Shakil Nicolaou

Ipswich Town Academy

Full name	Ipswich Town Football Club Under-21s and Academy
Nickname	The Tractor Boys
Ground	Playford Road Portman Road
Capacity	1,000 (Playford Road) 30,056 (Portman Road)
Owner	Gamechanger 20 Ltd.
Chairman	Mark Ashton
Manager	John McGreal (U21s) Vacant (U18s)
League	Premier League 2 (U21s) Premier League (U18s)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Ipswich Town Football Club currently runs a category one academy. The youth teams play their home games at the Ipswich Town Training Centre at Playford Road in Ipswich, Suffolk, while some U21s home games are played at Portman Road.

Some of Ipswich's greatest ever players have come through the club's youth system since the 1960s, including Roger Osborne, Mick Mills, Kevin Beattie, Russell Osman, George Burley, John Wark, Terry Butcher and Jason Dozzell. The academy was also very successful during the 1990s, producing a number of first-team players including Richard Wright, Titus Bramble, James Scowcroft and Kieron Dyer. In more recent years, the academy has produced more young players going onto the main team including Connor Wickham, Jordan Rhodes, Luke Woolfenden, Flynn Downes, Cameron Humphreys and Andre Dozzell, who like his father Jason Dozzell, scored on his debut at the age of 16.

As of 10 November 2026

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 40 MF  ENG Charlie Compton 50 GK  IRL Alex Noonan 57 DF  LTU Jokūbas Mažionis 58 FW  ENG Tom Taylor 61 DF  BRB Leon Elliott 62 FW  ENG Luca Fletcher 63 DF  ENG Josh Lewis 64 FW  ENG James Mauge 65 DF  ZIM Corbin Mthunzi 66 FW  MLT Josh Pitts 67 FW  ENG Frankie Runham

No. Pos. Nation Player 68 DF  GUY Walker Shabazz-Edwards 71 MF  IRL Ryan Doherty 73 FW  ENG Nelson Eze 76 MF  ENG Bobby Sains — GK  SCO Woody Williamson — DF  NIR Darragh McCann — MF  GHA Isaac Boakye-King — FW  ENG Ashton Boswell — FW  ENG Gerrard Buabo — FW  ENG Nico Valentine

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 43 FW  ENG Tudor Mendel (at Luton Town until 2 January 2027) 55 GK  ENG George Barrett (at Braintree Town until 2 January 2027) 59 MF  ENG Steven Turner (at Woking until 31 May 2027)

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  NZL Henry Gray (at Wellington Phoenix until 31 May 2027) — DF  ENG Somto Boniface (at Leyton Orient until 31 May 2027) — MF  ENG Fin Barbrook (at Falkirk until 31 May 2027)

Note: Loans only shown for those joined a National League N/S team or higher and for more than a month

As of 10 November 2026

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 72 FW  NIR Sidney Eldred 75 FW  CYP Shakil Nicolaou 77 MF  ENG Charlie Wood 78 FW  UAE Jaden Adetiba 79 GK  UAE Joshua Bentley 89 DF  ENG Oliver Wilkinson 90 FW  IRL Christopher Atherton — GK  ENG Ruben Wreford — DF  ENG Praise Adebayo — DF  ENG Riley-Jo Barry — DF  ENG Archie Brown — DF  ENG Harvey Duggins — DF  ENG Pedro Felicio — DF  SCO Harvey Ness — DF  ENG Kellyan Olawole

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  ENG Daniel Ologho — MF  ENG James Brentnall — MF  ENG Benji Buskell — MF  ENG George Conneely — MF  BEL Jojo Enkotosia — MF  ENG Joshua Hammond — MF  AUT Ziyad Mandey — MF  ENG Ibrahim Msabah — MF  ENG Indiana Pedder — MF  ENG Callum Stewart — FW  ENG Freddie Ambrose — FW  ENG Roman Burton-Yurevich — FW  ENG Reuben Carr — FW  ENG Joel Ladegbaye — FW  ENG Toks Olakazim

Position	Name
Head of Coaching & Player Development	Vacant
Under-21 Head Coach	John McGreal
Under-18 Head Coach	Vacant
Academy Manager	Ben Chenery
Head of Academy Goalkeeping	Carl Pentney
Head of Foundation Phase	Simon Tricker
Head of Academy Recruitment	Sam Thompson
Academy Loans Manager	Danny Searle
Head of Academy Performance Analysis	Adam Cuthbert
Head of Academy Sports Medicine	Jack Wilce
Head of Academy Sports Science	Nathan Griffith
Lead Strength & Conditioning Coach	Vacant

The following is a list of players who have played in the Ipswich Town youth system and have gone on to make 3 or more senior appearances at Championship level or above or the top league of that country. Players who are currently playing for the club are highlighted in bold. Players who never made a senior appearance for the club are in italics.

Dale Roberts Academy Player of the Year
Year	Name	Ref
2001–02	Will Snowdon
2002–03	Darren Bent
2003–04	Dean Bowditch
2004–05	Billy Clarke
2005–06	Chris Casement
2006–07	Tommy Smith
2007–08	Jordan Rhodes
2008–09	Connor Wickham
2009–10	Tom Eastman
2010–11	Josh Carson
2011–12	Gunnar Thorsteinsson
2012–13	Jack Marriott
2013–14	Kyle Hammond
2014–15	Teddy Bishop
2015–16	Andre Dozzell
2016–17	Tristan Nydam
2017–18	Flynn Downes
2018–19	Jack Lankester
2019–20	Not awarded
2020–21	Not awarded
2021–22	Cameron Humphreys
2022–23	Edwin Agbaje
2023–24	Finley Barbrook
2024–25	Tom Taylor
2025–26	Tudor Mendel-Idowu

• The Football Combination

Champions: 1972–73, 1975–76, 2006–07 (East Division), 2007–08 (East Division)

• FA Premier Reserve League South Division

Champions: 2001–02

• Professional Development League South Division

Champions: 2018–19, 2021–22

• U17 FA Premier Academy League

Champions: 2000–01

• FA Youth Cup

Winners: 1972–73, 1974–75, 2004–05

• Professional Development League Cup

Winners: 2021–22

• Suffolk Premier Cup

Winners: 1967–68, 1968–69, 1969–70, 2006–07, 2009–10

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