Portsmouth F.C. Reserves and Academy


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. 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.

The Academy

Portsmouth were granted academy status at the beginning of the 2007/2008 season. 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 managed by Mark Kelly. In the 2012-13 season the Academy won the Football League Youth Alliance South East Conference.
Currently Jack Whatmough and Conor Chaplin are notable graduates in the first team squad.

Academy team

Apps and goals updated on 9 February 2020.

Academy graduates (2009–present)

PlayerCurrent ClubBornInternational HonoursDebutManager
Joel WardCrystal Palace EmsworthAge 19 v Hereford United, 26 August 2009Paul Hart
Gauthier MahotoMarsouins FranceAge 17 v Hereford United, 26 August 2009Paul Hart
Asmir BegovićBournemouth TrebinjeFull Bosnia capsAge 21 v Sunderland, 18 May 2009Paul Hart
Lenny SowahFree Agent HamburgGermany U-19 capsAge 17 v Blackburn Rovers, 3 April 2010Avram Grant
Matt RitchieNewcastle United GosportFull Scotland capsAge 20 v Wigan Athletic, 14 April 2010Avram Grant
Nadir ÇiftçiGençlerbirliği KarakoçanTurkey U-19 capsAge 18 v Coventry City, 7 August 2010Steve Cotterill
Peter GregoryOrange County EastbourneAge 18 v Coventry City, 7 August 2010Steve Cotterill
Marlon PackCardiff City PortsmouthAge 19 v Crystal Palace, 24 August 2010Steve Cotterill
Tom KilbeyRetired LeytonstoneAge 20 v Watford, 1 January 2011Steve Cotterill
Ryan WilliamsPortsmouth SubiacoFull Australia capAge 17 v Middlesbrough, 6 August 2011Steve Cotterill
Jason PearceCharlton Athletic HillingdonAge 23 v Reading, 16 August 2011Steve Cotterill
Adam WebsterBrighton & Hove Albion West WitteringEngland U-19 capsAge 17 v West Ham United, 14 January 2012Michael Appleton
Ashley HarrisMoneyfields WaterloovilleAge 18 v Birmingham, 20 March 2012Michael Appleton
Jack MaloneyHorndean RydeAge 17 v Plymouth, 14 August 2012Michael Appleton
Bradley TarbuckHavant & Waterlooville EmsworthAge 16 v Plymouth, 14 August 2012Michael Appleton
Sam MagriHavant & Waterlooville PortsmouthFull Malta capsAge 18 v Plymouth, 14 August 2012Michael Appleton
Dan ButlerPeterborough United CowesAge 17 v Plymouth, 14 August 2012Michael Appleton
Jed WallaceMillwall ReadingEngland U-19 capAge 18 v Plymouth, 14 August 2012Michael Appleton
Dan ThompsonKingstonian WandsworthAge 18 v Plymouth, 14 August 2012Michael Appleton
George ColsonSalisbury CowesWales U-16 capsAge 18 v Plymouth, 14 August 2012Michael Appleton
Alex GrantPerth Glory ManchesterAustralia U-17 Call-upAge 18 v Plymouth, 14 August 2012Michael Appleton
Andy HigginsECU Joondalup PerthAge 18 v Plymouth, 14 August 2012Michael Appleton
Jack ComptonBarry Town United CardiffAge 23 v Bournemouth, 18 August 2012Michael Appleton
Nick AwfordPetersfield Town PortsmouthAge 18 vs Sheffield United, 20 April 2013Guy Whittingham
Jack WhatmoughPortsmouth GosportEngland U-19 capAge 17 vs Southend United, 26 November 2013Andy Awford
Ben ClosePortsmouth PortsmouthAge 18 vs Yeovil Town, 2 September 2014Andy Awford
Conor ChaplinBarnsley WorthingAge 17 vs Accrington Stanley, 13 December 2014Andy Awford
Adam MayPortsmouth SouthamptonAge 17 vs Bury, 18 April 2015Gary Waddock
Brandon HaunstrupPortsmouth WaterloovilleAge 18 vs Derby County, 12 August 2015Paul Cook
Calvin DaviesBognor Regis Town PortsmouthAge 17 vs Exeter City, 1 September 2015Paul Cook
Brandon Joseph-BuadiManhattan Jaspers BrightonAge 17 vs Exeter City, 1 September 2015Paul Cook
Christian Oxlade-ChamberlainNotts County Port SolentAge 17 vs Exeter City, 1 September 2015Paul Cook
Kaleem HaithamChichester City PortsmouthAge 17 vs Exeter City, 1 September 2015Paul Cook
Alex BassPortsmouth HuntingdonAge 18 vs Coventry City, 9 August 2016Paul Cook
Liam O'BrienFree Agent RuislipEngland U-19 capAge 24 vs Yeovil Town, 30 August 2016Paul Cook
Joe HancottPortsmouth Isle of WightAge 16 vs Fulham U23, 16 August 2017Kenny Jackett
Haji MnogaPortsmouth PortsmouthEngland U-17 capAge 16 vs Crawley Town, 9 October 2018Kenny Jackett
Bradley LethbridgePortsmouth PortsmouthAge 18 vs Tottenham Hotspur U21, 13 November 2018Kenny Jackett
Matt CaseyPortsmouth PortsmouthAge 19 vs Arsenal U21, 4 December 2018Kenny Jackett
Freddie ReadBognor Regis Town PortsmouthAge 18 vs Arsenal U21, 4 December 2018Kenny Jackett
Dan SmithBognor Regis Town LondonAge 19 vs Southend United, 8 January 2019Kenny Jackett
Leon MaloneyPortsmouth Isle of WightAge 17 vs Southend United, 8 January 2019Kenny Jackett
Josh FlintPortsmouth WaterloovilleAge 18 vs Norwich City U21, 14 September 2019Kenny Jackett
Eoin TeggartPortsmouth BallynahinchAge 17 vs Norwich City U21, 14 September 2019Kenny Jackett

Information in the above table is current as of May 2017

Other notable academy graduates

; England
; Wales
; Republic of Ireland
; Guernsey