- Nottingham Forest F.C. Youth Academy
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The Nottingham Forest F.C. Youth Academy was launched in 1997 under the supervision of Paul Hart, currently the Academy is managed and directed by Nick Marshall, along with a host of full and part time staff including other ex-professional footballers, Steve Sutton, Eoin Jess and Steve Hodge. The Academy is located at a 24-acre (97,000 m2) site in Nottingham. Since its inception the academy has nurtured the talents of many players that have made it into top flight football, these include Tottenham players Jermaine Jenas, Tom Huddlestone, Michael Dawson, his brother Andy (currently at Hull City), Shaun Wright-Phillips of Man City, Forest winger Andy Reid and Blackpool's Marlon Harewood. Many of these players have even gone on to play at international level.
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History
The Nottingham Forest youth team has been part of the Premier Academy League since 1997, playing in group D. Their best season was 2000–01 when they won the whole competition. They almost repeated this in the 2009–10 season but eventually lost 5–3 to Arsenal in the play-off final.
Academy squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
No. Position Player 
GK Ben Gathercole 
DF Neill Byrne MF Danny Meadows 
MF Kostakis Artymatas MF Konstantinos Laifis MF Dimitris Kyprianou 
GK Dimitar Evtimov GK Scott Furlong DF Jamaal Lascelles DF Jack Andrews DF Ben Osborn 
MF David Morgan DF David Papworth MF Ryan Markey FW Ryan Tinsley FW Joe Swindell FW Patrick Bamford GK Jordan Smith DF Michael Hollingsworth DF Lawrence Gorman DF Kieran Fenton DF Elliott Ackroyd 
MF Aristote Amisi MF Kieran Wallace MF Jack Blake MF Josh Thomas 
MF Wilfried Gnahore FW Eurico Sebastiao FW Jordan Palmer-Samuels FW Derrick Otim Top scorers
Season Top scorer Goals 2001–02 
Mickael Antoine-Curier22 2008–09 Tim Hopkinson15 2009–10 
Tom Mullen17 2010–11 Patrick Bamford10 Notable former Academy Players
Players highlighted in bold all have gained international caps.
- Andy Reid
- James Reid
- Barry Roche
- Gregor Robertson
- Nialle Rodney
- Emile Sinclair
- Paul Smith
- John Thompson
- Matt Thornhill
- Corie Treacy
- Spencer Weir-Daley
- Craig Westcarr
- Gareth Williams
- Shaun Wright-Phillips
Notable Former Youth Players Prior To The Academy
List of notable players that played for the Nottingham Forest youth team prior to the academy set up in the late 90s.
- Gary Mills
- John Robertson
- Steve Stone
- Steve Sutton
- Vance Warner
- Des Walker
- Justin Walker
- Terry Wilson
- Tony Woodcock
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