon TyneEngland Manager Reserves: Peter BeardsleyAcademy: Joe Joyce |
Newcastle United F.C. Reserves and Academy are the reserve and academy teams for the Premier League club Newcastle United.
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Reserves
The reserve / under-23 team plays in the Premier League 2 Division 2. It also participates in the Northumberland Senior Cup each season. Newcastle Reserves play their home games at Whitley Park, the home ground of West Allotment Celtic, and also at the first team stadium St James' Park. In previous seasons the team has also played at Gateshead International Stadium, the home ground of Gateshead, and Kingston Park, the home ground of Newcastle Falcons.
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Current players
As of 6 February 2017.The players that play for the Newcastle United Under-23 team are usually young professionals or third year academy players. The current players are:
Young players are often sent on loan to other clubs to aid their development. The Newcastle United Under-23 players out on loan are:
The Academy
The academy team plays in the Barclays U18 Premier League and is only for players 18 and below. Home games are played at the academy base at Little Benton, located to the immediate south of Newcastle United's training ground, Darsley Park.
As an ambitious club with aspirations of European football, the objective of Newcastle's Academy is to develop players and their football-playing abilities to their fullest potential, so that these players might someday contribute to Newcastle's success on the pitch. This is made possible by guaranteeing the best training, education and management to the region’s most promising players. Newcastle is among those teams that run an Academy for their youth players without actually having their own youth training facility. This means that the youth teams practice at different locations, in facilities rented from universities or from the city. However, they are in the process of building their own purpose-built Academy.
The academy comprises age-group teams ranging from Under-9's up to the flagship Under-18's. They play their home games at academy base at Little Benton, located to the immediate south of Darsley Park. FA Youth Cup home games are usually played at St James' Park.
Honours
Current players
As of 13 January 2017.The players that play for the Newcastle United Under-18 team are usually first and second year academy or schoolboy players. The current players are:
Notable Academy and Youth Team players
The following is a list of players who have played in the Newcastle United youth team and represented a country (not necessarily their country of birth) at full international level. Players who are currently playing at Newcastle United, or for another club on loan from Newcastle United, are highlighted in bold.
'Wor Jackie' Award
Awarded to the best young player of the year, named after legendary local player Jackie Milburn.
Jack Hixon Award
Named after Jack Hixon, a local scout who found several North-East youngsters who went on to become Professional Footballers.