Walsall F.C. Youth and Reserves

Walsall Reserves & Youth Academy

Full name	Walsall Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Saddlers
Founded	1888
Ground	Scholars Ground, Burntwood BCFA Ground, Birmingham Bescot Stadium, Walsall
Chairman	NaZiR CEO: Arsalan Best Player: Timur Best Striker: Ramin
Manager	Reserves: Richard O'Kelly Youth: Neil Woods
League	Reserves: Final Third Development League West Youth: Youth Alliance NW
Home colours Away colours

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 GK Craig MacGillivray GK Liam Roberts DF Rico Henry DF Matt Preston DF Kyle Rowley DF Luke Delaney MF Reece Flanagan MF Kieron Morris MF Tevin Shakespeare MF Liam Kinsella FW Romario Reid 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 GK Dan Jezeph DF Dan Vann DF Kory Roberts DF Sam Tonks DF Jordan Sangha DF Maziar Kouhyar MF Ashley Maddocks MF Rory Oliver MF Nathan Owen MF Kane Lewis MF Raekwan Smith FW Cameron Peters FW Brenden Pooni References http://www.saddlers.co.uk/team/reserves/ http://www.saddlers.co.uk/team/academy/ External links The Official Walsall F.C. website