Portsmouth F.C. Reserves and Academy

ACADEMY FIXTURES

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AUGUST
10 Peterborough (H) YAL D 1-1 Report
17 Northampton (A) YAL W 2-0 Report
24 MK Dons (H) YAL W 4-1 Report
31 Luton (A) YAL L 2-4 Report

SEPTEMBER
07 Watford (H) YAC D 2-2 Report
14 Dag & Red (A) YAL W 2-1 Report
28 Barnet (A) YAC W 3-1 Report

OCTOBER
05 AFC Wimbledon (H) YAC W 2-1 Report
12 Gillingham (A) YAL L 1-4 Report
26 Crawley (A) YAC W 1-0 Report

NOVEMBER
02 Leyton Orient (H) YAL W 3-0 Report
05 Moneyfields (H) FAYC W 12-0 Report
09 AFC Wimbledon (A) YAL W 3-2 Report
16 Southend (H) YAL W 2-0 Report
19 Barton Rovers (H) FAYC W 1-0 Report
23 Crawley (A) YAL YAL W 3-0 Report

DECEMBER
07 Southend (A) YAC W 2-1 Report
10 Southampton (A) FAYC L 0-7 Report
14 Dag & Red (H) YAL

JANUARY
18 Gillingham (H) YAL
25 AFC Wimbledon (H) YAL

FEBRUARY
08 Leyton Orient (A) YAL
22 Southend (A) YAL

MARCH
01 Crawley (H) YAL
15 Colchester (H) YAL
22 Barnet (A) YAL

TBA
Cheltenham (H) YAC

KEY
YAL: Youth Alliance Under-18 South-East League
FAYC: FA Youth Cup
YAC: Youth Alliance Cup

ACADEMY NEWS

Pompey Academy bow out of FA Youth Cup

Tuesday December 10, 2013 10:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Fratton Park, Portsmouth, England

Pompey’s Academy slipped to a crushing 7-0 defeat at Southampton in the FA Youth Cup tonight.

Andy Awford’s youngsters were always going to be the underdogs at St Mary’s.

Yet, once the hosts broke the deadlock in the 27th minute, it became a massive battle to keep Saints at bay.

In truth, up until Jake Hesketh’s opener the Blues had more than held their own and could have even have taken the lead when Lewis Horsburgh had been put clean through.

In the end, though, only the excellence of Blues keeper Alex Bass kept the already emphatic final scoreline down, as he produced a magnificent display in goal.

Niall Mason made it 2-0 on the stroke of half-time, and after the break a Sam Gallagher hat-trick, a second for Hesketh and substitute Mark Irvine completed the result, witnessed by a crowd of 3,814 – of which 616 were Pompey fans.

AUGUST
10 Peterborough (H) YAL D 1-1 Report
17 Northampton (A) YAL W 2-0 Report
24 MK Dons (H) YAL W 4-1 Report
31 Luton (A) YAL L 2-4 Report

SEPTEMBER
07 Watford (H) YAC D 2-2 Report
14 Dag & Red (A) YAL W 2-1 Report
28 Barnet (A) YAC W 3-1 Report

OCTOBER
05 AFC Wimbledon (H) YAC W 2-1 Report
12 Gillingham (A) YAL L 1-4 Report
26 Crawley (A) YAC W 1-0 Report

NOVEMBER
02 Leyton Orient (H) YAL W 3-0 Report
05 Moneyfields (H) FAYC W 12-0 Report
09 AFC Wimbledon (A) YAL W 3-2 Report
16 Southend (H) YAL W 2-0 Report
19 Barton Rovers (H) FAYC W 1-0 Report
23 Crawley (A) YAL YAL W 3-0 Report

DECEMBER
07 Southend (A) YAC W 2-1 Report
10 Southampton (A) FAYC L 0-7 Report
14 Dag & Red (H) YAL

JANUARY
18 Gillingham (H) YAL
25 AFC Wimbledon (H) YAL

FEBRUARY
08 Leyton Orient (A) YAL
22 Southend (A) YAL

MARCH
01 Crawley (H) YAL
15 Colchester (H) YAL
22 Barnet (A) YAL

TBA
Cheltenham (H) YAC

KEY
YAL: Youth Alliance Under-18 South-East League
FAYC: FA Youth Cup
YAC: Youth Alliance Cup
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Academy Down Daggers

We showed character to come from behind and win" Paul Hardyman

Published on 15th September 2013 by Neil Weld

Kim and Close on target for Pompey

Pompey Academy came from behind to win 2-1 at Dagenham & Redbridge in the Youth Alliance League.

Brandon Haunstrup played a key role in the Blues’ equaliser, running almost the full length of the pitch before combining well with Fahad Rwakarambwe down the right.

The midfielder sent a cross into the box and Kim Jae Heon’s shot bounced down into the ground and over the Daggers goalkeeper.

Bradley Tarbuck then threaded a pass through to Ben Close, who coolly slid home the winner from just inside the box.

Academy coach Paul Hardyman said: “We performed well against Watford in the cup last week and only got a draw.

“Our display against Dagenham wasn’t as good, but we won the game – football’s like that sometimes.

“We didn’t play as well as we could – and should – have, but the lads dug in and ground out a result.

“It was a mixed bag. Dagenham might have scored more goals – they hit the crossbar and the post, while Harry Medway had to clear a shot off the line.

“But we showed character to come from behind and win, while both our goals were good to watch.”

Pompey: Raine; Haunstrup, Field, Whatmough (c), Medway; Chaplin (Rwakarambwe 36), Granger (Tarasenko 63), Close, Kim; Tabuck, Horsburgh (Smart 75)

Published on Thursday 10 January 2013

Pompey’s Academy has received assurances its structure will be spared in the latest round of cost-cutting by administrators PKF.

But costs will be slashed elsewhere within the youth system to compensate.

The News understands the Academy was under consideration to be reduced to leave the club with just under-16 and under-18 teams.

That would have seen the scrapping of six Fratton Park age groups, from the under-nines upwards.

More importantly, it would devastate the existing system which has been pinpointed as the backbone of the club moving forward.

PKF have declined to go into detail over their next cost-cutting target with the club still in administration.

However, it is understood Pompey staff had already been briefed about such Academy proposals.

Now Guy Whittingham and Andy Awford have been told by PKF the Academy will continue in its existing form until the end of the season.

It represents positive news – although the blow is cuts are required elsewhere within the set-up.

And that will put immense pressure on Awford and his five full-time members of staff with an annual budget already around £450,000.

The past week has seen the administrators serve a month’s notice on their Eastleigh training ground in an effort to cut costs.

The Blues’ highest-earning players have also been told they will not be offered new contracts, with Brian Howard, Lee Williamson, Mustapha Dumbuya and Jon Harley to be released.

The next round of cost-cutting is now underway with PKF insisting it is crucial with the club still in administration.

A PKF spokesman said: ‘We are looking at various cost-cutting measures at the moment as the club remains in administration.

‘However, we are not going to comment on specifics at this stage.’

A flourishing Academy is perceived as crucial to the club’s future, particularly should it fall into League Two.

In 2012, five existing youth players were sold, four of them to Premier League clubs.

Current first-team players Ashley Harris and Adam Webster came through the Pompey ranks.

Similarly, Dan Butler, now named in the squad, has been with the Blues for the past eight years.

Matt Ritchie, Marlon Pack and Joel Ward have gone on to make names for themselves in the Football League.

And James Keene and Jason Pearce left after coming through the system – only to return as first-team players.

When Paul Hart headed the set-up in the Premier League, around £3.5m was spent on the Academy in one year.

Now there is no recruitment budget for Awford and Academy staff are often filling two jobs to cope with previous cut backs.

Portsmouth F.C. Reserves and Academy

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Portsmouth F.C.

Full name

Portsmouth FC Reserves and Academy

Nickname(s)

Pompey
The Blues
The Blue Army

Founded

1898

Ground

West Leigh Park
Havant, England
(capacity: 5,250 (526 seated))

Manager

Andy Awford

League

Premier Reserve League South
Premier Academy League U18 Group A

2012–13

League One: 15th
Premier Academy League Group A: 10th

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

Portsmouth F.C. Reserves and Academy consist of the reserve and academy footballers of Portsmouth F.C..

The Reserves

The Portsmouth Reserves consist of mainly young players under the age of 21 who are no longer eligible for the academy but are still trying to make the step up to the senior team. The reserve team is also often used to give senior squad players and senior players returning from injury the chance to play and keep or build up match fitness, or for trialists at the club to impress in a competitive match. The team was last managed by Guy Whittingham and played their matches at Havant and Waterlooville's home ground West Leigh Park. They played in the Premier Reserve League South. The club announced on 7 July 2010 that they would opt out of the Totesport.com Combination Reserve League for the upcoming season, leaving the club without the ability to field a competitive reserve team.^[1] Instead, young players are being sent out on loan to other football clubs for first-team action and a number of friendly matches will be arranged over the course of the season for the reserve players to play in. In 2012 Portsmouth returned with a Development squad. This contains Substitute first team players as well as advanced youth players. Both parties are still allowed to play in the first team or academy depending on age as, all Development squad matches are friendlies.

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

No.	Position	Player
13	GK	Simon Eastwood
22	DF	Adam Webster
30	DF	Jack Whatmough
41	DF	Elliot Wheeler
34	DF	Dan Butler
38	DF	Alex Grant
32	MF	Bradley Tarbuck

No.	Position	Player
6	MF	Liam Walker
11	MF	Jack Compton
37	MF	George Colson
39	MF	Andy Higgins
36	FW	Dan Thompson
31	FW	Jack Maloney
21	FW	Ashley Harris

Other players

*^Note 1 : List contains players unlisted on the clubs' official first team squad list^[2] though still contracted to the club or players currently at the club without contract.

*^Note 2 : All these players have a professional contract, but still playing for Academy.

The Academy

Portsmouth were granted academy status at the beginning of the 2007/2008 season.^[3] In their first year as an academy side, they finished a highly respectable 4th place finish in the Premier League Academy Group A, beating some well established academy sides such as those of Southampton and Crystal Palace. The academy is currently ran by Andy Awford, a position formerly held at the club by Paul Hart.

Currently Adam Webster and Ashley Harris are notable graduates in the first team squad.

Academy team

	Player	DOB	POB	Position	International Caps	Previous Club	Goals	Matches	Notes
2nd year scholars (players born between 1 September 1994 and 31 August 1995)^[4]
	Jack Burns	1994	Portsmouth^[5]	DF	–	U16	0	0	–
	Liam Triggs	1994	Ryde	DF	–	Oakfield Youth FC^[6]	0	0	–
	Joshua Warren	8 February 1995	Portsmouth	DF	–	U16	0	0	–
	Adam Webster	4 January 1995	West Wittering^[7]	CB	England U18	U16	0	0	–
	Nick Awford	1995	Portsmouth	MF	–	U16	0	0	–
	Kane Cook	1995	Basingstoke	MF	–	Pace Youth FC^[8]	0	0	–
	James Hartson	1994	Swansea	MF	–	Celtic	0	0	–
	George Branford	15 October 1994	Ashington	MF	–	U16	0	0	–
	Aaron Kinchen	1994	Chichester^[9]	CF	–	U16	0	0	–
	Jack Maloney	8 December 1994	Ryde	CF	–	Oakfield Youth FC^[6]	0	0	–
1st year scholars (players born between 1 September 1995 and 31 August 1996)^[10]
	Claude Da Costa	21 October 1996	–	GK	–	U16	0	0	–
	Connor O'Hara	18 January 1996^[11]	Folkestone	GK	Northern Ireland U17	Arsenal	0	0	–
	Jack Whatmough	1996	Gosport	CB	–	Southampton	0	0	–
	Harry Medway	1996	Havant	LB^[12]	–	U16	0	0	–
	Chad Field	–	–	DF	–	U16	0	0	–
	Harvey Sparks	–	–	DF	–	Worthing Youth FC	0	0	–
	Jae Heon Kim	1996	London	MF	–	U16	0	0	–
	Ben Close	1996	Portsmouth	CM	–	U16	0	0	–
	Nicholas Tarasenko	–	Sydney	CM	–	U16	0	0	–
	Bradley Tarbuck	6 November 1995^[13]	Emsworth	RM	–	U16	0	0	–
	Fahad Rwakarambwe	–	–	AM	–	U16	0	0	–
	Lewis Horsburgh	1995	Waterlooville	CF	–	U16	0	0	–

Academy graduates (2000–present)

Academy graduates who still play for Portsmouth, including those that are currently out on loan to other clubs, are highlighted in green.

Player	Current Club	Born	International Honours	Debut	Manager
Gary O'Neil	West Ham United	Bromley	England U-21 caps	Age 16 v Barnsley, 29 January 2000	Tony Pulis
Rowan Vine	QPR	Basingstoke		Age 18 v Sheffield United, 23 December 2000	Steve Claridge
Chris Tardif	Guernsey	Guernsey		Age 18 v Tranmere Rovers, 6 January 2001	Steve Claridge
Carl Pettefer	AFC Totton	Taplow		Age 20 v West Bromwich Albion, 7 April 2001	Graham Rix
Lewis Buxton	Sheffield Wednesday	Newport		Age 17 v Stockport County, 25 August 2001
Shaun Cooper	Crawley Town	Newport		Age 18 v Crystal Palace, 5 March 2002
Anthony Pulis	Aldershot Town	Bristol	Wales U-19 caps	Age 20 v Cardiff City, 9 November 2004	Harry Redknapp
James Keene	Elfsborg	Wells		Age 19 v Bolton Wanderers, 7 May 2005	Alain Perrin
Marc Wilson	Stoke City	Aghagallon	Full Ireland caps	Age 21 v Chelsea, 24 September 2008	Harry Redknapp
Joel Ward	Crystal Palace	Portsmouth		Age 19 v Hereford United, 26 August 2009	Paul Hart
Gauthier Mahoto	Le Mans	France		Age 17 v Hereford United, 26 August 2009
Asmir Begović	Stoke City	Trebinje	Full Bosnia caps	Age 21 v Sunderland, 18 May 2009
Lenny Sowah	Hamburg	Hamburg	Germany U-19 caps	Age 17 v Blackburn Rovers, 3 April 2010	Avram Grant
Matt Ritchie	Swindon Town	Gosport		Age 20 v Wigan Athletic, 14 April 2010	Avram Grant
Nadir Çiftçi	Kayserispor	The Hague	Turkey U-19 caps	Age 18 v Coventry City, 7 August 2010	Steve Cotterill
Peter Gregory	Nottingham Forest	Eastbourne		Age 18 v Coventry City, 7 August 2010
Marlon Pack	Cheltenham	Portsmouth		Age 19 v Crystal Palace, 24 August 2010
Tom Kilbey	Free Agent	Leytonstone		Age 20 v Watford, 1 January 2011
Ryan Williams	Fulham	Perth		Age 17 v Middlesbrough, 6 August 2011
Jason Pearce	Leeds	Hillingdon		Age 23 v Reading, 16 August 2011
Adam Webster	Portsmouth	West Wittering	England U-18 cap	Age 17 v West Ham United, 14 January 2012	Michael Appleton
Ashley Harris	Portsmouth	Poole		Age 18 v Birmingham, 20 March 2012
Jack Maloney	Portsmouth	Ryde		Age 17 v Plymouth, 14 August 2012
Bradley Tarbuck	Portsmouth	Portsmouth		Age 16 v Plymouth, 14 August 2012
Sam Magri	QPR	Portsmouth	England U-19 caps	Age 18 v Plymouth, 14 August 2012
Dan Butler	Portsmouth	Cowes		Age 17 v Plymouth, 14 August 2012
Jed Wallace	Portsmouth	Reading		Age 18 v Plymouth, 14 August 2012
Dan Thompson	Portsmouth	Wandsworth		Age 18 v Plymouth, 14 August 2012
George Colson	Portsmouth	Cowes		Age 18 v Plymouth, 14 August 2012
Alex Grant	Portsmouth	Manchester		Age 18 v Plymouth, 14 August 2012
Andy Higgins	Portsmouth	Perth		Age 18 v Plymouth, 14 August 2012
Jack Compton	Portsmouth	Torquay		Age 23 v Bournemouth, 18 August 2012

Information in the above table is current as of 18 August 2012

Other notable academy graduates

England

Darren Anderton

Wales

Kit Symons

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