Cardiff City F.C. Academy
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The Cardiff City F.C. Academy is the youth academy currently set up at Cardiff City in order to discover and nurture young talent. The academy has a range of players from ages seven to eighteen.
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[edit] Information
According to the official Cardiff City FC Website, [1] "the Cardiff City football academy, is not simply a scheme, or a group of young players and coaches. It is all of these things; but most importantly, it is a philosophy and a culture. The club has always been dependent upon, and focused around the local community. The great players and teams throughout the clubs' history have always been built on the foundations of local boys and local talent. Cardiff City has a fantastic and proud history of nurturing young talent and are committed to continuous development of youth teams in future years. Cardiff City Football Club is fully committed to their fantastic academy, and recognises the importance of youth development".
Cardiff's scouts currently concentrate on searching South Wales, Hereford, Worcester, Swindon and Oxford. Now looking towards other areas of the United Kingdom including Ireland and Scotland with the recent appointment of scouts in these areas by Neal Ardley[1]
The Under-18's team regularly merge with several out of favour first team players to form the reserve squad.
[edit] Former members
[edit] Personnel
- Academy Manager
- Assistant Academy Managers
Geraint Twose (12-16 year olds) 
Mark Neville (7-11 year olds)
- Youth Team Coach
Geraint Twose
- Head of Recruitment
- Head of Education and Welfare
Steve Ellis
- Senior Academy Physiotherapist
Neil Lewis
- Academy Physiotherapist
Jimmy Goodfellow
- Academy Secretary
Anthony Redwood
- Head of Local Schoolboy Recruitment
Graham Pulling
- Club "Doctor"
Len Nokes
- Kit & Equipment Manager
Ian Lanning
- Assistant Kit Manager
Alan Cross
- Fitness Coach
Alex Armstrong
[edit] Academy Coaches and Official Scouts
Academy Coaches
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Official Scouts
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[edit] Under 18's squad
The under-18's team currently plays in Group B of the FA Premier Academy League. Players with squad numbers have appeared or are part of the senior team but regularly return to play for the under-18 team.
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[edit] Under 16's
The under 16 team also play in FA Premier Academy League in the under-16 category. All games in the category are played as friendlies and no league table is included. Under 16's squad:
- U15 - Luke Jones
- U15 - Adam Davies
- U16 - Alex Evans
- U16 - Steffan Jones
- U16 - Ben Nugent
- U15 - Brandon Davies
- U14 - Theo Walton
- U16 - Ashley Park
- U15 - Dane Griffiths
- U16 - Kurtis March
- U14 - Theo Walton
- U14 - Gethin Hill
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