Ipswich Town F.C. Under-23s and Academy

Ipswich Town Academy

Full name	Ipswich Town Football Club Under-21s and Academy
Nickname(s)	The Tractor Boys
Ground	Playford Road Portman Road
Capacity	1,000 (Playford Road) 30,056 (Portman Road)
Owner	Gamechanger 20 Ltd.
Chairman	Mike O'Leary
Manager	John McGreal (U21s)
League	Professional Development League 2 (South Division)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Ipswich Town Football Club currently runs a category two academy, which is run by Bryan Klug.^[1] The youth teams play their home games at the Ipswich Town Training Centre at Playford Road in Ipswich, Suffolk, while some home games are played at Portman Road.^[2]

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.^[3] 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.^[4] 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 and Andre Dozzell, who like his father Jason Dozzell, scored on his debut at the age of 16.^[5][6]

As of 30 January 2025^[7]

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 — GK  ENG Charlie Binns — GK  SCO Woody Williamson — DF  IRL Edwin Agbaje — DF  ENG Jesse Ayoola — DF  IRL Daniel Babb — DF  ENG Henry Curtis — DF  ENG Ayyuba Jambang — DF  ENG Josh Lewis — MF  NGA Abube Onuchukwu

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  NIR Rio Oundie-Morgan — MF  WAL Mathaeus Roberts — MF  ENG Steven Turner — FW  ENG Gerrard Buabo — FW  ENG Oli Davis — FW  ENG Tudor Mendel-Idowu — FW  IRL Jesse Nwabueze — FW  ENG Tom Taylor

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 — GK  NZL Henry Gray (at Braintree Town until 31 May 2025) — DF  ENG Harry Barbrook (at Chelmsford City until 31 May 2025) — DF  LTU Jokubas Mazionis (at Woking until 31 May 2025) — DF  IRL Daniel O'Connor (at Farnborough until 31 May 2025) — MF  ENG Fin Barbrook (at Sutton United until 31 May 2025)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ENG Ryan Carr (at Ebbsfleet United until May 2025) — MF  ENG Emmanuel Okonowo (Needham Market until 31 May 2025) — FW  IRL Leon Ayinde (at Rochdale until 31 May 2025) — FW  MSR Ashley Boatswain (at AFC Fylde until 31 May 2025) — FW  ENG Nico Valentine (at Needham Market until unknown date)

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

As of 25 January 2025^[8]

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 — GK  POL Alan Fleischer — GK  ENG William Fletcher — DF  ENG Stevy Brouwers — DF  ENG George Chenery — DF  ENG Leon Elliott — DF  ENG Callum Frith — DF  ENG Fraser Heard — DF  NIR Darragh McCann — DF  ENG Lenny O'Sullivan — MF  IRL Afikunoluwa Adebayo — MF  ENG Ashton Boswell — MF  ENG Matthew Compton — MF  ALB Revin Domi

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ENG Sidney Eldred — MF  ENG Nelson Eze — MF  ENG George Iorpenda — MF  ENG Usisya Longwe — MF  CYP Shakil Nicolaou — MF  ENG Bobby Sains — MF  ENG Luke Towler — MF  ENG William Unadike — FW  ENG Jackson Chukwu-Nsofor — FW  ENG James Mauge — FW  MLT Josh Pitts — FW  ENG Chuks Uzor-Greey

Position	Name
Head of Coaching & Player Development	Bryan Klug
Under-21 Head Coach	John McGreal
Under-18 Head Coach	Vacant
Academy Manager	Dmitri Halajko
Head of Academy Goalkeeping	Carl Pentney
Head of Foundation Phase	Simon Tricker
Head of Academy Recruitment	Alex Kaufman
Academy Loans Manager	Chris Casement
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 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	[9]
2002–03	Darren Bent	[10]
2003–04	Dean Bowditch	[11]
2004–05	Billy Clarke	[12]
2005–06	Chris Casement	[13]
2006–07	Tommy Smith	[14]
2007–08	Jordan Rhodes	[15]
2008–09	Connor Wickham	[16]
2009–10	Tom Eastman	[17]
2010–11	Josh Carson	[18]
2011–12	Gunnar Thorsteinsson	[19]
2012–13	Jack Marriott	[20]
2013–14	Kyle Hammond	[21]
2014–15	Teddy Bishop	[22]
2015–16	Andre Dozzell	[23]
2016–17	Tristan Nydam	[24]
2017–18	Flynn Downes	[25]
2018–19	Jack Lankester	[26]
2019–20	Not awarded[nb 1]	[27]
2020–21	Not awarded
2021–22	Cameron Humphreys	[28]
2022–23	Edwin Agbaje	[29]
2023–24	Fin Barbrook	[30]

• 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^[31]

• Suffolk Premier Cup

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

• Ipswich Town Academy official site
• The Blues Foundation