So if the U18's who played in the final broadly this:
Kone; Asiimwe, Signed Mitchell, . Signed Laqeretabua Hobden Bower. Signed Kedwell Anderson. Signed Huke. Signed (I think) Rylah. Signed Myers Casey Enslin Kanu. Signed
So if the U18's who played in the final broadly this:
Kone; Asiimwe, Signed Mitchell, . Signed Laqeretabua Hobden Bower. Signed Kedwell Anderson. Signed Huke. Signed (I think) Rylah. Signed Myers Casey Enslin Kanu. Signed
Have I missed any?
Looks right to me other than I don't remember (and can't find) any news on Bower signing pro.
Absolutely bizarre this thread has been running for 4 years and this is the first time I’ve clicked on it!
Great to see the academy continue to flourish. I do wonder why much better run clubs haven’t tried to take Avory away from us considering how consistent it’s performance has been over a number of years?
Absolutely bizarre this thread has been running for 4 years and this is the first time I’ve clicked on it!
Great to see the academy continue to flourish. I do wonder why much better run clubs haven’t tried to take Avory away from us considering how consistent it’s performance has been over a number of years?
It is a mystery. I told him at a cast meeting, I guess about 5 years ago, he was the one person at the club we could least afford to lose.
I think maybe he is settled and had carried on working longer than other clubs imagined.
Tbh he is working in a magnificent catchment area. My worry is, more clubs are fishing in London now and both Palace and Millwall have more resources to exploit it.
Absolutely bizarre this thread has been running for 4 years and this is the first time I’ve clicked on it!
Great to see the academy continue to flourish. I do wonder why much better run clubs haven’t tried to take Avory away from us considering how consistent it’s performance has been over a number of years?
It is a mystery. I told him at a cast meeting, I guess about 5 years ago, he was the one person at the club we could least afford to lose.
I think maybe he is settled and had carried on working longer than other clubs imagined.
Tbh he is working in a magnificent catchment area. My worry is, more clubs are fishing in London now and both Palace and Millwall have more resources to exploit it.
Isn’t that issue you ‘worry’ about the key difference in our favour though. Charlton don’t come across as looking to ‘exploit’ the situation, they look to develop and actually bring players through and give them a pretty good chance of first team football
Charlton Athletic are delighted to announce that three academy scholars have penned their first professional contracts with the club.
Second-year scholars Toby Bower, Ollie Hobden and Chibike Okechukwu have all put pen-to-paper on professional terms with Charlton following a title-winning season with Jason Pearce’s U18s.
More good news from The Academy, and shows a lot of intent on behalf of The Club, and likewise belief from the players...strange though, still no Kone yet, unless I have missed somewhere...
Kone; Asiimwe, Signed Mitchell, . Signed Laqeretabua Hobden. Signed Bower. Signed Kedwell Anderson. Signed Huke. Signed Rylah. Signed Casey Kanu. Signed Okechukwu. Signed Myers Enslin
Good work getting so many signed up to date but Kone, Casey and Laqeretabua seem stand out unsigned players to my mind.
Interestingly Kone turned 18 in October 2022 so seems very odd he would not have signed for us or have already jumped..
I have been keeping track of Bower for a few years. He reminds me of Solly, whom I saw as a player at the same age, compact, steady and good on the ball. Hopefully will come through in a similar way.
Delighted by this. Hopefully he’ll be playing alongside Evan Ferguson for the senior team in a few years🤞🏻🇮🇪 p.s. hopefully he’ll sign a new deal soon 🙏
Charlton Athletic are delighted to announce that Keenan Gough and Kai Enslin are the latest academy scholars to have penned professional terms with the club.
Good news. Well done to both. Hope they go on to have wonderful careers with us. I am glad our ownership issues are not stopping giving these lads their first opportunities in the game.
This is probably a stupid question, but what does First Year Scholar mean etc.
Or is it just a case of describing it as his first year with the U18s?
Exactly that.
A first year scholar is all about age not when you first play for the U18. You have to have an academic education and the kids will go to schools that professional club's pick. One of our present 2nd year scholar's was moved from his school in Orpington to a school of Charlton's choice 18 months ago. This was nearer to where he lived with his parents and other Charlton scholars went there so "no bother" This is common practice with most professional clubs though some are poor with the schools that are chosen by certain lower league EFL according to an agent and representative of young players. As most kids don't have a full time football career as a player, education is so important. Charlton have a good reputation and much of this will be down to Steve Avory.
It's all about age and the school year as the days you could leave school at 15 was changed 5 decades ago.
Joe Gomez made an appearance when still 14 for the U18 but this didn't make him a 1st year Scholar.
Interesting to see Kone, Casey and Laqeretabua all on our scholars retained list on the EFLs website.
An (o) next to a players name indicates they’re u24 and out of contract at the end of June but have been offered a new deal. Henry is the only player with that but we know he’s since signed a new contract (list is from late May),
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Kone;
Asiimwe, Signed
Mitchell, . Signed
Laqeretabua
Hobden
Bower.
Kedwell
Anderson. Signed
Huke. Signed
Rylah. Signed
Myers
Casey
Enslin
Kanu. Signed
Have I missed any?
Edited per below comments
https://www.charltonafc.com/news/view/61dda4ee4e9a6/ryan-huke-signs-first-pro-deal-until-2024
I think maybe he is settled and had carried on working longer than other clubs imagined.
Tbh he is working in a magnificent catchment area. My worry is, more clubs are fishing in London now and both Palace and Millwall have more resources to exploit it.
Isn’t that issue you ‘worry’ about the key difference in our favour though. Charlton don’t come across as looking to ‘exploit’ the situation, they look to develop and actually bring players through and give them a pretty good chance of first team football
Charlton Athletic are delighted to announce that three academy scholars have penned their first professional contracts with the club.
Second-year scholars Toby Bower, Ollie Hobden and Chibike Okechukwu have all put pen-to-paper on professional terms with Charlton following a title-winning season with Jason Pearce’s U18s.
https://www.charltonafc.com/news/three-academy-scholars-sign-pro-contracts
Kone and Casey are the two to really tie down now
Interestingly Kone turned 18 in October 2022 so seems very odd he would not have signed for us or have already jumped..
Don't know as much about the others.
He’s better than Pat…
Toby Bower, he’s better than Pat
https://www.charltonafc.com/news/striker-named-ireland-u19s-squad
Or is it just a case of describing it as his first year with the U18s?
p.s. hopefully he’ll sign a new deal soon 🙏
Remember his name constantly being talked about before then too
Charlton Athletic are delighted to announce that Keenan Gough and Kai Enslin are the latest academy scholars to have penned professional terms with the club.
https://www.charltonafc.com/news/academy-duo-pen-professional-terms
U18's who played key roles in SF or Final (or who have signed)
Kone;
Gough. Signed
Others listed on our website in the squad
Yamoha
Hand
Berry
Batt
Molneux
Danso
Hunter
Okwumo
Charlton Athletic are delighted to confirm that nine young players have signed scholarship forms with the club ahead of the 2023/24 campaign.
The two-year scholarship programme will enable them to benefit from extra contact time on the football pitch as well as support in the classroom.
The following players - some of whom have already featured for the club's U18s team - have penned scholarship terms:
- Jude Sadler
- Luke Ashburn
- Ethan Cann
- Ibrahim Fullah
- Alan Mwamba
- Micah Mbick
- Joshua Ogunnowo
- Jacob Safa
- Manu Wales
https://www.charltonafc.com/news/nine-new-academy-scholars-confirmed-202324A first year scholar is all about age not when you first play for the U18.
You have to have an academic education and the kids will go to schools that professional club's pick.
One of our present 2nd year scholar's was moved from his school in Orpington to a school of Charlton's choice 18 months ago.
This was nearer to where he lived with his parents and other Charlton scholars went there so "no bother"
This is common practice with most professional clubs though some are poor with the schools that are chosen by certain lower league EFL according to an agent and representative of young players. As most kids don't have a full time football career as a player, education is so important.
Charlton have a good reputation and much of this will be down to Steve Avory.
It's all about age and the school year as the days you could leave school at 15 was changed 5 decades ago.
Joe Gomez made an appearance when still 14 for the U18 but this didn't make him a 1st year Scholar.
An (o) next to a players name indicates they’re u24 and out of contract at the end of June but have been offered a new deal. Henry is the only player with that but we know he’s since signed a new contract (list is from late May),
https://www.efl.com/contentassets/c02ddd0e1d174a679c4cce8983aef204/efl-professional-retain-list---2022-23.pdf