Walsall F.C. Youth and Reserves

Walsall Reserves & Youth Academy
Full name Walsall Football Club
Nickname(s) The Saddlers
Founded 1888 (1888)
Ground Scholars Ground, Burntwood
BCFA Ground, Birmingham
Bescot Stadium, Walsall
Chairman England Jeff Bonser
Manager Reserves: England Richard O'Kelly
Youth: England Neil Woods
League Reserves: Final Third Development League West
Youth: Youth Alliance NW

Walsall F.C. Reserves and Walsall F.C. Youth Academy are the reserve and youth teams for League One club Walsall.

The reserve team play in the Final Third Development League West Division and play the majority of their home games at the Scholars Ground, home of Chasetown.

The youth team play in the Youth Alliance North-West Division and play their home games at the Birmingham County FA academy base at Ray Hall Lane, Great Barr.

Walsall F.C. Reserves

The Reserve team is used by Walsall as a step between the Youth Academy side and the first-team and to allow first-team players to gain match fitness after an injury or suspension, or additional game time for players on the fringes of the first-team.

Walsall Reserves also compete in the Birmingham Senior Cup, winning the competition on four occasions, most recently in 1994.

Current reserve team

As of 20 October 2014.[1]

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

No. Position Player
England GK Craig MacGillivray
England GK Liam Roberts
England DF Rico Henry
England DF Matt Preston
England DF Kyle Rowley
England DF Luke Delaney
England MF Reece Flanagan
England MF Kieron Morris
England MF Tevin Shakespeare
Republic of Ireland MF Liam Kinsella
England FW Levi Rowley
England FW Romario Reid
England FW Amadou Bakayoko

Walsall F.C. Youth Academy

Walsall's Youth team has produced a number of first team players throughout the club's history. In recent years, notable graduates include Matty Fryatt, Julian Bennett, Scott Dann, Jamie Paterson, Will Grigg and Troy Deeney.

Two graduates have gone on to play full international football for England - Allan Clarke and Michael Ricketts. Allan Clarke had a hugely successful career, scoring a winning goal in an FA Cup final while at Leeds United.

Current youth team

As of 16 August 2015.[2]

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

No. Position Player
England GK Dan Jezeph
England DF Dan Vann
England DF Kory Roberts
England DF Sam Tonks
England DF Jordan Sangha
England DF Maziar Kouhyar
England MF Ashley Maddocks
England MF Rory Oliver
England MF Nathan Owen
England MF Kane Lewis
England MF Raekwan Smith
England FW Cameron Peters
England FW Brenden Pooni

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