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Aston Villa F.C. Reserves and Academy
Aston Villa Reserves
Full name Aston Villa Football Club Reserves
Nickname(s) The Villans
Founded 1874
Ground Home Stadium: Home colours Away colours
Villa Park
Aston
Aston Villa Reserves are the reserve team of Aston Villa,
Birmingham B6 6HE
England they have been part of the FA Premier Reserve League
since its foundation in 1999 and are current holders of
Home Stadium (Winter): the Premier Reserve League South title. The team plays
Greene King Stadium its home games at Villa Park - during the months of Au-
Hinckley
tumn and Spring - and the Greene King Stadium (home
Leicestershire LE10 3DR
England of Hinckley United) - during the winter months. In ac-
(Capacity: cordance with Villa’s impressive youth development, the
Villa Park: 42,585 team has received success in recent years - as well as be-
Greene King Stadium: 4,329) coming victorious in the 2003/04 and 2007/08 seasons,
Chairman the team has regularly sustained high positions along
Randy Lerner
with the second-string becoming a place of learning for
Head Coach Alex McLeish the likes of current first-teamers Ciaran Clark, Barry Ban-
nan, Marc Albrighton, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Nathan
League FA Premier Reserve League
Delfouneso and Eric Lichaj, as well as former players Gary
2009-10 FAPRL Southern Division, 1st Cahill, Lee Hendrie, Darius Vassell, Craig Gardner, Steven
Davis and Stephen O’Halloran amongst many others. The
team is currently coached by Kevin MacDonald, but As-
ton Villa Youth Team coaches Gordon Cowans and Tony
McAndrew also have close links with the second string.
The Reserve team is primarily made up of players aged
16–19 - in the priority of development. The team also reg-
ularly includes fringe first-team players and first-team
players recovering from injury.
Matchday
The Reserve team play their league matches at Villa Park
or their training ground at Bodymoor Heath. During the
winter months matches are held at Greene King Stadium,
home ground of Hinckley United.
History
Signs of the team date back to 1892, when Aston Villa
Reserves joined the Birmingham & District League. After
finishing in the runners-up position twice in the first 2
seasons of the competition, Villa finally won their first
trophy in the 1894/95 season, amazingly winning 26 out
of 30 league games and losing just once all season. Several
titles followed after this achievement, including an ex-
traordinary run of 8 consecutive titles between 1902 and
1910. When Villa finally left the Birmingham & District
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League in 1915, they had accumulated a total of 12 league
titles and 6 runners-up finishes.
Current Reserve squad
After that, the reserve team played in the Central Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA el-
League for many years, becoming champions in 1929-30, igibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
1963-64 and 1992-93. No. Position Player[1][2] No. Position Player
In 1999–2000, the FA Premier Reserve League was set 43 GK Elliot Par- 35 MF Daniel
up, Villa were one of the founding members, and were ish Johnson
split into the Northern section of the league. Three disap-
GK Benjamin MF András
pointing seasons followed, however in the 2003/04 sea-
Siegrist Stieber
son - inspired by brothers Stefan Moore and Luke Moore
- Villa eased to their first title. In the two seasons which 34 DF Shane MF Jason
followed (04-05 and 05-06) - Villa agonisingly finished Lowry Lampkin
both campaigns as runners-up, both times to Manchester DF Daniel MF Samir Car-
United. In the 2006/07 season, for the first time since its Devine ruthers
introduction, the FA Premier Reserve League excluded 37 DF Derrick MF Ebby
Coca-Cola Championship teams from playing in the Williams Nelson-
league, with the 20 senior English Premiership teams DF Reece Addy
parallelling the teams involved in the FA Premier League. Caira MF Courtney
This also meant that due to geographical circumstances, DF Charlie Cameron
Aston Villa Reserves were switched from the Northern Ward FW Connor
Division, to the Southern equivalent, for the first time Taylor
since the start of the original format in 1999. Villa even-
tually finished 4th - winning 9 out of their 18 games,
with Luke Moore the top goalscorer, with 7. The season Hong Kong Soccer Sevens
saw the impressive development of several youngsters,
The yearly invitational seven-a-side tournament brings
most notably including Zoltán Stieber, Shane Lowry and
together the best youth and reserve sides in the world,
Stephen O’Halloran, all of which were rewarded with
and this competition has brought notable success to As-
first-team opportunities in the pre-season fixtures, prior
ton Villa in the past - with a squad of reserve and youth
to the 2007/08 season.
players fielded for the 3 day event.
In the 2007/08 season, Aston Villa Reserves clinched
Villa - inspired by Stephen Cooke and Steven Foley
the Southern title for the first time in their history, how-
clinched the trophy in the final against Manchester Unit-
ever they lost in the national final, losing 3-0 to Liver-
ed in 2004 for their first success. Striker Gabriel Agbon-
pool. This included the most goals scored by all 20 partic-
lahor captained Villa to the semi-final in 2006 - losing
ipating teams (38) and two 6-0 victories (against Chelsea
to the eventual winners Urawa Red Diamonds - and also
and Derby County, home and away respectively). Swede
received the ’Player Of The Tournament’ accolade. Villa
Tobias Mikaelsson was the top scorer with 8 goals, fol-
won the competition again in May 2007, beating Central
lowed by strikers Nathan Delfouneso and Marlon Hare-
Coast Mariners of Australia in the final, with Hungarian
wood (4 each). Zoltán Stieber and Nathan Baker both
playmaker Zoltán Stieber winning ’Player Of The Tour-
scored twice. The season was also notable for the im-
nament’. Villa then went onto win the competition again
pressive development of several young players, such as
a year later, defeating Yau Yee Select, Bulova Rangers
Nathan Delfouneso, Barry Bannan, Ciaran Clark and -
and PSV Eindhoven in the group stages. Further victories
most remarkably - the rise of young defender Nathan
against Eastleigh, Australian Institute of Sport and Glas-
Baker, who stepped up from Under-16 level to Reserve
gow Celtic in the final, ensured the title was regained. Ad-
regular inside a single season. Furthermore, Reserve reg-
ditionally, young Scottish midfielder Barry Bannan won
ulars; Nathan Delfouneso, Marc Albrighton, Elliot Parish
the ’Player Of The Tournament’ accolade. Aston Villa
and Nathan Baker were all rewarded for their efforts,
won the tournament in 2008 and reached the Semi-final
with places on the summer tour of Switzerland.
in 2009. Most recently Villa won the tournament in
In the 2008/09 season, Aston Villa retained their
2010.[3]
Southern title and beat North champions Sunderland 3-1
at Villa Park to be declared Premier Reserve League
Champions for the 2008/09 season Honours
In the 2009/10 season, Aston Villa won their third Birmingham & District League
consecutive Southern title and lost to North Champions • :
Manchester United 3-2 on penalties after a 3-3 draw at
Old Trafford in the Premier Reserve League Final 2009/
10.
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• 1894/95, 1895/96, 1899/00, 1902/03, 1903/04, tigious Ergenzingen Tournament in May 2008. A draw
1904/05, 1905/06, 1906/07, 1907/08, 1908/09, against HNK Hajduk Split, and subsequent victories
1909/10, 1911/12. against Ergenzingen FC and São Paulo FC, placed them in
• : a semi-final against FC Thun. A 1-0 victory earnt them a
• 1892/93, 1893/94, 1897/98, 1898/99, 1900/01, final against FSV Mainz, where a late strike by Harry For-
1910/11. rester won the Villains the trophy.
Birmingham Senior Cup The 2008/09 season was less fruitful for Villa’s young-
• : sters, as they finished 3rd in Group B, and were knocked
• 1879/80, 1881/82, 1882/83, 1883/84, 1884/85, out of the FA Youth Cup at the first hurdle, losing in the
1887/88, 1888/89, 1889/90, 1890/91, 1895/96, Third Round to eventual champions Arsenal.
1898/99, 1902/03, 1903/04, 1905/06, 1907/08, The team train at Bodymoor Heath in North War-
1908/09, 1909/10, 1911/12, 1984/85. wickshire and also play their home matches there on
• : weekends. The system has been very productive in re-
• 1875/86, 1880/81, 1892/93, 1894/95, 1900/01, cent years, heavily down to the influence of Head Youth
1901/02, 1923/24, 1982/83, 1994/95, 1995/96. Team Coach Gordon Cowans and Youth Team Coach Tony
FA Premier Reserve League North McAndrew.
• :
• :
• 2003/04.
Staff
• 2004/05, 2005/06. • Academy Coach: Tony McAndrew
FA Premier Reserve League South • Academy Coach: Brian O’Connell
• : • Academy Director: Bryan Jones
• 2007/08, 2008/09, 2009/10. • Assistant Academy Director: Steve Burns
FA Premier Reserve League
• Academy Goalkeeper Coach: Rafael González-
• :
Robles
• 2008/09.
• Head of Education and Welfare: Paul Brackwell
• :
• 2007/08, 2009/10.
HKFC International Soccer Sevens Current Academy squad
• :
• 2004, 2007, 2008, 2010.
Honours
Aston Villa Academy FA Youth Cup
• :
Aston Villa Academy is the youth development system • 1972, 1980, 2002.
of Premier League team Aston Villa, it covers the age of • :
under-18’s - and for the 2007/08 season - participated in • 1978, 2004.
Group B of the FA Premier Academy League. Victories FA Premier Academy League U17s
over Arsenal and Manchester City subsequently earnt • :
Villa the national Academy title in 2007/08. • 2003/04.
In the 2007/08 season Villa clinched top spot in Group FA Premier Academy League U18s: Group B
B, impressively notching the most wins (22), most points • :
(68) and most goals (84) of all 41 clubs involved. Villa’s • 2007/08.
youngsters were drawn against Group A winners Arsenal • 2010/11.
in the semi-final, which was won via a single strike from FA Premier Academy League U18s: Play-Offs
Nathan Delfouneso. This subsequently meant a final • :
against FA Youth Cup winners Manchester City, which • 2007/08.
was comprehensively won 2-0, with goals from James Ergenzingen Tournament
Collins and Chris Herd. The top scorers for the season • :
were striker David Sherman-Hay ( 18) [ Russia, and Unit- • 2008.
ed States player], James Collins (23), Austrian striker An- • :
dreas Weimann (16), Nathan Delfouneso (15) and Scot • 2007.
Barry Bannan (13).
As well as this, Villa also reached the semi-finals of
the FA Youth Cup, eventually being knocked out by even-
tual runners-up Chelsea, and were victorious in the pres-
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Player DOB Position International Caps Previous Club
2nd Year Scholars (players born between September 1, 1992 and August 31, 1993)
Gary Gardner June 29, 1992 Midfielder Capped at U-16, U-17, U-19, U-20 and Trainee
U-21 level
Jason Lampkin April 24, 1992 Midfielder Capped at U-16 level Manchester
United
Benjamin Siegrist January 31, 1992 Goalkeeper Capped at U-16, U-17, U-18 and U-19 FC Basel
level
András Stieber October 8, 1991 Midfielder – Goldball ’94 FC
1st Year Scholars (players born between September 1, 1993 and August 31, 1994))
Callum Barratt September 1, 1993 Goalkeeper – Trainee
Joshua Barton March 23, 1994 Midfielder Capped at U-15 and U-16 Level Cliftonville
Liam Bateman – Defender – Derby County
Richard Bryan November 5, 1993 Defender Capped at U-16 and U-17 Level Trainee
Graham Burke September 21, 1993 Forward Capped at U-19 Level Belvedere F.C.
Riccardo Calder – – – Trainee
Courtney Cameron January 3, 1993 Midfielder – Northampton
Town
Samir Carruthers April 4, 1993 Midfielder Capped at U-19 level Arsenal
Mason Clarke – – – Trainee
Matthew Coton September 21, 1993 Goalkeeper – West
Bromwich Al-
bion F.C
Alfie Crooks – Forward – Trainee
Darious Darkin – Midfielder – Trainee
Juan José Serrano de – Midfielder Capped at U-16 Level RCD Espanyol
la Cruz Vidal
Daniel Devine May 8, 1993 Defender Capped at U-15 and U-16 Level Crumlin Unit-
ed
Michael Drennan – Forward Capped at U-15, U-16 and U-17 level Evergreen FC
Umit Eminoglu September 14, 1994 Forward – Trainee
Jordan Graham March 5, 1995 Midfielder Capped at U-16 level Trainee
Jack Grealish – Midfielder Capped at U-15 and U-17 level Trainee
Craig Hill – Goalkeeper – Chelsea
Ben Hodges August 21, 1996 Defender – Trainee
Jamie Hunt – Forward – Trainee
Sebastian Jenkins – Defender – Trainee
Daniel Johnson October 8, 1992 Midfielder – Crystal Palace
Bradley Lewis – Defender – Trainee
Malcolm Melvin – Midfielder – Trainee
Connor Mooney August 13, 1994 Forward – Trainee
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Ebby Nelson-Addy September 13, 1992 Midfielder – Trainee
Joe Read – Midfielder – Trainee
Callum Robinson – Midfielder – Trainee
Oliver Stevenson – Defender – Trainee
Connor Taylor September 5, 1992 Forward – Coventry
Sphinx
Charles Ward January 3, 1993 Defender Capped at U-16 Level Trainee
Javed Islam November 14, 1993 Midfielder – N/A
Bradley Watkins September 11, 1994 Goalkeeper Capped at U-16 and U-17 Level Trainee
Joshua Webb – Defender Capped at U-16 Level Trainee
Derrick Williams January 17, 1993 Defender Capped at U-19 Level Tramore AFC
Notable Academy Graduates
The following players have all progressed through the
youth ranks at Aston Villa and made at least one appear-
ance for the first team in professional competition. Play-
ers in bold are still contracted to the club.
References
[1] http://www.avfc.co.uk/page/ReservesTeam/
0,,10265,00.html
[2] "Farewell to Reo-Coker and Carew as released list
announced". Aston Villa F.C.. 27 May 2011.
http://www.avfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/
0,,10265~2368005,00.html. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
[3] http://www.hksoccersevens.com/en/schedule-
results/fixtures-main-tournament/main-
tournament-stage-2
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Player DOB Position First-Team Debut First-Team First- Current Club
Appearances Team
Goals
Gary Gardner June 29, Midfielder December 31, 2012 (vs Ongoing Ongoing Aston Villa
1992 Chelsea)
Nathan Baker April 23, Defender January 25, 2011 (vs Wigan Ongoing Ongoing Millwall (On
1991 Athletic) loan from Aston
Villa)
Chris Herd April 4, Midfielder November 13, 2010 (vs Man- Ongoing Ongoing Aston Villa
1989 chester United)
Jonathan Hogg December Midfielder November 13, 2010 (vs Man- 7 0 Watford
6, 1988 chester United)
Andreas August 5, Forward August 14, 2010 (vs West Ham Ongoing Ongoing Aston Villa
Weimann 1991 United)
Ciaran Clark September Defender August 30, 2009 (vs Fulham) Ongoing Ongoing Aston Villa
26, 1989
Shane Lowry June 12, Defender August 20, 2009 (vs Rapid Vi- Ongoing Ongoing Aston Villa
1989 enna)
Marc Albrighton November Midfielder February 26, 2009 (vs CSKA Ongoing Ongoing Aston Villa
18, 1989 Moscow)
Barry Bannan December Midfielder December 17, 2008 (vs Ham- Ongoing Ongoing Aston Villa
1, 1989 burger SV)
Nathan February Forward August 14, 2008 (vs FH) Ongoing Ongoing Aston Villa
Delfouneso 2, 1991
Isaiah Osbourne November Midfielder October 21, 2006 (vs Fulham) 30 0 Hibernian
15, 1987
Gary Cahill December Defender April 1, 2006 (vs Arsenal) 31 1 Bolton Wan-
19, 1985 derers
Gabriel Agbonla- October Forward March 18, 2006 (vs Everton) Ongoing Ongoing Aston Villa
hor 13, 1986
Craig Gardner November Midfielder December 26, 2005 (vs Ever- 80 6 Sunderland
25, 1986 ton)
Steven Davis January 1, Midfielder September 18, 2004 (vs Nor- 102 9 Rangers
1985 wich City)
Luke Moore February Forward February 22, 2004 (vs Birm- 98 14 Swansea City
13, 1986 ingham City)
Peter Whitting- September Midfielder April 23, 2003 (vs Newcastle 66 2 Cardiff City
ham 8, 1984 United)
Liam Ridgewell July 21, Defender January 4, 2003 (vs Blackburn 93 7 Birmingham
1984 Rovers) City
Rob Edwards December Defender December 28, 2002 (vs Mid- 9 0 Barnsley
25, 1982 dlesbrough)
Stefan Moore September Forward September 11, 2002 (vs Charl- 30 2 St Neots Town
28, 1983 ton Athletic)
Thomas Hit- April 5, Midfielder January 13, 2001 (vs Liver- 114 12 Wolfsburg
zlsperger 1982 pool)
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Stephen Cooke February Midfielder August 2, 2000 (vs Celta de Vi- 4 0 Pelsall Villa
15, 1982 go)
Jonathan Bewers September Defender April 15, 2000 (vs Tottenham 1 0 Unattached
10, 1982 Hotspur)
Gareth Barry February Midfielder May 2, 1998 (vs Sheffield 441 52 Manchester
23, 1981 Wednesday) City
Adam Rachel December Goalkeeper December 26, 1998 (vs Black- 1 0 Unattached
10, 1976 burn Rovers)
Darius Vassell June 13, Forward August 23, 1998 (vs Middles- 201 45 Leicester City
1980 brough)
Darren Byfield September Forward December 28, 1997 (vs Leeds 10 0 Unattached
29, 1979 United)
Richard Walker November Forward December 28, 1997 (vs Leeds 10 2 Solihull Moors
8, 1977 United)
Lee Hendrie May 18, Midfielder December 23, 1995 (vs Queens 308 32 Kidderminster
1977 Park Rangers) Harriers
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