Sunderland A.F.C. Reserves and Academy

Sunderland Reserves and Academy

Full name	Sunderland Association Football Club
Nickname(s)	Young Black Cats
Founded	1879[1] (as Sunderland and District Teachers)
Ground	Eppleton Colliery Welfare Ground Hetton-le-Hole, Sunderland
Capacity	2,500
Owner	Ellis Short
Chairman	Ellis Short
Manager	Andy Welsh
Home colours Away colours

Sunderland A.F.C. Academy are the youth team of Sunderland Football Club. It is a member of the Premier Academy League. They have won the FA Youth Cup in 1960, 1961, 2010 and were runners-up in 1958, 2008. The academy team is coached by Ged McNamee, Andy Welsh, Robbie Stockdale, Lewis Dickman, Elliott Dickman, Kevin Ball, Paul Bracewell, Stephen Clemence, Jonjo Dickman, Christopher Blake, Craig Liddle, Stuart Brightwell, Mark Atkinson and Mark Prudhoe.

They play at Eppleton Colliery Welfare Ground or Academy of Light – also Stadium of Light for bigger matches.

Players

As of 13 June 2015

Current Development squad

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

No. Position Player 31 DF Tom Beadling 32 GK Maksymilian Stryjek 34 DF Thomas Robson 37 FW Rees Greenwood 39 MF George Honeyman 46 FW Lynden Gooch 48 DF Josh Robson

No. Position Player GK James Talbot DF George Brady DF Michael Ledger MF Jordan Blinco MF Ethan Robson FW Carl Lawson

Academy Squad

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

No. Position Player GK Cameron McCulloch GK Michael Woud DF Daniel Casey DF Denver Hume DF Oscar Krusnell DF Luke Molyneux DF Alexander Storey DF Brandon Taylor MF Christopher Allen MF Adam Bale

No. Position Player MF Jack Diamond MF Elliott Embleton MF Owen Gamble MF Jack Hackett MF Daniel Pybus FW Joel Asoro FW Joshua Maja FW Andrew Nelson FW Jean-Yves Poame FW Daniel Wright

References

1. "Sunderland". Soccerbase. Retrieved 19 September 2008.