Liverpool F.C. Reserves is the reserve team of

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It is the most senior level of the Liverpool academy beneath the first team. In the summer of 2012, the whole English reserve football system was overhauled and replaced with an Under 21 league system, the

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. Liverpool's Reserve team became the Liverpool under 21 team and competes in the Professional Development League 1 which is also known by its sponsorship name of Barclays under 21 Premier League. The team generally consists of Under-21 players at the club but at times senior players also play for the reserves when they are recuperating from injury. Following the introduction of new regulations from the 2012–13 season, only three outfield players and one goalkeeper over the age of 21 can play for the reserves regularly. In

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, the reserve team of Liverpool reached the semifinal before losing to the eventual winners

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. The following season in 2013–14 the reserves team again lost to Manchester United reserves in the semis. Liverpool F.C. Academy is the youth set up Liverpool Football Club. It trains players from the U6 age group up to the U21 squad. The academy has separate head coaches in charge of development in the U6-U9, U10-U11, U12-U14 and U15-U16 age groups. At U21 and U18 level there are dedicated coaching teams managed by Michael Beale with the U21 position vacant as of 2 March 2020.

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was promoted from U21 manager to Academy Director in the summer of 2014 and hold overall responsibility for operation of the academy. The academy has won the

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, a competition for players of age 15 to 18, four times in 1996, 2006, 2007 and 2019. Liverpool F.C. Academy is considered to be one of the best and one of the most prolific

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academies both in England and in the world. Various current and past Liverpool players have graduated through the academy with the likes of

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, Ian Callaghan, Phil Thompson,

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and

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, among many others.

Reserve team

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Reserves played in

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. The Reserves won the regional division title in 2000 and again 2008 winning also the national league that year. It competed in the

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from 1896 to 1911, with the exception of the 1898–99 season, in which it joined

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. From 1911 on, it took part in the

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until becoming inaugural members of the Premier Reserve League North in 1999. The team also participated in the

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and the

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; the last time it took part in them was the 2009–10 season when it also won both competitions. The last reserve team manager was Rodolfo Borrell, who was appointed in July 2011 and led the reserve team during its final season before taking over the newly formed under-21 side in July 2012. The reserves last played their home games at

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(the home of

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); in previous seasons the team has also played at the club's academy, the

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(home of

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(the home of

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(the home of

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) and the

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(home of

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). The most successful Liverpool Reserves manager was

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. Evans spent most of his playing career as a reserve team player, making only 11 appearances for the first team. After an injury ended his career in 1974, he was appointed manager of the reserves by Bob Paisley. Evans subsequently led the reserves to victory in a series of Central League championships, including three in his first three seasons, a four in a row sequence from 1978, and two more in the early 1980s. Throughout the history of Liverpool FC, many of the club's best known players have progressed through the reserve team. These include people who at one point were first team squad members including

and

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The Academy

In 1998, a new state-of-the-art Youth Academy was opened in

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. It replaced the older, more informal youth system, and enables the club to focus their youth development and scouting, employing new techniques and FA standards. Scouts attend many local youth matches looking for talented boys. A boy will then be invited to attend training sessions at the Academy. They are currently taken in as young as the age of six. Former England International player

started at Liverpool when he was aged just nine, with

joining at eleven, and

joining at the age of eight. On the walls of the indoor centre hang the words 'Technique', 'Attitude', 'Balance', and 'Speed'. 'TABS' is the key word preached at The Academy. Academy director

has said the remit of the academy is to produce physically, technically, tactically and mentally elite players with enough quality to represent the senior side in the Champions League. Liverpool won the 2005 Champions league with two locally born academy graduates starting in the final.

Academy partnerships

The Academy has a long-lasting affiliation with MTK Budapest's Sándor Károly Football Academy and maintains a number of football schools worldwide through partnerships with football clubs and commercial and sports organisations. LFC International Football Academy currently has branches in Scandinavia (Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, and Gran Canaria during winter), America (Texas and Plymouth, the latter through an affiliate with CS United Soccer Club), Egypt (Cairo), South Africa (Durban and Johannesburg), China (Guilin), India (Pune, in cooperation with DSK Shivajians), and Japan (Tokyo). Previously schools were also run in Abuja, Belfast, Boston, Charlotte, Cyprus, Dublin, Hong Kong, Iceland, Jakarta, Katwijk, Lisbon, Madrid, Malta, Mumbai, Manila, Nairobi, Saint Vincent, and Singapore.

Academy squad

Out on loan

''Players listed in bold have made at least one senior first-team appearance.''

Staff

Current coaching and medical staff

* Academy director:

* Head of Academy business: Andrew Powlesland * Head of Academy football operations: Nick Marshall * Education manager: Caitlin Hawkins * Head Academy physiotherapist & U23s head physio: Paul Kelly * U23s physiotherapist: Scott McAuley * U23s manager: Barry Lewtas * U23s fitness coach: Vacant * U23s goalkeeping coach: Mark Morris * Goalkeeping coach:

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* Head of development analysis: Tim Jenkins * Head of coach development: Martin Diggle * Academy chief scout: Dave Moss * Senior Academy scout: Matthew Newberry * Assistant Academy recruitment co-ordinator: Frederico Paciencia * U18s manager: Marc Bridge-Wilkinson * U18 fitness coach: John Hill * U18s Academy physio: Liam Kershaw * U18 Lead physiotherapist: Phil Bolland * U18 assistant physiotherapist: Gregg Blundell * U18s goalkeeping coach: Neil Edwards * U18 individual coach/analyst: Jonathan Robinson * Performance coach: Yvie Ryan * Nutritionist: Tom Maynard * Sports therapist: Joe Lewis * Floating physiotherapist: Tony Jones * Rehabilitation fitness coach: Paul Squires * Assistant Academy sports scientist: Oliver Morgan * Academy doctor: Dr Jim Moxon * Head of recruitment 14s+: Dan Hargreaves * Head of recruitment 9-13: Terry John * Head of local recruitment: Steve Gorst * Manchester scout 9-13: John Newby * U18s performance analyst: Scott Mason * U15-16s individual coach/analyst: Ray Shearwood * U15-U16s performance analyst: Brad Wall * U14-8 analyst: Daniel Spearitt * U10-U12 Lead coach: Michael Yates * U12 coach:

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* U10 coach: Josh Wesselby * U6-U9 Lead coach: Anthony Ryan * U9 coach: John Thompson * Lead pre-Academy coach: James Williams ''In addition, the Academy employ staff from the first-team.''

Reserve team manager history

* Bob Paisley (1954–1957) *

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(1957–1974) *

(1975–1984) * Chris Lawler (1984–1986) * Phil Thompson (1986–1992) * Sammy Lee (1993–1998) *

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(1998–2002) * Hughie McAuley (2003–2006) * Gary Ablett (2006–2009) * John McMahon (2009–2011) * José Segura (caretaker) (2011) * Rodolfo Borrell (2011–2012) *

(2012–2014) * Michael Beale (2014–2016) * Mike Garrity (caretaker) (2016–2017) * Neil Critchley (2017–2020) * Barry Lewtas (2020–''present'')

Awards

Liverpool Academy Players' Player of the Year

''Players in bold are still playing for Liverpool.''

Honours

Reserves

;;League Champions *

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: 16
(1956–57, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1989–90, * Premier Reserve League National: 1
( 2007–08) * Premier Reserve League North: 2
(1999–00, 2007–08) *

: 2
(1896–97, 1899–00) ;;Cup Winners *

: 40
(1893, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1905, 1907, 1909, 1910*, 1912*, 1913, 1915, 1920, 1925, 1927, 1929, 1930, 1934*, 1936*, 1937, 1939, 1942, 1943, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1951, 1952, 1962, 1964*, 1968, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1982*, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2009, 2010) *

: 13
(1919, 1920*, 1924, 1931, 1933, 1944, 1947, 1956, 1959, 1973, 2010, 2017, 2022) * Liverpool Challenge Cup: 4
(1954, 1959, 1960, 1961)

Youth

;;League Champions * Lancashire League Division One: 6
(1965–66, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1971–72, 1977–78, 1982–83) * Lancashire League Division Two: 7
(1961–62, 1965–66, 1967–68, 1972–73, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1992–93) * Lancashire League Division Three: 1
(1960–61) ;;Cup Winners *

: 4
(1996, 2006, 2007, 2019) * Liverpool Youth Cup: 3
(1954, 1956, 1958) * Lancashire Division One League Cup: 3
(1960, 1966, 1967) * Lancashire Division Two League Cup: 5
(1962, 1966, 1967, 1973, 1980) * Lancashire Division Three League Cup: 1
(1961) ''*Asterisk denotes a shared title.''

Noted graduates

Established at Liverpool

Liverpool's youth system has been successful over the years; many players who have come through it have gone on to feature in the first-team. The following players have gone on to play over ten competitive matches for the first team. Pre-WW2 * Harold Barton * Cyril Done *

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* Jack Parkinson * Syd Roberts 1940s * Bill Jones *

* Jimmy Payne * Eddie Spicer 1950s *

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* Eric Anderson * Gerry Byrne * Bobby Campbell * Don Campbell *

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* Roy Saunders 1960s *

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* Ian Callaghan * Bobby Graham * Chris Lawler * Ian Ross * Tommy Smith * Phil Thompson 1970s *

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* Colin Irwin * Sammy Lee *

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1980s * Gary Ablett * Mike Marsh *

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1990s *

* Dominic Matteo *

* David Thompson * Stephen Wright 2000s *

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* Darren Potter *

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* Martin Kelly * Neil Mellor * Stephen Warnock 2010s *

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* Jon Flanagan *

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* Suso * Sheyi Ojo *

* Ben Woodburn * Curtis Jones *

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2020s * Nathaniel Phillips * Rhys Williams

Established elsewhere

Many of the former Liverpool youth and reserve team players have found success with other clubs. None of these players became established members of the Liverpool first team. 1950s * Joe Maloney *

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1960s *

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1970s * John Gidman *

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1980s * Alan Harper * Colin Russell *

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* Howard Gayle *

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* Mike Newell *

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* Ken DeMange * Kevin Sheedy 1990s * Nicky Rizzo * Alex Watson *

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* Danny Williams * Gareth Roberts *

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2000s *

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* Charlie Barnett *

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* Danny O'Donnell * David Mannix * David Raven *

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* James Smith * Jon Newby *

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* Paul Anderson *

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* Antonio Barragán *

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* Francisco Manuel Duran * Miki Roqué * Daniel Sjölund * Christopher Buchtmann * Marvin Pourié * Jimmy Ryan * Richie Partridge * Ronald Huth * Ryan Flynn *

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References

Sources

* ''Who's Who of Liverpool'' (2006): Tony Matthews
LFCHistory.net

External links

News about the Academy at the Official Club Website

Under-21s Fixtures and Results

Under-18s Fixtures and Results

Liverpool Academy News Blog
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The Liverpool FC academy way
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